Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-02-23

Mrs. James Burns, of Oakfield, is
reported quite sick with the grip.
Tom McGovern has been losing
some of his choice pigs by the chol-
era route.
Regular services every Sunday
evening at the Baptist church.
Everybody welcome.
Green Bay Nels Sorensen, was at
Extra Tuesday evening calling on
his friend, Henry Rohwer.
w. S. Mcclure was up from Lorah
Sunday and reports business booming
at that blooming little burg.
T. l.. Kelly, went to Harrisonville
Missouri, last Friday evening on
business, returning Wednesday.
Some of our big stock shippers are
preparing to send out special stock
train from Brayton about March 10.
Billy Hines, of Atlantic, was look
ing after the business interests of
johnson & Thompson in this section
last week.
Lee Hager has sold his house at
Brayton to Fred Edmundson, where
himself and family will reside after
next week.
James Horton was busy last week
hauling out lumber for the erection
Of an addition to his new house size
16 by "a feet.
Ike jenkins was at Extra Monday
and while in the city purchased of
George Henshaw one of those fine
Schuttler wagons.
Cliff Ballard left Tuesday for
Council Bluffs to look after business,
and from there he will 60 to Tabor
TO visit relatives.
Bob Harter and jim Wade went
over to Shelby county Tuesday to
look after some western horses that
Mr.. Harter owns over there.
Mrs. F. A. Collision, who has been
visiting with her daughter, Mrs.
r. M. Pollock, for the past three
weeks, has returned to her home at
Collision, Illinois.
Last Friday beautiful girl baby
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Mel
son at the Troublesome Valley cream
cry. DR.. Koob reports the young
lady doing nicely.
Jas. Burns will work on the section
gang at Brayton this summer and he
has rented the house to be vacated by
Fred Edmundson where himself and
family will hereafter reside.
Gus Schrader, Of Cass county, was
in Brayton Tuesday. Gus states that
in couple of weeks he will start on
a sort of a sightseeing trip through
Minnesota and South Dakota.
NJ. P. Marderson, of Oakfeld
township, is putting up a large
sized hog house this spring. You'll
hear of M. P delivering some big
porkers, before the year is out.
L. T. Brundage, the wholesale
commission merchant, Of Cleveland.
who buys considerable butter from
the creameries of Audubon county
was calling on our butter men the
first Of the week.
VIM. Cart and family have moved
to Atlantic where Billy has been ten
dered position as brakeman on the
Griswold branch. Mr.. Cart is good
railroad man and abundantly able to
hold down a good job.
Nels Nelson who lives few miles
west of Brayton in Oaktield town
ship, celebrated his 3Oth birthday
Sunday. A large number of his
friends were gathered at his home
and enjoyed very jolly afternoon.
The choir of young men recently
organized by Chorister H. M. Bart
lett is adding considerably to the in
terest in and attendance at the Sun
day evening meetings at the Baptist
church. Nose Brinkerhofi' is now
organist.
The Odd Fellows will next month
commence to repair their building at
Brayton, now occupied by Lee Hag-
er's pool room. We understand that
there will be several hundred dol
lars worth of improvements put on
the place.
Miss Clara Lewis came up from
Atlantic Monday evening to visit
with friend at Brayton. The said
friend did not happen to be at home
and the next day Miss Lewis had to
return to Atlantic, apparently very
much disappointed.
Lee Hager will close his billiard
hall business about March LIST and
will then move onto his fathers
farm near Casey. Mrs. Hager left
Tuesday evening for Casey to visit
relatives for few weeks until Mr..
Hager arrives there
Charley Britton, the colored small
pox immune, who has been caring for
the smallpox patients at Audubon
the past two weeks, returned to
Brayton Tuesday. He reports that
all the cases are improving rapidly,
find that all danger is past.
Barber VIM. Clemensen will next