Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-04-30
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WANTED, Fifteen head of cattle TO;
good pastGr>. DoAK q CARoLAN.
Some of our neighaoring towns ARE
already talking up Fourth of July
celebrations.
The report that Win A. Bailey and
T. j. Stafford had formed partnership
was erroneous. Mr.. Bailey went to
Omaha to work Tuesday.
Active operations have been tegun
upon Mrs, Lois G. Stuart's new resi-
denee. Mr.. Merriam, of Omaha, con
tractor for the stone and brick work
has ten masons on the ground, all from
abroad. The contractor for the carpen
ter work Is also an Omaha man, 1t is
not from choice but necessity that Mrs,
Stuart has engaged the nonresidents,
The house viii be the finest In the city
and finished in the latest styles.
The first half of the subscription to
the NJ. Il, church falls due May LIST. The
friends who are helping SO literally will
save the committee great amount OF
labor 10y making payment to A. H.,
Roberts, treasurer of the board of trus
tees, without further solicitation. The
contracts have been made with the
builders and work win be commenced
at once and pushed to the completion
OF the building. TREASURER.
\ great many Iowa farmers are eX.
pcrimcnting in sugar beets this year
The state Agricultural Society offers
$50 for the best bushel of sugar heets
shown at the state state fair Sl5 for
the second. The experiment is worth
trying, for it is n certainty that the
sugar consumed in the United States is
going to be grown and manufactured
here, and in the aggregate 1t will add q
great deal to the prosperity of farmers,
Further reports confirm the belief
that the Winona \ Southwestern vii!
buy the TT. Dodge & Mason City line
The ideas of the Winona people rs to n
Council bluffs extension have been mp,
on line through Carroll and Harlan
and il may require some substantial
coaXing to induce them to adopt the
TT, Dodge's proposed line through JET
rtrsoN, Coon Rapids aud Audubon
The exact course OF a paper railroad Il
qu to intangible, at any rate.
Last week some young men put out
a dccoy for cur newspaper friends OF
the semi weekly, The only duly an.
thenticatcd reporter Of that bright
sheet, note book IN hand made u tom
Of the earth hereabouts In search of the
facts, which he found to indicate that
fetus had been found by gardener
in the southern suburbs. The facts are
that 1t wits purely n job put up for his
special entertainment. This IL very rep
rehenslble, indeed, on the part of the y,
m, and we would admonish them to re.
frain or their names may again appear
in the b. $, Twas neither murder or
poverty, brethren, but u terrible fake.
Sparks Baker was down from Lin.
coin township Tuesday, lie says that
the coal boom In that locality has been
revived by the fact that Des Moines
parties are interesting themselves in
the project. Three hundred feet from
the surface four foot vein was discov,
cred on the Curran farm, and these gen.
tlemen propose to work the vein in case
they can secure an underground right
on adjoining places, lnaGmuoh rs II
has been Enthusiastically shown that there
is coal in the county, and within reason
able distance it would seem that th,
project Is not u venture, and all will b,
glad ii tho nes MONIES parties win opcr
ate tie enterprise successfully.
Six hundred gopher sealps We're mark
eted In the office of the county auditor
last Saturday which We believe was tht
best days business since the bounty
was laid, though the average has beer
very good. The scalps are brought {,
the auditor, WHICH 10 an unnecessary
as any justice can furnish certilicat,
that will guarantee the payment Of TIN
bounty. AS II is the scalps constitut,
a nuisance about the court house, caus
ing an aroma like that which envelopes
slaughter house. tits becoming quite
important that hunters provo VI
their claims by tho certificate method
The great gopher hunt still goes mer
rily on with no appreciable diminutior
in the number Of the pests.
This is, indeed, busy world Re
Gently gentleman who lives seyera
miles in the country put in an appear
ance ut the residence of an Audubon
doctor just at dawn of day, to repor
the condition of child for whom h,
had previously secured medicine. Ar
ter hearing his report the doctor sale
that If the child was not better by nool
to send word and he would visit tn,
home. The man demonstrated for thu
reason that he was 50 busy that he coult
not attend TO the matter during work
ing hours. The good doctor was as
tOnishcd and admonished the gentleman
that his child was in 4 critical condition
and that he should give it the necessa
attention, even at the expense of few
no IRIS lost time.
Contracts for building the new NJ. +
church were let last Monday evening
Mr.. b. Kavanaugh will do the masor
work on the foundation and basement
for 1856, the society furnishing all tn,
material. Mcssrs. Hart, Markley &
Eddy, of this city, contract to build Tho
superstructure and furnish material fol
S37G5. BY the terms of the contract
they virtually enclose the building plas
tered and cased inside, with the excep.
tion Of windows, which will be Of stain
ed glass and furnished by the society
In the hands of this excellent firm tht
l.sly ,,tiIl ba 1. l..