Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-01-13
Owen Idle shipped a carload of pigs
to Chicago, Wednesday.

that harness Percy IIallock was tell
ing you about.
Ben Shiny and Ned Wood will con-
duct a gay dancing party at the Oak
field Hall next Friday night.
John Mcconnell has moved his fam
lily from Oakfield to the Charley
Sykes farm, west of Brayton.
Charley Sykes sale was a good big
success, everything selling we'll, and
it figured up to little over $4,000.
Jens Hansen has hired to B. F.
Simpson for next year and will move
to the big stock farm, over in the
Valley, about March LIST.
Frank Greer has been suffering the
past few days of an acute attack of
quinsy, and he had to give up bust
ness the first of the week.
George Atkinson, the gentleman
who purchased Doctor Koob's farm,
east of Oakfield, is having neat and
cozy cottage erected OH the same.
Charley Cotton and Iona Beers
hadn't nothing to do the other day SO
they got together and traded cattle.
Both say they are richer by the swap.
Mrs. H. F. Andrews was down
from Extra, last Monday, visiting
her sister, Mrs. l. p. Hallock, who is
rapidly convalescing from her late
illness.
Will Everett left to join his mother,
in Colorado, last Sunday morning
Charley Sykes is now the possessor Of
that $500 horse and harness and
road wagon.
Peter F. Howell and family now
listen to the sweet songs and popular
airs played by that graphophone that
was at jenkins & Walls big store.
Number twenty-nine.
Mr.. Nels Sornson will occupy the
pulpit of the Brayton Baptist church
next Sunday evening. Prayer meet
ing will be held in the church next
Sunday morning at II O'Clock.
When B. F. Simpson came home
from his Chicago trip he made his
hired hand, Hans Petersen's heart,
leap with gratitude by presenting
him with an elegant overcoat.
Uncle John Danner goes about
these snowy days with a couple of
broken ribs. A few days ago Uncle
John was thrown from sled and lit
on the sharp edge an old oyster can
and he thinks that's what played the
mischief with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Button have sent out
a large number of invitations and are
anticipating a goodly number of peo-
pie and jolly good time at their sill
yer wedding anniversary, next Sun
day, January 16, 1898.
Will Doner and Mr.. Potter, of Old
Louisville, boxed for ten rounds and
to a draw, at the Oakfield Hall, last
Saturday night. A bystander told
US that they didn't fight much, but
just went dancing about the room like
parched pea on a hot stove.
On Tuesday, January 25th, James
b. Coleman will have a public sale of
IS head of cattle, among them some
good mich cows, few calves; a lot
of hogs. The sale will be held at
at James home, in the very south
west corner of Extra township, di-
rectly south of Brayton about three
miles.
Uncle Ike Hallock spied what he
thought to be coon stealing away
from his chicken coop the other night
and bringing his Winchester 70 bear
upon the said supposed coon he blazed
away. fastening to the spot what
was his surprise to find that he had
D. G. Smiths pet pussy cat by the
tail-dead!
Mr.. Nels Sornson was at Carroll
last Tuesday where he attended a
meeting of the Green Bay Lumber
Yard Managers OF the north west and
where he was billed tor speech. He
came home Wednesday and went right
on down to Atlantic where he attend
ed another meeting of the Green Bay
Managers of the Rock Island system
and where he made another speech.
Oh, [ tell you our Nels is a speech
maker when once you get him started.
Out on the prairie, few miles
west of Lincoln, Nebraska, Mrs.
Gochanour, she who was Dora Bar
han, died. Monday the bereaved
husband arrived at Anita with the
remains and that afternoon a large
number of relatives and friends gath
cred around grave, in the cemetery,
at Highland church, and saw the body
Of the good wife lowered into the
tomb. All join in extending their
deepest sympathy to Mr.. Gochanour
in this dark hour.
Last Thursday night the Brayton
Band harnessed up and went down to
give Hon. Tom Kelley and wife a
serenade, before their departure for
Des Moines. After they had footed
few sweet tunes the Honorable gen
tleman came out, called the crowd in,
gave them an elegant supper, provid-
ed fiddler and allowed them to tip
the light fantastic toe to their hearts
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