Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-12-07

Cal Marlin will be in Audubon
every Wednesday gathering news for
the Journal. Watch for US, wait for
us and give us the news.
John H. Mosier left for Chicago
Wednesday to attend to legal matters.
The work is progressing finely on
the wells that are being dug for the
city.
A. c. Hartman bought 81 head of
fine young Jersey heifers of b. S.
Phelps Tuesday.
Charles Evans, .jr., is now a full
| tleged X. of p, having taken the third
degree Tuesday evening.
Joe Potter of Douglas township,
was in Atlantic the first of the week
attending to business matters.
Mrs. George Gates left for Glyndon,
Minnesota, Tuesday evening to join
her husband in their new home.
Roberts is sustaining his reputation
for being at the top in large stock,
! good goods, fair dealing and low prices.
Will Wilson, returned hero
from the Philippines, is assisting Fred
Nermilya in his store during the rush
for holiday goods.
Rev. A. +. IIizer and wife will ar
rive from State Center this evening to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. F.
Brown, and other relatives.
w. II. Neff left for Texas Tuesday
with some parties who go to look at
that southern country and to buy land
if that country is all sunshine.
Miss Louis Weighton in company
with Miss Blanche Patterson, of Car
rol, left for Denver, Colorado, Tues
where they will remain sometime.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Andrews, of Elk.
boys in Melville township returned
home Wednesday after pleasant
visit.
Your friend needs set of sterling
silver tea spoons, silver butter knife
or sugar shell. w. H. Cowles has
all kinds of sterling silver and il
nearly all the new patters.
Stonebrook and Mccall have full
and complete line of goods suita bic fol
holiday buyers. Every department
is full and whether or not you want
to buy, you will be pleased in looking
over their lines.
Jno. Weighton left for New York
City Wednesday, evening where he
goes to meet sister who is on hel
way across the ocean to this country
He expects to return in about week
bringing his sister with him.
B. S. Phelps received 20 head of fine
Jersey cattle the first of the week from
Vermont. They are fine bunch OF
young cattle and we'll bred. They are
for sale and at prices and on terms
that any one can afford to buy.
Ed L. Prick took merry crowd OF
his friends out to the Melville town
ship ranch Sunday where a pleasant
day was passed. Those present We're
DR.. R.F Childs, Fred Smith, Chas
Mclean, Robert Rice, Walter Hoyt.
Geo Denison, of Newton, arrived
Monday and is at Faguson and Rel
nemunds livery barn, buying horses.
Mr.. Denison will be remembered by
many as he has bought several Cal
loads of horses here. This is his first
trip here for a couple Of years.
Lidd Bros, have secured Chris Bis
gard as clerk in their store. Owing
to the large trade they found it neces
sary TO increase their clerical force
Mr. Bisgard is courteous and honor
able young man, speaks the Danish
language and has many friends.
In Tuesdays Iowa State Leader
was an account of the death of Law
renee Willus, formerly of this place
He was riding on a train going home
when near a bridge he put his heaC
out Of the window, and not noticing
his head struck the bridge and he was
killed instantly.
The different merchants are making
some fine displays of their goods il
their windows. AS Christmas APP
proaches every one has something fo
sale, especially suited for the holiday
! season. No one will find it a Difficult
task to find something suitable ant
: useful to give their friends.
The town council are intending t
s pass a curfew ordinance and have in
structed Henry M. Gray, city solicito
to draw up the ordinance. 1t woult
! be a good thing if adopted and en-
forced. There is no trouble in secuI
ing the adoption of such an ordinance
but the public will watch for it's Ell
! forcement with interest.
: Mr. and Mrs. A. II. tDolahide leav
2 Tuesday for visit at Muscatine an
5 in Louisa and Keokuck counties
5 They expect to be gone month. The
z have not be, II back for number c
2 wars, "a nd ia ,,n,,I tim,