Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-03-23

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Shoes at your own price.
Quite number of our citizens at
tended the Connrardy sale Tuesday.
Miss Blanch Noon will teach the
McGaffin school, No. 6, this spring.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Spiker, of Highland, has been very
i'll the last two weeks.
The three new houses on the Bal
| lard estate were completed Saturday
evening. The lumber bills for the
several houses cost respectively, 1882
.s5, SIP so and $500, making a
total of S534.9 50.
Jens P. Christofersen, prominent
Oaktield township pioneer, was at
Audubon Monday and turned over to
County Treasurer Phelps, the first
half taxes on his 200 acres of land,
amounting to sos.
Rev. Harry Ferguson sold a con-
siderable portion of his household
goods Saturday preparatory to his
departure for Oregon. He and his
family expect to leave for that place
the coming Observation-Disclosures Tele-
graph.
Nels Birk, the genial clerk at Jen-
kins 81 Wallis store, was initiated in
the mysteries of Woodcraft Tuesday
evening. The boys say that Nels had
hard time of it and came near be-
ing lost on his way through the
forest
Mrs. Julia Schultz, an aged lady
living near the Cass county line, in
attempting to walk down stairs lost
her footing and fell, painfully injur-
ing her wrist. She is one of the
earliest settlers in Cass county and is
in very feeble health.
Esta Simpson surprised her friends
Saturday evening by suddenly re-
turning from Des Moines where she
had entered Mercy Hospital and
Nurses Training School. She decid-
ed that such life was not so much to
her liking as she had anticipated.
Miss Clara Frazier came up from
her home at Griswold one day last
week and visited for several days
with her relatives, the Smith family
west of Brayton and her many friends
in this vicinity. She left Monday
for Ida Grove, Iowa, where she
is employed as trimmer in a large
millinery store. Miss Clara lived
here number of years ago and will
be remembered as a bright, sweet
little girl but now she is a graceful,
accomplished young lady.
Monday Judge Smith of the Dis
trict Court at Council Bluffs yester-
day sustained the motion of N. M.
Pussy for more specific statement
to the objections to his report as ex-
ecutor of the Ballard estate and
the applicants were given until
Thursday to amend. The objections
to Mr.. Pusey's report were filed some
time ago by the members Of the Vir-
ginia Robinson branch of the family
They claimed that large sums OF
money have come into the hands OF
the executor and not been accounted
for.
j. A. Slender returned home Mon.
day evening from his trip to Oregon
He reports a most enjoyable visi
with relatives and declares himsel
well pleased with the Pacific coas
country. While at Salem, he callet
on Prof. Brinkerhotf and family ant
reports them enjoying very gooc
health. Little Miss Goldle is gain
ing in strength and the mild c)imat
: will no doubt nourish her back t.
health and vigor. Mr.. Stende
brought back with him some very
, fine specimens Of fruit, cereals, etc.
which are now displayed in his stor
windows at Brayton.
5 The happy home of Mr.. and Mrs
| Fred F. Fancher has been made hap
: pier since last Monday by the arriva
of a twelve pound baby boy. Ordi
| narily Fred is as harmless as kitten
g and as approachable as candidat
Y for office; but since the worthy It'll
. Of pap has been bestowed upon him
n a forty foot pole doesn't come any
n where near reaching him. He APP
s pears to be deaf, dumb and blind t
u everything else on earth, except tn