Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-03
R0SS.nEWS

Will Bevers' children are i'll of
measles.
Yves. Jay was before the board of
pension examiners Wednesday.
Horses in this section Of the coun-
try are afflicted with distemper.
Ross MARKETS Corn zoe, wheat
nc, oats 229c, eggs 10c, butter 12c.
The graphophone at the Farmers
Store will be given away March 25th.
Wells Ferguson's boy has been ill
the past few days Of gathering in the
head.
John Koenig moved Saturday from
Defiance to his farm four miles west
of Ross.
Miss Emma Reid returned from
Lincoln, Nebraska, Wednesday OF
last week.
Fern Anderson has already sold
four of the Famous Ohio Cultivators
this spring.
Ed Walters and family have moved
from near Templeton to Madison
county, Iowa.
Chris Bauer is hauling lumber for
his new house on the Clifford place to
be occupied by Chris Mack.
John johnson, of Ida county, has
moved onto the farm recently vacated
by Wood Scott in Viola township.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Luse> enter
tanned their Ross friends with an ex-
cellent supper of delicious Baltimore
bivalves.
Mrs. Herrick left Monday for her
home in johnson county after four
months visit with her daughter,
Mrs. VIM. McCaw.
Boone Lower Vein Coal, 1886 per
ton. Illinois, the best coal ever
shipped to Ross, 1925 a ton at the
Right Place elevator.
Arthur Michael, of Iowa City, who
has been visiting at the home of his
aunt, Mrs. VIM. Weiderstein, left for
Sac City last Monday.
Roy Swaney, of Cameron, is baling
tons of hay and keeping pretty busy.
He shipped carload from Ross and
one from Gray this week.
Luse is having a good trade on
wall paper and window shades. The
extremely low prices he is naming is
inducing early purchases.
While going from the store one
day last week Mrs. Jennie Stuart
slipped and fell on the icy ground
receiving several severe bruises.
Miss Mary Davis closes her term o.
school at No. 2, Leroy, Friday Of
this week and will give picnic fol
the pupils in the schoolhouse on tina,
day.
Jake Ruhs's team broke loose from
the baling machine while on the roac
last Tuesday and took run. A brok
en- tongue and fractured harness wa
the result, W.
Ed Finch purchased two cows o
Jas. Hall Tuesday that weighed 12Ot
and 1900 pounds. He paid $50 pc
hundred and remarks that they're tn,
best cows he ever bought.
! Contractor Adolph Mueller has re-
covered from his illness and is agail
experimenting work on the Ros
creamery. The route committee ar
now contracting for the hauling o.
milk.
In this issue of the Journal appear
the advertisement Of F. L. Anderson
the wide-awake implement dealer O
Ross. Fern handles the best in hi
line and sells always at the RICH
price.
While moving his family ant
household goods to the Hannah Mil
Ter farm in Melville Wednesday on,
Mr.. Raebel's wagons upset, and as
result his, daughter was severed,
bruised.
Finch q Thompson shipped fou
carloads of cattle to Chicago las
week-two from Ross and two from
Carroll. Two carloads Of the stool
We're sold as exports-ex fine cat
tie. While on a crowded street ca
Ed was relieved of his purse contain
ing $1.10.
Jas. Hall has loaded his househol,
effects into a Rock Island car at Au
dubon and Friday himself and family