Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-30


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liver Nielsen has bought the Jno.
Albright o0-acre farm in Section %,
Douglas township, paying $3.50 pei
acre.
F. ]. Mantz is passing Christmas
week with his parents north of town.
He leaves Tuesday next to resume his
studies at the State University.
Miss Elizabeth Babcock who is here
having good visit with her aunt,
Mrs. J. R. Pound, will leave next
Monday for her home at Bessemer,
Michigan.
The following old neighbors of the
deceased were here Wednesday attend
ing the funeral obsequies of Mrs.. DIR.
Brooks: Mr.. and Mrs. W.. J. Lance
cot, Mrs. DIR. Beers, Mrs. Jennie Au-
das, Mrs. Kittell, Mrs. Della Grow,
Miss Crow, Miss Beers.
There was jolly reunion at the A.
J. Phillips home northwest of town
Christmas day and the Phillips mar
tial band made the frosty air jingle
with rub-a-dubs. The boys of Poca-
hontas county, Claude, Charley and
Owen with their families were there :
also Mrs. Phillips brother, of Warren
county. All hands Joined in big
rabbit hunt Monday. .
Several years ago this county built
some bridges on the county lines and
a certain part of the expense was to be
liquidated by the adjoining counties,
put someone neglected to send bill
for the same to the other counties and
of course Audubon county has not
been reimbursed. While looking
over the old books lately County
Auditor Lohner discovered the loss to
the county and at once presented
claims to Shelby, Carroll, Guthrie and
Cass counties to the amount of $500
which will soon be received and help
the bridge fund.
Tuesday evening about eight o'clock
the twelve-inch paper pulley on a dy-
namo at the electric light plant burst
ed and at once great CITY was in total
darkness. The high-speed engine be-
ing relieved of its load tran away ),
and the great belt which cost the city
$4,000 and travels at the rate Of one
Nile and $50 feet a minute. leaped and
plunged about the dynamo room like
monster reptile, making it an unsafe
harbor. After considerable caution
superintendent Freeman succeeded in
reaching the engine in the awful dark
ness and shut off the steam. A half.
hour later everything was repaired and
as the electric fluid shot out over the
city Superintendent Freeman sank
into his chair to rest.
Diphtheria is causing considerable
excitement in Audubon. The fearful
disease burst forth in all its awfulness
without q moments warning and in
side of a few hours fourteen cases were
reported to the Board of Health who
Immediately executed every precaution
OF quarantine to prevent the.spread of
the disease. At this time there are nc
new cases and those afflicted are i'm
proving nicely. One case proved fatal.
The following are the sick ones: Mary
Hansen, Bessie Watson, Sam Ulrich's
2ild, Glen Hanna, Elmer Hinkhouse,
sSecll Moon, these are ell children. The
following are adults from the ages OF
nineteen to twenty-siX years of age:
Joseph farrell; John w. Doak, 'Jr..
Thos. Sutton, Chas. Ping, Ira Phillips,
Jones.
L. d. Phelps has his bond, as treas
urer OF Audubon county, ready to pre-
sent to the board of supervisors. The
bond is for $270, 900, and is signed by
the following heavy Taxpayers, who
have every confidence in Mr.. Phelps
ability, carefulness and Trustworthy