Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-09-01

the breeze.
Little Ethel Bison was quite i'll
few days this week.
Uncle l. P. Hallock shipped nice
car of hogs, last Saturday.
Frank jenkins has decided TO re-
main in Montana and be COW boy.
Ben Howell and Loretta and Maud
Miller drove TO the lake near Lewis
Sunday.
Charlie and Willis Jenkins were
viewing the sights of Crystal lake
Sunday.
Miss Mary Cotton will commence
teaching the James Essipgton school
next Monday morning.
A large number of our citizens at
tended the funeral of O. j. Houston,
at Extra, Monday afternoon.
l. H. jenkins took his fast horse to
Audubon, Tuesday, where he will
g track y him for a few days.
Stephen Stephensen's face resem-
bles yon shining moon, new girl baby
born at his home last Saturday.
Al. Struthers, of Des Moines, was
here Tuesday, and "rodded Hans
Rattenborg's farm house all over.
The Green school house is near
completion and promises to be one of
the best of its kind in the county.
Frank Lambert went to Audubon
on Wednesday because he had grist
to grind, at Kuhn and Culver's mill.
The Stoner Brothers, of Lorah, de-
livered good sized bunch of cattle
to Hon. Tom Kelley, Tuesday after
noon.
Mr.. D. W. McMaster, postmaster
at Hancock, Iowa, was at Oakfield on
Tuesday afternoon, the guest of I. P.
Hallock.
Mr.. Atkins was at Extra last Mon
day and got the piping for that new
wind mill and now it Just more than
goes buzzing.
Next Monday limo Bison will 90
to Extra to live with her uncle and
aunt, MI. and Mrs. j. NJ. Thomas,
and attend school.
Moses Brinkerhoff took teachers
examination at Extra this week, and
next Monday will begin teaching the
Joe DOner school
Mrs. l. P. Hallock and her grand
daughter, Little Mary Curry, have
gone to Hancock and Avoca to visit
relatives until next Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Poage visited
with their grand daughter, Mrs. Geo.
Fancher and attended the reunion at
Anita Tuesday and Wednesday.
Ernest Cotton drove to Extra
Monday to see his partner, VIM.
Brinkerhof, about the optical bust
ness. This week they are at Lewis.
Miss Edith Mcclure, who has been
visiting her uncle, j. G. Hardman,
for short time, returned to her
home, at Logan, Iowa, Wednesday.
Hans Hansen, of Extra, was out on
a scout for poultry, Tuesday, and
rode in from the west on his bike and
visited with his friends till train time.
John Cotton and family now occu-
ply the Belle Pearson house, at Oak
field, and right glad are their many
friends to welcome them among us
once more.
Hans Hansen, our gentlemanly i'm
plement salesman, is sick in bed this
week and MIR. johnson, one of the
proprietors from Atlantic, is here
looking after business.
George Cotton and wife were at
Lewis, last Sunday, visiting their
relatives. We understand there is a
possibility of George renting farm
and moving down there.
The Academy will commence next
Monday with Professor Brinkerhotf'
and Miss Clara Ordway in charge of
the Oakfield schools, and Mrs. c. A.
Heath as teacher at Brayton.
Uncle l. P. Hallock has penned up
twenty-six head Of extra fine steers,
that weigh eighteen hundred pounds
each, which he will fatten for fancy
Christmas beef, for Chicago market.
This week Lou Miller purchased
one thousand bushels of wheat and
another thousand bushels of oats of
G. Gundersen, near Elkhorn, and that
gentleman has delivered the same at
Brayton.
Hon. Tom Kelley came home from
Montana last Saturday with seven
car loads of western horses and on
Monday sold Ed. Stoner, at Lorah,
two car loads Of them, and Bob Har-
ter, Of near Oakfield, one car load.
j. G. Hardman, proprietor of the
Oak Wood Stock Farm, exhibited
some of his fine Poland China hogs at
the Harlan fair last week. He sold
one for $50 that took first premium
in his class and took the sweepstakes
for the best hog of any age or breed.
He will exhibit herd Of them at
the Atlantic fair next week.