Cider Drinker In A Bad Way

Webster City, la.. April b.- Jr-nysicians who are Ín attendance upon Alonzo Merchal of Maxwell gave out a strange diagnosis of his case. Mr. Merchal is 38 years of age. Before the prohibition law was effective in Iowa he was a hard drinker, but after its enactment he stoppd and for several years was a teetotaler. Then he formed the hard eider habit, drinking from a quart to tvvo quarts of the manufactured stuff daily. The doctors say a mother of vinegar has formed in his stomach and a surgieal operation will be necessary to remove it.