Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-06-16

year than In any year OF It's organlza'
ton which dates from 1906. The
premiums for the next fair to be
held in September, aggregate $3.50
The biggest increase over last year
is made in the live stock department
The Iowa State Manufacturers
association held its eighth annual
convention at Marshalltown.
Clinton was selected as the meeting
place of the United Commercial Trav.
elers' grand council on the second bal.
lot at the business session at Atlantic.
The first ballot gave Clinton a lead
and on the second ballot Des Moines
and Sioux City withdrew Messrs.
Scribner and Kisned, Clintons dele
gates, worked hard, and are entitled
to credit for landing their town
winner.
That the stand of corn this season
will not be more than IS per cent OF
the average is the statement made by
George M. Chapel in his weekly crop
bulletin. Poor seed, cold weather and
moles are blamed. The soil is in ex-
ceptionally fine filth, but desp&te that
fact DR.. Chapel states that it is too
late to expect an average crop of hay,
while the tree fruits will be nearly a
failure.
Kay Chaffee, 81, has been convict.
ed of breaking and entering the home
of Miss Martha Stone at Carbon.
Miss Stones home was burglarized
some time ago. After that she always
looked under the bed at night. One
night she found Chaffee under there.
He later confessed that he first rob-
| bed her home and had returned the
| second time to explain.
Mrs. Margaret Florang, of River
side, small town north of Iowa City,
is afflicted with a strange disease
which physicians have so far been I'M
able to account for. Her limbs have
started to rot, necessitating amputa-
ton. Already the right femur for
the space of three inches has wasted
away. There seems to be nothing
that can protect her.
Joseph w. Montgomery, aged 80,
member of the Iowa Soldiers home
from Grand Junction, died at Mar
shalltown of old age. He served in the
Forty-third Indiana infantry, and was
admitted to the home in 1904. One
son, j. w. Montgomery, lives in Britt,
and William Montgomery, another
son, resides at Hinckley, MINI.
James Hardy, well known farmer
near Van Cleve, sixteen miles south
of Marshalltown, his wife and son
were murdered at their home Sunday
night, probably between the hours OF
10 and IL o'clock. Ray Hardy, aged
10, the only surviving member of the
family, was arrested as supect and
lodged in Jail at Marshalltown.
Fenton is to have water works
system. The contract has been let
and it will cost $4,000. They will have
a standpipe of steel 70 feet high. At
present they will lay 1,7S5 feet of
main. The fire protection was so in
adequate and the insurance rates so
high that it made it almost neces-
sary to take steps Of this kind.
At recent meeting of the trustees
of the Congregational church at
Hampton, they unanimously voted to
give their pastor, Rev. James Thomp-
son, an increase of $3.50 in his salary
for the ensuing year. This is In addi-
ton to use of the parsonage, and
brings his remuneration up to $1,000
annually.
Miss Emma Volkringer OF Iowa
City, and Frank Glennon, auditor of
the Big Four at Chicago, were mar
ried in the latter city. The brides
brother is F. B. Volkringer, county
clerk of Johnson county. Mr.. and
Mrs. Glennon will spend their honey
moon in Egypt and Europe.
Henry Steahr, aged AZ, was found
dead in his bed at Muscatine by his
daughter. A young son, who slept
with him during the night, did got
know that his father had expired I'M
til after he had been called from
school. Death was due to rheumatism
which affected the heart.
Thomas Stevens, pioneer of Dali
las county, died at his home near Dali
| las Center. Stevens came to the
county in 1S49 and had been a contin
|
and leaves a family of three sons and
three daughters. He was SO years OF
age.
Thomas Fitzgerald, aged IS, and
Mrs. Sarah ]. Kuhns, 68 years of age,
were granted a license to wed at
Creston. Clerk Mcconnell says this
is the oldest ma ptaking out a mar.
riage license there during his five and
one-half years in the Office.
The st. Paups Methodist Episcopal
congregation at Cedar Rapids at two
services subscribed 100000 towards
the erection of new modern church.
The building will cost in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 and win be one of
the best in the state.
Charles Chandler, one or the oldest
pioneers of Johnson county, died at
Amish, aged 81 years. He was an
Ohio man by nativity, but had lived
in that section Of the state for more
than half century.
A law and order league was estab-
lished at Gowrie upon a new basis.
The membership Of the league is re-
stricted to the ministers of the town
and two laymen from each of the four
congregations.
Joseph H. Zinkula ,one OF Iowa
City's first settlers, died suddenly of
heart failure, at his home. He was
past 20 years of age and had lived
there more than half century.
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