Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-01-13
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Ed. Owen is suffering of'rheuma-
tisln of the heart.
Henry kyle's youngest child died
Tuesday of diptheria.
Cornstalks got away with one of
Henry Sunbergs best COWS.
The Hooker telephone now works
with satisfaction to all patrons.
DR.. Clark marketed his 515-pound
porker Tuesday scooping in $685..
Miss Grace Dickey, teacher of No.
6, Douglas township, is reported
very i'll.
John Minor, last week, sold fine
organ to John Weber, of Greeley
township.
Mrs. George Harmon, of Douglas
township, is recovering from seri-
Gus illness.
Thos. Musson goes to the north
ern part of the state soon to buy
lot of young cattle.
The Potter home, northeast of
Audubon is quarantined on ac-
count of diptheria.
The Oddfellow banquet has been
postponed until some date the lat
ter part of February.
During the year 1897 over 5000
people visited the Columbian Club
Free Reading Room.
Geo. Hoover attended the meet
ing of the implement dealers at
| Council Bluffs this week.
On account of the inclement
weather H. Z. Webster's sale was
postponed to Tuesday, Jan. IS.
James Law, of Melville, is feeding
a carload of butcher stock which
he will ship to Chicago in March.
Miss Isabelle McFarlane will re-
turn Friday from her Christmas
visit with relatives at Fairfax, Iowa.
Ben CASTOR and family lett Tues
day for Mahaska county where they
will visit relatives for an indefinite
time.
They do say that Mark Butterton
can stow away more oysters than
any five girls in South Leroy town
ship
John Ellsbery, of Fruta, Colorado,
is visiting for month with his old
neighbors in west Douglas town
ship.
All aboard for Texas on January
IS. See Joe Cam about cheap rates
and all about the low priced farm
ing lands.
A number of Audubon county
farmers are going to Texas Jan. IS.
Joe Cam will tell you all about his
cheap excursion.
Arthur Farquhar and wife, of
Melville township, returned Thurs
day from a visit with relatives in
Montgomery county.
| John Kerwin, father of the Ker-
win boys, is very ill at the home of
his son Richard. The old gentle
man is over eighty years old.
If you want to 90 TO Texas and see
beautiful, hea1thful and prosper
Gus country see Joe Cam about his
Texas excursion on January Is.
Geo. Stetzell, of Douglas town
ship, rolled into Audubon with 10
whopping big porkers Tuesday
which he sold to Johnson & Nelson.
Chris Jensen, formerly one of
John Hates tailors, writes from his
home at Cedar Falls, Iowa, that a
new girl baby arrived at his home
Jan. 9th.
Wednesday it showed and blowed
and reminded the inhabitants that
ten years ago on January 18th oc-
CURED the great blizzard that
caused SO much suffering and loss
of life all over the northwest.
John McFarlane was at Council
Bluffs this week attending the an
nual meeting of the Iowa and Ne
braska Implement Dealers Associ-
alton. During his absence his son
George managed the implement
house.
On account of diptheria the fol-
lowing homes are under quaran-
tine regulations: Jack Dennis, Mrs.
Mary Allen, Nick Roth, J. r. Pound,
F. NJ. Leman, Farmers Home. The
cases are very mild and probably
ends the scourage in Audubon.
Walter Scott, now of Ames, Iowa,
finished a weeks visiting here last
Thursday, and departed for his
home. Walter has many friends in
this neck O the prairie and all were
delighted to see him looking so we'll
and happy. The Journal will con-
tinue to tell him all the news.
| President Mckinley has appoint
ed G. b. Russell postmaster of Au-
dubon and he expects to be ready
to take possession of the same on
February LIST. Mr.. Russell will give
his undivided attention to the
office and will retain as clerks Miss
Mary Wilson and Geo. Viewer.
The Audubon Independent school
board met Wednesday afternoon
and decided to open the schools
Monday, January oath. The presi-
dent of the board was authorized to
postpone the opening of the schools
from time to time if the Board of
Health thought it detrimental to
the health of the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lidd went to
Davenport Saturday to consult with
Dr. Middleton regarding Mrs.
Lidd's health. Since, we under
stand, the lady was relieved from a