Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-07-08

or the Digest In the state. because
the incorporation has expired and
stock has been acquired by new
owner 1t was feared that would be
the last year for an assembly. Under
new plan OF organization, by which
$4,000 will be raised to buy the
grounds and buildings. the institution
will be saved. The stock is being sold
at $40 share. The coliseum, which
seats $500, is among the finest in
the middle west.
The Presbyterian church at West
Point, the oldest of that denomina-
ton in the state of Iowa. Chased
three day session celebrating the sew
enty-eighth anniversary of its organ
ization. Officers OF the Iowa presby-
terry were present throughout the
services. West Point was first set
tied in 1894 Early in 1897 small
number Of jealous Christians banded
together and on June "a of that year
the first Presbyterian church OF Iowa
was organized under the authority OF
the presbytery Of Schuyler.
Mrs. Delta Wallace of Corning
was recently the recipient Of re-
markable document which she has
Just made public, a letter bearing a
strange request and equally singular
offer II Is to the effect that upon
the death Of a former sweetheart, she
Is to receive from his estate the sum
OF 5000.
The next convention OF group 3
OF the Iowa State Bankers associa-
tion has been voted to Upton. This
is the first time in the history Of the
association that the annual meeting
has not gone to either Davenport,
Clinton or Muscatine.
The Mississippi river claimed two
more victims when Alvin Sundeen
and John Vancencellious were drown
ed vancencellious dived out OF
boat and did not come to the sur
face again. He is believed to have
struck his head on rock.
Attending the annual spiritual re-
treat VI the priests of the Davenport
diocese OF the Catholic church at st.
Ambrose college were 10s priests.
The retreat is under the direction OF
Very Rev. M. 8. Ryan, C. NJ, Of st.
Louis.
A special effort is being made by
the Commercial club of Atlantic which
has in charge the arrangements for
the entertainment OF the state rural
carriers meeting there July 20-22, to
provide for decorations such as have
never been seen there before.
The State association of county at
.ssss~,- .~s~~~a w.,
Fort Dodge with the election of fol-
lowing officers: e. w. McManus. Ke-
okuk, president; J. J. Sharpe. Hamp-
ton, vice president; e. J. Wenner,
Waterloo, secretary.
Work has been started on the new
Missouri Valley Oil company's plant
at Baskerville. ]. A. Barrett is to
be the local representative OF the
new company whose headquarters are
at Omaha
Mrs. Guy Erickson of Maple Hill,
who was injured in runaway, has
been stricken with paralysis and is
not expected to recover. Her spine
was injured In the accident.
Mike Scholtes OF Springbrook mar
rowly escaped death when he was
caught In revolving shaft and sus-
tanned painful injuries He was badly
cut about the head and his shoulders
bruised.
lightning struck the Lutheran
church at Rake, instantly killing
Martin Guam. seriously injuring the
Others, and stunning a hundred or
more others. The church was crowd
ed to capacity.
Constable Roy Chinn Of Davenport
was hurled to the ground, his chin
broken, knee dislocated and ribs
caved in, when he tried to arrest
some speeding autoists.
Infection from a sick COW on the
Paul Koontz farm nearly caused the
death of four men near Waterloo.
The animals sickness baffled the doc.
tors.
DR.. Albert e. Graves, pastor of the
First United Brethren church at Wa
terloo for Ave years. is dead after
long illness.
The young man killed In an auto
mobile wreck near Blencoe, has been
positively identified as being Leonard
Williams of Post Oak, Mo.
Bernard Srokron of Dewitt after
watching by the dead body of his wife
cut his throat with razor and Is at
the point of death in hospital.
Warren LaFollette was drowned In
the Skunk river at Oskaloosa when
his motor boat went over the dam.
Word was received at Fort Madison
of the death at his home at Chilli
cothe. H., OF Jesse Tate, young
Santa Fe fireman running between Fl.
Madison and Chillicothe. His wife
was handling a revolver when 1t was
accidentally discharged, the bullet
striking Tate in the abdomen. He
died within half an hour
A fire In Atlantic thought to be OF
fncendiary origin destroyed the Mick
ell elevator building, frame building
adjoining 1t and damaged four freight
cars standing on the track north of
the burning elevator. Damage is es-
timated at $4,000.
Lewis Miller. living east OF Abba,
II enjoying visit from his sister,
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, of Eden, Arl-
zona. whom he had not seen for 60
years. They were lost to each other
for half century.
Roy Mansfield and Ralph Barnum
have been sent to jail for 80 days for
resisting Officer Walbaunr at Mason
City, who was hit with brick and
cut with knife in the arm.
Following a cloud burst which yir-