Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-06-03

Maurlce Wolfe, the rambler, has
eturned from Missouri.
Roy Smith is now messenger boy
It the Rock Island depot.
Democratic county convention at
June 10th, Saturday.
E.. A. Coulter has gone to Colum-
BUS Junction to clerk in a hotel.
Martin Larsen, the fat little har-
ness maker, now rides a bicycle.
Mrs. Theo. Myers is recovering
her serious illness of last week.
During the past couple of months
Hart u Eddy have sold 12O bee hives.
Marion johnson went to Anita
Wednesday evening on hay business.
Mrs. Humiston and Eta Brown
were with Manning friends last week.
Cal Wilson, the carpenter is busy
repairing the houses on Theo. Myers
farms.
Mrs. Lena Freeman ia now doing
the type writer work at Hon Theo.
Myers office.
Mis-. Grace Creveling is now in
as cashier at e. Bilharz &
Sons big store.
Frank Tharnish, of Extra, is Will
ing away q couple of weeks al Joe's
home in this city.
Rev. Dudley is at Saint Joseph.
Missouri, this week attending the NJ.
E. judicial conference.
Philip Bickelhaupt of Viola town.
ship, contemplates looking over
Texas about tho middle of June.
Thos. Walker and Geo. Ellis repre-.
sented the Audubon Masonic lodge at
the Grand lodge, at Oskaloosa this
week.
A. Fl. Roberts will be pleased to
have you inspect his new wall papers.
He a satisfy you in pattern and
price.
This week John T. Baker and Chas.
and Ernest Carpenter OF Viola town.
ship shipped nine carloads of fat
cattle.
Mrs. Lois G. Stuart will leave next
Monday for South Peacham, Vermont,
her girlhood home, to pass three
months with relatives.
Messner OFT returned to Audubon
Sunday and will. assist his father in
the shoe business. He quit the
theatre band at Boone.
Anna Wright, who has been EN-
ployed at Lawyer Wonn's office the
past three years, has gone to Des
Moines to accept a position.
Next Sunday is one of DR.. Brooks,
birthdays and the X. Prs have re-
solved to make it a big green spot in
the good Doctors life's history.
Masonic meetings: Commanaery,
Tuesday evening, June 8; Chapter
Thursday evening, June 10; Blue
lodge, Saturday evening, June II.
The R. l.. r. R. Company has put
in a new scale at its stock yards. in
this city, and attached a neat office to
the same for the use of stock shippers.
Mrs. Geo. Hitch of Viola township
is suffering of cancer on the breast.
She is gradually losing strength and
her death will not come as a surprise.
Miss Laura Forbes finished her Wis
it in this city Tuesday and left for
Creighton, Nebraska, to accept a no.
sition as type writer for a law firm.
The young folks are to have a
wind-up party and hop at the heauti.
full suburban home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Weighton some evening in the
sweet pretty soon.
During the past year the people of
Audubon ate 1919 pounds Of butter
made at the Blue Grass Separator
Creamery, Hamlin Station, and paid
$240.48 for the same.
Dan Fullerton goes to Coon Rapids
Friday to run down a traction engine
recently purchased by Peter Ohm.
The engine will be thoroughly over
hauled at Wolte's machine shops in
this city.
MI. John Fyfe, of Des Moines, was
here Monday and Tuesday visiting
his daughter, Mrs. George Thompson.
his interesting grandchildren and his
son-in-law, Mr.. Thompson, the dry
goods merchant.
Mr.. q. S. d. Mason, of Viola town
ship, was in Audubon Trading Mon
day. He intends looking over Texas
in August and, if the farming coun.
try showsiup to his satisfaction, will
invest in more land. His sons are
we'll pleased with Texas and report
their corn and cotton crops very
promising.
Fred Grumstrup, of Sharon town.
ship, Tuesday sold to johnson &
Nelson nineteen head of fat hogs. One
of the porkers weighed $50 pounds,
the balance averaged 365 pounds each.
Mr.. Grums.rup is pronounced the
most successful hog farmer in Sharon
township. His herd has never been
attacked by cholera.
June 18th is knights of Pythias
Memorial Day and the supreme lodge
orders that day observed by the
knights and that the graves of all
departed knights be decorated.
There is only one Pythian Knight
resting in Maple grove cemetery, the