Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-25

One DAY last week, AT the same time
Of the same day, Mr.. Gown, who had
been her husband, was united in mar
rage to Miss Macorette Hallowell,
society editor of Waterloo news
paper.
e. r. Moore, publisher of the Ana
mosa Journal, is in Washington, d.
G., where Mr.. Moore says a final
agreement is to be made whereby he
will be appointed United States mar
shall, the plum which has been so
eagerly sought by Earl Bronson OF
Spencer, ex-Sheriff Hogan of Ana
mosa, and Jack Dalton Of the Manson
Democrat, and other well known
democrats.
Nine hundred and eighty acres OF
land will come into possession OF the
heirs of William ]. Fort, late of Mar
shalltown, through the supreme court
decision in the case of Fort against
Colby. The contention In the case
was whether or not mortgage given
by Fort to the Colbys was a mort
gage or deed The Colbys claimed
1t was a deed.
One hundred and ninety dollars an
acre for land without an improve
ment other than being fenced, and
located six miles from market is
what an S0-acre tract in Ida county
brought last week. This land was
sold to Robert Hall eighteen months
ago for $3.50 an acre and this trans.
action netted him $4,000 besides two
years rent.
Norman E. Winnie, new collector Of
customs at Dubuque, has had varied
experience in the government serv-
ice. He has been in the customs de-
partment of the government ten years,
six years at the port Of New York
and more than three years in the
Panama canal zone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olof Hofier, wanted at
Council Bluffs on a charge of aban-
doning an infant child in the willows
on the Missouri river, were appre-
hended near Yorkshire. They are said
to have admitted to the officers that
they are the persons sought.
w. ]. Dixon Of Sac City, member
OF the Board of Control. whose term
as representative from Sac county ex.
pires in 1914, is contemplating remov-
al to Des Moines, and 1t is probable
that the family will move to that city
In the early spring.
William McLatchey, who has been
In Jail at Logan, charged with VIOLA
ton Of the liquor law since July 8,
was taken by United States Marshal
Groneweg to Council Bluffs to answer
to a similar charge against him by
the government.
The New Hampton club members
voted unanimously to retain the same
officers for another year. The men
thus honored are: President C. A.
Larson; vice-president C. C. Sneak
ley; secretary, F. A. O'Connor;
treasurer, w. l.. Turner.
Herman Anderson of Pomeroy drank
nearly pint of carbolic acid by
mistake, and died ABOUT twenty min
utes later Mr. Anderson was a
carpenter He drank from the wrong
bottle. believing he was taking medi.
cinei
-.D. w. Shaw, the contractor who
recently finished the deep we'll at
Osceola, Is now in Knoxville and will
start a deep well at the Iowa Inebri-
ate hospital. 1t is reported that the
well will be sunk 1920 feet or more.
An effective warning was given to
"gun toters" when Judge Mullan at
Waterloo sentenced Samuel Mitchell,
colored, to two years in the reforma.
tory at Anamosa for carrying a con-
cealed revolver.
The congregation of the Methodist
church at Webster City is planning its
FIRST observance of dedication week
beginning Sunday, Dec. %. 1t was
just year ago that week that the
new $4,000 church was dedicated.
Probably the best school house In
Iowa in town its size is located in
Ellsworth. The population of the
town is but 400 and on Monday, Dec.
%, new school building, costing
$4,000, will be dedicaped.
The Methodist church held its an.
nual bazaar at Riverton recently. The
sales were well attended and the re-
ceipts amounted to 5000. The 1918
event was the most successful ever
held by the Riyerton church.
Pensions have recently been grant.
ed to the following Iowans: Sarah E.
Davis. Gearing, SIP; Parsetty Cal
houn. Salem, $12; Nancy Newell, FREE
mont, $12; Eunice Rogers, Bagley,
s12; Louise Schwartz, Ottumwa, s12.
The foreign students of Ames win
make strong effort to land the 1914
convention OF the American Student
Cosmopolitan clubs in the annual con-
vention at the University of Iowa,
Dec. 26-29.
d. l.. Boham OF Carbon, aged So
years, and Mrs. Mary Routh, former
ly of Carbon, aged 50, were recently
married. Both bride an dgroom have
long been residents of Carbon.
Three cars loaded with corn, rails
and automobiles, were piled up near
Aspinwall when draw bar was pull
ed from one of the cars.
the death Of an uncle near Hudson,
N. Y. She says she will continue to
fry fiapjacks. She recently was d.
vorced.
Ira E. Spangler, Charles A. Hal
back and J. Will Huiskamp had a
miraculous escape from death at Ke-
okuk when Huiskamp's boat drifted
with dead engine into the water
flowing over the spillway in the
crosswall between the lock and pow
err house. The accident occurred at
the same spot where two men lost
their lives last spring.
Frank l.. Mott, formerly OF the Ma.
rengo Republican, has taken over the
Grand Junction Globe.
Walter II. Miller has been appointed
postmaster at Kingston, Des Moines
county, vice M. A. Brewer, resigned
Forty leading business and profess
sional men OF Cedar Falls appeared
at the court house in Waterloo 20
plead wifi the county board to APP
point the widow OF County Recorder
c. FL Plummer. who recently died, as
his successor. Mrs. Plummer was