Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-05-21

to succeed Prof. o. r. Ewing, who has |
resigned to practice in Indianapolis, |
Ind. Prof. Goodrich is from Avoka, |
Mimi.
The Iowa Short Line railroad, run
ming between Council Bluffs and
Treynor was thrown completely out of |
commission when District Inspector
WEIGH of the interstate commerce
commission condemned it's single
engine.
Burglars during the storm at Des
Moines entered the kivits dry cleaning
establishment and got away with
twenty suits of mems clothing, valued
at $4OO. They also tapped the cash
drawer and secured SO but did not try
to open the safe.
Work on paving the streets of West
Union has been begun under the con-
tractors, Sweeney Bros, of Reedsburg,
WIS. The men are working three
gangs, the graders, those directing the !
putting In of the curling and those
doing actual paving.
A county field meet, open to high
school students and members of rural
Y. M. c. A. groups, will be held In Sac
City under the auspices Of the county
Y. M G. A. cup has been offered to
the team winning the meet, and other
awards will be made.
Wnlle riding a disc harrow, John
Norton, aged 40, a prominent farmer.
of near Malvern. suddenly was strick-
en- blind. He unhitched his horses and
waited several hours until his son
arrived. Surgeons have been unable
to diagnose the case.
Mr.. Hiram Joslin passed peacefully
away at the home of his son, James L..
In Anamosa. in the Goth year Of his
age. His strength had been gradually
failing for long time and his death
was not an unlooked-for event. Mr..
Joslln was native of Ohio.
while riding disc harrow, John
The 6-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John S. Matlach. of Council Bluffs,
was seriously injured when the father
threw him from their automobile, to
prevent him being burned by the
flames that enveloped the radiator.
The annual squirrel hunt at Early
resulted In the capture Of 5,O66 striped
squirrels. 2,S79 gray squirrels, 81
gophers. 132 crows and six wolves.
The losing side in the hunt served a
banquet to the winners who scored
S'i7o points ahead IF their opponents.
the Victim 81 quite 4 serious accident
recently. While cooastinss On On roller
skates. down a steep hin near her
home. she collided with little friend.
causing Frances to fall upon the CO.
ment walk. cutting a cash in the back
of her head.
Sheriff Shores. Fred Petit, clerk of
courts; w. Fl. Brunn, and Mrs. All Fra
lick. nave been summoned from Wat
erloo TO Cheyenne. Wyo. to testify in
the divorce case of Mrs. Fralick
against her husband, a former meat
market proprietor of Waterloo. Fed
eral subpoenas were issued.
John w. Hospers, county attorney
OF Sioux county, died at his home in
Orange City after several months
sickness with cancer. He was a com
paratlvely young man, and was popu-
lar throughout the county. During
MS sickness his law partner, P. d. Van
oosterhout, has been acting county at
torney.
barnes City is figuring on enlarging
her high school district under the CON
solldat1on law by taking in two sub
districts in Poweshiek county and
three IN Mahaska. At present one sub
district in Poweshiek county belongs
to that district by former consolida-
ton 1t will require vote of the dis
tricts involved.
| A valuable stallion owned by George
Hancock, farmer living near Rogers
VILE. was badly burned in fire which
destroyed stable where he was kent
The animal had been saturated with
coal OIL and oil had been scattered on
the walls of the stable No clue has
been discovered which would lead to
the apprehension of the guilty party
Because the keokuk & Western rail-
road refused to operate two trains q
day over Its line. the commercial clubs
OF Shenandoah, College Springs. Clar-
india and other towns, have started an
action to compel the Burlington rail.
road to sell this branch on the ground
that the road is exercising monopoly
in southern Iowa. to the detriment OF
public service.
c. w. Bays, editor of the Woodbine
Twiner, while In the anteroom of the
Odd Fellows hall tainted and in fall.
ing hit the back of his head on some
projection. cutting deep cash which
required several stitches in closing IN
MIR. Bays was unconscious for some
time following the injury Mr.. Bays
; is unable to be at the office and it was
said at his home that it would be sew.
eral days before he would be able t.
resume his editorial labors.
, AS a result of the conference held al
Ames the work in combating hos
cholera will commence at once in Cla,
county The college will start off N.