Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-07-06

Coal for $3.50 per ton at the Stuart
Grain Company's.
/. J. Yaggy has bought four blocks
in Harris addition.
Prof, f. 2. Hooker is expected homo
from Indiana next week.
Hon. II. +. Andrews was in Guthrie
Center on business Monday.
Bert Petty is home from Council
Bluffs, being released on bail.
w. II. Green and family celebrated
with his brother at Dow City.
Geo. II. Keightly is in the city. He
is now on the road selling safes.
| Fred Vermilya will start soon on a
bicycle to visit his parents at Winterset
Gents, you can buy good all wool
pants at the Eagle Clothing House for
$500.
Miss Vivian Henshaw, of Iudianola,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. DR.
Clark
Thos Musson came home from the
fair Tuesday. His wife will remain
sometime.
Tom Cochran's big house southwest
of town is completed and in the hands
of the painters,
The galvanized, all steel Aermoter
windmill, both fitting and fixed towers
at Marshall & Sharps.
Mrs. Elizabeth Weldy, of Iowa City,
is visiting the family of her son, Clar-
ence Weldy, of Sharon township.
Il. A. Fessler is perambulating on
crutches, the result of a mis-step the
Fourth, causing strained ankle.
NJ. NJ. Kennels is holding down the
local business for the Stuart Grain Co.,
during the absence of Doug Thayer.
There was but one disturbance on
the Fourth, resulting in a fine and costs
for Martin Mogg, total mulct of SILL
Buy your posts now of the Green Bay
Lumber Company and be ready fol
spring. They have all kinds and low
est prices.
John Conway and wife, of Nelson,
visited with Prof. Repass and family
Sunday. Mrs. Conway went to Extra
Monday to visit her brother.
Yellow Pine will warp and split, but
if you want to experiment you can
save money by buying it at Weighton's
yard, near the Rock Island depot.
c. ii. Cross was at the Burke Hotel
in Carroll last night when the storm
struck the town, and tells wonders as
to the freak of the wind. In a room
occupied by Mr.. Chas. Van Gorder, who
was en- route to Okoboji, the window
was blown in and clear across the room
The AUDUBON REPUBLICAN says
that Canada thistles are growing IL
numerous places. in that town. Wa
would Judge that our boys ran against
them the other day, for they appeared
quite sore after their return from Au
dubon. Cut your darned weapons
down and our ball players will do youI
team up two to one.-Monitor.
A very happy wedding took place
Monday afternoon July 3, at the M. i
Parsonage, this city. The contracting
parties being Mr.. Philip X. Krause and
Miss LOWE Gard, Rev. E. f. Ilgenfrit2
officiating. Both these young people
are from Douglas township and are
highly esteemed by all who know them
Their many friends in Audubon Co
join us in bespeaking for this young
couple prosperous future.
lAIr. W. l.. Swaney, of Viola township,
! finished his big barn last week, and had
formal opening in the way of a free
for all dance with all the neighbors in
attendance When Mr.. Swaney was
ready to haul the lumber from Dedham,
all of his horses were sick and the good
neighbors turned in and did the work
for him. Hence, the free dance on the
perfect June night with an orchestra,
a brass band from Dedham and endless
edibles, for the entertainment of the
| big crowd.
Chris Hansen, who has been store
keeper and deputy postmaster at Pop
lar, left that burg unceremoniously
some ten days ago. The store was
locked up last Saturday by the sheriff
on writs of attachment filed by G. j..
and ID. NJ. Wyland, of Harlan, for
$1,000; and the Let's Fletcher Co., of
Carroll, for $500. The books Of the
store are in very bad shape so that it is
| impossible to estimate the assets.
Several adjoining farmers are the vic
tins of llansens failure.
! The one serious accident of the
| Fourth occurred early in the morning,
when Carl Chrstensens hand was bad.
ly shattered by the explosion of a No. IL
fire cracker. lie had touched match
to the fuse and placed it in an auger
hole in hitching post TO explode.
After waiting a moment without re-
suits he concluded that the fire was
out, and removed it with his hand with
the purpose of again lighting it, when
it exploded with this result. AS nearly
all know, the No. IL is very LARGE
frecracker of great force and makes a
report like that of gun. The flesh
between the third thumb Joint ana the
hand was torn back to the bone and
the ends of three fingers badly LAGER,
ated, but no bones were broken. The
wound has caused Mr.. Christensen
much pain, and it will be several weeks
before he fully RECEIVERS the use of his
hand,