Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-20
Gray News.

AL, Ayers was on our streets Fri
day.
Mrs. Mertz was visitor at the
Hub Monday.
Emerson Shelley began work on
the section Tuesday.
Frank Barger has accepted posi-
ton in mill at Astor.
M. j. Goodnow and w. j. Lancelot
were visitors at Manning Friday.
James Crow is visiting friends and
attending to business affairs at Wal
nut.
Geo. Kibler helped Sam milford
with his farm work day or two last
week.
A note collector was in our town
Thursday last, looking up old &C
counts.
Mrs. Audas and Pearl We're So
Journing on the streets of the county
capital Friday.
An Audubon gentleman brought
Theron Crevellng's bees up from his
| former home Tuesday.
The torelo)d growth of our city has
come 10 pass ana now not a single
dwelling house remains vacant.
X. G.. Lancelot opened school Mon
day with the largest first-day attend
ance ever had. 26 were present.
Watch for an announcement of the
G. M. A. boys entertainment and
supper to be given in the near future.
Cigarmaker Sauer of the firm of
1etzer Il Sauer was in our city Tues
day canvassing our merchants for his
goods.
Although as yet there is no school
teachers unions, still the bad bov
can testify as to many occurrences of
teachers strikes.
Everett Smith hauled load of ice
from Manning for Ed. Mitchell on
Thursday. Ed. contemplates start
ing a meat wagon soon.
Word received from Wilson Swa-
ney states that he likes his employ
ment very we'll. He is in Wisconsin
doing line work on telephone line.
Pete Petersen, having assumed
charge of the livery barn here, will
soon move into the Geo. Gray prop
erty recently vacated by John Polzin.
Creamery Solicitors Lance, of Des
Moines and Parrott, of Manning were
interviewing our creamery managers
and soliciting consignments Friday.
Emerson Shelley and Albert Swa-
ney returned from Battle Greek Sat
urday. They report wages no better
than here, hence would rather re.
main.
Harry Ramsay will move his loom
into the building where the butcher
shop was formerly located. He does
tirst-class work and solicits your
patronage.
w. j. Lancelot has accepted po-
sition as buttermaker IN creamery
near Manning. He will not com
mence work however for three or
four weeks.
The Christian Endeavor Society
will give literary entertainment
Sunday instead of the usual program.
Admission is free to all and we are
sure you will be we'll paid for coming
and listening.
James luton was kicked bv an
angry bull belonging to William
Shaw on Sunday last. His face is
considerably injured and it is feared
ne will be compelled to undergo
surgical operation.
While w. II. Ballou, west of town,
was discing Thursday, a colt which
he was driving became excited and
backed into the disc. The sharp
plates cut cord of the hind leg
necessitating the shooting of the ami
NAL.
OF course our townspeople had to
properly celebrate the Meese-Welty
wedding. Monday night a number
of them with sleigh bells, tin cans,
ETC., made the country ring. Moth
ing but treat would satisfy them
and that they got.
Our wish for new sidewalk has
partly been fulfilled, but once more
we wish to state that Gray needs
every inch of sidewalk she can get.
Those who have been ordered to put
in new sidewalk should obey the in
structions Immediately.
An automatic skim milk weigher
has been erected at our creamery.
This machine is fine improvement
as with it every patron receives just
his share of the buttermilk. 1t has
also struck the fancy of the haulers