Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-04-22
Gray Department.


An eye on Hischke, he's marshal.
Miss Belle Bridenstine is very sick
with measles.
Henry Nedrow was an Audubon
visitor Monday.
Herman Hischke struck water at
20 feet and lots oft.
Glen McCuen of Ross will do some
papering in Gray soon.
Charles McLachlin is over the grip
and again hard at work.
Mrs. Eta McMichael was Gray
visitor Thursday evening.
H. B. Shelley will soon commence
the erection of q new dwelling.
Our merchants are shipping many,
|eggs for which they pay z cents.
John G. French took the initia-
tory in 1. o. o. F. Saturday night.
/. Will Ellis of Audubon and Minnie
Foster of Cameron were married last
week. Is
S. C. Randles is considerably under
the weather. Sam says he don't know
what in - ails him.
Our creamery received returns from
one shipment of butter last week; it
brought IL cents in Chicago.
Miss Pearl Audas will commence
her term of school at the Barger
school house about the first of May.
Miss Myrtle Randles who is teach-
ing in the Somers district, was visit
ing her numerous friends here Satur-
day.
Christ Jensen's improvements in
the north part of town looms up and
should be practiced by more of our
citizens.
AT this writing the daughter Of
w. z. Scott is very low with measles
and for two days she has been per-
fectly delirious.
Mrs. Opperman has been to Nam
ming the past week having DIR. Will
liams perform surgical operation on
the lip of her infant son.
NJ. E. Jenkins by proxy, treated
the billiard hail to refreshing scrub;
and now the old gent is using soap
lavishly on the windows.
| A. L. Hager has recommended Mr..
August Greenwaldt as postmaster
here. Mr.. Greenwaldt and Miss
Myra Grow were the contestants.
Our" dads" request everybody to
clean up their lots, alleys and streets.
This is timely warning and wor-
thy the notice of all good citizens.
A wonderful air ship was gazed on
by our inhabitants last Monday
night, it was probably constructed
by the boys, but it's actions were
majestic nevertheless.
A friendly woodpecker is knock
ing at the U. B. church steeple for
admittance, and from appearances
prefers to enter the church where the
u sual six months probation is not re-
quired.
So eager are the people for the
JOURNAL up this way, that they
can't wait good naturally from one
Saturday to the next. It's quite a
contrast to some other papers that
come to this office.
| Our former pastor, s. A. Roberts,
we learn is in Chicago reading law
having changed from the pulpit tc
the bar. We sincerely trust he will
not be visitor to the other bar. His
family is in Des Moines.
| NJ. NJ. Kennels who for many
years was the trusted grain buyer Of
the Stuart Grain Company of thi.
place, but now travelling salesman
of the Omaha Stock Food Company,
was visiting relativesand friends here
Thursday.
i While arranging her room Satur.
i day morning Miss Belle Lancelol
brushed some matches off her wash.
stand, and STOPPING to pick them up
stepped OH one, which caught hel
clothes OH fire and before extinguish.
ing the flames, was severely burned
on one arm. Her Valley school wa
therefore postponed for q week.
Rain Easter Sunday, it rains TO
lseven Sundays following, is an ole