Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-01-05

The harvest of ice is now on. The
quality is fine.
T. w. Staley has sold his lease of the
Park billiard hall to Henry Strong.
Frank G, Ellis visited friends in Des
Moines last week, returning Saturday
evening.
For plastering buy that stucco
for sale by John Weighton Mt Stuart's
old stand.
A. ii. Edwards has no more pigs for
sale. The excellent specimens in his
herd sold rapidly.
The Sandwich corn shelters will shell
the cleanest and last the longest. For
sale by G. w. Hoover.
Miss Alice 0verholtzer visited with
the family Of IL. Il. Rogers at Stuart
several days last week.
Mrs. L. NJ. Cousins has been on the
sick list for week with grip and COM
plications, but is better today.
Ed. Beason is victim of the mumps
and ex-Auditor Rees is temporarily as
sisting in the recorders Office.
Misses Poulson and Ellis seem to be
doing splendid work in teaching. These
ladies were students at the A. n. G.
Mr.. John +. Clifton has been very
sick during the past week, but we are
pleased to state is better at this writing.
The new two cent stamp represent
ing the landing of Columbus is highly
artistic, but about twice the size of the
old one.
All those having heavy draft horses
for sale will find buyer at Van Cor
der's restaurant on Saturday, January
l4th, 1893.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gleason returned
Tuesday from Davenport, and are dill
gently engaged packing up and prepar-
ing for final removal.
If you want heating stove that will
give the greatest amount of heat with
the least amount of coal buy the River,
side Ventiduct sold by G. W. Hoover
The North Western train was delayed
three hours Thursday morning by the
drive wheels of the engine slipping of
the rails at the south end of the switch
in Ross.
The Lone Willow people are enjoying
some lively literaries. The next one i:
Thursday evening, the 18th, when the
relative usefulness of steam and horse
flesh will be discussed and decided.
DIR. Ii. Z. Jewell, of Viola Center, IL
reported very sick with diphtherla il
malignant form. His brother, DIR. Mil
ton Jewell, of Winneshiek county, la.
arrived Monday to attend him during
sickness.
Two children of Ii. f. Mitchell, o,
Viola township, died Of diphtheria Sun
day about the same hour, and wer'
buried Monday. Another it Is sale
cannot recover. The little babe wal
taken to DIR. JEWELS home to escap,
the contagious.
The Audubon County Bank has re
ceived and is distributing the one hun
bred worlds fair souvenir coins order
ed by subscribers several months ago
They are of the coin value of fifty cents
but sell at one dollar each. Five mil
lion will be coined.
The report of county officers to the
secretary of state of criminal prosecu
tions in Audubon county for the fifteer
months ending Oct. 81. 1899, shows the
following startling figures: There wer,
four criminal convictions, with fines
amounting to 81 $50; only 1854 of thu
fines collected, while the expense to tn,
county of these prosecutions, exclusive
of the solary of the county attorney
was S2,9l23O.
Watch for the business announce
ment of Messrs. Overholtzer & Gipplt
in these columns next week. These
well known and reliable gentlemen
have formed partnership and will en-
gage in the sale of lumber and al
kinds of building material, making a
specially of southern pine. They are
already making estimates on bills Of
lumber and making sales as well. They
will be pleased to make interesting
figures for any who contemplate pur'
chasing, Watch for fpll announce
ment next week,