Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-11-03

is at Iowa City being treated for a
cancer says he is prospecting finely
and hopes to soon be well and with
us once more.
jeff Lewis and his son, Ed, were
lust putting the finishing touches of
plaster on H. w. Pearson's new resi-
dence, at Brayton, when we were
down, Tuesday.
4 Miss May jenkins has closed her
term of school in the Sam McGatfin
district, and so successful was she
that thedirector retained her to teach
the winter term.
Mrs. Julia Nelson, of Oaktield
township, bought lumber of Mr..
Nels Sornson, of the Green Bay Yard,
in Braytou, this week, to build a
good sized hog house.
Mrs. Bradley will finish her visit
at the l. P. Hallock home, in Oak
field, this week and return to Council
Bluffs to pass the winter with her
sons. Hon. Frank Bradley and Charley
Bradley.
The younger ones of the Oaktield
Academy presented Professor w. H.
Brinkerhotf with neat ink stand and
costly china cup and saucer as a
token of their regard for him, last
Friday, the last day of school.
L. j. Anderson has been going
around with large sized limp to his
gait. He was chasing an ugly brute
of a hog the other day when he stub
bed his toe and fell, wrenching his
knee cap severely, hence the limp.
Miss LeNear closed her term OF
school in the Bintner district, Satur-
day, and Tuesday noon left for her
home, in Warren county, to pass her
vacation. Grandma Clark went along
for short stay with old time friends.
Rev. T. j. O'Connor, of Guthrie
Center, is holding nightly meetings
and will continue them over mex
Sunday. The Baptist people of this
community may extend call to this
gentleman to become their regular
pastor.
Next Sunday Ward Smith goes to
Des Moines to get his papers signed,
then to San Francisco and then away
over yonder to the Philippines.
Ward promises to tell you whole
lot about that country through The
| journal.
| When you go up to Extra next
Tuesday morning to vote see to it
that the name of Harry Woodward is
on your ballot be ye a Democrat or
be We Republican, as he is deserv-
ing man and Just the one for County
Clerk of Court.
McGovern & Bison purchased ten
head Of sleek hogs Of Frank and Joe
Cihak, this week, ten of L. G. Chris
Jensen, good punches of L. j. Essing-
ton, Henry Fries, Nels B. Christen-
sen, Paul and Levi Zaner, the price
paid being 1910.
Blacksmith Pearson is arranging to
put new roof on his shop, at Bray
ton. +" Hank" says he's been like
the Arkansaw settler long enough
when it rained he couldn't could put
a new roof on and when it didn't rain
he didn't need it.
Mrs. l. P. Hallock and Mrs. B. F
Simpson were at the Trans Mississippi
Exposition on g Omaha Day.'' Mrs.
Simpson came home, Tuesday noon.
but Mrs. Hallock tarried at Atlantic
to visit few days with her daughter,
Mrs. John Curry.
Mr.. S. e. Grant, The Atlantic mar
BILE dealer, was in Oakfeld, Tuesday,
erecting double monument to mark
the spot where sleeps Mr.. and Mrs
James Slater, in the Cemetery there
1t is beau tiful and artistic in design
and reflects credit upon the works
that produced it.
Chris Christensen, living four miles
northwest Of Brayton, got his fingers
mangled in corn shelter the Other
day, blood poison set in and he would
undoubtedly have had I. serious time
had not Doctor Koob come to his aiC
with his knowledge and drugs.
Supervisor Nels P. Hoegh tells u
that he expects to soon order new
sixty-foot bridge at Brayton. 1t il
proposed TO buy the north end of tn.
|. P. Hallock and j. T. jenkins lots
a few feet south of the present Ions
bridge, and have the new one con
structed there.
After investigating the matter Mr.
\ Henry Fries decided to go to tn,
Omaha Hospital to be operated upo,
tor an internal tumor. Aceordingly
on Wednesday Doctor Koob and Mr.
Fries went to Omaha where the latte
gentleman submitted to the surgeon
glittering kni1e.
A. M. Pattison has been enjoying
visit the past few days from hi
brother, John Pattison, of Kansas
this being the first time that the,
have met for seventeen years. Doc
says that as soon as he can sell out h
will migrate to that sunny elm
where his brother lives.
Little Ethel Bison has been YER,
ill the past week of typhoid fever
Her parents and friends had abou
given up in despair but Tuesday even
ing there was change for the better