Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-02-04

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Lawyer Statzell is having a. hard
siege of Ia grippe.
Young William Essington is wrest-
ling with In grippe.
Mrs. Kate Andrews is passing this
week with relatives at Lewis.
Miss Gertie Basham visited at At
lantic last Saturday with relatives.
City election is only u month away.
Now is the time to spring reform can
didates.
Hoods Pills are the best family ca
thartic and liver medicine. Gentle,
reliable, sure.
Frank Odell represented the Extra
Modern Woodmen Lodge Mt the Head
Camp, held in Des Moines, this week.
Father Zaiser was called to Atlantic,
Tuesday to attend Mrs. Quinlan who
was quite i'll, Father Daily being sick.
Martin w. Jensen, of Sioux CITY,
who is visiting relatives west of town,
is thinking Of opening II tailor shop in
Extra.
Mrs. lIldora Burton, who is canvass
ing neighboriug towns with headquar-
tiers at Atlantic, visited her sister, Mrs. |
Sam Crane, Monday.
Fred Anderson, last week, sold seven
calves to Hiram Hill for an even $780,
90 cold cash. Three years ago calves
We're worth $500 and $500 a head.
Elder p. S. Wickham, of Atlantic, is
assisting Elder McQuery in p~rotracted
meetings at the Christian church. The
meetings will be held all next week.
Mrs. VIM. Waterman, of HAY
Springs, Nebraska, is here visiting her
mother, Mrs. J.J. Hensley, and her
sister, Mrs. John Bishop, and other
relatives.
The last straw has been piled upon
poor old Nevada's back. The Legisla-
ture has passed a bill giving Corbett
and Fitsimmons permission to fight in
that State.
The Rock Island Railway Company
Is having seventy-five car loads of ice
taken from the 'Botna river, at Allan
tic, to be packed in the company's
house at Council Bluffs.
Mr.. r. N. Risner, a wealthy stock
broker Of South Omaha, and Miss Jen-
ME loft are to be married this week.
They will soon be I" at home" at No.
l7l2 Capital Avenue, Omaha.
If you are going to buy a team for
milk hauling or farm work do not miss
Ebbe J. Hansen's sale, on Monday,
February 18th. There will be sold a
splendid team for your purpose.
The Oaktield Separator Creamery
Company now has a signed member
ship of seventy-two. Some of the
members live in Cass county. This is
a very profitable establishment for the
farmers.
Joseph H. Bell, Jr., with his cousins,
the Misses Bessie Bradley and Vivian
Leek and Master James Bradley, of
Old Hamlin, visited with their rela-
tives, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Fl. Bell, of this
city, last Sunday.
Miss Anna Bell finished her visit in
this city and returned to Manila, last
Wednesday morning. She was accom-
panied by Miss Lillian who will visit
with ner grandparents and sisters Eva
and Gertie for several weeks.
An unusual kind of freight went east
the other day over the c., B. &. @. in
the shape Of carload of Jack-rabbits
for the Chicago market. They came
from Nebraska where they are said to
be plentiful and a pest to the farmer
Red Oak Express.
Jesse Nymand, a thrifty farmer west
of Brayton, last week sold to Supervi-
sor Nels p. Hoegh an eleven-months-
old calf that has eve been fed any
thing but milk from the creamery.
The calf weighed over 700 pounds and
the price paid was $24.OO.
Walnut street, in the neighborhood
of the Occidental Hotel, was a busy
place t'other afternoon. No less than
a hundred farmers and spectators were
watching a horse buyer examine the
horses brought in for him to purchase.
average price paid was about
The Congregational Ladies' Aid So
ciety recently elected these officers:
Mrs. ID. w. Miller, President.
Mrs. Frank Gault, Vice-President.
Mrs. Kate Andrews, Secretary.
Mrs. William Carpenter, Treasurer.
This society will meet with Mrs.
Frank Gault, at her home up in the
Heights, next Wednesday afternoon,
February 10th.
Here is the latest story: A tramp
asked a woman for something to eat
and she said she would furnish it if he
saw some wood. The tramp agreed to
the proposition, was fed and shown the
wood pile. The woman went into the
yard an hour later to see now he was
getting along and found the following
note pinned to the saw buck: "Just
tell them that you saw me, but didn't
see me saw"
The ladies of the NJ. E. church will
give an Advertisement Sociable Mt the
K. p. Hall, i'll Extra, ON Friday even
ing, February 18th. A prize will be