Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-05-12

garment to cover him was the embar.
RAISING predicament of Mart Arnson.
a fisherman living near Scion, who
lost his bundle of clothes in the wa.
tiers of Lingel creek when attempt.
ing to swim across a deep turn in
the creek In order to get better
| fishing place. The stream at first
looked as though 1t could be waded
and Arnson took off his outer gar
ments. When near the center of the
stream, however, he found it neces-
sary to swim; off came the rest of his
clothing. Just as he struck out for
the opposite shore his bundle OF
clothing f1oated away from him and
when he reached the bank he found
himself without so much as an under
| garment or even barrel to cover
him. Calling to two farmers in a
nearby field, however, brought assist
ance. They were astounded at the
primitive appearance of the young
fisherman, but soon fitted him out
with pair OF oyeralls and escorted
him home.
Kline & Shefford's saloon at Car
roll was wrecked by fire, the
| fire having gained such Roadway that
great damage was done before it was
extinguished by the fremen. While
the firemen were fighting the fire in
| the saloon, another alarm came in
from the residence of the Rev. G. w.
Elliott, the residence being ablaze.
This house is in ruins. Thomas Far
| rell has been, placed under arrest,
| charged with incendiarism. His rooms
| are over the saloon which was damag-
ed by the first blaze. The man is now
in the county jail, and 1t is probable
that he will remain prisoner until
the grand jury passes on his case,
which will not be for several months.
From all over Winneshiek county
Mrs. Joseph Olsen has received
$1,000 for dressing the wounds of an
injured penniless man twenty years
ago. AT that time Dyer C. Crum came
to her fathers home near Harlan
with a badly lacerated arm and shout
der. Mrs. Olsen, then Miss Carrie
Gardner, dressed his wounds. When
he left he told her that he had no
money but that he would remember
her. Crum was killed last fall in
Ainsworth, Neb. He left an insurance
policy of $1,000 in favor of Miss Mag
gle Gardner of Shelby county, Ia. 1t
was not until few days ago that
friends of the dead man were able
to locate Mrs. Olsen.
A movement is on foot among some
of the educators OF Iowa for the APP
pointment of chancellor who shall
have entire administrative charge Of
the three educational institutions now
under the control of the state board
of education. They will ask that the
appointment of such an official be
made some time during the summer of
1911.
Rev. DR.. e. ]. Lockwood, pastor
Of st. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
church at Cedar Rapids, has declined
the offer of the pastorate of Grace
church in Denver, stating that he was
too deep in the project for building
magnificent new church to leave
the city.
c. NJ. Hazard, Paul A. Park, Paul E.
Allen, T. A. Willis and M. H. Tall
man Of Iowa City, have been appoint
ed interns in New York homeopathic.
hospitals. Hazard will go to Roches-
ter, n. Y, while the other four go to
New York city.
Dan ODonnell, the new postmaster
at Grimes, is contributing the
expenses of clerk hire. light and rent
to the cause of good roads. The
money will go to drag the main roads
on each side of Grimes.
The most successful celebration in
the history of the Eastern Iowa Odd
Fellows association was held at Cedar
Rapids. Davenport was chosen as
the rext meeting place. L. B. Morrell
of Davenport was chosen president
for the coming year.
The Iowa consistory No. 2, which
has been holding a meeting at Cedar
Rapids, has voted to erect a Masonic
temple to cost $4,000 on land already
owned. The building will be used by
all the Masonic bodies there.
Gen. S. r. Van SAINT of st. Paul,
Mimi, national commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic, will ad-
dress the Iowa G. A. r., June s, the
opening day of the thirty-sixth annual
encampment at Des Moines.
Joseph S. Thompson, long time
resident of Vinton died at his home
after a sickness of nearly seven years.
He was So years of age. The funeral
was IN charge of the G. A. r. post, of
which he was member
Lew /. Sturgis, postmaster at DEL
vein for twelve years, plead guilty
in the federal court to the embezzle-
ment of postofice funds in the sum
of $1,000 and was sentenced to pay
a fine of $1,000.
Thrown by a Rock Island freight
train which he was attempting to
board, Jacob Jacobsen, aged %, far
mer of Clark's Grove, lost both legs
under the wheels and died within
few minutes.
Rev. Joseph Schultz, SO years old,
pastor of the German Baptist church
at Burlington is dead as the result of
an attack Of apoplexy. He has occu-
pied the local pulpit for nine years.
The body of VIM. Reimers aged 70,
a prominent Clinton county farmer,
was found in watering tank at his
home near Welton. 1t is believed
that he committed suicide.
j. NJ. Shugart, for many years a