Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-07-29
Gray Department.

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Ed. Mitchell is talking about
painting his house.
Mr.. Shelley's new house will soon
be ready for the plasterers.
Mrs. Shelley entertained quite
number of friends Friday night.
Asmus Boysen and wife returned
from their Colfax trip Monday.
The aged father of DR.. Antrim was
making his son visit over Sunday.
Fred Bowers, of Mendoza, cousin
of our jolly smith, f. C. Hepp, is
making an extensive visit.
Rev. Hayden and Ora Corner at
tended the Talmage lecture and con.
cert at Lake View last week.
The blackberry crop is simply i'm
mense this year in these parts and are
+! selling at five cents per quart.
Prof. "A. NJ. Gray and wife and w.
f. Gray and wife visited with w. j.
Lancelot and family Wednesday.
Anyone wishing to rent a farm call
on d. L. Reid, agent for several good
Cameron township farms. 7-226w
DR.. Antrim, the up-to-date livery
man of this city, is having his buggies
painted and vanished in the height
of fashion.
Miss Belle Lancelot, Miss Bessie
Ross and Miss Bertha Lewis were
visiting the review school at Audu-
bon Thursday.
Harry Mertz, of Lake View, the
tjoily bro. her of G. Eugene, rolled in
to town sarursasy to spend Sunday i.
this live town.
The Ladies' Mite S au /.
very pleasant meeting at Mrs. Corn
er's, Thursday last. A pleasant
repast was served.
The Green Bay Lumber Company
C. fletel their Improvements last
week and celebrated the event Satur-
day night by banqueting few
friends.
| Again the hum of the thresher is
heard in the land. George Gray is
threshing his large barley crop which
is reported yielding sixteen bushels
per acre.
The U. B. Quarterly Meeting will
be held at Lincoln Center, Friday
and Saturday, July 3Oth and 31st.
Elder Porter and Rev. Hayden will
be in attendance.
Another old land mark gone-this
time the old Green Bay lumber office.
1t was purchased by James luton and
moved to residence lot where it
will be fitted up for dwelling.
The Misses Libbie and Bertha
Lewis accompanied by their visiting
friend, Miss Bessie Garmire, was
visiting their sister, Mrs. Jennie
Tucker, in Viola township, over Sun
day.
Mrs. Henry Nedrow made a birth
day party for her eldest daughter,
Miss Dora, and invited twenty-five
of her little schoolmates to celebrate
the event which was very enjoyable
one.
The celebrated Lew Hall Comedy
and Minstrel troupe will give some of
their renowned and enjoyable enter
tainments in their large and commo-
dious tent, in Gray, on Tuesday after
noon and evening, August Sd.
| James Kelley, the g entlemanly
brakeman who so received such
severe injury week ago at Manning,
died at his home at Carroll Sunday,
leaving wife and three little girls
to mourn his untimely death. Mr..
Kelly has been on this run for eleven
years and was respected by all who
knew him.
On account of the rain on last Fri
day evening the social which was to
have been given by the Ladies' Aid
) Society Of the U. B. church was post
poned until Saturday, August Z. The
social will be held at the old post
office building, and ice cream and
cake will be served both in the after
noon and evening. All are cordially
invited to attend.
An electric storm in this region last
Friday did considerable damage. A
barn belonging to Chas. Kenast, west
Of town, was struck and entirely des-
troyed, together with its contents of
hay, harness and farm implements.
Loss about $4,000, partially insured.
A shock of grain just west of our
depot was also burned. A house and
barn, east of town, was burned. The
school house known as "The Sands, !"
in Cameronitownship, was struck aud
shattered considerably but not burn
ei. Some hail also fell but did no
material damage.
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