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

Mr.. and Mrs. John Noon visited
Extra friends, last Tuesday.
Pearson, the blacksmith, was at the
Omaha fair part of last week.
David Beers will teach the winter
term of the j. l.. Anderson school.
George Cotton is busy husking
forty acres of corn for John Bergh.
Martin Esbeck was handshaking
with his Brayton friends, Tuesday.
Next Monday Jim Pearson will go
to Illinois TO work in the coal fields.
The Lutheran minister, of Atlantic,
was visitor last week at Gus Crous'
home.
Nels P. Hoegh has built new crib
on his farm that is over forty feet in
length.
Henry Roach and Charley Bell are
gathering forty acres OF corn for John
Bergh.
Cliff Ballard and family occupy
the house recently vacated by Jim
Coleman.
Mrs. c. B. Sykes and baby visited
her aunt, Mrs. |. II. jenkins, first of
the week.
Miss Anna Slender closed her term
Of school, in the Noon district, on
Thursday.
T. j. Essington is building poul-
try house on his big farm, above
Brayton.
H. NJ. Underwood moved into his
new home, Oh the hillside, at Brayton,
Tuesday.
Asa Horton has been commissioned
postmaster, at Lorah, vice r. G. Olsen
resigned.
George Leander has been the father
of a new baby girl since last week
Thursday.
M. E. Jenkins is talking Of taking
jaunt down into Texas, to look at
the country.
Mrs. Bird Benson's health is much
been quite ill.
Mrs. Hans Hansen, wife of our i'm
plement salesman, is slowly regain
ing her health.
Miss Pearl Jenkins will teach the
winter term Of school in the Joe
Doner district.
A letter from Rico, Colorado, says
Miss Lollie Brinkerho1f arrived safe
ly in that city.
Barber Clemensen and wife now
occupy the house vacated by Grain
buyer Underwood.
Miss frankie Crane spent last week
at Extra, the guest Of her Grandmoth-
er, Mrs. John Crane.
Hon. Tom Kelley and wife were
out to the Exposition with the big
crowd on Omaha Day.
There will be dance at the Oak
field hall, one week from next Friday
night. Everybody invited.
Misses Mary Bintner and Josie LIE
the first part OF the week.
Miss Edith Chase, who has been
working for Mrs. John Noon, for the
past six weeks, is now at home.
The Troublesome Valley Creamery
has been fenced roundabout with
posts and galvanized barbwire.
Harry Woodward was passing the
filthy weed around among his Bray
ton friends, last Tuesday morning.
Jack Joyce came back last Sunday
and is engaged in breaking fractions
western horses for Hon. Tom Kelley.
Miss Addie McCulloch, Of Atlantic,
closes year of very successful teach :
ing i'll the Largev district, this week.
Dan Spry, of Lorah, with his she'll
er, is at Brayton Smelling out five
thousand bushels Of corn for Lou
Miller.
Mrs. Owen Ide has been quite i'll OF
grippe for the past few days, but we
are pleased to state that she is much
better now.
Moses Brinkerhoff closed his school
last Friday and has been engaged to
teach the winter term of the r. j.
EssiDgton school.
Charlie Thompson is getting to be
quite an expert hand at tying up
sugar and vinegar and Goldfish, at the
Sid Mcclure store.
j. C. Hardman sold one of the finest
stock hogs he had on the place to
Messrs. Northup and Duncan, Of At.
lantic, last Monday.
The Maeldoft Imperial Orchestra,
Chicago, will give grand concert a,
the Methodist church, in Extra, OF
Thursday evening, November II.
W. S. Ordway has constructed {
long string of sheds, at his feed yards
to shield his stock from those nor
easter gales that come floating dow
his way.
P. H. Kelley and Jim McGoverl
left for Montana last Monday. Mr.
Kol1ov will ctav on tho Hon To,r