Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-08-17

Coal for $3.50 per ton at the Stuar
Grain Company's.
Charlie Bott and wife are the prou,
parents of another heir.
Notice the card of the Park mea
market in another column.
-Four hundred chair pushers at tn
Worlds Fair are on u strike.
Abram Campbell, of Extra, has beer
granted an additional pension.
Mr.. A. $. Culver was an over Sunda,
visitor with old friends in Anita.
Miss Flo Wilson went to Des Nome
Monday to get ideas in millinery.
J. Il. Minor was forced to kill hi
dray horse that was injured last week
DIR. and Mrs. J. T.. Clark welcomed
son to their home last Sunday morn
ing.
The Rock Island company has laid
new platform around the Audubon
depot.
Mrs. |. w. Baker and family returned
from their Illinois visit Wednesda,
morning.
Andrew Smith has built neat anC
commodious residence on his Hamlir
township farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Helm, of Avoca
visited several days last week with
their son, Ralph.
Roy Funk has been holding dowI
Charley Dennis job this week owing &c
the latter's sickness.
Jake Meyers youngest son chopped
off the end of his index iinger with q
corn knife Tuesday.
The galvanized, all steel Aermotel
windmill, both fitting and fixed towers
at Marshall & Sharps.
is. Widison, OF Pennsylvania, has
been visiting the friend of his boyhood
Geo. Ross, of Cameron.
U. S. Marshal Richards was In town
Saturday. We did not learn that he
did any official business.
Mrs. Stotts and daughter have re.
turned from two months visit mt Chi.
cago and other eastern points.
Subject at the Presbyterian church
next Sabbath morning, the Perfection
and Power of Holy Scripture.
VIM. and Riley Jones and jim Rose
were before the mayors court Friday
and were fined So ana costs each.
Gene Johnson has been in the north
ern part oh the state adjusting Wolfe
Grain Meters sold by Is. +. Howald.
Walter Ridge is reported as having
recovered from his rheumatism attack
and is now visiting at Cedar Rapids,
The Cass county Agricultural Society
call attention to their fair attractions
in this issue, the date being Sept. II to
II, 1893.
Buy your posts now of the Green Bay
Lumber Company and be ready for
spring. They have all kinds and low
est prices.
The electric belt man, who drew
nance last week, departed Monday for
pastures new,
Charlie Weston has moved into the
old Weston House and Rev. Parsons
occupies Charles residence near the
German church.
John Reinemund has had his build
ing on North Tracy street nicely re
painted, and it is now an ornament to
that part of town,
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.
Taylor's circus did not draw a very
large crowd last Thursday owing to the
bad weather. Those who braved the
storm report good performance.
Jas. X. Pound and wife arrived home
Saturday morning, after months alb
sence, sight seeing at the fair and visit
ing relatives in Michigan and Canada.
w. II. Zion of Ogden, Utah, is here
visiting his parents and friends, having
just returned from the Columbian ex-
position. He will remain here till
of the electric light company at Ogden.
Mrs. Hinshaw arrived from Indian
ola Friday to visit for month with
her daughter, Mrs. DR.. Clark. Miss
Vivian, who has been spending the
summer here and made many friends
among the young people, returned
home Monday,
Mr.. d. Pingrey, of Durant, was here
the first of the week looking after his
landed interests. lie is still postmas-
ter at that town, but expects his walk
ing papers any day. Mr.. Pingrey says
that drought has already injured all
crops in eastern Iowa.
1t is said that the democratic slate
for county officers is made up as fol-
lows: Forrepresentative, W. II. Brink
erhoff; treasurer, Frank Fish; sheriff,
Geo. Ellis; superintendent, Melville
Grahami supervisor, Oscar Hunt; with
the nomination for surveyor left open
for some disappointed one.
Grandma Stocking celebrated her
SSth birthday last Saturday. She has
six daughters, two of whom, Mrs. John |
Buckley, of Griswold, and Mrs. Ben
Cecil, of Oakiield township, were pres |
ent. The lady is hale and hearty and !
Notwithstanding her advanced years, |
continues to do her own homework.
Marion Jones was in town the other
day and for the first time confessed |
why he was shorn of his whiskers last
winter. lie went down In well 10
build fire to thaw out some ice, and
instead of the flames and smoke rising
they circled round his head at furious
rate, and scorched his silver locks in a
manner that made clean shave nee
essary to his good looks. Mr.. Jones
has guarded his secret well, but since
everything has gone democratic he is
glad to make confession and clean
breast.
Mike Mcdonald, who was here last
week from Bayard, has neighbor who
IS wool grower and a democrat. Last
fall Mike told him to look our OF there
would be slump in wool, but he per,
sisted in his democratic waywardness.
This year he had good fleece, and
wrote to his wholesale men at Des
Moines that he was ready for business,
md wanted prices. In few days he
'eceiyed letter from his old friends
aging sowing to the uncertain condl-
ion OF the market we are unable to
handle your wool at any price" He
howed the letter to Mike, who sympa