Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-18
Ki111balltOn and EIkhOrn.

Jasper Jensen returned home Sat-
urday from the Omaha fair.
Monday Jimmy Patterson started
out on his bicycle to Omaha to visit
the fair.
Andrew Topp and the Misses Lar
this week.
Chris Broderson says he will start
his clover huller about the first of
next month.
Albert Boysen has returned from
the north and is now working for his
brother, e. w.
His friends seem to think that A.
T. Peterson is paying too frequent
visits to Bowman's Grove, these days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jorgen A. Hanson
who live on the Ridge, are the happy
parents of big boy baby that arriv-
ed at their home last Friday.
DR.. N. P. Lauritzen, of Extra, was
at Kimballton Monday in consulta-
ton with DR.. Slamberg in regard to
the case of Peter Nelson's little girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Prey, of south
Douglas township, are mourning the
loss of their young child which died
Sunday and was buried Monday after
noon.
Mrs. N. B. Anderson and Mrs.
Minnie Esbeck are at Wall Lake this
week enjsying an outing. They went
up with the Martin Esbeck party
last week.
P. Fl. Miller has completed his
photograph gallery at Elkhorn and
opened it up for business this week.
Mr.. Miller is a skilled workman and
deserves your patronage.
Miss Jennie Grumpstrup returned
last week from Avoca and herself and
sister, Miss Mary, are attending nor
NAL at Audubon, her sister Miss Teresa
is now taking music lessons in Audu-
bon.
Peter loft, of northeast Sharon
township, is indeed a happy man.
Saturday evening his good wife pre-
sented him with cute pair of twin
boy babies. The youngsters are do
ing nicely.
Mr.. A. Berggren, Of Elkhorn, will
be candidate before the Shelby
county Republican convention for the
nomination of recorder. Mr.. Berg
gren is a good penman, fine book
keeper and would no doubt make a
strong race.
Uncle Jacob Broderson of Harlan,
was over in Sharon the first of the
week disposing Of his corn, he has
1000 bushels which has been sold to
Counselman e Co. at Hamlin and
Pete Brensen has the contract for
hauling it to the station.
At meeting of the directors ofthe
West Hamlin Creamery, held last
Monday, it was decided to retain the
present butter-maker, Mr.. John Mel
son, at five and one-half per cent.
Mr.. Nelson gives excellent satisfaction
and makes an article of butter that
sells at the top price the year round
Our old friend Fritz Jacobsen who is
a typo on the Danish Pioneer, in Oma-
ha was at Elkhorn three or four days
last week visiting with his friend
Chris Hansen. He was accompanied
by his daughter and also Miss Mary
Hansen, daughter of Mr.. Chris Han
sen, they returned to Omaha Sunday
via Audubon.
Miss Tyra Dan, of Wisconsin, a
singer of national reputation, will be
at the church at Kimbalton Wednes-
day afternoon Aug. "a. Miss Dan
possesses a very sweet voice and
should be greeted by large audience.
AT the same time and place Rev.
Adam Dan will deliver very inter
esting lecture.
Mr.. Jens Gundersen, of Elkhorn,
and Miss Louisa Andersen, of CLAW
township, stole quietly away to Har-
Ian Saturday where they were mar
ried by Judge Fish. They will
make their home temporarily in the
rooms over the Boston store. Mr.
and Mrs. Gundersen are well and
favorably known here and have the
best wishes of all.
Monday night thieves broke into
the Sharon creamery and carried of
81 sixty pound tubs of butter.
From all the traces obtainable it APP
pears that there are three persons
complicated in the affair. During
the afternoon previous to the robbery
a stranger called at the creamery say
ing he was a commission agent and
asked to be shown through the plant,
1t is now supposed he was one of the
gang and in some way unlocked the
door to the refrigerator, on the in
terror, without the knowledge of the
buttermaker. The next morning
when Buttermaker Jensen noticed
the butter was gone he sent word to
the president Of the creamery COM
pany who went to Audubon at once
and notified the authorities. Sheriff
Jones Immediately started out in
pursuit Of the thieves, whom it is be-
lieved went west from the creamery,
but up to date he has not succeeded
in effecting their capture.