Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-08-10
Ross News.

IUc WOrk.
Market.-Wheat SOC, oats 15!c, corn
22c, barley 22c, hogs S4.l0, butter
lie, and eggs &c.
Mrs. Hattie Cahill came up from
Audubon, Monday, and is spending
the week in town.
New goods have been arriving
daily at the Farmers Store since
j. F. returned home.
Billy Williamson made business
trip to Lake City, going up Satur-
day and returning on Monday.
Bargains in hot weather goods at
the Farmers Store. Jess says they
must be sold regardless of cost.
Albert Daniels now supports fine
new buggy, having purshased one Of
those fine ones kept by Anderson &
Ruhs.
Special low prices on tan shoes,
straw hats, dress shirts, silk mitts,
underwear, etc, at the Farmers
Store.
Apples can be purchased, owing to
the large crop, for 25c bushel. They
are hand picked, good sized and of
the very best varieties.
Frank Corwin, of Viola township,
left for the wheat fields of Minnesota,
Tuesday morning, where he hopes to
find employment at good wages.
Gus Schroeder will cease to work
for George McCuen, next week, and
about the 20th of the month he will
go to the wheat fields of Minnesota.
Justin Quimby purchased a fine
new top buggy, with which he will
surely have 8 good time, and make
some others have good time as we'll.
There will be Sunday School con-
vention and entertainment, at Bethel
church, Sunday evening. All who
attend will be protitably entertained.
Plans and specifications for the new
school house, south of town, have
been drawn and as soon as the con-
tract can be lei the building will be
erected.
Morris Gibson has disposed Of his
Lincoln township farm. We do not
know what he intends to do but hope
he may buy another farm and go on
prospecting.
Miss Mary Laughlin and Miss Mag
gle Hammel, of Carroll, nieces of
Mrs. Dave Hart, came down the last
Of the week and made pleasant visit
tor few days.
Sam Wilson has purchased lumber
tor new house which he Intends to
have built on his Lincoln township
farm as soon as he can get the carpen-
tiers to do the work.
Steve Luse sold his fine carload Of
fat hogs, last Saturday, to John Wag-
ner at the good round price Of 1925.
They were a fine lot, as shown by the
extra price received for them.
The program tor the Union Sunday
School Conventions at Melville Gem
ter, next Sunday afternoon, and at
Ross, in the evening, reached The
Journal office too late for publication.
Anderson 81 Ruhs received large
invoice Of Avery and Peoria wagons,
Monday, which have been placed in
their large warehouse ready to be
shown up to good advantage to their
customers.
Mrs. Ed. Walters will leave for
Chinook, Montana, Monday, to join
her husband who has been there for
some time. Ed. is we'll pleased with
the country and we trust he may find
tia pleasant and profitable place to
live.
Nels Olsen shipped one car of cattle
and one of hogs on the special last
Wednesday. Lou Beason, who has
been spending some time with W. w.
Weston, accompanied them and will
visit relatives in the metropolis fol-
several days.
John Stewart is intending to make
a sale and dispose of everything some
time during the early fall so he may
be able to 60 west where he expects
to reside, hoping that change OF
climate will be beneficial to his wife's
defining health.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Rice will leave
for Des Moines, Saturday, 20 take {
vacation for two or three weeks. jim
has been closely confined as head
clerk Of the big store of j. F. Luse
He is deserving of outside vacation
and we hope to see him back after b,
has had pleasant outing.
d. l.. Ried, after week of illness
that kept him from the office of tn,
Trans Mississippi Grain Company, il
again on hand ready to attend to hi
du ties. If the carpenter crews of thu
company can finish the elevators they
have commenced they will build
new elevator here, but if not, they
will probably make some improve
ments such as will be sufficient to en-
able them to handle the large crop O
grain that will be harvested and mar
keted during the coming fall ant
winter.
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