Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-02-17

| Mr.. and Mrs. John 8. Young o
Mitchellville, celebrated their sixty
fourth wedding anniversary a few
days ago. They are both in compari
lively good health. Mrs. Young wa
born in Wayne county, Ind. in 1926
and moved to Dubuque, Ind, later
She was baptised by Alexande
Campbell, founder Of the Christian
church. Mr.. Young was born in Ohit
on June 10, 1924, and moved with his
parents to Wayne county, Ind, few
years later. He was brickmaker by
trade. They were school children to
gether. School friendship ripened into
love and they were married. Mr.
Young walked seven miles to obtain
the marriage license and they were
married by squire at the home Of
the bride, then Miss Mary Burgess
Carsons. They moved to Polk coun
their home. Seven children were
born to this union Two children
have died, one in infancy and the
other Jan. %, 1910.
A most eloquent and touching trib.
ute to the memory of his dead faith.
er was that given by Rev. James S.
Corkey of Winterset to his congrega-
ton. Rev. Corkey returned from Ce-
dar Bluffs, Neb., where he had been
for two weeks assisting his brother,
Rev. Alexander Corkey, in religious
work. While there he received a
cable message announcing the death
of his aged father, Rev. Corkey of
Londonderry, Ireland, on Jan. %. The
sons description of his home and his
fathers life were remarkable, and the
congregation was as sympathetic as
il they were listening to a funeral
service of one of the lifelong men,
bers of their own church.
A number of Council Bluffs business
men have taken the first steps toward
the organization of the Southwestern
Iowa Cooperative Packing company.
If present plans materialize, they
hope to build stock yards, packing
plant, bank and loan and trust
company. A capital of s250,000 will
be involved. 1t is proposed to make
the company strictly cooperative, and
subscriptions will be solicited through
out southwestern Iowa and te terri.
tory tributary to Council Bluffs.
Mrs. Hetty Newell Watson, aged 81,
is dead at her home in Iowa City. Her
life was peculiarly connected with
that of the churches of Iowa City, as
her husband, the late Rev. Dr. George
Watson, was rector of Trinity Epis-
copal church here for several years,
up to the time of his death, and her
son, Rev. DR.. Samuel N. Watson, now
Of Akron, Ohio, was rector of the
same church for years after his faith
er's death. Besides this son, one
daughter, Miss Mary Watson of Iowa
City, survives.
Miss Kate Kelley has been granted
another chance by the district court
at Iowa City to prove that $4,000 in
bank certificates and notes owned by
the late Michael Kelley were by him
given to her before his death and that
she should come in for distribution
of his estate. The verdict was against
Miss Kelley in the last trial but Judge
Howell has ruled that she did not
have sufficient chance to prove her
claims.
The directors of the Des Moines,
Winterset & Creston interurban held
a meeting at Creston, at which re-
ports from various officers were SUBJ
mitted. Mr.. Judd, the solicitor, re-
ports everything quite satisfactorily
and the amount of stock already SUBJ
scribed amounts to $63,450, or just
about one-half the amount to insure
the building Of the road.
Francisco Guthrie of Shell Lake,
Wis, and George Eddy of Belle PLANE
are under arrest charged with the
murder of Guthrie's wife ten years
ago at Belle PLANE. The Benton
county grand jury returned indict-
against them. Mrs. Guthrie was
found dead in bed with a revolver be-
side her and the claim was made
that she had committed suicide.
Representative E. ]. Moore, now
pharmacy commissioner of Iowa, Sc
cured the surveying Of the Des
Moines river at Eldon above and to
Ottumwa for the purpose OF demon
strating the advisability Of a dam
Just above Eldon, to be used for pow
err for the city and surrounding coun-
try.
Earl Short of Pleasant township, a
prosperous young farmer, met instant
death near Charlton. He had been
saving down some trees in the tim.
Der, getting ready to set up saw
mill, when one of the trees fell on
him, killing him instantly. He is sur
vived by wife and an infant child.
George Wilson, negro, has been
bound over to the grand jury charged
with attempted criminal assault upon
Mrs. Charles Hoffman at Bloomfield.
He swore he was hired by Hoffman
to make the assault so that Mrs.
Hoffman would take him back, after
driving him from home.
Judge F. NJ. Powers decided the
Vail telephone case at Denison in ia.
vor of the East Boyer Telephone com
pany, and they now have the right
to establish an exchange in the town
of Vail. The case has been bitterly
fought and there was much interest
in the outcome.
Following short illness from pneu
monia, Mrs. r. NJ. Kellogg, one OF the
oldest residents of Grinnell, died al
] her home in that city. Mrs. kellogg