Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-01
Hudlbo1l News.

IN tnlS city Saturday.
Miss Beulah Soar entertained num-
Der of her friends Saturday evening.
Mrs. ]. M. Martin, of Avoca, tran
sacted business here Monday evening.
Mrs. B. S. Phelps went to Des Moines
Saturday to visit with Mrs. Laura
Forbes.
w. III. O'Connell returned from Chi
cago Sunday where he had been pur-
chasing his winter stock of goods.
Mrs. Rev. Hinkhouse has been quite
poorly this week and unable to be
about on account of an attack of lum-
bago.
Mrs. G. B. Russell leaves Friday
for Missouri Valley where she goes to
visit Mrs. Charles Russell and other
friends.
There is to be social tonight at the
pleasant home Of A. a. Zaner for the
benefit of the Christian and all are cor
daily invited.
Sam Rumelhart has purchased the
Hollenbeck d White corn shelter aud
expects to use the power and machin-
cry to help with his hay press.
Joe>Petty left for Oklahoma Tuesday
nightto look at the country and if it is
as he expects he will remain there
and perhaps make the run if the new
strip is opened in the spring.
Miss Ella Stearns was sick the first
of the week and unable to attend to
her duties in the grammar department
of the school. She was able by We'd
>nesday however to again resume her
duties and attend to school work.
We happened to be present and see
bet put up between John A. Nash
and Will Cloughly OF 500 in which
the former wagers that VIM. McKin-
ley will receive more electoral votes
this fall than he did four years ago.
One-will surely win.
There was "guess where" party
some place in town Wednesday night
where, who or what we can't give the
particulars. We are impressed how
ever that such party might keep the
guessers busy, at least in finding the
walk and sticking to it.
Mr.. Lyman of the firm of Taggart &
! Lyman has purchased fifteen acres of
the land now being surveyed by the
Rock Island road and we understand
expects to build thereon in the spring.
He has a fine location and if he does
build will have a chance to make as
nice home as there is in town.
Dan Railsback, who recently sold
his farm here and then went over to
Stuart and bought another one, has
sold the latter with a raise on his
price. He is now talking of going to
Oklahoma to try his luck in that por-
ton of the country and to get away
from the severe storms of our winters.
| Geo. Hoover is having his Hamlin
| township farm fenced so as to make it
more convenient for his renter during
the winter. The time fof exposure to
all kinds of weather in herding stock
| is past, and there are few farms in the
county that do not have most OF their
| fields fenced and the labor and expos
ure thus lessened.
Miss Augusta Cloughly of the C."
class in the High School, entertained
| her class and also 81 n class last We'd
nesday night at the home of her
father. Miss Augusta makes a de-
| lightful hostess, being full of tact and
sociability and makes all present feel
that they are welcome and should en-
JOY themselves. So it was at this
time, and each one had nice time
and carried away pleasant memories
: of the evening.
Ben Brayton, chief engineer for the
Rock Island railroad, was here this
week at the request of their attorneys
Nash & Phelps, to survey and plat
their property norteast of town. The
town has shown symptoms of expan'
sion, and suburban annex has be
come almost necessity. This is one
of the best directions in which tt
, build and lots are already being sold
, The future selling will be left in tn,
hands of the above attorneys and thai
too as soon as the survey can be com
r pleted.
Wednesday night despite rain ant
mud, inclemency in weather and othe
Inconvenience party of youn.
people consisting of Messrs. Will Nc
Farlane, Geo. Viewer, Nelson Cowles
Will Baylor and George MCFARLAND
. and Misses Ada Kuhn, Teresa Stan
! ton, Myrtle Brown, Lizzie Davis ant
, Anna Viewer started out for Hal
: lowe'en progressive supper party. Tn
\ first course was served at the home O
: Ada Kuhn and gave them relish q
what was to follow. The next was a
Mr. John Reinemund, and from ther
: they went to the home of Anna We
e yer. The original intention of gon
r to the home of Theresa Stanton, ha,
to be abandoned because of rain an,
] mud, so the last course ended at TIL
e home of Ada Kuhn.
G. w. Sutton was born February 81
1918, in Saline county, Illinois, an
a died October 30, 1900, at the home 9
4 his daughter, Mrs. Shoup, in Audi
!, bon, Iowa. At the age of l9 he move
r to Sangamon county, Illinois, and il
!. 1889 was married to Miss Eda Smith
q who departed this life April I, 1885,
o 70 them were born nine children
e Those surviving are Mrs. Edwar
McCue, of Williamsville, Illinois, Mrs
II. S. Slayton and Mrs. Samuel ShouE
u of Audubon county, Iowa, w. S
Sutton, of Cass county, Iowa, Mrs.
HI. Johnson and Mrs. James Archer
i of Lincoln. Nebraska. Those at hi