Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-06-15

Mrs. A. H. Needles was up to GRAY
the last of the week visiting with her
son, John, and family. She returned
home Saturday.
j. III. Thorp, who has been employed
by Reinemund Brothers as timer, eX-
poets to remove his family here from
Talmage, Neb., in about two weeks if
he is successful in getting house.
Col. Naughton put up a fine monu-
ment for Theo. F. Myers last week in
remembrance Of his wife. 1t is one OF
incest stones in Maple Grove cemetery
and was erected at cost of $4,000.
Miss Anna Burkey closed another
very successful term of school at Sun
ny Side last Friday. Her sew
eral terms of school at the same place
speak words of praise for her teaching.
Ben Swartz, who has for number
OF years been the next man to the pro-
prietor at Benton's barn, has quit and
commenced Monday working for A.
ii. Dolahide at the carpenter business.
Miss Eva johnson, who has been talk
ing course in vocal music at Lincoln,
Nebraska, arrived in Audubon, Satur-
day, and will remain during the hot
summer months with her sister, Mrs.
/. L. Scott.
Lloyd Hayes and Irwin Jones drove
over to kirkman to play ball with the
team of that place against Greenridge.
man. Lloyd played behind the Dat
and Trvi 7, in tho fol1
ID. l.. Freeman returned Saturday
evening from Mason City, where he
was sent as delegate to the Masonic
Grand lodge. They elected all new
officers except Il. S. Parvin, who has
held the office of secretary for more
than one score years and ten.
Joe Cam returned Sunday morning
from Chamberlain, SD, where he had
been with land seekers. Joe road
down from Carroll with the railroad
bridge gang that came down to finish
putting in the iron bridge over the
wagon road just north of town.
johnson d Scott have Just finished
putting in new set of fiues in the
north boiler at the light plant. They
also put that brand new ten-horse
power engine and boiler in for Hart &
Eddy. The old, while yet good en-
CINE, was entirely to small to turu the
machinery in their planning mills.
John Minor drove over from Harlan
Saturday and remained a few days
with his family. He says the sensa-
ton caused by the Omaha lady that
the body of Richardson was buried at
a place near the river and afterwards
taken up and thrown in the creek
is without foundation and the hunt
that was made developed nothing.
have secured the agency for Audu-
bon county for the Duplex Automatic
Kisleman wire fence machine with
which over 100 different styles of fence
can be woven. Any one wanting to
buy machine so they can build their
own fence, or want fence built, address
me at Audubon, Iowa. Full particu-
lars and prompt attention will be
given. j. B. TRUNNEL.
The patrons in the [. p. Hansen
school district southwest of town,
made up $4,000 and have made safe
and durable cyclone cave at the school
house. 1t is is bricked up and arched
over and covered SO as to be absolutely
safe in case of any storm, Owing to
the expansion policy of the cyclone
region it would be we'll for all school
districts to build similar places of
| refuge.
Reese Dickey, of Douglas township,
expects to go to the central part of
North Dakota in few days to look at
the country with a view ofpurchasing
if it suits. He will look at the country
along the Northern Pacific railroad
and also make a stay of few days at
Devils lake. He says from what he
has heard of that country he thinks
he will like it.
Some Of our young men thought
they would have little sport in way
of dog fight the other day when they
took Mrs. Beedle's dog out to the fail
ground and put him up against an old
timer. The consequence was that the
cold timer" used the other one up SC
that he died from the effects of the
battle, and Mrs. Beedle has sued the
boys for twenty-five dollars, the value
of the dog, and time set for the hear
ing of the testimony is the 10th.