Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-08-19

church, he says, cost $10,500, the work
donated and the material Of the old
church used in it's erection. 1t IS
modern in every detail and for beauiy
is dream, both inside and out. L.
architecture is Roman gothic. Besides
its large auditorium, there are Ep-
worth league room, two Sunday schoo.
rooms, full basement with two furnace
rooms, kitchen, dining room, ladies'
parlor and cloak room; the interior
woodwork finished in mauve, WITH
three large and seventeen small opa:-
escent windows, gas plant and modera
pews.
| Hallard Sparrowgrove of Victor wa:
killed by dynamite south Of Englis,.
| river. ballard and l.. H. Holscher,
with whom he was working, were
| getting ready to set off a charge Of
| dynamite under a stump. 1t seems
that Sparrowgrove had several dyna.
mite caps in his lap at the time which
he was handling preparatory to ac-
| justing the charge, when he droppes
| his pocketknife among them AM
they instantly exploded tearing off his
leg and mutilating his body and face
badly. He lived about an hour afte'
| the accident.
An unknown robber entered the
basement of Fred Sommer's residence
at Iowa City while Mr.. Sommer slep:
upstairs and Mrs. Sommer was count
| ing her money at table, under az
electric light which perpitted the
| burglar to see her from the terrace :.
| few minutes before. He crept up be-
hind her, and she fed, screaming,
when she turned and discovered him.
The thief extracted 500 from her purse,
overlooked sl2 more and escaped
while the woman gave way to hyster-
| la.
| Drainage district No. 80, Franklin
county, has been let. 1t will COST
about $165,000. The Plymouth Clay
Products company, of Fort Dodge,
made the sale of the material for this
drain, which included about six miles
of vitrified clay segment block and
something like thirty-eight miles O.
| tile in the drain. II is one of the
largest drainage projects that have
ever been let in the drainage area or
Iowa.
Another death is to be chalked ~
as a result of the Speedway races a.
Des Moines. Oscar Arentson. propri.
etor of livery stable at Roland, was
killed while driving home from the
| roa IN mt
struck by Northwestern train. OLAF
Anenson and E. X Thompson, both o.
Roland, who were with Arentson, were
| injured.
| Red Oak is soon to have women'c
rest room. The Village Improvement
Department of the Monday Club and
the Commercial Club have been work.
ing in connection for some months in
the endeavor to secure suitable quar-
tiers and support for a modern rest
room for women.
The work has commenced at Greene
on the new addition to the west side
school. Mcdonald & Co., of Waterloo,
are doing the work. Although it can
not be completed before school opens,
it will be pushed as rapidly as pos.
sible.
Senator A. B. Funk of Spirit Lake,
1t was learned from friends, expects
to remove to Des Moines for perman.
ent residence soon. He has been on
the western coast most of the time
for year or two, but will come to
Des Moines to make his future home.
Glenn Mcconnell OF Centerville had
his neck broken and died instantly
when his auto while running at high
speed ran into a pile of sand and
stopped within a few feet. McCon-
nell went over the windshield and
struck on his head.
When DIR. Frank ]. Murphy OF
Sioux City sued his wife for a d.
vorce charging desertion and cruel
ty, Mrs. Murphy came right back
with cross bill. They were married
in 1901.
For fourteen years Mason City has
paid for paving street intersections
from the general fund, but the COM
missioners are planning to adopt the
plan of charging this paving to prop
erty owners.
A post office has been established
at Sitter, Webster county, with John
N. Gougmour as postmaster. The post
office at Duncan, Hancock county,
has been discontinued; mail is now
sent to Britt.
The inmates of alleged disorderly
houses facing charges Of vagrancy un-
der the state law, have promised to
leave Keokuk. Seven persons were
held to the grand jury.
Ringgold county supervisors have
passed resolution Of necessity for
the drainage of nearly 5000 acres.
Damage claims amounting to $4,000
have been filed.
A stability test for river steamers
is requested by Joe Streckfus, man
ager Of the Streckfus line Of river
boats. Rumors that one boat is ur-
safe caused the request to be made.
Gus Covert of Dubuque tried TO
stop a fight between Dutch" Kauff-
man and woman and was stabbed In
the eye and may lose his sight.
Suit has been filed in the district
court by F. r. Arnold of Ames asking
$4,000 damages for the loss of his
left foot and leg when he was run
down by Fort Dodge, Des Moines &
Southern street car. He asserts that
the employees of the company were
negligent in their operation of the
car and that the car was not equipped
Mount Ayr will be paved with brick