Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-04-14

load of hogs, Tuesday night.
Horace Bartlett is acting as Station
Agent at Marine, for & few days.
B. F. Simpson is repairing his race
track upon which he will speed his
horses.
Miss Lenna Wagner is over visiting
with her sister, Mrs. Doctor Koob,
for a few days.
Min Brown went to Audubon last
Tuesday morning to assist D. w.
Powers in grading up some lots in
that city.
If you think that they didn't have
fun at the Woodman Lodge last Tues
day night just ask Frank Lambert,
he knows.
Mrs. Buckley, of Atlantic, who has
been visiting with her daughter, Mrs.
Rineheart, at the hotel for some time,
will return home next Saturday.
j. T. Ellis and family, of near
Wiota, were visiting with their rela-
tives, the Village Blacksmith, and
his family last Sunday and attended
the Easter exercises.
Hans johnson is the name of the
new clerk at the jenkins & Vail big
store. Now our Danish friends can
buy goods there, using their mother
tongue, as we'll as anywhere.
Little Misses Cathleen and Murie
Koob, daughters of Doctor and Mrs.
Koob, enjoyed an outing this week
and passed several days with Mrs. l.
H. jenkins, down on the farm.
Remember that Miss Clara Ordway
and her brother, Theo, will conduct
a dancing party, at the Oak6eld Hall,
next Friday night. The w. H. Pear
son orchestra will furnish the music.
Postmaster Marion jenkins says
there are letters in his shop for Miss
Martha Jessen, Josephene Petersen,
D. Phipps, Lawrence Cannon, Geo.
Leaf, Hans Jorgen Nelson, South
Branch Elevator Company.
jenkins & Company have written
to the owners of those western cattle
that they expect to weigh them Oh
or about the goth, of this month.
Just when those special trains will
go to Chicago our informant sayeth
not.
| Miss Jessie Pratt and MIR. Jay
4 Walker were quietly married at the
Highland church. They will begin
their new life together in jays home
just over the Cass county line, follow
ed by the best wishes of host Of
friends.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Bap-
tist church will give one of their en-
joyable New England Suppers in the
Poulsen building, at Brayton, on next
Tuesday evening, April 10th, and
everybody for miles around are eX-
+ pected to be present.
, The rain storm last Tuesday did
not daunt the spirit oi the ladies of
the Aid Society, and goodly num-
Der of them assembled at the home of
Mrs. Doctor Koob. The next meet
ing will be held with Mrs. David
! Carpenter, the second Tuesday in
May.
Miss Jessie Kieinman, the lady
reciter, who will be with the famous
| Ottumwas," at the Extra Metho-
e dist church, next Saturday night, is
0 a cousin OF Mr.. l. P. Ha.lock. We
understand that the lady will visit
with Uncle Isaac and family next
!, Sunday afternoon.
Messrs. Arthur and John Howell
!. are here ona short visit to their broth
? Ell, P. F. Howell, down in the big
! woods. The first named gentleman
! resides in Kansas and was called to
!. Walnut, where his brother John lives,
by the sudden illness Of their mother,
e who was stricken by paralysis. We
understand that the lady is rapidly
u recovering.
Last Sunday was Mrs. P. +. How
: ellis forty-ti first birthday and on Satur-
!. day afternoon Il gay party Of her
: intimate friends went in to appraise
+, her of the event. She was most pleas
I antly surprised. Just before sitting
). down to the royal dinner Miss Ethel
! Simpson, in behalf of the company
y spoke few words of appreciation
and love and then presented Mrs.
d Howell with the pretty gifts they
+ had brought her. The good lady was
It much overcome, and could only stam-
e mer her thanks through her tears.
II Mrs. Howell has lived many years in
: this community and is known by all
a as most excellent woman. 1t is with
d a feeling of regret and sorrow that we
0 remember this is to be her last veal
|. among us, here, but we look to hel
v future and pray heaven to make it IA.
) diant and serene to the end. Follow.
n ing were the guests prese mt: Mr.. and
d Mrs. l. P. Hallock and Mrs. Kee
j. Hallock, Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Jen.
e kins, Mr.. and Mrs. l. Fl. jenkins, Mr.
: and Mrs. B. F. Simpson, Messrs. JOIN
s and Arthur Howell, Attorney Leste
Is Van Sloke, of Avoca; Ethel, Esta ant
Lafayette Simpson.
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