Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-07-15
AuduboD Department.

1t the Corn Exchange Bank, Audubon
Read John Lidd's new clothing adj
vertisement in this paper.
Corn 10 TO. l5c; oats 10 to lSc; old
oats l53c; wheat 80 to Acc.
Arthur Harvey is the father Of a
new boy baby, born July 10Th.
Miss LENT Freeman is now doing
typewriter work for George Hoover
Miss Bessie Townsend is installed as
clerk in e. Bi!harz Il Sons big store.
Mr.. Ernest Fossberg, Of Chicago is
a guest of the, E. Bilharz family for a
few days.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
will picnic in the woods Friday of
this week.
VIM. Saunders, of ST. louisville,
New York, is guest OF his relatives,
e. F. Brown and wife.
Mrs. Chas. Phillips, Of Pocahontas
county, is here visiting relatives and
friends for three weeks.
Last week Hart & Eddy sold thirty
bee hives to Willis ltattenborg, a
thrifty farmer of Sharon township.
Mrs. Berthe Clark who has been
here visiting her cousin, Mrs. AL.
Sheets, left Tor her home, at Menlo.
Wednesday. :
Monday last Bernard Cunningham
and his force ofhands picket and sold
two hundred and nineteen quarts of
raspberries.
A towel and some papers caught
fire Mt the city electric light and
pumping plant Friday and caused a
little excitement.
A new organ is delighting the
young folks at Frank Taylor's happy
home, north of town: The purchase
was made of John Minor.
City Marshal Carper is making it
uneasy for the twenty five boys who
have been stealing cherries from the
gardens of our peaceable citizens.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Phelps have
concluded to extend their soiourn at
Colorado Springs. Their little son's
health is not improving very salts.
factorily.
John Sherman, the south-sltle res.
taurant man, bought Jones lever
binder of ]. F. Luse, at Ross, which
is doing excellent work on his Mel.
vile farm.
Mrs. j. Burdick is at Norwood
New York, visiting her relatives fol
a month. When she returns she will
rtop at Chicago and buy fall stool
of millinery.
John Mason, the farmer who till
John Gray's Melville farm, wa
called to Baskerville, Iowa, Tuesday
his daughter, who resides III tina
city,, being dangerously ill.
Hans. torgen Hansen, of, Sllaro
township, is the father of new boy
, and Jorgen Hartvigsen of the snm
neig hbnrhood is the father, Of a ney
girl baby. Hans and Jorgen are
, mighty gay brace of dads.
Mrs. Richard Lieb. of Dexter, hav
ing finished pleasant visit with he
:. Audubon relatives and friends, LEI
for her home Wednesday. She wa
accompanied by Mrs. L. w. Lee VIII
: will visit in Dexter four weeks.
The new officers Of the Oddfello,
o lodge at Gray were Installed Tuesda
evening last and these good brother
of the order, Of Audubon were pre-
sent: Henry Cooley, Gene johnson
: l. P. Drury, Dell Viewer, Geo. Hoo
e yer, WIN. Kelley, Jr.
: G. H. Jones and his man, Chr
!. Hansen, have sold some threshin
) machines the past week as follow
Chris Olsen, near Elkhorn; Nels
a Jensen, west of Extra; Chris F. Jel
i sen, near Poplar. He has good se
is ond- hand Minnesota Chief for sa
y cheap.
g The remains of the Blaine al
Logan red cedar pole, which had bee
le at the corner Of the Van Gorder ban
n the past thirteen years, is now
II Hart & Eddy's planning mill whel
le it is being turned into smooth boart
l. and from those boards nice che
will be made for Frank Watts.
4 The carload of feeding cattle at IL
d poor farm, under Royal Petty's mai
Is agenent, is improving in flesh wol
,. derfully. Thirty days ago the
= cattle averaged 1921 pounds, and Ii
d week they tipped the beam at +
average of 1911 pounds, a gain of
pounds each or 3 pounds day.
y Jim Gallagher, who was higl
+ flyer in Audubon eight years az
l. having squandered two fortunes in
lie few months, will end his six years
,s service in the U. S. army sometin
d this month. He will re-enlist, as
in likes, and is more fitted for army lii
rs lie toots horn in the army band.
While Rev. Cahill was returl,il
from the Lone Star schoolhouse la
er Sunday, where he had conducted r
D. ligious services, some fast drivers Ia
y control of their horses and ran in
ID the vehicle occupied by Rev. Cahi
70 The reverend gentleman was consi
a. erably bruised and his buggy mad,
m complete wreck.
ir Bob Henderson will send his tr,
is ter, /" Timber jim" to Missouri V,
ley next Monday. Jim will go IN
lev ind MI ho nv M