Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-04-09


farm four miles southwest of Parkers-
burg. to Ernest Kliege, near neigh
Dor of Mr.. Conn's The consideration
was $4,000 or 5000 per acre. The
farm is one of the best improved farms
in Butler county.
Rev. r. G. Westenberg, D. D., Of Des
Moines, field secretary of the temper
ance board of the Presbyterian church
in a speech at Cedar Rapids, declared
ii the curtain could be lifted in many
of the homes there, that city would be
found as evil as Pompeii at the time
of its destruction.
Iowa college at Ames is carrying on
campaign to obtain a half million
dollars additional endowment and all
but $4,000 has been raised. The
Rockefeller foundation fund offered to
give 100000 on condition that the col
lege would raise 100000.
No trouble is foreseen as a result of
the conference of mine owners and
workers of Iowa and Missouri as the
miners have agreed to waive an in
crease in the scale for the next two
years RioSluAA6 WOAhlu6 COAOlkAOu0
can be adjusted satisfactorily.
Offering to ''see them through" IL
they would give him their guns, 8. A.
Barrett. Illinois Central conductor at
Iowa Falls, marched two alleged post
office robbers into custody when the
men rendered him their weapons. Tho
men signalled Barrett's train short
distance outside of Iowa Falls.
Believing that five years is reason
able time to make good on a promise
to wed. Catherine Greene has sued
Sam Faeth in the district court at Fl
Madison for $4,000 for alleged breach
of promise. Mrs. Greene says Faeth
promised to marry her in reason
able time" in 1909.
Safes belonging to the Wisconsin
Lumber company and A. Hake's grain
Office at Manson, were broken into and
the contents scattered about the floor.
Neither firm uses their safe for the
deposit Of money, so no cash was So
cured by the burglars. 1t is thought
to be the work of local amateurs.
Prot. B. ]. Horsheim of the Audubon
school Of Dubuque father o. the park
life plan, an Institution for the voca-
tional calling on farm property during
vacation for students, has announced
his candidacy for the legislature on
the democratic ticket to succeed the
late Representative NJ. ]. Mccullough.
Rare paintings by celebrated artists
have been discovered in st. Joseph's
Catholic church of FIT. Madison. The
pictures were about to be removed to
be replaced by newer ones when an
expert visited the church. An offer Of
81 900 was made for one rare painting
Of the resurrection done by Poujol In
l774.
The farmers around Galva took an
enthusiastic hold of the plan for a CO.
operative creamery and there is no
question but fine creamery will be
built at Galya at once. Mr.. Wray said
the Galva business men gave the
creamery an acre Of ground and that
two days after he started out he had
half the stock subscribed and over 300
cows pledged.
j. Hite was brought to his home at
| Lyons from Milwaukee. Wis, where he
met with serious accident. Mr.. Hite
!, was on his way to Green Bay. Wis,
with a carload of horses. and had just
| got as far as Milwaukee, when the
| freight train in which he was riding
collided with another train. Mr.. Hite
/ was pinned under some wreckage and
had his left leg broken.
When Rev Mr.. Spence, of the First
M. E. church at Fort Dodge, did not
respond to the request for dollar,
| the rather suspicious individual from
whom the request came started to use
I force He, however, met his match
! physically. The doctor had no diff
Guilty in getting into action and the
! man quickly made his escape. The
! holdup occurred at the Johnson place.
The congregation of the Sacred
| Heart church of Monticello. through
it's committee, has bought what Is
known as the Baade property and the
D'Autremont property as site for
the new church which they contem-
/ plate erecting soon. The church will
have frontage of 54xl20 feet and will
] face the west. 1t is desirable lOca-
| ton, being situated on the corner OF
Maple and Second street, which streets
! will be paved this season. The Baade
property will be used as the site for
the church and the D'Autremont prop
erty as the residence OF the pastor
Work will be started on the new
building next month.
Suit to be reinstated as one of the
legatees of the $4,000 estate of Rob
4 ert Buchanan, her uncle, pioneer
Sioux City resident, has been started
In the district court by Mrs. Catherine
Ross Hamilton, 80 lvanhoe road. sef-
ton park, Liverpool England. Mrs
Hamilton, who had been named in MIR
Buchanan's original will as one OF the
heirs. was cut out by codicil added
by Mr. Buchanan the day before his
death This step was taken by Mr
buchanan because he had been In