Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-16
& Elkhorn.

Peter Esbeck is losing his hogs
cholera.
Mrs. Hans Petersen, of Elkhorn is
reported very sick.
Oleff Olesen, the mail carrier, is on
the sick list this week.
Peter Bramsen is staying with
Peter Lykke this winter.
Albert Boysen will stay at the A.
G. Nelson home this winter.
Jens Sorensen is wintering at Mat
Mathisen's home in Sharon township.
Nels B. Andersen, the Kimballton
architect, went to Audubon Monday
on biz.
Peter Madsen has lost all but four
pigs from the prevailing swine
disease.
P. N. Boysen is painting the new
addition to Thomas Jessen's house in
east Sharon.
Miss Annie Mathisen, of Audubon,
is visiting at the Andrew Madsen
home this week.
Charley Setback has had new
Eclipse wind mill erected on his
farm near Elkhorn.
Peter Fredericksen. of Extra, was
visiting at Peter Esbeck's and George
Marcusen's Sunday.
Peter Fl. Andersen, east of Kim
ballton, is having his herd of hogs
destroyed by cholera.
Miss Wright, of Irwin, is visiting
at the home of her uncle, Nick
Wright, of Kimballton.
A. G. Nelson and wife returned
from Texas last Thursday evening
after very enjoyable trip.
Nels B. Andersen will finish his
carpenter work this week and says he
will take it easy this winter.
Harald Hansen & Co., of Atlantic,
are painting and decorating Prof.
Foght's residence at Elkhorn.
j. G. Jensen and wife of Shelby
county, were Sunday visitors at N.
B. Andersen's home at Kimballton.
Andersen, the photographer, is pre-
pairing to build a gallery 20 X "a just
north of Esbeck Bros.' store at Kim
ballton.
rhos. Kelly has a stock sale at
Kimballton Friday of this week.
Most of the cattle were imported
from Axtell, Nebraska.
| Johan Christensen has rented for
five years the farm recently occupied
by Gregersen Bros, and has moved
onto the same this week.
About dozen of Rev. Hansen's
friends and relatives came down from
Cedar Falls last week to attend the
funeral of the PASTORS wife.
Ten pounds of rosy girl baby ar
rived at Nick Marcusen's home in
Sharon township last Friday and now
Nick's a mighty happy man.
The directors of the West Hamlin
creamery company had their month.
ly meeting last Thursday afternoon
at Nels B. Christensen's home.
Otto Bruhn and family have moved
into the basement under Hansen 4
Petersen's store at Elkhorn where
they will make their home this win
ter.
r Miss Rosa Esbeck celebrated hel
, seventeenth birthday at her home
r Sunday. A large number of hel
: young friends were present in thu
n afternoon and evening and all had {
b jolly time.
r Miss Gertie, the young daughter Of
n Mr.. and Mrs. Christensen, east Of
o Elkhorn, fell down the other day
e and dislocated one of her limbs. TIL
: injury may cause her to remain quie
n for many day.
n, n Mrs. A. Jensen, of Atlantic, is nov
II staying at the home OF her parents
e Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Larsen, north o
n Kimballton. She has purchased tn
Il Jorgen Miller farm and will have
nice house and other buildings erect
ed on the same at once.
I'd Rev. Anker, of Elkhorn, who ha
~ been on the sick list for some tim
q. has recovered sufficiently to trave
He left last week for Denmark t
visit his old home, his many friends
and to recuperate his fast declining
health. Before returning to Ameri
can shores he will visit some of tn
y famous bathing resorts of Europe
Mr.. Anker will probably be abser
about twelve months.
lc Last Saturday evening at Kimbal
lc ton, Hamlet lodge, knights Of Ply
lc thias elected the following Officer
lc for 1885,
&c Chris Brodersen, G. G..
&c Matthias ,Mathiasen, V. c.
IL G. w. Boysen, Prelate.
ic Peter Madsen, NJ. of w.
1c Jorgen Marcusen, Il. of r. and
&c Hans Marcusen, NJ. of L.
&c Peter Madsen, M. of E.
&c Ole Peterson, M. "A.
&c Jens Sorenser, l. G.
sc Peter Bramsen, 0. G..