Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-04-09

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the old building.
III. +. Andrews, Esq will represent
| Allison Post at the annual encamp-
ment of the Department of Iowa to DC
! held at Dubuque. lie is not determin-
ed rs to whom he will support for COM
mander.
The Nj. T.. church people have re-
ceived the plans for their new church
from Foster Il Liebbe. The plans
show fine building, commodious and
and convenient, ana will come within
the 81 900 limit
The council has concluded to receive
bids from the electric light companies
to put in q plant OF $40 hundred lights,
200 hundred to be wired up. Six COM
panies are soliciting the job, and their
representatives are at war.
Mrs. j. NJ. Bryan and her two daugh-
tiers started Monday for Oakland, Cal,
where they hope TO find better health,
aud in search of which they will remain
absent several months, j. Nj. accom-
panied them rs far as Omaha.
Mr.. John c. Bonwell has had no
communication or interview with the
authorities of the Mason City, TT.
Dodge ~ Audubon R'y., and has in no
matter rendered them town site on
his Viola Center farm, reports TO the
contrary Notwithstanding.
L. j. Freeman has been canva ising
the town to see how many electric
| lights could be contracted for. Al
ready he has secured pledges for more
than GOO lights, and will receive more
orders yet. Enough will be secured to
make the plant a great success.
TO each purchaser OF dress pattern
valued at $500 or over we shall pre-.
sent, free OF charge, our Perfect Fitting
Basque pattern, made from the famous
Butterick designs. Regular price OF
pattern, 30 cents.
VAN SCoy Il Son.
Supt. Sabin has designated Friday,
April 2ith, rs Arbor Day, and has is
sued n pamphlet entitled "A Forest
Festival Of Song and Sentiment 1t is
filled with beautiful contributions by
Iowa authors, and from its pages n
splendid program for the day may be
selected.
ID. &. Abrams has bought the resi-
dence north of II. j. Creyelings, and
will bring the lot up to grade, and
otherwise improve 1t. Mr. Bilharz will
move portion of his old store build
ing on the lot adjoining it on the
north, will tit it for residence and
occupancy by Mr.. and Mrs. John
| Dawson, ST.
Mrs. A. 4. Armstrong and children
departed last Thursday for Chicago
where she will visit her sister and will
go from there to visit the old home at
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, to be absent u num-
Der Of weeks. During her absence the
Mayor will make n business trip to the
Pacific coast.
When 1t looked like trouble with
Italy, some impusive resident of Car
roll county indited note to Gov.
Boies rendering his services In case of
war. The postmark was that of Man
ming, and the surmiso is that il was
Charlie Lawrence who wanted to go
on the fighting expedition. But II Is
base ingratitude that Charlie should
thus turn against his fatherland.
Judge A. l.. Sanborn and family
have returned to Manila, after some
UNMARRIED experience of two years dura-
ton at Sulphur Springs. 1t Is surmised
that the Judge concluded that he had
enough of that country when he learn
ed of the action of Its legislature in
hanging the portrait of JEFF Davis In u
place occupied for many years by
Abraham Lincoln. Probably this Is
where the Judge drew the line.
Rev. J. ii. faggy returped home
Monday from attending the Loyal Con
ference of the Evangelical church
which convened ut Anita last Friday,
Rev. j. ]. Fisher, Of Chicago, presiding
The number has more than doubled
during the past year and they have
very bright prospects for the future.
The General Conference, which con
Yenes at indianapolis In October, will
Bnaiiy aeDiue The unfortunate Gantya.
vcrsy now agitating and dividing THAT
church, after which no doubt matters
will be again settled. by the new ap-
pointments Rev. Iaggy is returned to
the Audubon charge, which Id very
agreeable news to all OF our people.
Rev. l.. n. Day goes to Writ and liev.
G. +. lIeilman to Kingsley.
THO representatives of the several
electric companies nov soliciting tho
work of putting In the Audubon plant,
are waging war to the knife. Six Of
them held u meeting with the council
rest sd % the ' rNspnTtsonaiveo@s tGat tg
the latter, make specifications of what
their respective companies could do In
the way of furnishing an 800 light
plant. Then the fun began. Each
solicitor made liberal propositions
wherelpon he was charged by the
others with making contracts his com.
pany GaVH not fulfill, and with bidding
and countsrc harges were spirited and
| 0irGus for the council. The city Is
count Of the competition The solicit
ha, representing the Edison Co.; III. f.
Bailg!n, Omaha, Brush Co.; Cowgirl &
Rutledge, Omaha, Matho. CO, YIN.
Cram, st. Paul, National Co. The boys
pleasant gentlemen and we hope they
may All got the cqHtFsat,
Mr.. John WeightOn returned Tues.
day morning from his trip to Texas,
very much benefited by the three weeks
of rest and recreation. lie was de.
tanned at Canon City, Colo, on account
of the sickness of Mr.. Thayer, whose
attack indicated typhoid foyer and was
similar to one he Suffered shortly be-
fore leaving home. Mr.. Weighton
made the trip into Texas alone, max
ing it, in some pesp60ts, tedious,
though interesting. At sanderson, iii
the Lone Star state, he was compelled
to remain over night, and although it
Is 4 railroad division station, the hotel
accommodations are limited. The
only public building is occupied as q
saloon and post Office, and in the
rear apartments of this place Mr..
WeightQn was given q he'd, The pro-
prietor and saloon keeper gave him tho
best in the house, which wasn't bad,
and treated him with q cordial hospi.
tally which together with the novelty
of the situation, made the rude furnish
ings quite agreeable. In the saloon,
business continued most Of the night,
and trio of carousing telegraph opera
tors, in mimic tragedy, constituted q
comedy peculiar to that people. The