Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1894-04-26

Lowest prices ON WAL paper ~
Roberts.
The Stuart Grain Company handle
the best coal.
John Griggs returned from Extra
Monday evening.
M. Mogg apa j. r. Mogg drove to
Templeton Monday.
Asmus Boysen, of Manning was on
our streets Tuesday.
Marshall & Sharp are putting in some
new shelving this week.
Miss Stearns, of our city schools,
visited at Extra Saturday.
Wood Soar entertained a number of
his friends Thursday evening.
Zeph Plat has accepted a position
In Chas. +. Talbott's restaurant.
j. II. Noon returned Thursday from
a several weeks visit in Kansas.
Miss Lizzie Wright gave a concert at
the Baptist church Monday evening.
A number of cases of scarlet fever
are reported from Douglas township,
johnson and Nelson sent two cars Of
hogs out for Chicago Monday evening.
AL Sheets has built an addition to his
house and is making other improve.
ments.
Stephen Shoesmith, of North Branch,
was In Audubon yesterday and called
at this Office.
William Maxon, of Greeley township,
was attending to business matters in
Audubon Tuesday.
Tim Mccarthy, Bert Bryant and Sim
Curtis went to Atlantic Tuesday even.
ing to see Kelley's army.
VIM. Pangburn has retired from his
position in Staiford's barber shop and
will till the soil the coming year.
For SALE-Five thoroughbred pedi-
greed Short-horn bulls, of the milk and
beef family. FRICK and FRY.
For SALE.-A good business house
on Broadway inquire of
I.W. BAKER.
See our picket fence from native
wood pickets before buying. All
lengths, OvERHoLTzER & GIPPLE.
Jerry Baxter arrived in Audubon
Monday morning, after an absence Of
several years in various western states.
Doak and Lane will sell 60 head of
choice well bred three year old steers
at public sale at Extra next Saturday.
Doctors Brooks and Miller expect to
move into their new Office rooms in
the Howald block the first of next week,
A special session of the district court,
Judge Macy presiding, was held Tues.
day to dispose of some unfinished bust
ness.
Frank Talbot had all of his teeth
taken out Monday. The effects Of the
operation made him quite sick for q
few hours.
Mrs. William Wonn left yesterday
for Alton, Illinois, where she
will visit for some weeks with relatives
and friends.
A gentleman from Des Moines has
been in the city this week figuring on
opening the Walker house and running
a firstclass hotel.
Henry w. Young, district salesman
for Standard Food, with headquarters
at Atlantic, is in the city as the guest
of Alex r. Smith.
Mrs. Mary Wilkinson, who has spent
the winter in Audubon with her daugh.
ter, Mrs III. ". Funk, returned to her
home at Montezuma Friday evening.
The whereabouts of Oscar Overholt-
ger is still an unsolved mystery. The
detectives employed upon the case
have failed to throw any light on the
affair.
If there is any virtue in big sign
&. Fl. Jones & Co, will surely do lots
of business. That Gill Jones & Co."
looms up like q gilt band wagon in a
circus parade.
r. Moore Carpenter left Tuesday
m orning for business trip in north
eastern Nebraska. From Nebraska
Mr.. Carpenter expects to go to the
Cherokee Strip.
Once again the Walker House is
closed. The last proprietor seemed I'M
able to make ends meet" and the own
ers of the property ordered that bust
ness should cease.
Ed Prick returned Tuesday morning
from Cripple Creek, Colorado. Mr..
Prick says that the Cripple Creek
country is on the boom and fortunes
are being picked up every day.
Chas. E. Talbot and wife returned
Friday from a weeks visit at Carroll
and in Omaha. 1t is seldom that
"Chsrlie" gets away from business and
he thoroughly enjoyed his short vaca-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Smith returned
from California Tuesday morning.
Mr.. Smith says the trip was most
pleasurable one but after visiting
seventeen different states he thinks
Iowa is the place to live.
Will Mitchell, of Extra, is now in
Audubon in the employ of the Green
Bay Lumber Company, as "spotter" on
the Overholtzer and Cripple lumber
yard. This, while perfectly legitimate,
is a rather peculiar way to meet com.
petition.
Rev. r. w. Tippet of the Audubon
circuit, M. L. church announces ser
vices for next Sunday as follows:
Love feast at Ross at II o. NJ, to be
followed by baptismal service. Preach
ing in the evening with administration
of the Lords sup or at 1880. Services
to be conducted w. presiding elder,
Rev. ID. &. Franklin.
The most discourteous action that
has ever come to our notice was the
treatment accorded an Audubon lady
at the Burke hotel at Carroll last week.
Mrs. Chas. Farmer was coming from
Missouri Valley to Audubon and tele-
graphed ahead for rooms at the Burke
hotel. On arrival at Carroll the lady
had to find her own way to the hotel.
The room assigned her was at the back
of the house on the kitchen area. The
windows were without fastinings and
the room absolutely unfit for occu-
pancy, its condition being such that
the lady sat up all night, fearing to