Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
OUR NEIGHBORS
AND THEIR DOINGS.
Extra.

the Spoo saloon.
New seats for the high school arrived
Monday and they are beauties.
George Harrison is slowly improving.
His many faiends are glad to hear this.
Otto Whitman and Henry Rohwer,
transacted business in Atlantic last
Monday night.
Ernest Voss has quit clerking in the
Spoo saloon and is employed IN G. W.
Henshaw's implement store.
That is n handsome window the
J,enox soap man dressed for j, M.
Thomas last Monday morning.
Mrs. John Stager and babe and Mrs.
Anton Spoo and babe spent Tuesday
in Audubon with their friends.
1.-The black tent arrived according
TO date and furnished amusement for
our people during the day and evening
Wilson Parrot left this week to join
Paul Zaner in Montana where he has
work. His family go later IN the month
Lark Dunn and his family will leave
next week for Oregon to make their
future home. Mr.. Dunn's parents live
there.
W. E. Hensley, up in Greedy, IS
building a large barn and last Monday
he had twenty-five men on the roof
shingling.
Del butcher and wife, of Audubon
township, are preparing to make good
visit with their nephew up at Danbury
in few days.
A. M. Bebe, of Audubon, has arrived
in Extra, and will open up tirst-class
lunch counter on the south side III the
J. L. McAnnich building.
Rev, O. T. Nichols has preached his
last sermon and gone to benson to
attend conference. Mr.. Nichols does
not expect to return to Extra.
Not for years has there been such a
crop of hazel nuts as there IS tins year.
Every little bush is Just loaded and
young and old are having great sport
gathering them.
Geo. Smith, without saying good
bye to friend or foe, loaded his house
hold effects and family into his wagon
last Wednesday night and started for
new fields to make new home.
A light frost could be seen Monday
morning i'll low places. Corn IS lar
enough along so that frost will not do
any damage, and is quite refreshing
after the intense heat Of the summer.
Geo. Milliman drove down three
miles east Of Atlantic Sunday and got
that fine Jersey heifer and calf he pur,
chased of c. c. Apologize. The hclter
is only twenty months old and has q
calf two months old. They are beauties
w. E. Brinkerhoff, of Atlantic, spent
Sunday with his family here and other
friends. His family did not get moved
as we mentioned n week ago, but moved
Tuesday of this week. Now Will cal
eniov the comfort of home once more
F. G.. Jenkins has purchased the Z
w. Jenkins salon and Monday nigh
had his petition before the council FOL
permit to run said business under the
new firm name in the same location
which was granted.
Jas. Henry has decided to vacate tn
hotel by the first of October. MI
Henry is in poor health, and to have
charge of both the hotel and his res
taurant is most too much of an under
taking in cold weather. Mr.. Henr
has been very successful In the hote
but will now give his full attention t
his business down town.
At the regular meeting of the cit
council Monday evening, Z. II. Bren
imam resigned as mayor and G. A. MAJ
lin was appointed to fill vacancy. MI
BRENNAN has been good officer AM
is held high in the respect of our pee
pie. Mr.. Marlin will no doubt pleas
the public and keep the city record u
to it's standard mark. Extra Away
has good officers, hence business CON
ing before them is quickly and easil
dispatched.
S. Z. Smith, brotherinlaw of d. T
Repass, was instantly killed by tb
train on Wednesday,, Sept. 9th, at hi
home in Waterloo. He filled the Offic
of deputy sheriff and was returning
from Independence where he had bee,
with an insane person. As the trai
pulled into town they stopped at
crossing and as was Mr.. Smiths Gus
tom, he stepped from the train to say
several blocks walk. 1t is suppose,
his foot caught and threw him agains
the train for when they found him h
was several yards from the crossing
his head split open and his brains gon
and one hand cut off. This is sad new
for our people here as Ed was wei
known here, this being his home wit
his parents at one time. He was tn
Oldest son of Wesley Smith, who a
one time run a dray line here, the on
owned by Free Anders. Ed caarrie
insurance in three companies, maEin
in all 200 for his family, of whic
he leaves wife and three children
The sorrowing friends have the sym
pathy of old friends and neighbors her
in Extra.
Tuesday, as M. ID. Thomas was pull
ing up the Tremel hill with his separo
tor and engine, the pin that holds til
road gear to the engine broke in two
letting the engine run down the hil
backwards pushing the separator. A
they neared the bottom of the hill tn
separator run off to one side pullin
the engine down against it, smashin