Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-05-18

John Harrison and Henry Bush
were out and beautified the J. J.
Dimick country home with paper
and paint, one day this week.
Merchant Parkinson and family
will occupy the A. ]. Bruner house,
where Professor Fort lives, as soon
as that gentleman vacates it.
By written agreement, witnessed
and signed there will be no more
Sunday shaving in Extra after June
first, the three shops having so de-
cided.
Work on the new Stuart brick
bank building progresses finely
and when completed will be grand
monument to the business enter
prise of our little city.
Harry II. Kerr, of the Third United
States Artillery, writes from Malol-
os: We are camping in the center
of Aguinaldo's lawn Positively,
those boys ars becoming quite
rude.
Rev. and Mrs. Wissler are home
from attending the convention, at
Muscatine, Iowa. They report a
pleasant time while there and good
visit with friends at different places
in Iowa.
Next Sunday Messrs. Frank Green
and Henry Rohwer and the Misses
Louie WEIGH and Cecilia Ridgley
will drive to Atlantic and attend
the District Christian Endeavor
Convention.
Workmen are busy repairing the
Extra Congregational church. A
new shingled roof. new windows
and castings and the building thor
oughly papered and painted both
outside and in are among the i'm
provements.
Atlantic cannot have saloons,
This the decision of the Supreme
Court of the State This court held
that a census taken by authority of
a City Council will not hold good
thus sustaining the decision OF
Judge w. r. Green, of Audubon.
In that train of stock that went
out from the Extra depot, last week
were eighteen head of steers that
came from the yards of Mr.. William
Bintner and his son Will and were
as fine lot as one generally sees
They sold them to W. E. Hensley
who tookthem along with his stock
On Thursday of next week. May
18th, Bishop Cosgrove, of Daven
| port, will be in Extra for the pur
pose of confirming large number
of Catholic people in the south par
of the county. This Will be proud
day with this society and grea
preparations are being made fol
the event.
Miss Mollie Delahoyde passed
several days last week with the
Charles Van Gorder and Thoma:
Walker families, in Audubon. She
came home Tuesday and Mrs. Walk
er accompanied her and will visit
short time in Extra with her rela
tives the William, Fred and Edwin
(, Delahoyde families.
Mr.. Henry B. Houston, who il
conducting Kelley Institute, a
Burlington, Iowa, was here few
days this week on visit to his par
ents, Judge and Mrs. A. B. Houston
1t has been many moons sine,
Henry was here but he still has
Il place in his memory for Exirs
where he has passed many days.
Til Woodruff and Walter Mariett
had ticklish job, Wednesday put
ting in the large plate glass in tn
front of Hon. William Walker
store that was broken by those care
less boys. The light is nine feet b,
seven feet and three quarters of al
inch in size and was about as awk
ward to handle as is bag O
augers.
Mrs. T. J. Carmichael was electe,
as teacher of music in the Audubon
schools, last Friday evening. w
understand that Mr.. and Mrs. Car
michael will move to Audubon il
time for her to begin teaching, tn
first of September. All Extra will
miss these good people but it ha
been ordained that we must O,
where duty calls us.
The young people in the neigh
borhood of the Troublesome Vale
Creamery are preparing tor bi!
bridge dance" on Friday evening
of next week, May Goth. They hav