Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-02-03


it was found his accounts were short.
Moore sold his stock in the bank and
made good the deficiency. He left
Parnell after the shortage in the
city funds was discovered. The for
mer cashier is being held on a bond
of $4,000 and will be tried in the
March term of court.
The case of C. ]. Jordan against the
estate of ]. w. Blackman, in which
Jordan sought $4,000 damages be-
cause of the murder of his wife by
Blackman, came to an unexpected
end in court at Perry when the case
was settled without the aid of the
jury. The evidence had been submit
ted by the plaintiff, arguments made
and the judge was ready to instruct
the jury when the parties concerned
reached an agreement. Jordan will
be paid $1,000 and the costs of the
suit are charged to the defendant.
Fear that the street car company
would abandon service in Waterloo
was felt following the council ordi-
nance passed, ordering the abandon
ment of all one man crews on cars
and providing for two men on each
car and demanding tagging at all
railroad crossings. Company officials
| prepared to ask an injunction re-
straining the enforcement of the or
dinance and intimated service would
be abandoned If this failed.
| Snnrac ara hnp,o1acc ,onob prar-
erty has been damaged, and heavier
damages are feared from ice gorges
and high water, the result of the
worst food the upper Mississippi val
ley has suffered for years. A new
high level was reached when rain
soaked the ground and filed smaller
tributaries. From all river points in
Iowa and Illinois come reports of
high waters, and large number Of
ice gorges have been reported.
| Contractor William Horrabin Of
Iowa City has been awarded the con-
tract to build the new concrete bridge
over the Iowa river at Iowa City,
his bid being $77,400. Horrabin sub
mitted his bid as $500 lower than
that Of the next lowest bidder" the
next lowest being the Widell Con-
struction company Of Mankato, Mimi.
which has promised a legal fight
against Horrabin's bid on the grounds
that it is not competitive.
The plans and specifications for
the new federal building. which will
be started in Washington, have been
received. The contract for the struc-
ture will be let the latter part of the
month. The plans indicate building
story and basement. 1t is to be built
of brick along simple and plain lines.
The structure will cost $50 900, over
half of which has been appropriated
during the current year.
Iowa university's college of phar-
macy is manufacturing aspirin--a
drug that the European war has rem
dered almost npurchasable, and, II
to be bought, marked at almost pro-
hibitive prices. The laboratory turns
out the aspirin at $500 per pound. 1t
costs $3.50 in the market. mas
much as the normal price is SC, the
university pharmacists may continue
to manufacture all aspirin needed
there, even after the war prices drop.
Thomas H. M. Benton died recent
ly at his home in Sigourney. He was
born and raised slave in the South.
At the close of the Civil war he drift
ed into Sigourney and had been there
ever since. He was barber and OPP
Grated his shop until year ago,
when he retired as the Oldest bust
ness man in point of service in the
city. He had accumulated consider
able property during his lifetime
Fire completely destroyed the
Wolfe hotel and the Waugh and See
ley implement house at Pocahontas.
Every room but one in the hotel was
occupied, and the guests, scantily
clad. were driven out into the cold.
Few of them saved their belongings.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The loss is about $4,000, partially
covered by insurance.
| A package of currency amounting
to $4,000 disappeared somewhere be-
tween the Burlington depot and the
Adams Express company office in
Mt. Pleasant. Police are investigat-
ing. The money was consigned by
the National City Bank OF Chicago
to the New Farmers bank at Salem,
Iowa. Another package containing
$500 in silver was undisturbed.
The official census figures for for
ty-eight counties Of the state certified
to the secretary Of state by the GEN.
sus department show q total gain in
these counties over 1910 of 1926.
The total population of these forty
eight counties in 1915 is given as l.
075,94S as against 1,019,653 for the
same counties in 1910.
Business men and bankers Of Iowa
| City and Washington are discussing
the building of an interurban line
from Iowa City through Washington,
Mt. Pleasant to Keokuk. Local capt.
talists are now building the line be-
| tween there and Muscatine and Mon
| tezuma.
Marengo's new NJ. E. church is
nearing completion and when finished
the cost will total 100000. The build
ing has concrete foundation, is
built of pressed brick with limestone
trimmings and Venetian tile roof.
The interior decorations and furnish.
ings are done in oak. The main build
ing is 70 feet square with a seating
capacity of 600. There is also a
large gallery. The main part is d.
vided into an auditorium and Sunday
school department, the latter having