Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-09-23
KimbaIlton and Elkhorn.

nesday of this week. S54 in prizes
Jorgen Miller has nice bunch of
light hogs that he will market soon.
Jens Verner's barn is now we'll
under way. M. B. Wonsmos is the
architect.
Geo. Sprague is teaching success
tul term of school at No. 8, Sharon
township.
s. G. Petersen, the Elkhorn hard
ware merchant, was at the Omaha
fair this week.
Peter Christensen, thriving far
mer near Elshorn is new subscriber
to the JOURNAL.
Nels Jensen and wife have moved
to Elkhorn and are now occupying
the Wig residence.
Mrs. Nick Wright and her son
Charley, visited over Sunday with
friends north of Irwin.
Harald Hansen, of Atlantic, is
painting Hans P. Mortensen's house
northeast of Kimballton.
Big dance at the pavilion in Pop
lar next Saturday evening. Ring
riding in the afternoon.
Peter Fredericksen, Sharon boy,
is now toiling at the blacksmith trade
for Hans P. Hansen, at Extra.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Bramsen, of
Ute. Iowa, are visiting relatives and
friends at Kimballton and vicinity
for a week or two.
Jens Andersen, east of Elkhorn, is
very sick man. He has serious in
ternal troubles and on Tuesday was
not expected to live.
Some low, mean, sneaking hounds
stole several dollars worth of fancy
rings off from Ole Jacobsen's harness
last Sunday evening.
The l1imballton Rifle Club hold
big prize shoot at Kimballton on
Thursday. Over $50 in premiums.
| We name the winners next week.
Hans Nissep, the big stock farmer
of Jackson township, Shelby county,
shipped carload OF hogs from -Au-
dubon to the Chicago market Tues
day
Rob't c. Spencer, the gentlemanly
candidate for county perintendent
on the democratic ticket, was looking
after political interests in Sharon
Tuesday.
| The question of organizing far
mer's lumber company at Kimballton
is again being discussed. Much in
terest is manifest and something will
be done soon.
G. f. Jensen, the new buttermaker
at Kimballton, arrived from New
York last week. He is now getting
used to the creamery and will begin
his duties Oct. /.
Paul Petersen, formerly an Elk
horn teacher, was renominated for
superintendent of schools in Shelby
county at the republican convention
at Harlan last Saturday. He is now
serving his second term.
Martin Christensen has traded his
engine and water tank to Christen-
sen Bros. for q horse power and $195
in hard money. Messrs. Christensen
& johnson will thresh out the rest of
the season with the aforesaid horse
power.
The swine plague is raising sad
havoc in northeast Sharon. The
herds belonging to Henry Poulsen,
Hans Tovring, Andrew Christensen
and Chris Jacobsen have nearly all
been demolished by this dreaded
disease.
Peter Bramsen's horse got loose
at the dance Sunday evening and
at once struck 1859 gait for Kim
ballton. He stopped in front of
Marcusen's store but as no one came
out he smashed what was left of the
buggy against wire fence and then
tangled himself up in the trees in
Marcusen's back yard where he was
found the next morning.
A letter was received last week
from Peter H. Miller, the Kimball-
ton photographer, now at San Diego,
California. Peter is employed on a
lemon ranch and is mastering the art
of irrigation. He says the country
agrees with him, his health is i'm
proving and he is gradually gaining
in avoirdupois. His sister, Miss
Leonora, who is with him, is also
much infatuated with the Pacific
coast country.
The knights of Pythias picnic held
last Sunday at Peter Madsen's place
east of Kimballton, proved a very
social and entertaining affair. A
large gathering of Pythians were
present and enjoyed themselves in a
royal manner. Short but interesting
addresses were made by Sir knights
Geo. Marcusen, Thos. Lohner, and
Peter Madsen. Atdusk the knights
Withdrew to Nels Christensen's place
west of Kimballton, where they spent
the evening in merry dancing.
My boy came home from school one
day with his hand badly lacerated and
bleeding, and suffering great pain"
says Mr.. E. ]. Schall, with Myer Bros
Drug Co, st. Louis, Missouri. ~
dressed the wound and applied CHAM