Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-06-08
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Ross News.


Luse received carload of brick
Saturday.
Mrs. John Stuart is reported ill of
lung trouble.
Matt Frost Is hauling brick to be
used in his new house.
Ross markets:-Corn 25c, oats 81 &c,
wheat 5S3c, hogs $3.50, butter lie,
eggs 10c.
Saturday, Monday and Tuesday
Anderson sold twenty Ohio and
Avery cultivators.
Miss Mollie Barger closes a very
successful term Of school at No. 2,
Lincoln township. Friday of this
week.
Miss Cylvia Fest went to Coon
Rapids last Friday to visit a week
with her brother, Henry Fest, and
family.
Harvey, the four-year. old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Coulter, is i'll of
stomach trouble, caused by decaying
of teeth.
Fred Tessman shelled 1000 bushels
of corn the first of this week, Frank
Taylor 1900 bushels and Chas. Heuss
800 bushels.
See those new :'Horse Shoe" shoes
for men, made from genuine colt skin,
fine as silk, wear like steel-S2. 25-at
the Farmers store.
the dance at Ed Finch's last Satur-
day night was great success, Mr..
and Mrs. Finch deserving consider
able credit as entertainers.
A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Fest last Saturday. AL
bert now wears becoming smile and
is distributing cigars promiscously.
Sherm Peppers, of Greeley town
ship, sold his corn which he had
stored in Ross to j. F. Luse. He
Jumped 1t off and carried home
check for $I075.
Last Saturday by an order issued
by the township board, the school
houses in Lincoln township were
fenced in with neat and substantial
smooth wire fences.
Tuesday F. l.. Anderson ordered
Diamond Windmill outfit for Lou
Corbin and Clark jerks, of Viola
township. The mill is to be used to
furnish water for both farms.
John Cameron, of Lincoln town
ship, marketed at Audubon, Tuesday
thirty head of fine hogs. Jim Cam
,eron drove one of the teams and they
'teil us that he's a frst-class market
sboy.
Monday, d. l.. Reid, at the Trans
Mississippi grain office, took in seven
ty-six loads of grain, among which
were HOO bushels of wheat from Nels
christensen and 700 bushels of VIM.
Weidersteinfor which they paid 5s3c.
Mrs. John Markley left Thursday
rof last week for Arlington, Iowa, be-
ing called there by the illness Of her
father, Steven Seward, who died Fri
day morning, aged II years. Mr.
Seward formerly resided in Cameron
township and was much respected
gentleman.
1t is probable, from returns that
are coming in, that the patrons of the
Ross creamery will receive one cent
more for May than was paid for
April. Several new patrons have
been added and the creamery is now
surely in tiourishing condition.
Peter Anderson, of Viola township,
is expecting visit this week from
his brother, Henry Anderson, and
family, of Clinton county. Mr.. An
derson will remain here a few days
and then go to Sioux City to look
after large tract of land he recently
purchased near that place.
1t is not an uncommon thing to
hear the remark that "something is
missing at the Ross store, and to
any one accustomed to the customs
and people associated Herewith,
readily guess what is missing-the
pleasant face, word OF welcome, en-
couragement or cheer, friendly hand
shake and altogether genial manner
of the late respected and honored
gentleman, S. B. Rice. A born opti-
mist, he endeavored to make all
around him as cheerful as himself
and how far he succeeded is evidenced
by the respect and almost reverence
in which his memory is held by all
who knew him.