Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-12
j. P Bendixen and F. l.. Freeman
were at Atlantic on business Tuesday.

with Nels j. Boose as pilot.
/ John Curry and wife came up from
Atlantic Saturday to spend Sunday
at the Hallock home in Oakfield.
CAREY e. LEE-Contractors, car
penters and builders, Brayton, Iowa.
Plans and specifications furnished.
Mrs. A. r. Mcpherson arrived
Monday evening from Lake City for
a visit with her sister, Mrs FL. w.
Pollock.
Marion Jenkins is slowly recover
ing from his typhoid fever attack,
which will be welcome news to his
many friends.
Ward Smith started out with the
Three Smiths huckster wagon Tues
day and expects to run it through
the entire season.
John Noon, one of the best known
figures in the south part of the conn-
tv, was looking after business at Ex-
ira Tuesday forenoon.
G. l.. Bison and III. M. Bartlett
Went 10 Atlantic Monday evening.
Charley attended Elks lodge and
Horace had some dental work done.
Mrs. Bentley, mother of Rev. Nj :.
g. Bentley, arrived Monday evening
from Elgin, Illinois, to make her fu-
ture home with her son at this place.
Jens P. Jnhl has been appointed a
justice of the peace in and for Oak
field township. The Office was made
vacant by the removal of Peter F.
Howell.
w. A. Follett and T. B. Swan, of
Atlantic, were political callers at
Brayton Tuesday. Mr.. Swan has his
lightning rod up for the republican
nomination for congressman.
Mrs. Peter Petersen and children,
lett Tuesday evening for !)es Moines,
where her husband has provided
comfortable home for them and where
they expect to remain permanently.
We visited the Oakfeld Academy
Tuesday and found the school pros
pering smoothly. Prof. Enenbach
and Miss Ordway are very efficient
brace of teachers aud are very popular
with the scholars. There are IS
pupils enrolled.
Notice is hereby given that re-
publican caucus will be held at the
Oakfield Center schoolhouse, Monday
evening, April 23rd at s P. M, for
the purpose of selecting 10 delegates
to attend the Republican county con-
vention to be held. at Audubon,
Wednesday April 25th.
Sunday afternoon while two of
Geo. McGuire's little boys were out
in the timber, chopping wood, one OF
them accidentally struck the other III
the forehead, cutting severe cash
DR.. Koob was called and dressed the
ugly wound and the little fellow is
now patiently waiting for the injury
to "mend.
Rev. M. G.. Bentley was to have
been ordained Tuesday afternoon, but
the services were postponed until the
association meeting, because several
Of the district ministers were unable
on account of sickness to be presen,
Tuesday. Those who came were Rev
Bartlett, of Des Moines, state secre.
tary; Rev. Baker, Of Correction
Grove and Rev. Jones, of Atlantic.
Brayton is to have brand new har.
, ness shop, first class in every respect
The latter part of last week Mr.
William Buckley, a harness maker Of
many years experience and who for.
merly worked at his trade in Audi.
bon, arrived here and leased the re.
Gently vacated BendiXen store build.
ing for the period of one year. He il
now making arrangements to put il
a full and complete stock of harness
He will also be thoroughly prepared
10 do all kinds of repairing III first.
class order.
, Ed Woods and Ben Shirley are JUS
: now busily engaged III digging deeI
we'll for George johnson, northwes
of Brayton. They are already dowl
ITO feet and as yet there is not a sigl
of water. Mr.. johnson proposes t.
) keep on going down until they
: strike water, regardless of the dept
or cost of excavation. When com
pleted it will be the deepest hole il
this part of the country. This bust
: ness of digging wells at SO great
depth is not the safest occupation il
the world, but Ned has the requisite
! amount of pluck to keep spalins
away without giving thought t.
y danger.
/ A telegram was received here Tues
day announcing the death of Mrs
Mary j. Akers, wife of Ralph Akers
ST., at Allen, Dixon Co., Neb. Sh
had been in Nebraska visiting Will
her daughter since last year. Sh
was taken suddenly i'll about weel
ago and passed to her reward Mon
day night. Her son Harry, who ha
been making his home near Oaktield
departed Wednesday to be in attend
ance at the funeral and witness tn