Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-07

business Tuesday.
Chris Kleaver, west of Brayton, is
building new barn.
The celebration at Oak Hill was re-
ported colossal success.
Miss Polly Wagner from near
Anita is visiting at the home of DR..
Koob this week.
Miss Amber Kelsey, of Extra,
spent the first of the week visiting
friends at Brayton.
j. L. Anderson this week bought a
new Mccormick binder Of George
Henshaw, of Extra.
The Bayton Odd Fellows will
have public installation of officers
on Tuesday evening, July 18th.
L. Kelly went down to Girls
void Tuesday to look after the dis
posal of a carload of his Montana
horses.
Will Swolley and Iona Beers con-
Quoted a very successful dancing
party at the Oakfield hall Monday
evening.
Peter Kilgor returned Tuesday
from Omaha where he had been TAX
ing in the exposition and celebrating
the Fourth.
Sunday there was large gathering
of friends at the home Of Andrew
Juhl, west of Brayton and all present
report jolly time.
Mrs. Neo. Bruner was visitor at
the Omaha fair last week and before
returning she visited for several days
with friends and relatives in Mills
county.
We understand that there was a
very interesting dance up in the tim
Der Monday afternoon and evening.
The Chases and Parrott's conducted
the hop.
Mrs. W. H. Brinkerhoff and daugh-
ter Goldie, will leave the last OF the
month for Salem, Oregon, to try the
influence Of the West coast climate on
Miss Goldie's health.
By lapsis- lingue we failed to
mention the arrival Of that big listed
baby boy that arrived at the home OF
Banker w. Fl. Faulkner and wife, in
Brayton, last week..
Horace Bartlett is in, charge of the
Brayton depot this week during the
absence of Agent Barry in the east.
Mr.. Bartlett looks very natural in
his official capacity.
Frank Gearheart, the 16-year-old
son of VIM. Gearheart, formerly Of
Extra township, is here this week
visiting with his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. David Beers.
We are sorry to learn that Mr..
Nels Jensen, the Elkhorn furniture
dealer, has failed in business. Thurs
day the stock went into the hands of
a receiver, Mr.. Soren G. Petersen,
being appointed receiver.
'Tother evening at the Fourth of
July dance at Oakfeld, Hon. Pattee
and Ned Woods got into a melee and
they do say as how Woods acted very
Schley and gave him Sampsonian
blow that didn't Dewey thing to
him.
George Atkinson, down on the
Kcob place south ofOakfield, is max
ing numerous Improvements on his
place. Last week he had his
house plastered and will soon put up
q new windmill and complete sys-
tenn of waterworks.
Monday there was large assembly
of Danish people at the home OF j. P.
Christotfersen, in Oakfield township.
It was Mrs. Christoffersen's birthday
as well as the birthday of the nation
and the many friends present helped
her enjoy glorious Fourth.
Miss Julia Boose, returned We'd
nesday from Lincoln, Nebraska,
where she had been for several
months at the Nebraska sanitarium.
She is now at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nels j. Boose, of
Oakfeld township, and is very much
improved in health.
A letter received from Ward
Smith Tuesday morning says that he
Is stlll at camp Merritt and is en-
joying good health. He says he will
leave with his regiment for the Phil
lipines on the fourth expedition,
which will depart from San Francis.
co about July 10th.
On Independence Day in the morn
ing while Albert Bintner was racing
with another fellow across the bot
tom from Oakfeld to Brayton, he
drove SO fast that one of his wheels
flew off and it took him half an
hour to find it again. No casualties
reported and no serious damage done
to the vehicle.
Mrs. Mary A. Pearson, wife of
James Pearson, died at her home
south Of Oaktield Saturday morning
at O'Clock. Mrs. Pearson had for
years been sufferer from an incura-
BILE malady and about year ago at
Omaha she underwent an operation
for cancer of the stomach. For a