Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

William Peterson, young farmer,
| was killed by lightning in an oat
field near Ogden.
BLY, Brothers panatorium at Clear
Lake burned with all its contents.
The loss IL $4,000.
L. w. Neudeck, so, a rich farmer,
was killed by lightning while hoeing
| in his garden at Fort Dodge.
George Enslow, IS, farm lad, liv-
ing near Denmark, was drowned
while bathing in Skunk river
l.. F. Brown, merchant tailor, mem
Der of the council and the school
board of Eldon, is dead from cere-
bral spinal meningitis.
w. G. Stinehart and Olaf Olson,
both of Buffalo Center. were badly in
jured at Clear Lake when their auto
turned turtle. Mr.. Stinehart sustain
| ed several broken ribs.
Ottumwa Is dry. Every saloon and
wholesale house in the city has clos
ed its doors. The failure of the liq-
uor men to secure enough valid
names to their consent petition caus-
ed the closing.
| Joseph Maresch, a tailor of Dubu-
que, left the greater part Of $780,
900 estate to various Catholic chart
ties. The largest single bequest is
| $4,000 for the building Of a German
Catholic church.
At West Point, while the choir
was singing at the funeral of Mrs.
Henry Weber, so, her aged husband,
Ill for some time, passed away. Flu
neral was postponed and both were
buried in the same grave.
A four-foot green water snake
wound itself around the legs of Ed
ward Berger while swimming at
Bloomfield, and nearly caused the
boys death. His companions pulled
him out and killed the snake.
/ The supreme court at Des Moines
county that the signer of saloon
petition has perfect right to with
draw his name, provided all the re-
quirements Of the law are complied
with.
Eleven teams have already been
entered by paid fire departments for
the state firemen's tournament in
Des Moines July 25th to 2Sth. in
elusive. Over thirty teams have
been entered by volunteer depart
ments.
| Grasshoppers are putting in their
appearance, near Titonka, In great
numbers, and the effects of their
depredations are plainly noticeable.
and now the farmers are worrying
for fear they will get into the corn
fields.
For fear he would be blamed, Jas.
Rifles, 10, after seeing Cecil Smith,
IA, drown in the Iowa river, at FL
dora, Monday night, kept still about
1t. Meanwhile citizens hunted for
the boy, and his mother went nearly
insane.
A mail pouch has been dragged
from Beed's lake, near Hampton, by
party of fishermen, and identified
as the one stolen last November
from an Iowa Central train near
there. The valuable letters had been
removed.
| Hon D. c. Mott, the new member
Of the state board of parole, is now
the chairman of the board. This hap.
pens because the late Hon. P. A.
Smith, whom Mr.. Mott succeeded,
would have been the chairman had
he lived to complete his term.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. August Gregg, living
near Storm Lake, celebrated their
seventy-ffth wedding anniversary
the past week. The long-married
couple are still in vigorous health.
Both of the old people are natives of
Germany, and each are "a years.
Tons OF carp and buffalo are being
taken from Clear Lake, and placed in
q pen at Ventura, at the north end
by the state fish commissioner, and
will be sold in eastern cities in the
fall. II is a last stand to save the
native fish in the lake from extermi-
nation by the carp.
Prof. A. c. Trowbridge, University
Of Chicago. has been appointed pro-
fessor of geology at the state uni
versity to succeed Prof. G. F. Kay,
who has been promoted. A number
of other faculty changes have also
been announced. The board of edu.
cation has authorized the purchase
of ground for the hail for women.
While attempting to cross ii.ch
filed with hay and straw, Fred Law
son, farmer, near Estherville. be-
came stuck with his new automobile
truck wagon, loaded with cream. La
applying more power to extricate the
machine, 1t gave on sparks which tx
nited the hay and straw underneath
and the car was completely burned
up.
Ike Davis. 40 years old, Of Burl
ington, was crushed to death under
falling stone wall. while engaged
with other workmen, In erecting q
bridge about ten miles west of Burl
.ngton.
William Heller, miner for the
Plymouth Gypsum company. Fort
Dodge, was killed by a blast Of
which he was unaware. The coro
ner's inquest has not yet been held
George H. Kenyon, aged IS years
is dead at Iowa City as the result
Of heat prostration which he suffer
ed during the late hot spell.
/ e. M. Jenkins, As, was killed and
his infant daughter seriously injured
when a Burlington train struck the
Jenkins auto at crossing In Os
kaloosa. Three other persons in the
auto were hurt.
Edward Langman was killed in
stantly when struck by a passenger
train at Charles City. The remains