Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-11-25
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Mrs. Henry Wells is reported very
ill.
Mace Gill is not feeling his very
best.
Tom Crees has Joined the Journal
army.
w. E. Kennels lost COW and
hog this week.
Harry Percy and family will Chris
mas with relatives at Anita.
Mcclure received fifty sacks of
winter wheat flour Tuesday.
The Epworth League will meet at
Old Hamlin next Sunday evening.
Death has scooped in three Of Geo.
Smiths horses. That's hard luck.
Rob't Campbell has lost several
head of cattle on account of black leg.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Mcclure ate tur-
key with Billy boy and his good wife.
S. j. Hoyt, of Panora, was Mon
day visitor of Buttermaker Schoono-
YER.
MI. Schoonover's little daughter
had severe attack of croupe Monday
night.
Henry Young is again taking life
easy. His 1897 crop of corn is all
cribbed.
Corn 16c, oats TIC, wheat zoe, bar
ley lie to zoe, hogs $500, butter l5c,
eggs iGc.
A literary society will be organized
at the Old Hamlin school house next
Friday evening.
O. p. Tyler and George Kyhn are
having hard luck. Cholera has at
tackled their hogs.
Tuesday Geo. Peterson performed a
very artistic job of banking about
McGuire's palace Of trade.
Alex MCGUIRE is back from Audu-
bon township where he has been pick
ing corn for VIM. Layland.
Robert Campbell sold eight head of
yearling steers to John Mcclure, of
Melville township, at a good figure.
Uncle Joel Crees is holding car
load Of 1896 pop corn for higher
market and we hope he will strike it
rich.
Miss Bessie Bradley has again taken
up her studies Of short hand and
typewriting at the Atlantic Business
College.
This week Harry Percy bought 900
bushels of corn of Rat LaFoy, 600
bushels of Hi Wilson and 400 bushels
of H. G.. Rice.
Plat Harris hogs are recovering
from cholera. Strange to state he
lost none. He was so scared that he
forgot to give them any kind of dope.
Charley Banning and wife leave
nextfweek for Joplin, Missouri, with
hopes of benetitting the latter's health.
Mrs. Banning is a great sufferer from
rheunaatism.
-g@ Mr.. Harm Rice and daughters Myr-
tie and Rosetta will HE away to Clin-
ton county, Iowa, week after next to
visit with Mr.. Rice's parents at Low
more for three weeks.
Nelson Lance, agent for the Mer-
chants Dispatch Company, was here
Monday and paid the Blue Grass Sep !.
arator Creamery Company $500 for
a tub of butter lost about two years
ago.
Counselman Il Company still have
10000 bushels Of 1896 corn stored at
Hamlin Station. They will not crib
any of the '97 crop, preferring to shell
and ship the same as fast as they have
carload lots.
Will Thomas, who was called to
Evans, Iowa, by the serious illness of
his brother, writes back that the pa
tient is recovering nicely. Will hopes
to get back to these parts in time to
hang up one Of his socks.
Johnny, the twelve year-old son of
VIM. MaXon, of Greeley, now drives
the cream wagon and he is the first to
arriveat the creamery in the morning
Quite chore for little man, and he
does the work thoroughly.
Ed johnson shipped from Hamlin
Station Tuesday Il carload of yearling
steers that tipped the beam at l ,1G0
pounds each. MIR. johnson went to
Chicago with the stock and, return
ing, may stop OIL and visit with rela-
tives at Colfax.
We are sorry that Mr.. Schoonovel
will not apply next year for the po-
sitiOn Of buttermaker of the Blue
Grass Creamery. He is very compe-
tent workman and will leave many
friends here. The annual meeting OF
the creamery will be held the second
Tuesday in January.