Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-07-15
Gray Department.

PooPi0 III Odspei CouuIy.
Mrs. Steere who has been sick for
many weeks is convalescing.
Mosier, the Audubon butcher, is a
twice-a-week business visitor here.
Harvest and !haying hands are
scarce but wages still remain low.
Charley Rooney was hauling out
lumber tor farm Improvements this
week.
Miss Corla Corner is assisting Mrs.
Charley McLachlin in her household
duties.
Mrs. Frank Buckuer who has been
ill for some time is much improved
in health.
Nj. d. Crow has been under the
weather for few days caused by
overwork.
Best Binding Irvine and lowest
prices on same at Greenwaldt & Grot-
eluschen's.
No creamery in sight yet, but we
have as fine location for one as the
state affords.
Ready made screen doors and ex-
cellent wire cloth at Greenwaldt &
Groteluschen's.
Our worthy postmaster, August
Greenwaldt was under the weather q
few days last week.
A fine shower refreshed mother
earth Friday last and now vegetation
10 urOu inu luyurianf1v
Mrs. E. J. Lancelot fell, and sus-
tanned such injuries as to compel her
to keep quiet for q few days.
The little daughters of w. F. Gray
and Addison Settlemfre spent Sab
bath with friends in the city.
Pete Moller was doing business at
Audubon last week and Walter
Audas was yard master during his
absence.
Walter J. Auias is mentioned as
the choice of the democrats for
treasurer. Mr.. Audas is an honora-
BILE man.
Greenwaldt & Groteluschen bought
ten thousand pounds of Irvine and
already have distributed 5000 pounds
therefrom.
The best signs of returning pros
perity are that rats are plentiful and
bees are swarming themselves to ex-
travagance.
Mr.. VIM. Clark and his sons Will
burn and Rob, returned from Omaha
and Council Bluffs celebrations very
much pleased with the recreation.
Nearly every evening Hans Chris
Jensen can be seen searching through
the grove for stray swarms of bees.
His catch SO far has been profitable.
George Davis is hauling his last
years corn to market. He has about
four weeks hauling and receives thir-
teen cents per bushel. The quality
ispoor.
From present indications the out
side townships will patronize the
Gray High school during the next
school year which commences Sep
TENDER first.
Mrs. Moller's father died suddenly
at his home at Battle Creek, Iowa,
Monday last and Peter and Mrs. Mol
Ter left here for the old home inn
mediately.
Bert Lacy is visiting his friends
here tor few days. Bert is working
in Minnesota where he gets one dol
lar and fifty cents per day, and hands
are sca roe at that
Mr.. and Mrs. Asmus Boysen were
Audubon visitors Thursday. Mrs.
Boysen went on to Colfax to meet
her mother and accompany her to
Mrs. Boysen's home here.
Our up-to-date druggist has added
ice cream that's simply delicious, to
his neat counter of confectionery.
Gene knows what is most appreciated
these sweltering hot days.
Barley harvesting is well under
way and that cereal promises profit
able returns. The tame hay crop is
also nearly completed with rich
crop secured under favorable condi-
tions.
Nels Christensen marketed two
car loads of fat hogs here Saturday
last. Forsbeck Il Groteluschen were
the purchasers and they were shipped
on the special from this place Su nday
morning.
Prof. A. NJ. Gray and wife, of An
drew, Jackson county, Iowa, are
visiting their relatives and friends III
Irwin, Shelby county, they will re-
turn to their school work some time
in August.
Charles Wilson, our gentlemanly
agent at the c. N. w. is an expert al
hiving bees. With his little dinner
bell in one hand ard revolver in the
other he can just settle anything il
the bee line.
Miss Grace, the young daughter o
o. L. Russell, Of Manning, and for
merly station agent here, has beer
making an extended visit among hel
many young friends. She returned
home Friday.
Talk about foot racing you ough
to have seen the GO fat' and tn,
clean" race at the Frank Gray cele
bratiom. The " fat" came out ahead
and now we can challenge the county
Address Frank Gray for reply.
George Gray's horse and bugg,
came up missing Friday. last and i
consequence George had to foot it t
the ranch. The rig returned howeve