Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-06-23

depot are being tloOred and gener-
ally repaired.
The three-year-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Priestly is very i'll
| of Brighfs disease.
| Seven Day Adventist meetings
are being conducted under a tent
at the school house yard.
Wednesday of last week the bal
lots of the past two years were de-
stroyed in the court house yard.
| Ira Drake and Chas Huntsberoer
left last week for Wyoming where
they will work on sheep randi.
f. A. Tharnish and Mrs. John
Tharnish, of Atlantic, attended the
| commencement exercises here June
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Mrs. II. NJ. Gray and Mrs. Ed.
| Haynes received word last week of
the death Of their mother in Okla
homa.
Miss Gertrude Musson, of Des
visit her uncle, jolly Tom Musson
and family.
VIM. Wonn and f. B. Davis have
opened law, realestate and loan
office in rooms over the Friends
clothing store.
| John Weighton's country man
sion is fest nearing completion. 1t
will be the largest frame honse in
Audubon county.
The Ladies Foreign Missionary
Society gave missionary tea at
Mrs. f. P. Rockers, Tuesday after
noon of last week.
Mrs. Dan Stuart, who visited old
friends here for several days, re-
turned to her home at Ireton, Iowa,
Tuesday of last week.
A. N. Detwiler, of south Lincoln
township, commences the con
struction of large barn this week
r. J. Creveling builder.
A new water tank is being erected
at the Northwestern yards. 1t will
be higher and of greater holding
capacity than the old one.
Sheriff J. H. Jones left Tuesday
for Council Bluffs to attend the In
ter-State Sheriff's Association.
Twelve states are represented.
l.. NJ. Branson, of Lincoln town
ship, and Miss Alice Cole, of this
place, were united in marriage on
Wednesday oflast week MAY they
live long and prosper.
| Rev. A. W. Armstrong, associate
editor of the Christian Advocate, of
Omaha, passed few days last
week at the home of his sister, Mrs.
w. H. Kelley, of this place.
Misses Alta Grow and Irma Thar
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lane and Chas. Burnside left Tues
day to attend the Presbyterian
Synodic meeting. at Des Moines.
Tuesday of last week the 1O-year
old son of John Rosenbeck, of
Sharon township, was bitten on the
ankle by rattlesnake. He receiv-
ed timely medical aid and recover
ed after being very sick.
The Audubon county bridge
bond has been sold to the First
National Bank, of Chicago. Four
teen bids were received for bond.
four of them applying in person.
The bond is a per cent, ten-year
optional for $4,000, and issued as a
means of enabling the county to
pay an enormous bridge debt with
ont levying more than the legal
rate 3 mills.
Wednesday morning Of last week,
at the home OF the brides parents
the marriage of Mr.. DIN D. LIE Hew
and Miss Vesta Baxter, Rev. ". r.
Meredith, of Greenfield, officiating.
Mr.. LIE Haw is an undertaken Of
Greenfield. Miss Baxter has been
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lie schools and is lady of merit
The happy couple left the same day
for their new home at Greenfield.
Clyde Baker, Will Wilson, Henry
Johnson and Ralph Overholtze1
went to Red Oak, the first of las,
week, where they were examined
and the first three named admitted
to the United States Volunteers and
shipped Immediately to San Fran
cisco. Ralph Overholtzer took three
examinations but weight and
height were not proportionate
knocking him out. The boys write
home that army life suits them ex.
actly. They expect to ship for the
Philippines next week.
Wednesday morning between the
hours of four and six O'clock the
livery barn of Henry Cooley on
Market street, was destroyed by
fire. Lightning is supposed to be
cause of fire. Prompt and efficient
action on the part of the fire BOYS
soved the adjoining buildings and
probable destruction of the whole
block. A team belonging to an At
lantic party was burned to death
and several tons of hay, some
grain and hack belonging to Toe
Iharnish went up in smoke. In.
surance, $500. Mr.. Cooley will at
once rebuild.
Following is Superintendent
Spencer's report up-to-date of the
school subscriptions taken in Au
dubon county for the erection of a
monument to the Maine martyrs:
VIOLA Observation-Disclosures 81 81
Sharon n
Melville 2 sc
Hamli II a.
Cameron 81
Greeley 9 &c