Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-02
VIM. Neff is back from Texas.

VIM. Neff is back from Texas,
| Roberts has the big line of Holiday
Goods.
| Art Harvey is now butchering for
the Doak market.
| Frank Allen returned from Kansas
Wednesday evening.
Additional Audubon news on anoth-
err page of this paper.
| Dell Cole is visiting relatives and
old friends at Grand Junction.
Musson & Son also run feed grind
er at the North Western elevator.
Harp Wilson was visiting in Adair
county couple of days last week.
johnson & Nelson shipped hogs to
Omaha Saturday, Monday and Tues
day.
A. c. Darland will have public
sale at his place in Douglas township
on December 10.
If you are looking for musical in
struments look over O'Connell's new
stock before you buy.
Bert McLaren is enjoying the COM
forts that accompany fine heating
stove bought of Hoover.
Pearl Roberts left Wednesday for
Perry, Iowa, where he expects to ell
gage in Observation-Disclosures.
Oysters, celery and all the goodies
necessary for your holiday dinner at
Preston's and the prices are so very
low.
Editor Mott returned from Chica-
go Wednesday morning where he had
been with a view to buying a better
cylinder press.
Mrs. Oscar Walker left Friday for
Clayton county to visit for several
months with relatives and friends at
her girlhood home
Fred Mandelkow, formerly an Au-
dubon butcher, is now fireman on a
passenger train on the G. N. w. R'y.
between Boone and Cedar Rapids.
One day last week John Kennedy,
of Hamlin township, bought of A. S.
Culver, of this place: Jersey COW
and the second night after the pur-
chase twin calves were born. Quite
a herd for $4,000.
Grandma Roark, mother of Joseph
Roark, died Sunday of dropsy at the
age of IS years. She had been resi-
dent of Audubon fifteen years. The
remains were buried in Maple Grove
cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Minor went to
Atlantic, Monday, to attend the flu
neral of Earl Perry who died of inju-
ries sustained while coasting last Sat-
urday. The deceased was grandson
Of Jas. Hunter, of Melville township.
| Conductor Bundy tells us that
during the month OF November the
Rock Island r. r. delivered 26 car
loads of Audubon county live stock
at the South Omaha stock yards, be-
ing the greatest amount of shipping
from this county to that market in
the history Of the road.
Chas. Tramp announces that he will
operate his Audubon brick and tile
business on an extensive plan next
year and will commence active opera
lions as soon as the frost is out of the
ground. He states that the farmers
are using an enormous amount of
brick for stock cisterns and storm
caves.
The third attempt to establish sa-
looms in Audubon county under the
Mulct law has failed. Although an
extra effort was made, the petition
being thoroughly presented to the
voters, ON Wednesday figuring up
disclosed the "discouraging" fact
that the saloon petitions lacked over
800 sigma lures necessary to make the
requisite sixty-tive per cent. OF the
voters who cast ballots at the last
election. Hence we thirsty ones must
continue to buy whiskey for mechan-
ical purposes and dampen your nso-
phagus with hop tonic.
i Tuesday the Des Moines papers an
nounced the engagement of Mr.. Edwin
Van Gorder, of Audubon, and Miss
Helen Getchell, of Des Moines. The
young lady is a daughter of Mr..
Getchell of the firm, Getchell & Mar
tin Lumber Company, of Des Moines.
We are lead to understand that the
wedding will occur the fore part of
June and Immediately after the hap !.
Ply couple will .iaunt to the eastern
sea board. Mr.. Van Gorder is a very
exemplary young business man and
Audubon society will welcome his
bride to this busy prairie city.
Miss Emile Tornov died at the
home of Jens Marquesen, in this city
Friday morning of last week. She
had been sufferer from consumption
TOR years but was only confined to
her bed very short time before her
death. Miss Tornov was born at
Rodkjer, Denmark, about 25 years
ago and had been in this country six
years. Her parents have been dead
several years and she had no relatives
here. She was most excellent
young lady and enjoyed the friend
ship of a large circle of acquaintance
who deeply mourn her loss. The
funeral Occurrnd from tba Root;ct