Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-02-02
MONEY TO LOAN.
,Uith the German Savings
Bank ut 5 per cent interest,
optional payments.
NASH & PHELPS.
audubon, IO,Cn


VIM. Yetzer and "Dude" Sauer, of
Atlantic, were up Monday. They
will open up cigar factory in the
Ballman building on Lower Broad
way.
Mr.. Geo. Chamberlain has moved
into the Wicker property he purchased
lately, and Mr.. Wicker has moved
into one of Mr.. Matthias houses on the
| hill
The Audubon Roller mills are run
ming on full time and turning out 100
barrels day. 1t takes a ton of coal
every four hours to keep the machinery
turning.
There is to be a big meeting of the
Shriners in Des Moines, February Is.
A large delegation from Audubon will
be present to enjoy the pleasures of the
occasion.
G. w. Hoover has sold the frame
dwelling house next south of his resi-
dence property to Abe Currier who
will move it onto lot he has pur-
chased in Harris addition.
G. G. Haderer, who purchased the
Geo. Townsend property, moved into
the same Wednesday. Mr.. Townsend
moved the day before into the rooms
in the rear of the Commercial bank.
The prospect well Robert Gransberry
is putting down had reached the depth
of IS feet yesterday morning. The
derrick they use blew down one of the
windy night the last of the week and
badly wrecked it.
The auditor is in receipt of some
very valuable information to the pub
lie from secretary of state in the shape
of the latest decisions of the attorney
general and railroad commissioners,
which is free access to the public.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith, who re-
I side three miles west of town, are
happy over the arrival of baby at their
home, last Sunday. Mr.. Smith has
been sufferer with the inffammatory
rheumatism for some weeks past.
Mr. and Mrs. Burtch were called to
Atlantic, Tuesday, to attend the fun
eral of Mrs. Burtch's mother, Mrs.
Love, who died at her home in Lin
coin, Nebraska, and was brought to
Atlantic for burial, which took place
yesterday.
4 Ill
ships go-a-head farmers, was in the
city Monday and reported thus far he
had lost fifteen head of cattle that he
had on full feed, and that two more
of his best animals were sick and
would succumb to the same disease.
Hendrick & Rand shipped carload
of choice horses from AUDUBON Friday
to the eastern markets. They were
horses that VIM. Dryden helped them
purchase here and Coon Rapids. MI.
Dryden went with them as far as
Boone, returning home on first train
| Rev. Starr was in Des Moines two
days this week on business connected
with the erection of a $4,000 sanitar-
ium which his association is build
ing in that city. 1t will be similar in
construction and management to the
Battle Creek, Michigan, sanitarium.
Rev. Starr leaves Sunday morning for
Lancaster, Mass, to be absent about
six weeks, in attendance of general
conference of the Seven Day Advents.
They will have a special train from
Chicago, which will take them via
Washington and other points of inter-
est.
A few days ago the inmates of the
jail got tired of the monotomy Of Jail
life. John Frost who is serving nine
months sentence, claimed the best
comforts that the prison cells admit OF
while Harry Block, who is confined
behind the bars for having more pants
, in his possession than those he had on
decided that all should share alike
At any rate they decided, after few
words, to settle the matter by physi
cal combat. John Frost proved to be
the better man, knocking Block out
The sheriff appeared on the scene
: quieted the boys down, gave then
some good advice and all has becom,
quiet and peaceful.
! Few people have any idea of tn,
large volume of business that Riddles
! barger 4 Fay are doing in the poultry
line. Owing to the courtesy of thei
genial manager we are able to give gu
, readers the amount of their extensive
business for the months of October
November and December. Amour
paid out each month-October,$ lO34. So
: November, $742.l4; December, IS, 800.
Al. Amount paid out for labor Octo
Der, $l85.35; November, $9S.33; Decem
: Der, 81 1882. Since November lst
!. 49, they have bought 100000 pound
! OF poultry. In the year '9S they bOugh
and shipped $500 cases of eggs, con
tanning 80 dozen each or los, 900 dozen
Farmers Institute met according t.
> notice, ID. A. Kent, conductor. o.
account of unfavOrable weather the al
tendance was small, but while in SEES
: sion much interest was manifested O.
the part of attendants. In the dis
cussion of such subjects as stock grow
! ing for profit; the best crop to b
S grown, the diversity of farm crop an
!, stock raising, poultry, and the bes
d profit from feeding hay of differen
a kinds. These discussions were pal
0 ticipated in pretty generally by farm
l. ers. Lectures were delivered on tn
first evening by Prof. Kent on "the II
suits of the Spanish War Upon Az
! riculture of the United States" o
the second evening was paper by L
y G. Mott on "the relation ofnewspaper
!. to the rising generation;" also a LEI
- ture by Rev. r. v. Leeson on tn
. Future of Agriculture" These e,
y ercises were intersperced by music b
Miss Young and others. Other pc