Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-20
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Markets for Tuesday. Eggs zoe
buttes' l6c, corn 244c, wheat 55c, oats
1Sc.
Remeei2 Der the dedication of the
new U. BH.church, at The Sands, next
Sunday.
Fanny and May Bates expect to
entertain number of their friends,
next Sunday.
Report came Tuesday that Mrs.
johnson who has been sick so long
is improving.
There is to be meeting of the off.
cial board Of the Methodist church
tonight at Ross
Nels Olsen put fine car of hogs on
the Chicago market, starting them
out Tuesday evening.
John Rutherford, the proprietor of
the Farmers Store, spent Sunday UNI
der the parental roof.
Val Dunbar was in town and pur-
chased a new feed grinder of Ruhs d
Wilde one day last week.
John Weighton is putting up a
scale shed on his ranch this week and
making some other improvements.
Albert David had 25O0 bushels of
corn shelled out Monday and Tues
day, Allie Quimby doing theNwork.
Miss Bertha Shelley came down
from Gray Monday marning to help
in the sewing at the VIM. Dlest home.
Sam Handles, the hustling stock
| man from up near Gray, was in town
last Tuesday looking after business.
A sister of Ed. Bates departed
Tuesday for her home in Clinton
county after a pleasant visit here with
relatives.
William Dice expects to depart for
Geneseo, Illinois, next Saturday, to
spend the holidays with friends and
relatives.
Fred Winterstein finished husking
corn, Tuesday, being one of the very
latest to finish but husking more than
most Of them.
Geo. Everetts had his threshing
complicated last Saturday being, we
suspect the last in the county to have
this kind Of work DONE
We understand that Jake Ruhs ex-
poets to put up some ice the coming
winter even if he has to dam the
creek to get water enough to freeze.
O. G. Luton from Keokuk county
is visiting at the home of Henry
Turner. He expects to remain until
after the holidays before he returns
home.
Henry Conboy expects to begin the
erection Of his new barn. next Mon
day. He expects to have as good a
barn as any in the country when it is
completed.
Albert Fancher and wife expect to
depart Friday for Keokuk county to
visit with friends and relatives. They
expect to make quite little visit ere
they return.
The Sunday School is making prep
arations to have a Christmas tree in
the church and as they have always
made things a success we believe this
will be no exception.
Jim Rice and A. p. Colclazer de-
parted Tuesday evening for Minneso-
ia and South Dakota where they hope
TO find cheaper land where it is per-
fectly safe to buy bone.
Harvey Maharg shipped out car
load of sheep, Tuesday evening, for
the east. Sheep is comparatively a
new industry in the county but one
that will do to investigate.
Amos Fancher returned home las,
Thursday with a car load of calve.
that he had picked up in Keokul
county. They are good young cattl,
and by the time they are three yea
olds will make good feeders.
Jimmie Rutherford went to Audi
bon on his pony, Tuesday morning
and returned home later, walking
Curiosity got the better of the boy
and they asked him for the reason
when he told them he had sold tn
animal.
Tuesday the dead monotony an,
everlasting sameness Of the town wa
broken by ripple Of eXcitemen
when horse race was called on TIN
road east of town. We did not ge
there in time to see it but understan,
hat one Of them beat and the othe
got beat.
Thursday night, in fact tonight
there is a gathering at the parenta
home of Clarence Turner in honor o
his uncle, O. e. Luton, who is visit
ing him. Only the initiated can nov
tell what awaits them. They fel
: that they had not room sufficient t
entertain all and so invited but few
AS those enter we see in fancy tn
pleasant home, the Joyous greeting