Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-08-19
Gray Items.

gated of late.
w. r. Johnson, wife and mother
contemplate a trip to southern Iowa,
on a visit, in a short time.
An immense lot of small grain is
coming to town. Considerable corn
is also coming in.
Joseph Ashley has left Gray's
ranch, and has gone to Wyoming
Territory to work for his brother
on the cattle range.
Rev. Cousins passed through here
on his way to Burlington, last Tues
day, to attend the session of the
grand lodge of Iowa |. o. G. 7.
One of F. P. Recess children was
taken sick last week necessitating
Franks presence at home.
Frank Leet is back again from
Illinois. He reports very dry wealth
er in that state.
Jack Lancelot was in town Satur-
day, and again Wednesday. He
will move here September first.
Our popular blacksmiths, Foote
& Perkins, are worked day and
night on machine repairs. This is
threshing time in Audubon county.
w. H. Stowell was in Audubon
Monday and again on Tuesday.
DR.. P. NJ. Sheafor went to Andu-
bon Saturday evening.
We would not object bit if some
one would assassinate the midnight
dogs and cats that infest this burg.
They have no manners at all and
no regard for any ones feelings.
Mrs. Stowell's mother, Mrs.
Guthrie, left tor her home in Guthrie
Center last week.
James Pepper had his face badly
hurt last week by heavy iron fall
ing on him while he was at work
under the power of his threshing
machine. 1t put game looking
jaw on him for fsw days.
Bro. Elliott was in town last We'd
nesday, and filled his regular ap-
pointment here on Sunday. We
are all glad to see him around again.
Undertaken Smith, of Manning,
has opened a furniture store in Gray.
We hope he will do sufficient bust
ness to make ii paying venture.
Mrs. Smith has charge OF the store.
Bert Lebeck has taken charge of
tine post office, and has moved the
same into his store building. Bert
will make an affable "Nasby" at
this cross roads, no doubt.
The isstte rains have made splen-
did feed in the pastures that short
time since were brown am. aimo ST
bare.
DR.. Brooks and Mr.. Ed Della
hoyde were in town last Friday
evening. and made themselves useful
by assisting our boys at band prac-
tice.
Miss Sheafor was in Gray last
week visiting friends. She returned
home Saturday.
Will Garmire will soon start on a
prospecting trip to southwestern
Missouri. He thinks some of mov-
ing to that locality.
Mr.. Walter Humphry, of Santa
Barbara, Cal, is visiting this week
with his cousin, w. J. Lancelot, of
Ross. Mr.. Humphrey thinks Cali,
fornia with its immense crops Of
small grain and abundance of all
kinds of fruit, is about the place tc
live, and he is not far wrong.
w. H. Stowell and wife are the
happy parents of a fine healthy girl
f born on Wednesday, August nth
Mother and daughter are both do
ing finely, and "dad' Stowell is sad
to be too happy for any use.
Miss Nellie Switzer is attending
normal at Audubon this week.
} Mrs. 6. J. McLacklin's parents
returned with her from Vermont
: and will make their home here witt
their daughter.
/, James Mick brought to town las
a fine LOT of cholera morhus in I'll,
shape of water melons and musl
melons. They were good, however
a Next Thursday and Friday, Aug
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