Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-03-19

One hundred and twenty-four per-
sons protested conversion at revival
meetings, just concluded, conducted
by the Rev. W. c. Cole. minister of
.he Christian church at Osceola. Dur
ing the Rev. Mr. Coles pastorate the
membership of the church has been
nearly doubled.
Outside pupils attending the Onawa
schools pay a total of s2,247 this year.
The fourth chapter of the Kappa
Alpha Nj a negro mems college fra
terIity at Iowa City, has been organ
lied by officers of the national chap
ter. Delta chapter has eleven stu
dents OF the university and three
alumni as its members.
Archbishop Keane of Dubuque while
conducting retreat for the students
of Divinity hall at the university in
Washington, d. c., received word Of
the death of his mother in the family
home in Pine Island, Neb., and left i'm
mediately for that place.
Permission has been granted for the
organization of the Sons of st. George
at Waterloo, believed to be the first in
the state. Four generations are eligi-
bic. 1t is hoped to have the order or
gained in time for the celebration of
st. Georges day on April %.
DR.. Scott Russell of Mechanicsville,
for about thirty-iive years practicing
physician, died at his home, the result
OF a general breakdown incidental to
advanced age and close attention to
practice. He was widely known
among the members of his profession.
Slipping on the back steps of his
home, Henry Knapp of Schaller, suf-
fered q bruise that resulted in infec-
tion necessitating amputation of the
limb at the hip. Mr. Knapp is the
father of the Knapp midgets, well
known celebrities who have appeared
in THE Newlyweds.'
w. w. Klein, proprietor of the Econ
omy store in Cherokee, was awarded
a verdict of $3.50 against Mr.. and Mrs.
James Lament. Klein alleges that
they pounded him with dustpan dur
ing "a controversy at his store. Mr..
tition for 1880 damages, which was
ul5IJlSStu ny Tic jury.
Creditors would like to know the
whereabouts of Frank De Lent or
Freedman, manager of the Colonial
theater at Clinton. He made a deal
for the theater, avoiding payment, ac-
cumulated quite sum of money, dis
posed of the theater to a Davenport
man and then skipped.
Prof 0. w. Hedges, who has for the
past year occupied the chair of Eng
lish literature in Parsons college at
Fairfield. has rendered his resignation.
Professor Hedges gives i'll health as
his reason for resigning and intends
leaving for his home in Columbus, o.,
Guided.
G. o Arendt. locomotive fireman
was injured in the Milwaukee yards
at North McGregor while on duty. His
engine was at the coal shutes taking
coal and the unexpected starting of
the engine caused him to slip. throw
ing him under the engine. One leg
was cut off, and the other was Sc
badly injured that it may have to be
amputated.
The stork and the cradle roll ran
a close race in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence f. Briden of Waterloo.
A boy was born at $50 o'clock, and
name, Creston Briden, was inscribed
on the roll by Mrs. Z. C. Stark, super
intendent of the infants department
CT the Walnut street Sunday school.
R. f. Nordstrum, veterinary OF
Humboldt, brought suit against tbs
II. X. Milford Co. of Pennsylvania for
| s4,312 He claims that the company
| through its Fort Dodge agent sold him
some hog cholera serum that was not
| the strength represented and that six
| ty-tive per cent of the hogs inoculated
| with ii died. He wants Si,312 he says
| he ~aid for the serum and $4,000 d. NJ
| ages.
&c little 3-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Perry, 1907 Division
| street. Fl. Madison, was the victim of
peculiar accident She fell from a
| stool TO the floor, and in alighting had
| her tongue between her teeth. The
force OF the fall almost caused the
severing of the end of the tongue. and
it was made an injury so painful that
| physician WIS summoned.
and Mrs. Lamont had filed a cross pc
| Dividends on the stock of Waterloo
| cattle congress We're declared and
paid by banquet of the stockholders
at Elks hall. The stock was sub
| scribed, not for profit individually,
but TO boost one OF the biggest shows
in the state Manager Van Pelt did
not wish 70 establish a precedent by
paying cash dividends and distributed
| tine same in the form of a luncheon.
tred Snack is laid UP at his home
with fractured leg and bruises as a
result OF being struck by a tree which
| se was telling ON The Hotop farm near
| Ht Madison. Snack must have laid on
| the ground unconscious for an hour
IT more before discovered and cared
for. His father-in-law, Peter knight,