Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23


Go to Gregg Wolfe for horse shoeing
and any kind of repairs.
The rain of last night and this morn
ing is reported rs a fall of two inches.
Thos. F. Musson shipped in five cars
of feeding cattle from Omaha last
week.
Jacob Andrews. of Extra. was the
guest of his son, ii. +. Andrews, We'd
nesday.
Charlie Burnside returned Monday
evening from two weeks outing at
Okoboji.
M. IL. Strong, of Jefferson, was in
Audubon Monday, the guest of w. p.
Farguson.
A. l. Friend returned Wednesday
evening from few days visit with his
parents at Creston.
Rev. Day End wife drove home last
Thursday from two weeks visit with
parents at Des Moines.
Mrs. +. NJ. Hensley and baby from
Extra are visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
c. f. Hensley for few days.
Gregg Wolfe is prepared to do first
class horse shoeing at reasonable
prices. Try him on your next job.
A. Scheetz, of Templeton, one of Car
roll county's prosperous German farm
ers, was trading in Audubon Tuesday.
Mrs. A. II. Roberts and Ralph Rob.
erts left Wednesday for visit with
friends and relatives III Des Moines
and Charlton.
G. IL. Jones Il Co. are selling Guilt
vators cheaper than any body also
Discs and Harrows. They sell the best
goods for the least money anyway.
DIR. S. F. Parsons, eye specialist, is in
town, and can be consulted at DR..
MOlgaard's Office. He makes monthly
visits and is proving quite benefactor
to those suffering from eye trouble.
The general reduction OF the freight
rates OH grain, which was announced
last week, goes into effect next Mon
day. The reduction OH wheat will be
&c, and on corn and oats SC.
Rev. Wissler, pastor of the Congre.
gational church at Extra, was i'm Audi
bon Wednesday making arrangements
for the holding of a Sunday school
for the various schools of
the county some time in the near
future.
Next Sunday morning at the M. Z.
church there will be an "Old Peoples
Service" There will be an appropriate
sermon and exercises. Veterans in
their masters service and all elderly
persons are especially invited. Even
ing service as usual.
We have decided to hold Taber-
nacal meeting near Viola Center school
house beginning August Sd and lasting
over one Sunday. The quarterly meet
ing will be held in the tent by l.. N.
Dap, p. E., August to 8. Come and
meet with us. We hope to do you
good. G. w. PLUMER, Pastor.
Dixie Dunbar, the tourist" printer,
who is known to tue type-setting fra
ternity all over the United States, paid
the Audubon print shops visit Fri
day. Dixie is now an old man and Is
the senior in point of service, if not in
years, of lall tramp" printers. For
forty years Dixie has been "hitting the
road" travelling most of the time on
foot, and he now announces himself as
about ready to retire.
The army worm has struck Audubon
county and is reported as present In
several localities. Damage is reported
as extensive in late oat fields. The
worm, some of which may be seen at
w. III. Low e Co.'S drug store, is
about an inch long, and the size of
slate pencil, black in color with white
or yellowish stripes. In some places
the worms are reported in large num-
beers and are said to be attacking the
corn fields.
Land sharks are working new and
novel racket in some parts of western
Iowa. Their plan is to get list of
farmers desiring to dispose of their
then obtain permission to
list the farm and receive certain COM
in case of sale. The offer
seems bona fide and perfectly honor
able, but there is fine print clause in
the contract which the farmer is re-
CURED to sign that practically makes
a mortgage. The agent has the in
strument recorded and then the farmer
discovers he has plaster on his prop
erty. The game is for the sharp to &C
cept certain amount of money, de-
pending upon the subject, as blood
and then get out of the coun-
try. AS general thing farmers will
rather pay it than stand law suit,
uyh;oh 10 fhranfonad