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

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machine, and Oh, phew!
Miss Jennie Hays, of south-east
Greeley township, will commence
teaching the Prairie Hall school, in
Viola township, April 26, next Mon
day.
When you are at Audubon stop at
the Tw1NING HOUSE. Big square
meal 15c, day board SOC, board by
the week only $3.50. Drop in and
see us.
q. r. Barto, of Cass county, was at
Audubon, Tuesday, and presented to
the County Auditor eleven wolf cubs
on which he drew $4,000. The cubs
he captured in Ike Hallock's pasture
in this county.
Tuesday the following Audubon
people boarded the train for Atlantic
to attend the Presbytery: Mrs. G. H.
Jones, Mrs. John McKarahan, Mrs.
w. Fl. Cowles, Rev. and Mrs. Cahill
and DIR. Harris.
Owen Davis has been testing his
'96 seed corn and finds it sure to grow.
He planted 1926 grains of corr out of
doors and Up grains sprouted. That
test is good enough. OF course his
seed corn he gathered carefully last
fall and took care of it.
The Standard Oil Company is hav-
ing two monster oil tanks erected neal
the Rock Island round-house. The
company proposes to supply Audu-
bon merchants with kerosene oil at a
very low rate. A tank on wheels will
supply the country merchants.
jacob Stark has commenced suit
against Audubon county for 1926 90
through his attorneys, Nash, Phelps
& Mosier. The.S25.0 DO is due for four
months house rent, the house being
located on lot l, block 5, Audubon,
and occupied by Mrs. Monroe. The
Board of Supervisors rejected the
claim.
An effort is being made to induce
Gov. Drake to pardon Rob't Mush-
rush, who; was sent to the p%eniten-
tiary for a term of years, he having
been connected with the murder Of
Frank Lieb. Mushrush is a young
man, he was confined in the county
Jail over a year, has been in the Fort
Madison %penltentiary about two years
and the %penitentiary warden gives
him a good recommend as obedient
and Industrious. a petition to the
governor is nov in circulation and is
signed by over 100 Audubon people
and also the trial jury that returned
the verdict against MHshrush.
Fred Buthweg's delivery wagon,
loaded with empty. kerosene barrels,
was passing along thessouth side Of
the park Thursday. Que of the bar
rels fell of the wagon, causing the
horses to run away. Iii their mad
run down the street the team ran into
a team driven by James Wilkins, the
sharp wagon tongue of the Buthweg
wagon being driven twelve inches in.
to the breast Of one of Wilkins
horses. The injured horse died fiy.
minutes later. Mr.. Buthweg wa
very honorable and promptly offered
to settle the loss by giving MI. Will.
kins as good q horse as he lost but
Mr.. w. preferred money instead o
another horse, consequently Mr.
Buthweg whacked up $45 in cash
Mr.. ButhWeg''s squareness and hi
,promptness in meeting the unfortun+
ate loss-is commendable.
May 9th a new time table will g,
into force on the Rock Island Railway
Harry Fox, Superintendent of the
Iowa Division, and G. j. Phillips
Division Freight Agent, were in Au.
dubon over Wednesday night perfect.
ing arrangements for the new tim,
table. The train and crew Of the An.
dubon branch train will stop in Au
dubon over night and will leave Au.
dubon at 6 o'clock A. NJ. aud connect
with the fast stock train that reache!
Atlantic at 1880. Returning the trail
will reach Audubon at about 1000
O'Clock A. NJ. AS soon as the new
time table is issued the same will b,
published inthe Journal. We under.
stand that the families of the trail
men will continue to reside at Allan.
tic. The change does not give genera,
satisfaction to the patrons of the Au.
dubon branch. We understand the
change is made in order to benefit the
stock shippera,-that stock can leay,
Audubon at 6 o'clock A. NJ. and be ii
Chicago the next morning.
MONEY.
We have nlenfy of monay IN honr