Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-02-02

day.
Bills are up announcing that H.
Fabricious will have a stock sale on
Tuesday, February 9TH.
The Misses Agnew, of Audubon,
passed. last Sunday with their friends,
Misses Patty and Bonny Bryan, at
Old Hamlin.
Mrs. Tom Crees and her baby have
both been too i'll to sit up, the past
week, and Tom has been practicing
up in the culinary department wee
bit.
The familiar figure of Road Master
Vint Rose was seen at the Station. on
Tuesday, for the first time in four
weeks, he having been laid up with
the grip.
We hear that Robert Campbell be-
came involved in mix-up with Il
Texas COW boy, and that our good
friend Robert got the worst end of
the bargain.
George Smith sold span of fine
driving horses to Baker Il Shoesmith
this week and is now putting in his
spare moments breaking them to
drive peaceably.
Albert Pratten, that successful
farmer and stock raiser. down in the
vicinity of Highland Grove, visited
his friends and transacted business up
at Audubon. last Tuesday.
AS soon as this cold snap moderates
down a bit Mr.. Joel Crees and his
son, Walk, will shell out five thou
sand bushels Of Counselman Il Com
pany's corn that is stored at the Sta
ton.
Tom Gill received his books, last
Saturday, and bright and early OH
Monday he started out on his annual
rounds, assessing Hamlin township.
Iowa has no more faithful or pains
taking official that our friend Tom.
The officials of the Blue Grass
Creamery are making active prepara-
tions to have the ice house, at the
Creamery, filled We understand
that The congealed acqueous fluid will
will be carted down from Audubon
by teams.
Mr.. Higgins, an old gentleman who
lives over in the vicinity of Old
Hamlin, is very ILL, of a combination
of heart disease and dropsy. His
relatives and friends are gathered
about the good mans bedside, and
fear he worst.
Mrs. George Smith was at Audi
bon, Thursday OF last week, visiting
with her siseer. law, Mrs. Cecilia
Soar Connrardy, who was very i'll at
that time and who has since removed
to Kansas where Walter and his wife
will permanently reside.
Next Saturday night, if the weather
will permit, Will Young, Jamea
Elrod, James Crees and Harry Percy
will 90 down to Extra and assist
their Masonic brethren, of Exodus
Lodge, in comforting the Master De-
gree upon two candidates.
For few days the lataer part OF
last week and the first of this Mrs
Will Mcclure was very sick lady
of an attack of bilious fever. By
careful nursing she had so far recov-
cred, when we We're in Hamlin, Tues
day, as to be able TO sit up part OF
the time
Township CLERK Harry Percy wenl
out to the Madison Spencer home, OF
las, Monday, and quarantined then
for a disease hat is known to medica
science as diphtheric Group. There
need he no alarm felt, as the officials
expressed all opinion that it was moth.
ing serious aud that, doubtless, the
child would be we'll in few DAYS.
Onr friend j. Nal Bryan tells III
that we were slightly mistaken about
his rendering tina, decision at the
joint debate, in Old Hamlin, tothel
night. He tells us that the Judges
consisting of County Superintendent,
II. G. Spencer, Attorney Fred Blume
Of Audubon, and Mr.. Fred Ileilenan
rendered the decision, and he jus,
helped.
When Harry Percy went out to dc
his chores the Other morning he found
that ne was the possessor of a bossy
calf of the Short Horn variety thai
will, in time, become graded COW
Mr. Percy is fast drifting into class
Of fine stock, on his little farm that
lies along the railway. which will
one day, make hi, name famous, Out
here in Western Iowa
This past monta Dad Coonrod tell,
ns there were sixteen clear days: and
fifteen cloudy days; for twenty days
the wind blew from the north, and
then it turned round aud blew 70,
eleven days trom the south: there
We're two trace, OF rain, and two
traces of snow: tie coolest day
was the 3Oth, wl,eu ii was % in tht
morning and s = NJ noon; the warm.
est day was the list, when at the
noon hour in was IA above zero.
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