Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-23
0SS.nEWS
Corn 1Sc at Ross.

Corn lSc at Ross.
Erv Eddy returned from Woodbine
Saturday.
Joe johnson lost valuable young
steer Sunday.
Mrs. Morris Gibson was very i'll
the first of this week.
Chas. Stemm sold Sam Randles a
fine stock hog Tuesday.
Northup Bros. shipped load of
cattle to Chicago Monday.
Thirteen of 7. F. Green's cattle
have died of the cattle disease.
John Wagner purchased fine stock
hog at the Miller sale Tuesday.
Jas. Jay visited three days last
week with relatives in Manning.
The name of Rob't Rabel is new
addition to the Journals Ross list.
Holiday goods at actual cost at
Metz's from now till January l, '9S.
Will Bevers has rented 200 acres of
the Lyman place in Sec. Sc, Cam
eron township.
John Baker, of Viola township,
has lost "a head of cattle by the corn
stalk epidemic.
Several Cameron township hunters
engaged in joint hunt last Monday
and secured 50 Dummies.
Asmus Jacobs, on the Edward Ra-
bel farm southwest of Ross, has lost
IS head of hogs recently.
j. S. McCuen's horse stepped upon
his foot Tuesday and now Mr.. McCu-
en- goes around with limp.
For SALE BLUE Barred Plymouth
Rock BOOSTERS. Fifty cents each.
j. G. HAKDMAN, Brayton, Iowa.
Glen McCuen and Will Bevers
with dog and rifle have bagged
164 rabbits since the first big snow.
Miss Anna Carroll will Christmas
with her brother Mike who is clerk
ing ina grocery store at Cedar Rapids.
Two of Cameron townships most
respected young people are soon to
be united in holy wedlock. Particu-
lars later.
Chas. KILLERS honey crop this sea-
son amounted to over 500 pounds.
Some of his stands turned out over
80 pounds each of excellent honey.
The G. & N. W. stock yards at this
place are now in excellent shape.
During the past week new sheds,
feed troughs, etc., have been added.
Coal! CoAL!-J. f. Luse has put
down the price. Boone Lower Vein,
$50 per ton. Illinois coal, the best
coal that ever came to Ross, $3.50 per
ton.
Matt Frost, the jolliest Dutchman
in Cameron township, will go to
Black Hawk county Friday of this
week to visit his parents until New
Years Day.
Fred Tessman sold fine team to
Striker, the horse buyer, at Audubon
last Monday for S2l5. One of the
horses was the animal stolen from him
| last summer.
Rob't Henderson is handling Grove
& Marshalls Lower Vein Boone Coal,
the best grade of coal mined at Boone
at 1925 per ton, cash. Highest price
always paid for grain.
The Ross creamery workers now
have over thirty stock holders and
expect to have secured the requisite
number, thirty eight, by Tuesday o.
next week, at which time a meeting
will be called for the purpose of or.
ganization.
Last Sunday night as Mrs. VIM
Russell was getting off the train al
this station she missed her footing
aud fell between the car and the plat
form. Being large lady the fall re-
suited in bad shaking up, severely
spraining her right side. DR.. Wright,
of Carroll, G. & N. w. Ry. physician,
is attending her.
j. F. Luse has been giving 1c q
bushel more than market price tol
corn i'll trade or on account. This has
been great help to the farmers as it
gives them good market-the best
in the county. Last year this 1c eX-
ira amounted to over $1,000 which
was distributed among the farmers in
this section. No wonder his place OF