Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-05-19
Get McGuire's prices before buying

All kinds of good bargains at Sid
ney McGuire's store, in Brayton.
Joe Shirley will at once proceed to
build himself and family a neat cot.
tage at Oakfeld.
Doctor Koob and Sidney Mcclure
made a flying trip up to Extra and
back, last Tuesday.
Mrs. Thos Quinn, of near Wiota, is
here 70" = good visit with her daught-
e., Mrs. ". II. Pearson.
Carson Wai,>or was at Brayton on
last Tuesday and purchased lumber
to build long cattle shed.
Walter Faulkner and Tom McGov-
ern were at Atlantic, last Monday,
attending to business matters.
Henry Lilllanthall, in south Oak
field township, became the father of a
big listed son, last Sunday.
Mrs. KEGS Hallock is passing this
week with her sisters, Misses May
and Pearl jenkins, at Brayton.
At the Green Bay Lumber Yard,
in Brayton, you can find plenty of
three-inch tile for all your needs.
Uncle James McGovern was up
from Cass county, Tuesday, visiting
with his son, Tom, and other relatives
at the Hon. Tom Kelly home.
Mrs. Nettie Bruner was at Extra
last Monday evening admiring those
lovely bonnets that Mrs. Raglan has
displayed in her show window.
John jenkins team took, lively
run down through the streets Of
BraytoD, last Monday, but besides
breaking the wagon tongue they did
no damage.
Chris Thompson, that spruce clerk
at Charley Bisom's drug store, was
down to Atlantic last Monday hav-
ing fun-in a dentists chair having
his teeth filled.
The race track at Stillside Farm is
now in fine order and Chicago King
and Bud Rendleman's Starlace, the
two favorite PAGERS, are undergoing
daily training now.
Farmers! You can find the Cele-
brated Consolidated Woven Steel
Wire Fence at the Green Bay Lum-
Der Yard, in Brayt ton. Mr.. Nels Sorn-
son is selling more of that fence than
anybody.
Jens Hansen, the little Danish
painter, is down from Elhhorn this
week and is helping the appearances
of the residences of j. T. Jenkins and
l. P. Hallock by spreading coat of
paint on them.
Misses Lennie and Susie Wagner
had quite runaway Saturday. They
were not seriously hurt, but carry
several bruises as reminder of the
swift ride they took. Crooked Greek
Correspondent to Anita Tribune.
We are sorry to learn that William
Thielen has been losing his hogs by
cholera, and that his large, herd has
been pretty nearly exterminated by
that dreaded disease. They were his
young pigs and old nanny hogs.
Ed. Chrisman's driving horse dis
appeared somewhat strangely, over
two weeks since, and he has been un-
able to find any trace of him yet. He
feels so bad! He has the buggy, but
can't take his young lady out driving
Mrs. j. II. Sturman, sister OF B. +
Simpson, who has been whiting here
the past two weeks with relatives has
gone to Omaha to visit other relatives,
enroute to her new home at Kansas
City. She was accompanied by Mrs
John Cannon.
Misses Jessie Andrews and Lottie
bennett, teachers in the Extra Schools
will treat their scholars to an outing
in the Hallock woods near Oaktield
next Friday. They will come dowl
on hayracks, and there will be two OF
three loads Of them.
Horace Bartlett and l. P. Hallocl
were at Omaha on a business trip thi
last week. We understand that Mr.
Bartlett is figuring on purchasing ;
lot of cattle which he intends putting
in the yards on his fine farm, soutf
Of Brayton, and prepare them for al
early market.
Hon. Tom Kelley and Tom Nc
Govern sold punches Of cattle thi
week as follows: Thirty head to
A. McWaid, of Atlantic; twenty -fou
head to Mr.. Pellet, Of near Marine
and twenty head to Hans Rattenborg
Hon. Tom Kelly is now in the north
ern part of the State buying NOR
cattle.
Charley Jenkins was out on hos
buying trip, last Friday, and succeed
ed pretty we'll. He paid the follow
ing good wads Of money to these far
mers for hogs: Hans Larson, $4,000
Jens Hansen, $4,000; G. G.. Judsen
$25s.00. Charley said he bought many
smaller punches and that they aggre
gated two hundred head for that ont
day. The Jenkins Company shipped
three carloads OF hogs the latter par
of last week and three more carload.
the first part Of this week.
The firm of McGovern g. Bison