Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-14
OakfieId and Rraxton.

oakfield and Brayton.
tbs The IT. Three Smiths have painted
, Two cousins of Iona Beers were
visiting him last week. e''e "'''
Charlie Jenkins sent a carload OF
, wooa up to AL. Zaner, at Audubon,
AL ine Misses May and Pearl jenkins
with their Extra friends one
day last week. : 'S''>'' Wv
Win Pearson g may'' get hurt if
Se CON quit going up to Extra on
y. Howell and family are enjoy
ing visit from his brother. Mr.. John
Howell and wife.
I. J. Essington recently purchased
1 = carload of calves which he has placed
on his stock farm.
Sidney Mcclure was at Extra and
engaged Miss Anna Boiling to come
down and work for them.
III Swolley has a force of men and
tne grader putting the roads of his.
district In shape for winter.
Charlie Skies and Mr.. christopher
smith hulled their clover stack last
week and report satisfactory yields
The woods about Oakfield daily
ring with the merry peals of laugh
Ter OF parties gathering hickory nuts.
There was lime famine in Extra
last week and John Schlater was in
brayton the other day buying load
of Mr.. Nels Sornson.
Dave Carpenter has gone to the
town of Nora, Nuckolls county, Ne
braska, to labor in the corn fields till
near the Christmas time.
Miss Nellie Wilds held a successful
festival at her school house, No. 2, in
Oaktield township, last Friday even
ing Another flag we expect.
Joe Gearheart, of Extra, has just
finished .brickingup" large cave
for l. r. Hallock. That cave is one of
the finest caves in the country, too.
Miss Nellie Simpson received a tele-
gram that her mother was very i'll,
hence she was obliged to bease clerk
ing at the Mcclure store, in Oakfeld.
-. w. Powers was over in the vicin-
ity ofthe Minser school house, in Au-
dubon township, last week and finish
ed the county road work down this
way.
Mrs. Charley Norton and daughter,
of Avoca, have finished good visit
with Mrs. Norton's sisters, Mrs. I. P.
Hailock, and Mrs. III. F. Andrews, at
Extra.
A. 81. Baber and George Kramer,
old time friends of Grandpa S. N.
Harter, were down from Extra the
other day cheering the old gentleman
npa bit.
We are pleased to state that Mr..
and Mrs. KEGS Hal lock baby is now
steadily improving in health and now
there are strong hopes of its ultimate
recovery.
The Inhabitants of the south gun,
ty lie have woke up to the stern s.;ss
cotton the fact that J1ks XcgssdssA
dis :slsl
vante5l Sc -. .depa rtnN has
,ppe;eorge Horton has rented haE, Ryan
er, v. r. Horton's farm, that, will u
pied by w. s. Black, and GeoAges
friends are trying to figure out just
what that means.
All persons knowing themselves in
debted to the Bendixen Hardware
Company for Irvine are requested to
please call and settle for same on or
about October LIST.
Friday, October 22d is the date upon
which Doug Hamlin will have sale
of his fathers, the late Matte Ham
Inns, personal propert. The sale will
take place at the old homestead.
LosT!- Between Brayton and John
Johnsen's one red pocket book, con-
tanning some money. Finder please
leave same at Brayton postof1ice and
receive reward. INGyARD BIRK.
IT'S A WARNING ALI persons are
hereby notified that I will allow no
more hunting or trespassing on my
farm In sect :ss2 81, Extra township.
Keep NOE RALPH AKERs.
IS. b. CLARK old family gray horse
got her head cought under the man
ger the other night and received such
injuries that after lingering two or
threee days the animal gave up the
I ghost.
AT the Horton school house, where
Miss Gertie Gates teoches, they had a
very successful festival, last Tuesday
evening, and soon now we expect to
see the starry banner waving from the