Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-10-06
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hold their regular meeting, Tuesday
evening.
| A. N. Detwiler, of south Lincoln
township, sold three head of May
calves at $4,000 a head, few days
ago.
George Gray, of the Gray elevator
at this place, went to Des Moines,
Tuesday, to attend the carnival. He
expects to return home Saturday.
An old friend, Asmus Bovsen re-
turned last week from Illinois. He
recently purchased the 100 acre farm
of Chas. T. and George j. McLachlin,
adjoining Gray.
Henry Mohr, manager of the
Green Bay Lumber Yards here is
attending the fair this week. F. j.
Smith, from Carroll, has charge of
the yards during his absence.
T.. M. Branson is building a new
house in Lincoln township. James
luton and Tom Dewitt are doing
the carpenter work and Greenwaldt &
Groteluschen are putting him up q
fine windmill.
j. Polzin, our enterprising mer-
chant, bought two hundred bushels
of potatoes of Gus Forsbeck, last
week, paying thirty cents bushel
for all that had been subjected to a
two-inch screening test.
While threshing the other day
John Heuch, James Barrick, Newt
milford and Hite Packard were taken
suddenly ill, and it is supposed that
they were poisoned by some weeds,
as such cases have been known to
occur.
Hon. Smith Mcpherson, of Red
Oak, Republican candidate for Con-
gress in this district, spoke in the M
E. church here, Monday evening MI
Mosier, of Audubon, also spoke. The
music was furnished by the home
band and brakes band. of Audubon
Two of our prominent business
men and one of our professional men
engaged in foot race the other day.
The two first named came out all
right but the third. presumably hay
ing more weighty problems employ
ing his thoughts at the time, came to
serious grief, and feels no desire to
enter into any more speed contests
! for the present at least.
Professor Meek, principal of oul
public schools here, has an enrolment
of about seventy pupils and a gradu-
ating class of nine bright young PEG
pie. Mr. Meek is instituting regu.
lar course of study and is also grad
ing the school and getting everything
in good running order. Mrs. Meek
who is teaching at Polk City, Iowa
is expected to arrive here next Satur.
day when Mr.. and Mrs. Meek will
visit Omaha for a few days.
The numerous premiums received
by our Creamery for their butter
has induced them to enter the contest
for Exposition honors for the month
of October. The reason for this may
be readily seen when it is known thai
the commission house to which they
were shipping offered them a premi
mum on every shipment ever recelv
ed from their Creamery. The season
has also caused the management t.
change, having the milk hauled only
every other day instead OF every day
as heretofore.
About twenty-siX of our boys be
tween the ages of ten and seventeen
years have organized themselves int
a society of G. M. AS ('' Coming
Men of America.") They have thei
officers, installation and limitations
and conduct their business and Other
work just like grown up lodges. The,
have already given one or two enter
tainments, which were well patron
lied, and are now talking Of having
social at no distant day. The boy
also have a juvenile band which i
much appreciated in Gray.
The Sunday School Convention
held in the NJ. e church was grant
success. The program was carried
out as near as it was possible to do so
The Normal Work presented by MI
Kerr was exceedingly interesting anG
was very instructive to all. The vari
Gus subjects were handled skilfull,
by those who had experience and un
derstood them. Only two subject
were left out, because Of the absenc
of those to whom they were allotted
Everything went off satisfactory an,
the management was we'll pleased
with its work.