Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-06-03

Mrs. Otto Witthauer is visiting
her parents in Greeley township.
Mrs. E. J. Freeman and Mrs. c.
II. Cross were Atlantic visitors last
Friday.
Call at Jones, Dickey & Cos. and
see the Deering and Empire binders
and mowers.
A few second-h hand cook stoves
for sale at bargain at Jones u
McKarahan's ....
John Jay, who sells cheap clothing
to the people of Manning, was n
our streets Monday.
A brother of f. P. Reese, from
Jasper county, has been visiting that
gentleman recently.
Call on Jones & McKarahan and
see the Victor teed grinder before
purchasing any other.
John Hite, of Henry county, has
been visiting his son of the same odd
name at this place for the past week.
Number one screen doors, sub.
stantially made and well finished,
for $I.4o each, at Charles Stuart &
Sons.
Jones & McKarahau are closing
out their full line OF stirring plows,
cultivators, seeders and harrows at
ACTUAL COST.
Jones & McKarahan have full
line of corn planters and check-row
ers and are offering them for sale at
very low figure.
Miss Carrie Burton, of Extra, ar.
rived in the city Tuesday afternoon
and will remain a fortnight with her
sister, Mrs. w. A. Crane.
w. r. Scott and wife returned
Tuesday evening from three weeks
visit with relatives in Jones county.
They report most enjoyable time.
o. p. Waitman will lecture on "The
power of labor and capital" at the
Elias Fiscus school house, Douglas
township, Saturday eve, June 9Th.
A cordial invitation to all to come
and hear.
Mr.. John Fetterly, the popular
piano tuner, Of Marshalltown, will
be in Audubon the remainder of the
week. Parties desiring good work
will find it to their advantage to
consult him, at the Walker House.
Rev. w. w. Ramsey will deliver
his very interesting lecture "What l
saw and heard in the late war"
on Monday evening, 9TH inst, at the
Methodist church. Mr.. Ramsey is a
fine orator and will highly entertain
his audience. Come and hear him I;
come both to laugh and cry.
A Mr.. Hopkins, from Chicago,
has entered the employ of G. II.
Colson in the painting and decorat-
ing business. He is a workman of
large experience, and coming from
the great metropolis is well acquaint:
ed with the latest styles of the art.
Mr.. Colson is meeting with an ex-
cellent patronage, and in each case is
giving the best of satisfaction.
A party in honor of the sixteenth
anniversary of the birth of Miss
Cora Kennels was given at her
home last Thursday evening. She
was made the recipient of a number
of presents from her young friends,
about thirty of whom We're her guests
on this occasion. All united in
rendering verdict to the effect that
the occasion was most enjoyable
one.
c. E. Kibby, of the Highland
Dairy, had just returned to his home
last Wednesday evening from hav-
ing distributed milk among his num-
erous patrons of the town, and was
about to unhitch his usually faithful
team, when the door of his house
was quickly opened and the bright
lamp light frightened the horses and
they ran away. The cover of his
wagon was badly demolished, but
no damage was done to the team or
running gear of the wagon.
Last week John Gray bought
first-class span of heavy horses of
the Green Bay Lumber Company at
Atlantic. He shipped them to this
point and traded them to Ed. Brown
for the light team which he has been
driving on his city dray. Mr.. Gray
now uses these for carriage driving,
and they are proving themselves a
pair of flyers, of which he will not
be ashamed when fair time shall
come. The heavier team answers
much better for draying purposes,
and with his new dray and express
which he received from At.
lantic last Friday, Mr.. Brown has
one of the finest tournouts to be seen
IN this section. The new wagon is a
platform spring, finished in the best
style, and cost $2I5. 1t is a credit
10 the city.
A valuable mare, the property of
B. g. Foreman, received severe in
uries by coming in contact with a
barb wire fence while loose in John
Minors pasture last week. The !
1esh about the hook joint of the
light hind leg is lady lacerated, and
I was at first feared that the joint
would become stiffened from the in.
Jury, but this fear, happily, has been