Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-01-27

Mrs. Bush Comstock has been very
i'll the past week.
Miss Nora Crow was very ill few
days of last week.
The Odd Fellows initiated a new
member Saturday eve.
The infant daughter of Lon Gray
was quite sick last week.
MD Grow shelled 400 bushels of
corn Monday OF last week.
James Spear was attending to bust
ness at Manning Saturday last.
The Woodmen held committee
meeting at the hall Friday eve.
Miss Attic Grow was visiting
friends in this vicinity last week.
Doc Antrim became the father of a
bouncing baby boy last Thursday.
Miss Jennie Swiger, of near Man
ming, was visitor here last week.
Elmer Ellis, of Audubon, became
the possessor of the Mertz music box.
Mrs. Jennie Tucker, OF Viola town
ship, attended church in Gray Sum
day.
Hite Packard and John French
were the participants i'll friendly
wrestle with honors to French.
l desire those indebted to me to
call and settle Immediately.
e. EUGENE MERTZ.
The Prairie Side Literary still in
viles you to attend its interesting
meetings every Wednesday evening.
The creamery folks have hauled 16
loads of brick on the ground Saturday
as an initiative to the Gray creamery.
Ed Lacey, director Dist. No. 9,
Cameron township, purchased some
new seats for that schoolhouse last
week.
c as. Bruce, our new barber, has
Sc, uled the old Postoffice building
am vitl soon move his family into
tn, >i,ie.
Ii. B Shelley now rides i'll a brand
new cutter, constructed by John
Campbell, the hustling blacksmith
and wagon maker.
Polzin 81 Fischer are paying two
cents apiece for rabbits They are re-
ceiving and shipping great numbers
even at that low price.
Rev. Hayden's meeting with some
considerable success at Lincoln Gen.
ter, although not as we'll as is ex-
pecied before the close.
MIR. and Mrs. Wilburn Clark ar
rived from Council Bluffs Thursday
where they had been visiting with
Clas Friese and family.
F. Z. Hepp is doing a large busl-
ness now-a- days building and repair
ing sleighs, and if sleighing weather
holds out his run will continue.
Eleven of our Woodmen attended
the meeting of Barber Camp No. 1771
at thinning Thursday eve, repaying
them for their many visits here.
Mr.. Massen and family, of Pierce
county, Nebraska, arrived here Satur-
day with their household goods and
moved onto one Of Mr.. Polzin's farms.
Miss Belle Lancelot left Sunday to
resume her school duties in Audubon,
after athree weeks vacation caused
by the diphtheria scourge at that
place
w. A. Clark and family will soon
move onto farm near Dedham. We
are sorry to see AIR. Clark leave, as he
has proved valuable acquisition to
our vicinity.
Emerson Shelley, having become
tired OF taking unexpected trips into
bitches, ravines, rabbit burrows and
barbwire fences, has decided to dis
pose of his bike.
w. j. Lancelot arrived home from
Extra Saturday, returning to that
city Monday. Mr. l.. is working in
the interests of the M. w. of A. and
reports considerable success.
Because Of having too large load
Tuesday the train was obliged to
double up and pull half Of it into
Manning from Halbur. AS conse-
quence the train was an hour late.
The residence building of Jas. Tu-,
ton has been removed to north Gray
in order to provide room for the
creamery building, the erection of
which will be commenced in the near
future.
d. P. Repass was doing insurance
business in our city Thursday last.
Mr.. Repass has accepted a position as
instructor in mathematics in the Dex-
ter Normal College for which place
he will soon leave.
Through mistake last week an item
in this department stated that Green
waldt & Groteluschen were having
large demand for rabbits" instead
of for ammunition as intended.
We hereby lay all blame to the COM
positor.
Mrs. Connor, who is here visiting
her daughter, Mrs. M. d. Grow has,
among other samples OF Nebraska's
products, a number of rattlesnake
rattles-curiosities to some of our
younr neOnle who have navar caan