Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-01-20
OakfiQld aDd BraytoD
Corn 1Sc, oats 17ac, hogs 1926.

Corn lSc, oats l79c, hogs 1925.
N. L. Wood, at Oakfield, is dam
geronsly sick man.
Greer & Sykes shipped six coups of
chickens last Tuesday.
Mrs. Agnes Gocanhour has gone to
Illinois to visit old friends.
B. f. Simpson was an Atlantic Wis
itor few days of this week.
Mrs. George Cotton was visiting
her Extra relatives this week.
Shoe repairing neatly done at Fl. P.
Buffon's home, in Oakfield. See him.
Mr.. Emery has moved from Bray
ton TO the Hill farm, south Of Oak
field.
VIM. Thielen is very proud of that
new buggy shed he has just erected
on his farm.
DR.. Mullins and Miss Leila Shaw,
of Atlantic, were guests at Stillside
last Sunday evening.
The revival at the. Minser school
house seems to be profitable one.
Thirty converts thus far.
Mrs. E. j. Mullins has been help
ing care for her sisters baby, Little
Dolly Cannon, who is so sick.
Rob't Hall, of Council Bluffs, is
making all extended visit among his
relatives and friends in this vicinity.
Bill Swolley will conduct a dance
at the Oakfield Hall, next Friday
night and you can dance your fill for
only Soc.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. f. Howell were
with their Ayoca relatives the front
part of this week. Mrs. Howell
came home Tuesday evening.
1t is reported that two of High
lands most honored citizens will go
to the gold fields of Klondike in early
spring. They are Messrs Jno McGrain
and Cortez Taylor.
ssChicago" Peterson was in Bray
ton this week and purchased lumber
OF Nels Sornson to build new house
16by24 with an L 16 feet square, on
his farm near Elkhorn.
There will be an annual meeting of
the Brayton Baptist church held in
the near future at which time Mr..
Nels Sornson and Uncle S. B. Clark
will be elected Deacons of that body.
Persons knowing themselves indebt-
ed to us will please call and settle your
account at once and save us calling on
you. We need our money and must
nave it. Yours truly,
Bendixen Hardware Co., Brayton.
The old store building, at Oaktield,
has become too small for Greer s.
Sykes and in consequence thereof they
will lease piece Of ground of Mrs.
Dave Carpenter and erect a store
busjding 2Oby40 feet thereon.
Sol Peterman, of Extra, and his
funny talking and singing Graphic
phone will be at the Brayton Baptist
church next Thursday evening, Janu-
airy 9th. 1t is a very curious little
machine and it will pay you to go
and hear it..
Little Miss Lola Brinkerhotf, of
Extra, is passing a week at Oakfield
with her grandparents while her
mother, Mrs. Will Brinkerhoff, is at
Missouri Valley attending the funeral
of her grandmother, Mrs. Judge D.
M. Harris.
The Oaktield Township Creamery
folks were getting ice out Of the |. P.
Hallock fish ponds, Tuesday, and Oh,
Mr.. Man! what hard time they had
getting on to the east end Of the new
bridge, at Oakfield. Say, that place
ought to be fixed.
Miss Grace Button met with very
painful wound last Sunday evening.
They had just started out for cutter
ride and he had united the horses and
had one foot in the cutter when the
team took fright, started, dumped
him out and went g kerplunk = into
a wire fence across the road, throwing
the young lady out, bruising her arm
quite seriously, and nearly saving one
of the horses hoofs off. Iona says he
don't know if his horse will get
over the hurt or not.
The silver wedding Of Mr.. and Mrs
Button, at Oakfield, last Sunday, was
very jolly affair and will be a green
spot in the memory of this worthy
couple for many moons. There were
about fifty guests present and then
a. long snowy cover was spread and
the table fairly groaned under the
weight of the good goodies that were
there to eat. When all was ready
Professor Brinkerhoff made them 8
happy little speech and then in al
impressive manner remarked them
way long in the shank of the day
the Brayton Band came over and gave
them serenade, and all around it wa
merry day. Our good friends wer'
the recipients of many useful silver
gifts and feel grateful to the friend
for their kind remembrance.
ii: Il: !; 'i !; ;I'.:i