Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-02-10

from her sick spell.
Grin Root will occupy the resi-
dence vacated by Frank White.
The next regular meeting of the
Blue Grass Creamery will be held on
Wednesday, February Esd.
Joe Woodland started for Marion
county, Iowa, Monday night where
he goes to find employment.
John McNutt and VIM. Morley
passed last Sunday with their rela-
tives and friends, at Atlantic.
George Gill's best horse got SO bad
ly kicked the other night that he fears
it will go lame all the rest of its life.
Will Mcclure tells us that he will
again commence buying hogs, at the
Station, about the middle Of March.
Mrs. Will MCGUIRE enjoyed visit
this week from her sister, Miss Nan
Murphy, and Miss Ella Conway, of
Audubon.
There was a taffy pull at Henry
Wells home, Friday night, and some
OF the boys say they had. g alicking
good " time.
Twas too bad a night for the Au-
dubon orchestra to appear, at Old
Hamlin, last Friday night, and they
will be there some later date.
| F. M. Zion is building an addition
to his house and making other i'm
provements about his farm home, a
little way north of the Station.
Mr.. Fabricsius was moving his
buildings about his farm, the first of
the week, and otherwise making prep
arations for an early spring cam paign.
Wonder if that Melville fellow got
home from Brushy College in time
for breakfast Monday morning. Won
der which will get ahead, he or the
Adair fellow?
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Smith and
Miss Katie Workman will entertain
at progressive high five, next Friday
evening, in honor of Miss Workman's
sister, Miss Maggie.
Miss Kate Workman was with her
relatives, the Sam Graham family, in
Melville township, Saturday, and her
sister, Miss Maggie came home with
her to pass few days.
Church services at the Station next
Sabbath will be as usual Sunday
School at ten O'clock in the morning;
i preaching at eleven; Prayer Meeting
at seven, III the evening.
Doak 81 Lane, the Audubon stock
buyers, were down this way the first
of the week and purchased good
punches of cattle from VIM. Maxon,
George Spencer and Ed. Dryden.
i They have strung apath of cinders
4 from Will McGuire's store over to
4 the Stuart grain office and now you
can get across there when its muddy
and you don't have to swim, either.
New officers of the Brushy College
| Literary Society:
4 John Hunter, President.
| Andrew Wells, e-President.
| Katie Workman, Secretary.
i Duke Hunter, Treasurer.
/ Maggie Stanley, Editor.
i Lou Briggs, Marshal.
i Wednesday night this society had a
high old time discussing this ques-
ton: Resolved, That the co-operative
creamery is the most profitable thing
that a farmer can engage in.
The Old Hamlin Literary have the
best meetings this winter that they
ever had in their history, the house
being filled at every meeting and
they have the best of programs. They
recently elected these new officers:
/ Lou Miller, President.
Mamie Rice, Vice. President.
Ern Bryan, Secretary.
Ralph Thomas, Marshal,
I; Lon Bradley, Janitor.
] "a Patty ?e Bryan, Program Com.
Annie Warner,
| The following taken from>the dis
patches tells of the burning of an ele-
vator belonging to our Harry Percy's
mother:
anna, L OO. o. llC ldFStt elevator
at this place belonging to Mrs. M. It.
Percy. of Dexter, was discovered to
be on fire this evening about 8 O'Clock
and, although the fire department re-
\ sponded and soon had two streams
playing on the flames, the fire had
gained such Roadway that it was USE
less to try to save the burning build
ing, and it burned to the ground, to-
gether with it's contents. The eleya.
tor was built few years ago at cost
Of 81, 100000 and had capacity Of 49,
600 bushels. J. X. Young, manager
places the loss at $s,OOO.O0, with in.
surance ngrain and elevator amount
ing to $3,500.00. The fire originated
in the engine room.
~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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