Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-05-19
Major G. w. Kepler Of Noun. Yer.

Major c. w. Kepler Of Mount Yer
non was elected commander of the
Iowa commandery of the Loyal Leg
ion at the annual banquet and election
of the organization in Des Moines.
Major c. w. Boutin of Hampton read
a paper on "The Battle of Big Beth.
ell" The officers elected for the en-.
suing year are as follows: Major G.
w. kepler Of Mount Vernon, com.
mander; Capt. ]. S. Lothrop of Sioux
City, senior vice commander; Lieut..
B. G. Ward of Des Moines, junior vice
commander; Capt. E. ID. Hadley of
Des Moines, recorder; Capt Horace
Poole of Dubuque, registrar; Craig T.
Wright of Des Moines, treasurer;
Lieut.. C. w. Fracker of Des Moines,
chancellor; DIR. A. l.. Frisbie of Des
Moines, chaplain. Major C. w. Bouton
of Hampton, Capt. J. s. Clark, l.. M.
Grimes, Major l.. Schooler and w. T.
Clark of Des Moines were appointed
as members of the council.
There was born on the farm Of
Chris Rity, four miles north of this
place, recently, freak of nature in
the swine family. In looking after the
stock, Mr.. Ritz was surprised to see
what he at first supposed to be two
pigs, but which upon close investiga-
ton proved to be two bodies fastened
to but one head. The bodies were as
we'll formed as any pig up to the
neck, where they were fastened to
but one head. There were four eyes
in the head, otherwise it was as ma
tural as any young pigs head. In the
litter were six other pigs and they
We're as perfect as any Mr.. Ritz has
ever raised.
The following land sales were made
in Audubon county recently: Ida l..
Lee sold to August Rabel 35 acres in
Lincoln township at $3.50 per acre.
Forty acres of unimproved land in vi
ola at 500 per acre was also sold to
Thomas Scott w. H. Bolton sold to l..
| M. Madsen so acres in Hamlin town
ship at $127.50 an acre. Chris Olsen
sold to Jorgen ]. Miller 100 acres in
Douglass township at $127.50 an acre.
| George Dykes sold to William Shaw
120 acres in Cameron township at $140
an acre. Jorgen ]. Miller sold to H.
P. Rasmussen 80 acres in Sharon
township at $12750 an acre.
At the home of the bride at For
est City occurred the marriage of Mrs.
Arville Leayn, aged 38, to John Whit
lock, aged Is. The grooms father
is already the husband Of the daugh-
ter of the woman the youth married,
and to figure out the family relation
ship is puzzling everyone. The elder
| Whitlock, it is said, thus becomes his
sons son-in-law. Young Whitlock be-
comes his stepmother's step-father
| and his wife's daughter is his STEP
mother. The senior Whitlock's daugh-
ter-in-law becomes his mother-in-law,
and the son is the stepfather of his
fathers wife.
Judge ]. c. Mitchell of Ottumwa ap-
peared before the supreme court in a
plea for the life of John Junkin, the
negro under sentence of death for the
murder of Clara Rosen of Ottumwa.
Judge Mitchell made no claim that
Junkin is not guilty of the crime for
which he stands sentenced to death.
His only claim is that Junkin is a
product of Smoky Row." Ottumwa's
| black spot; is moral pervert and
degenerate, and should be imprisoned
for life rather than hanged.
The Iowa Retail Grocers' associa-
ton closed its convention by electing
officers as follows. ]. J. Grove, Ames,
president; L. E. Lingafelt, Davenport,
vice president; T. L. Kaufman, Des
Moines, treasurer; Ira B. Thomas,
| Des Moines, secretary. Cedar Rapids
was chosen as the next convention
city.
Two men seriously injured and five
others more or less bruised Is the re-
suit of an accident on the Milwaukee
at Maxwell when the motor car used
by the section men jumped the track,
throwing them into a ditch. Charles
Backous and an Italian laborer re-
heads and their bodies were badly
bruised o,nss in,n The other men escaped with
AS result of the tuberculosis meet
ing held in the Congregational church
of Des Moines which was addressed
by Drs. r. D. Bernard, ]. H. Sans
and ]. w. Garth there will be closer
inspection of the drinking facilities in
the public schools.
BY the partial destruction of the
frame building occupied by the West
End drug store, Ottumwa, sustained
a $4,000 fire loss. The structure was
owned by F. 2. Kidd & Co. The origin
of the fire is not known.
Mrs. c. M. Shepard, living with her
son, L. C. Shepard, fine stock breed
er near Irwin, Shelby county, who is
in her S7th year, can remember the
arrival Of Halley's comet in 1885 very
distinctly.
r. E. Train, one of the pioneer set
tiers of Bows died at his home. The
deceased came from Ohio immediate
ly after the war and settled on what
is now known as the old Train home
stead.
The Chicago & Northwestern rail-
way through its special agent, w. T.
Riley, awarded score of people Of
Dayton, $40 apiece for their valiant
services in saving a bridge of tb>
company from destruction by fire.
Captain and Mrs. John A. SpielmCn,
two of the most prominent pioneer
settlers of Jefferson county, celebrated
their golden wedding anniversarz at
their home at Fairfield.