Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-02-23

day evening.
Mrs. J. +. Schriver is very sick at her
homo in Lincoln township, but is little
better today.
Ralph Helm was manager Of plea
SAINT dancing party at the Citizens Bank
hall last night.
Mrs. John +. Consigny and Mrs. +.
II. Adams gave delightful s o'clock
tea last Thursday.
You can take your choice between
white and yellow pine--same price, Mt
Overholtzer s. Gipple's.
Chambers Encyclopedia for sal @.
Cheap for cash. Edition Of 1890.
ELvIN NJ. COLE.
Mr.. w. +. Bagley came up from At
Iantic Saturday evening, remaining
oyer Sunday with his brother Charles.
Mr.. Asmus Boysen moves today to
Omaha, more advantageous location
from which to prosecute his land bust
ness.
Mr.. o. ii. p. Roberts was in town
last Saturday for the first time since
early winter. He has been laid up with
the grip.
Mr.. III. b. Herbert returned from
Chicago Saturday morning, and was
given cordial welcome by his innumer-
able friends.
VIM. McLeran and Joseph Tharnish
went to Pierce, Nebr., Monday, and If
the land suits him the former will trade
twenty horses for soil.
Mr.. Stephen Shoesmith and wife, Of
North Branch, will soon leave for Eng
land on pleasure trip and to look after
an estate of the latter.
Mr.. Windfeld Tilden, the shirt man
from Des Moines, will be in Audubon
soon with the choicest line of shirtings
ever shown in the west.
The cornet band was discoursing
sweet music Saturday night. The peo-
pie were rejoiced to see the boys on
duty again. Mark Kennels was down
from Gray in the capacity Of leader,
and an all round good one he Is.
Rev. r.. A. Smith went to Marshall
town Monday night to spend the week
with his parents. His father has dis
posed of the homestead farm, and II.
A. went to take last slide on the
cellar door and bid farewell to the old
oaken bucket.
Robert Sizer sold a half of his farm
Monday to John A. Nash, b. s. and l..
ID. Phelps for $3.50 per acre. Mr.. Sizer
will go to Nebraska early in March and
buy smoother land, but will remain a
resident of Audubon county, as all will
be glad to know.
Mr.. VIM. A. Small and Miss Mary
Holsted were married Feb. 10Th at the
residence of the brides parents in Boyd
county, Neb., Squire Cosner officiating
The young man was formerly a resident
of Audubon county and his many
friends hereabouts send congratulations
Mr.. John r. Consigny and family will
move next Wednesday to Harlan, where
Mr.. Consigny will be connected with
the management of the Avoca roller
mills. Their departure from Audubon
will be greatly regretted, as they have
been rightly numbered among our best
families.
The Catholics of Carroll county re
Gently held fair at Carroll, and receiv-
ed votes at a penny apiece for the most
popular business man. Mr.. G. II. Jones,
formerly of this city, received 1900
votes-a big majority over any compel
itor. The prize was an upholstered
chair, in which gill takes his ease.
w. II. Mcclure went to Dundee, Ill.,
Monday to attend the funeral of his
cousin, Mr.. G. E. Boynton, who died al
Eagle Grove, Iowa, last Saturday. Mr.
Boynton entered the service Of the
North Western Railway Co. as a brake,
man when sixteen years of age, and
was promoted to the position of con,
ductor when nineteen. He filled vari
Gus positions of trust in the company's
service, and was assistant superintend.
ent of the Northern Iowa division at
the time of his death. Death was
caused by heart disease, though the end
was precipitated by an operation for
appendicitis, performed on Friday. Mr.
Boynton was in his forty-sixth year,
a fine physical specimen, and until a
few days before his death had apparent
promise of long life. He leaves wife
and two sons, widowed mother and a
sister, who cherish the memory of one
who had been uniformly kind and ever
mindful of his obligations to his family,
During the obsequies the railroad men,
including officials and employees, dem
onstrated regard which was the out
growth Of years Of pleasant association,
Mr.. Boynton's home life was an ideal
one, his daily walk that of consistent
christian, and while he has been remoy-
ed from an active life bright with pro-
mise, 1t may be that he had realized the
allotment of human happiness.