Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-06-14
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Misses Ella and Kittie Schrieber
were visiting their Hamlin friends, on
last Thursday.
Doctor Antrim, of Casey, was do
ing some fine veterinary work, in
Hamlin, last week.
During the electric storm, Saturday
night, lightning killed fine young
heifer for o. P. Tyler.
o. P. Tyler had valuable colt
badly lascerated in the barb-wire
fence, one day this week.
Miss Lille Crees will close her
school, down at the Center, one week
from next Friday, June 22d.
Tu. Jefferson, who lives over south
west of the Station, had his house
nicely painted, the past week.
Robert Twist now enjoys the de-
lights of riding about on new bicy-
Gle, that he recently purchased.
Hamlin Station had show, on last
and was of the stereopticon order
Miss Jessie Gerard attended the
High School commencement exercises
at Audubon, last Friday evening.
Baker and Shoesmith, the Hamlin
merchants, had two head Of cattle
killed by lightning, last Saturday.
Miss Nora McDaniels has gone up
to Audubon to assist at the c.. Hunts
berger home, in that city, for time.
Workmen were down from Audu-
bon this week and spread pretty
color of paint on Ed. Dryden's new
house.
John McKibben went down to
Extra one day this week and pur-
chased a new mower to assist in his
hay harvest.
Miss Stevens and her young brother,
from Atlantic, are passing this week
with their brother, Clyde Stevens,
over near Nelson.
Tom White traded horses again
this week and now he hasa fine young
driving horse in the place Of the old
pony that he did have.
Simon Christensen, at the Station,
is now full fedged fish merchant,
and will receive nice box Of fresh
fish once or twice a week.
o. P. Tyler went up to Audubon,
last Tuesday morning, to see if he
could hire man to work on his big
farm, south of the Station.
Andrew Wells received fine new
buggy, from Council Bluffs, on last
Tuesday morning and now enjoys
himself riding about the country.
Mrs. Twist, mother of Mr.. Robert
Twist, missed her footing the other
day and fell from the hay NOW, sus-
tanning quite severe sprain of one of
her lower limbs.
County Surveyor H. S. Wattles, of
Extra, was out to the George Hoover
farm, southwest Of the Station, last
Tuesday, correcting some lines and
establishing some corners.
Mrs. Sam like, from Extra, visited
with Mrs. George Smith, at the Sta
ton, Tuesday morning, and in the
afternoon they drove up near Audu-
bon to call on Mrs. Wood Cline.
While at the big cattle sale, down
in Oaktield township, last week,
Henry and Will Young purchased
one OF the finest animals in the bunch,
and he arrived at the Station, Friday.
George Gill was down to Atlantic,
last Thursday, to attend the COM
mencement exercises OF class from
the high school of that city, ofwhich
his nephew, Mr.. Bruce Wallace, was a
member.
John Moore harvested his crop OF
pigs this week. He had forty head
and they weighed about fourteen
thousand pounds, for which Goats
Brothers, at Audubon, gave him
$40 per hundred weight.
They are arranging to give Master
Bert Dryden royal reception at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Dryden, south of the Station, on
next Saturday evening, the occasion
being his fourteenth birthday.
We gazed at strawberry OF the
Be;erwood variety, on last Tuesday,
that grew in Grandpa Coonrod's
which was SO large that you would
either have to slice it or open your
mouth twice in order to swallow it
One day this week Miss Retta, the
twelve-year odd daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs Thomas Gill, climbed up in hel
fathers barn to takea peak at a birds
nest and, loosing her hold, she fell tt
the floor, breaking her left arm anG
severely strainlng the other arm
Doctor Brooks was called and mendec
the hurt, but the little Miss will have
to remain quiet for few days.