Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-14

Go to Burnside's for best grades of
soft coal.
John Benson, of Gray, was a county
seat visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. Chris M. Jensen and baby went
to Extra Wednesday.
is. Foulk left Monday for Abba
on brief business trip.
Best Hard Coal in the market at the
Green Bay Lumber Company.
V. E. Horton was attending to bust
ess matters in Atlantic Saturday.
For SALE: A standard bred male
hog. A e. TALBOT.
Miss Alice Overholtzer came home
from Lincoln Illinois, Monday evening.
Henry M. Gray was quite sick for
several days last week but is now able
to attend to business.
f. b. Davis returned Tuesday even
ing from Webster City, where he has
been selling the Hartzell patent.
John Ward went to Belle PLANE
Saturday night to look over the work
on an iron bridge he is constructing
near that point.
Rev. w. NJ Dudley was at Lone Will
low Monday and Tuesday evenings
assisting in the revival meetings being
carried on there.
Fred Cooley, of Audubon, was in the
city visiting with Hank Parish on Mon
day. He left for Dedham Tuesday,
Manning Free Press.
Sheriff Armstrong received car of
hay from northern Iowa Monday and
will use the same for feeding the choice
stock cattle on his Melville farm.
Tim Mccarthy returned Monday
morning from his visit in Nebraska.
Mr.. Mccarthy will soon go to Avoca,
where the Rock Island wants his ser
vices as operator.
Hon. w. r. Green returned Monday
from Sidney. Mr.. Green has received
word of the serious sickness of his
father at Washington ID. c. and expects
to leave for that city this week.
Oscar Overholtzer left Tuesday for
a location hunting trip. He had no
definate point in view but on finding
the right location will start a lumber
yard.
III. w. Van Gorder returned Tuesday
evening from Chicago, where he has
been buying a restaurant and con-
fectionery stock. Mr.. Van Gorder ex-
poets to be ready for business about
March 1st.
Friday of last week G. II. Slaughter
sold his grocery stock to o, D. Hudson,
of Lamont, Decatur county. Mr.. Hud-
son is an experienced grocery man and
expects to move to Audubon as soon
as the weather will allow
George Weighton returned Saturday
morning from Chicago where he had
been with shipment of stock. Mr..
Weighton was in the Norh. Western
wreck at Otis but was not inconyen-
fenced except by the long delay.
A number of cases of scarlet fever
are reported from Cameron township
the disease being so widely spread that
the schools are being closed. Only the
strictest observance of the quarantine
rules will prevent the spread of the
dread disease and it is to be hoped that
they will be ridgedly enforced.
Agent w. w. Smith is happy man.
This week he disposed of his somewhat
celebrated Rocky Mountain burro to
Brakeman Moberly From all reports
Mr.. Moberly richly earned the right of
possession to his burroship by the work
required to persuade the long cared
beast to 60 to the depot and get aboard
the cars for Atlantic.
The North Western train was wreck
ed at the transfer switch last Thursday
evening. The train was behind time
and it was almost dark when the acct
dent occurred. A broken switch rod
was the cause of the trouble. The en-
CINE crossed the switch in safety but
the balance of the train started down
the cut off for the Rock Island depot.
The tender was pulled off the track
and the coaches slid down the embank-
ment into the ditch. Fortunately but
few passengers were on the train and
none of these received injury. 1t took
the wrecking crew until Saturday noon
to clear up the wreck and get the over
turned coaches on the track and
started for the repair shops.