Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-09-14

with r. II. Anderson ana wife last
Sunday.
Markets: Wheat sac, oats TIC, bar
ley 26c, corn CSC, butter l2c and
eggs lie.
The corn crop is maturing rapidly
and light frost would do damage in
but few fields.
Tom Rutherford and wife teasted
with James Rice and wife Sunday and
passed a pleasant day.
Miss George, of Coon Rapids, ar
rived Saturday evening to pay visit
to her friend, Mrs. Stemm.
Sam Wilson's house is assuming
proportions and will be completed
and ready for occupancy before cold
weather sets in.
Sam Randles bought the Frank
Buckner farm which Joins him on the
south, making him as fine farm as
anyone could desire.
Jack Frost will put in his appear
ance within the next two weeks and
will remind us of what we have done
with our summers wages.
Lou Corwin and Jake Lamm, OF
Viola, have each purchased fine PEG.
ria wagons which are among the best
makes that can be found on the mar
ket.
Miss Alice Eddy went to Dow City
Saturday where she will make her
home with her sister, Mrs. James
Sherman, and attend school the COM
ing year.
Threshing is progressing finely this
dry weather, but such weather re-
tards fall blowing which is not far
advanced, owing to the dryness OF
the ground.
Manager Quimby of the Leake
grain firm bought corn as follows the
first of the week: Amos Fancher 250O
bushels, Ed Bates 1000, Audey Shell
lev 700. Chris Slevers 1000.
AS the fall approaches the road
supervisors should remember to put
the highways in the best possible
condition, so that When winter comes
they will be in pa>sLle condition.
Morris Gibson is in the north part
of the state trying to find better
farm and more suitable location
than the one he recently sold. We
are sure he will return without hav-
ing one.
Will Mcdonald has bought one Of
the neatest and finest top buggies
that Anderson & Ruhs ever sold. 1t
is dandy in every sense and surpas-
SEES the cheap makes often put on the
market.
The first load Of lumber for the
Trans Mississippi elevator arrived
Tuesday and was unloaded. Nine
carloads of stone are already on the
ground and it begins to look as
though work would soon commence
Harry Sampson went TO Nit. Yer
non Saturday to resume his studies in
Cornell College This is one OF the
best educational institutions in the
state and Harry is one Of the boys
who will improve under its many
advantages.
Geo. Wright has sold his farm tc
Will Greenlee. He received S34 DC
per acre which is considered reason
ably cheap. George intends to pur.
chase another place as soon as he cal
find one where location, price anC
everything suits.
The young people took advantage
Of the cool weather the last OF thu
week and enjoyed couple OF goot
dance, one at Chart Jonnson's Frida!
night and another at Tom Sweeney
Saturday night. They all had
pleasant time each night.
D. l.. Reid and wife returned from
trip to the south part of the stat
and north part of Missouri wher
they were visiting friends and look
ing at the country in general way
Everything Is tlourishing down Their
and land is held at a very high figure
Frank Buckner has bought the G
G.. Gushing farm near Cameron Cen
ter and paid $4,000 an acre for ii
This is model farm and we are glat
to see Frank get hold of it. We dit
not learn whether Mr.. Gushing in
tends to leave, in fact we never him
to ask anyone as SO few ever leave tn
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Everett returne,
from trip to South Dakota Monda
evening. They went with the inten
ton OF finding a suitable locatio
but returned we'll satisfied that thei
home farm is good enough. The
had pleasant lime visiting wit
friends in Charles Mix county and i
Sioux City.
nalaa IL M.aL.