Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-01-12

friends.
Fred Anderson and his good wife
returned, Wednesday, from a four
weeks visit, at Manning, with rela-
tives and friends.
Miss Myrtle Stotts, of Audubon,
visited the first of the week with w.
F. Stotts and family, at their home
in kickapoo Park.
E. E. Powell, the horse buyer
from Red Oak, shipped seventeen
good horses and mules, from Extra,
on the noon train, Thursday.
Nick Martes has sold his farm, in
Hamlin township, to party in
Harlan. Nick retains possession
until year from next March.
Miss Ella Stearns, one of Audu-
bon's most popular teachers, visit
ed, last Saturday, at the home of
Edwin Delahoyde, in this city.
The building formerly occupied
by Stranger & Hansen's hardware
store will be for rent about the first
of March. For particulars see
EBBE J. HANSEN, Extra, Iowa.
John Frost, Jr., who broke Char
ley Radclitf's arm, with a shelaliah,
a few weeks ago, was awarded nine
months i'll the county Jail, by Judge
w. R.Green at Audubon, this week.
Fred Reynolds was in Extra last
Saturday and received an altar for
the new Greeley Center Methodist
church. 1t was beautiful in design
and a costly piece of workmanship.
Last week George l. Miller was
here from Boone, Iowa, and sold
the brick building that Will Ham
Ter occupies, belonging to his faith
er's estate, to Postmaster f. d. Pow
ell for $1,S00.O0.
Frank Lambert and wife, of Oak
field, visited, Thursday, with their
Extra relatives, the Bry Milliman
families. While in town Frank
+" droppedin The Journal office for
few moments.
Complimentary to the arrival of
Rev. D. NJ. Hartsough, Mr., and Mrs.
D. E. Stranger entertained that
gentleman and Rev. and Mrs. H. L.
Wissler to a six o'clock dinner, last
Saturday evening.
J. +. McAninch will erect a sub
stantial business house just west of
his old stand and intends to have
it completed and ready for occu-
pancy by the first of March, and
will conduct an exclusive first-class
| shoe store.
a letter from Mrs. III. NJ. McCord,
| who is at Cherokee. Iowa, being
treated for cancer. reports her
condition as favorable. and she in
forms her son, Charley. that she
expects to be able to come home in
two or three weeks.
| Last Sunday morning while Tom
Allen was in the act Of reaching for
a big fat hen, to wiring her neck for
dinner, stitch" caught him in
the back, since which time our good
friend has been mighty careful
where he puts his feet down.
! Mr.. G. w. Clark, of kickapoo
Park, returned the first of the week
from Davenport, Iowa, where he
has been receiving treatment for a
cancer. Those who have seen Uncle
Clark since his return VOW that the
cancer is taken off smack smooth
clean"
At the Congregational church, on
Sunday evening, January 18th
there will be- union meeting of the
Epworth League, of the Methodist
church, and the Endeavor Socie-
ties of the Christian and Congrega
tional churches. All are cordially
invited to be present.
Mrs. Theo. Braun left Tuesday
evening tor OttuInwa, Iowa. to visit
her daughter, Miss Martha, who
will take the religious habit of the
Sisters of Humility. The ceremony
Will be performed by Father Zaiser
of Fort Madison, formerly pastor Of
the Catholic church in this city.
Last Saturday the deal was con
summated whereby Mr.. ID. E. Shrau
ger became possessor of the hard
ware store, buying out the interes
or his partner, Mr.. Ebbe ]. Hansen
Mr.. stranger will fit up the nipple
ment building owned by his moth
er, down on the corner, and move
the hardware stock down there and
we understand he will also sell
farm machinery. We have no
learned what Mr.. Hansen's inten
tons are but hope he will remain il
Extra as himself and family are es.
Unable people and we like to have
them with us.
Last week Friday while Mr.. ant
Mrs. w. II. Covalt were sitting a
the freside of their comfortabl,
Greeley home they heard the tramp
ing of many feet, then every door il
the house flew open and in march
ed three score of their neighbors
and the spokesman, stepping for
ward,in happy little speech pre-
sented these good people each with
an elegant easy chair, told then
that was their thirtieth wedding
anniversary day and they had com,
to inform them of the fact. Mr.
Cane Williams, at whose home Nh
party rendezvous seemed to be th'
leading spirit of the occasion ane
] inaugerated season of merrilnen
I which was prolonged until the
s ClariOn'S Shrill cry warned then