Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-12-29
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! visitor last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Skies baby
is ill of lung trouble.
Mr.. James Rorick's wife is reported
on the sick list his week.
They were busy invoicing at the
Sidney Mcguire store, in Brayton
last Tuesday.
Mr.. j. T. Ellis and William Malone
and their families ate Christmas din
ner with Blacksmith Pearson and
wife, at Brayton.
Ben Shirley and his sisters, Misses
Edna and Lucy, have been down at
Stuart, Iowa, visiting with their
uncle and family.
McGovern & Bison purchased a
bunch OF fifteen smooth hogs of Jacob
Peterson and another nice drove of S
%. Hockenberry, this week.
Mr.. |. V. ID. Lewis was in Brayton
last Tuesday receiving some new fur
niture for the Green school house.
where Miss Blanche Noon teaches.
Measles are abroad in the land and
the inmates of the Isaac Smith, Race
Rogers and William Onken homes
are entertaining them just at present.
Chris Hoegh is building barn and
is figuring on building house which
causes his friends to scratch their
heads and wonder what this all means.
Next Saturday there will be a big
turkey shoot, at Braytop, and Lon
Biddle and Sam KEGS will be there
with twenty-five turkeys for your
sport-and New Years dinner.
Misses Ruby and Edna Pearson are
at Wiota, where they went to attend
a party given in honor Of the Misses
Robinson, and will pass this week
visiting their relatives down there.
The two-months-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Fries died, last Sun
day and was buried Monday afternoon
at the Oak Hill church, Rev. Craven
gard saying words Of comfort to the
Borrowing ones.
Next Monday Horace Bartlett.
District Deputy Installing Officer
OF the Odd Fellows Lodge, will 90 to
Audubon to install new officers there.
and then visit the several lodges in
the district for the same purnose.
Rasmus Pallesen, who has been on
visit TO his former home, in Old
Denmark, for about year, arrived
in Brayton on MONDAY morning and
Immediately went out to his brother.
PetersPallesen's, west of Bravton.
The Christmas tree program at the
Baptist church, in Brayton, was car
ried to successful finish, the church
building was crowded with happy
hearts and all went home Juggling as
many presents as they could carry.
Mr.. FL. B. Hamil, a commission
man from South Omaha, was at Bray
ton, Tuesday, visiting with stockmen
l. P. Hallock, Charlie Bison, Thos,
McGovern, Hon. Tom Kelley, j. Il.
jenkins, B. f. Simpson, T. j. Essing-
ton and others.
Herbert Herrick, Miss Hattie Jen.
kins and Ellis Cannon ate Christmas
dinner with Miss Ida Hockenberrv at
her hill top home. In the evening
the young people attended the Can
tata in Extra, which they pronoun-
ced "just fine. "
Without giving their friends the
slightest hint Of their intentions Mr..
Joe Smith and Miss Della Bell stole
away up to Audubon, last week We'd
nesday and were quietly married.
Their many friends down here wish
them all manner CT good luck, even if
they did serve them a shabby trick.
Trapper John Mounts informs us
that his catches up to date are as fol-
lows: Six Coons, sixty Muskrats.
forty Slset Cats, ten Skunks and
eight Mink. Friend John has his
babin, down in the big woods, strung
with their hides, and is as happy as n
clam in high water.
Last Saturday Ward Smith receiv-
ed his transportation papers and
letter telling him he could take his
choice Of either remaining at home
or joining his regiment, the Fifty
First Iowa Volunteers, in the Philip
pines. Ward hesitated about two
minutes and then decided to go, and
accordingly took the first train for
San Francisco and we presume before
this lie is on board Il ship speeding
across the Pacific Ocean, headed TO-
wards Manila.
Merchant j. A. Slender was out to
see Mr.. Chris lessen, the young man
who was so frightfully hurt by the
explosion Of powder, last week, and
reports having found him resting easy
and very hopeful. He will never see
out OF one of his eyes, it having been
blown completely out, but he told
Mr.. Slender that he could see streaks
of daylight with the other, and all
his friends are hoping that Chris may
fully regain his eyesight and soon be
among us again.
The BraVton Sunday School recent.