Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-02-09

ms TeCenG SICK spell.
J.T. Jenkins was business visitor
at Atlantic Tuesday evening.
Grandma Nelson, out in Oakfield
tswnship, was quite sick the first of
TIE week.
W. s. MCGUIRE came up from Lo-
nah Tuesday evening to attend Wood
man Camp.
Grandma Cannon, over In the VAL
10y, is suffering from a severe attack
81 rheumatism.
Lumberman Sorensen's children
were having a tussel with the
measles last week.
The four-ye -old son of MIR. and
Mrs. r. P. Clark, east of Oakfield, is
quite sick with lung fever.
The young child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mis- Christensen, Of Oakfield town.
ship, is reported very sick.
Jack Joyce is this week breaking a
sanch of wild horses for Doug Ham
lin, over on the Troublesome.
Be sure and see John johnson, $50
Chestnut street, before purchasing
your clothing and shoes in Atlantic.
The Oakfeld township creamery
ROW receives 1900 pounds Of milk
aaily-a heavy average for this Win
ter weather.
The severe siege Of sickness which
has been prevailing in and about
Brayton and Oakfield for several
weeks, is now abating, somewhat.
John Norris, of Audubon, one of
the pioneers of the county, was in
Brayton Tuesday looking after bust
ness and shaking hands with old
friends.
Geo. Cotton and Ned Woods have
gone down and taken up their abode
with old Trapper Mounts, where they
are cutting up big lot Of wood this
cold weather.
In about two weeks Geo. Cotton
and family, of Oakfeld, will move to
his uncle, Holt Cotton's farm near
lewis, where they will reside dur
ing the coming year.
Mrs. F. A. Collision, of Collision,
Illinois, mother Of Mrs. r. M. Pol
lock, arrived last Friday evening for
a two weeks visit with her daughter
and family at Brayton.
L. l.. Kelly returned home Satur-
day evening from Harrisonville, Mis-.
souri,, where he had been looking
after his land interests for several
weeks. He say the % below zero
weather up here is a decided change.
John Esbeck, the popular assessor
OF Oaktield township. now has his
lace adorned with a long lingering
emile. 1t is all on account Of that
sweet girl baby that arrived at his
happy home Tuesday of last week.
The news comes from Omaha that
Chris Jessen has underwent an opera
tion and one of his eyes has been re-
moved. The surgeons have good
hopes of saving the other optic and
retain for him partial visage at least.
l.. F. Miller left Tuesday morning
for Mashalltown to represent the
Modern Woodmen of Audubon coun-
tip at the head camp of the NJ. w. A..
now in session. Lou is we'll posted
in Woodcraft and an able representa-
tive.
Monday morning Nels Sorensen,
the Green Bay man, drove out to
A. q. Nelson's place in North Oak
field township and sold him the lum-
Der bill for that handsome large new
residence which Mr.. Nelson will have
built during the coming summer.
Friday afternoon of next week
Moses Brinkerhoff will close the win
ter term of school at the Essington
schoolhopse. Nose, who is fast be-
coming very popular teacher, will
also teach the spring term at the
same school and will then depart for
Salem, Oregon, to join his parents.
Mrs Largy. Of Montana, who has
been residing with her sister at the
John Noon homestead, since the death
Of her husband i'll Montana last sum-
mer, has been seriously il! The past
two weeks. Tuesday she was report
cd in Il very precarious condition but
we still hope the good lady will re-
cover and be restored to health.
Although Tuesday was one of the
coolest days in the year, the follow
ing we'll known travelling men were
in Braytom plying the merchants
for their wants: Geo. Hultz, Tone
Bros.'s coffee man: Walter Batchelor.
Langan Bros paper man; George
Cassidy, Hibbard, Spencer IL Bart
lett, hardware Luke Fleming, Stew
art Bros grocery man; Nat Thomp-
son, Irwin Phillips dry goods man.
They all report business as quite good
on the branch, all due to the advance
price on grain over previous wears.
Joseph Pinkley, of Clackamas
caunty, is in the city Oh a visit to
relatives and to attend the legislature.
Mr.. Pinkley is respected citizen and
pioneer of that county, having cross
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