Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-07-06
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
John McFarlane is expected home
Saturday night.


Saturday night.
AL. Tharnish and wife came up from
Atlantic Monday and spent the Fourth
with their parents. Al. is just recover
ing from recent severe illness.
Paul Rohrbeck, of South Bend, Wash
ington, celebrated with numerous ole
friends in Audubon. Paul says thai
his parents are highly pleased Will
their home in the west, and all are do
ing well. Louis is publishing demo,
caatic paper and prospecting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Gipple, OF
Lettsville, Iowa, are here visiting theil
son, III. w. Gipple and their daughters
Mesdames J. &. Sharp, Lee Hudler and
+. w. Dollahide, and incidentally en-,
joyed the big celebration at Audubon
Mr.. Gipple is the president of co
operative company that has operated
successfully there for nine years.
Mr.. and Mrs f. M. Zion were very
happily surprised Saturday night by
the unexpected arrival of their son
Charlie, who lives at Ogden, Utah, but
who has been to the great Fair, and
upon returning stopped here to visit
his parents and many friends. He is
of course enjoying himself, but the
happiest event of his visit was the re,
ception given him.
Mr.. w. +. Earhart, prosperous
farmer of Viola township, is doing a
summers work that would wilt most
men. He had help engaged for the
summer, but after l20 acres of corn
had been planted, his helper was com
PEELED to quit the job on account of
sickness in his family, and Mr.. Earhart
was left TO rustic the corn alone. He
has held down the job in excellent
shape and is now blowing this 12O
acres of corn the third time and doing
it thoroughly.
The board of supervisors met at the
court house Saturday to let the con-
tract for painting the exterior of the
court house. Three bids were received;
Jump e Weston Sl6S; c. II. Richey
$50; lIenshall & Parnham $40. The
contract was awarded to the latter firm,
the county furnishing the material.
Jump & Weston were also engaged to
paper the superintendent office. The
board did not appoint committee to
investigate the poor farm management,
thus giving credence to the reports
that pertain thereto.
Con Horrigap, of Perry, sold piece
of property for $1,000 He was afraid
to trust the bank, and getting the mon,
ey in gold buried it in the cellar. The
cellar filled with water and the gold
was then buried in the garden. Friday
night, while Mr.. Horrigan was away
from home, three masked men entered
the house and forced Mrs. Horrigan to
tell where the gold was buried. When
Mr.. HOrrigan returned the gold was
gone. He had better have left it where
it was. Ninety-nine out of every 100
banks in Iowa are much safer than any.
body's private house, garden, door yard
or and other place, from the point of
safety or security.-Capitah
John Bailey hove into town last
Thursday afternoon, having made his
way from EldOra by circuitous route.
1t seems that John jumped his job
when sent for pail of water, and
sought shelter with a sympathetic
farmer, who gave him an oyergrown
coat, some food and dollar. At Iowa
Falls he boarded a blind baggage car
and whirled through to Sioux City with
out interference from the conductor,
and worked the Milwaukee to Man
ming, where he caught team to Au-
dubOn. He was radically opposed to
returning to the reform school, but
Sheriff Armstrong toted him away
again on Saturday. John is learning
some of the hardest lessons in the hard.
est way.
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