Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06
..R'EwS OF a'41I1l'I9.

Mrs. Mace Gill still continues to be
very sick lady.
Miss Vina Tyler made shopping
tour to Atlantic, one day this week.
Miss Belle Mcclure will teach the
spring term of school at Melville
Center.
Mrs. A. w. Davis has been very
sick lady the past few days, the effect
of vaccination.
They had a jolly dancing party at
Knud Knudsen's. in south west Ham
lin the other night.
A. j, Story is gathering his corn
on the Harry Percy farm, south Of
town, this week.
Miss Frances Ceronic is assisting
in the culinary department at the
Frank Ballou home.
Buttermaker Fred Heileman has
been enduring the fortunes of the la
grippe, the past week.
Miss Bertha Farguson will begin
teaching the school in district num-
Der two, next Monday.
w. D. Young and family visited,
Monday, at the Joel Crees home,
southwest of the Station.
Cal Graham came home from Mel
vile, Monday, and for a few days he
showed signs of lung fever.
Supervisor Nels p. Hoegh visited
few minutes, Tuesday, with his
friend, Station Agent Harry Percy.
Julius Gruelke has lately dehorned
cattle for Mr.. M. Mcclure, Jens An
derson, Christ and Ernest Mikkleson.
w. D. Stanley shelled out large
southeast of the Station, this week.
Miss Ella Fisher, who lives north
west Of the Station, will teach the
Hunt school, over in Greeley, this
spring.
Louie Spyrup, who has been so i'll
at Elkhorn, will soon be removed to
the home of his brother, west of the
Station.
Alex Crees heard there was a good
farm for rent over near Marine and he
took the Tuesday noon train to go
over and see about it,
The Easter services at Bowman
Chapel were Of of a pleasing nature,
a very high order and there was
large crowd in attendance.
Fred Nlssen received a new harness
from Chicago, Monday, and when he
get that new buggy some of the girls
will be apt to get buggy ride.
Al Hamlin tow nship school meet
ing, Monday. it was decided that no
caves, at the different school houses
in the township, would be built this
year.
Rev. Conner and wife left, Mon
day, for Des Moines. She to visit
with her relatives and Mr.. Conner to
attend the meeting of the Evangelical
Conference, now in session at that
city.
Q. P. Tyler, that raiser and feeder
of stock, south of the Station. went
to Chicago, Saturday with three
car loads of stock. Mr.. Tyler went
with the shipment and will pass two
or three days in The city by the lake
side.
George Smith and George Black
nj fnr a
county, Iowa. MIR. Smith to attend to
some business matters and Mr.. Black
to visit with relatives. They Went
by team and expect to be absent about
week.
March was stormy, blu>try time,
as will be seen from the following re-
port handed us by Uncle S. D. Coon
rod: Number of clear days, nine; of
cloudy ones, twenty-five; ten days of
south wind, and sixteen days of north
wind;snow and rain fell to the depth
of seven inches: the coolest day was
the 9th, sixteen below zero III the
morning and six above in the evening":
the warmest day was the 10th, forty
two degrees above in the morning,
and sixty eight in the evening.
Mr.. S. ID. Coonrod handed us the
following record of historical events
with the request that we publish
them for the benefit of those who
have asked for them: The Battleship
Maine was blown up in the harbor at
Havana, Cuba. on the 18th OF Febru-
airy, 1898, at 9:45 o'clock in the even
ing, aud two hundred and sixty-tive