Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-01-06
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of a new boy.
Charley Colee shipped carload of
| fat cattle last week.
Carson Ohm's hogs are disappear
ing on account of cholera.
Hank Low, of Atlantic, was look
| ing after business in Audubon We'd
nesday.
AL. Friend left Saturday for Cries.
ton to visit his people and look after
| business.
Charley Tramp and Marion john
son were transacting business at
Lorah Tuesday.
Taylor Langworthy and wife and
babies left Monday evening for their
home at Boone, Iowa.
Last Week Hon. Samuel Gardner
lost seven head of cattle on account of
| the cornstalk complaint.
A. H. Edwards and A. c. Darland
received a lot of Southdown sheep
from Michigan this week.
Rob't Rice will play with Reeves
company in the "Little Duchess %
at Extra Saturday evening.
Hon. A. H. Edwards returned last
Friday from Christmasing with his
relatives at Mendoza, Illinois.
Ed. Reusch, who clerked for Chris
Henriksen two years ago, is again
jumping counters at Chris busy
store.
Hon. Tom Kelley passed through
Audubon Monday bound for South
Dakota to buy big bunch of young
cattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ward are en-
joying a visit from Mr.. Wards
brother and his family Of St. Paul,
Minnesota.
Mr.. A. H. Roberts has just been
elected superintendent of the Audu-
bon Methodist Sunday schools for
the Goth time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe McFadden, who
live quietly, east of town, are the
parents of an S.pound boy baby born
Saturday morning.
The first day of January the county
treasurer had S25,06O.69 in cash, be-
ing the largest balance the treasury
has enjoyed any January LIST.
Mrs. Frank Herndon and her moth
er leave next week for visit with
relatives at Macome, Illinois. She
expects to be absent month.
Samuel Gardner, of Greeley, was
in town Monday and marketed al
$50 per hundred five head of hogs
that averaged 535 pounds each.
| The Park Hotel has been leased fol
one year to Elmer Coulter and Mr.
Strong of Columbus junction, Iowa
who will take charge of the hotel III
few weeks.
| Chas. McLeran left on the Sunday
Rock Island for Omaha to resume his
studies after week Of pleasant visit
ing with his parents and many
friends in this city.
| Striker, the Kansas City horse
buyer, shipped a carload of fine draft
horses from this point Saturday,
| One Of the animals was whopper-
weighed 1905 pounds.
Wilbur Krahl, who has been tilline
the Gray farm south of the pool
farm, left Monday with his family
and household goods for Norman,
Oklahoma, where he owns a farm.
Hon. A. H. Edwards, of Douglas
township, shipped carloed Of fat
sheep-80 head Tuesday. On the
same train Frank Nicholson, of Doug
las township, shipped a carload OF
mixed stock.
Owen Philips, who is visiting his
father northwest Of town, is enter
tanning a full-fledged case of measles.
We understand that he has rented
John Sherman's 2OO-acre farm in Mel
vile township for 1898.
Elder L. F. Starr has become res
ident of Audubon, having purchased
house Of Hank Mosier. MI. Starr
is the new pastor of the Seventh day
Adventists. He is an evangelist and
expects to do considerable work.
Geo. Gray shipped to Chicago
Wednesday morning by special train
seven carloads of excellent cattle.
The consignment was made to G.. D..
Van Norman, Shattuck, Paxson &
Co. through w. H. Low, of Atlantic.
w. S. Moreland, of Viola town.
ship, who recently bought land near
El Campo, Texas, was in the county
seat Saturday on business. He in
forms us that himselfand family will
move with their household goods to
Texas in about three weeks.
Thursday evening while Lawyer
VIM. Wonn was coming out of Theo.
Myers Office over the First National
Bank, he made mis-step and fell
the full length of the stairs to the
stone pavement Believing. His face
was severely bruised and his nasal
bone was broken. DR.. Childs cared
for the injured man and he is now on