Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-13

brass buttons, Will finder pleas
leave at Mr.. Talbott's restaurant, vi
at Audubon?
Wednesday of this week was hap
Ply day tor Hans Marccusen, VIII,
lives a little way Southwest of tn
Station, for on that day he took unit,
himself blushing bride in the person
OF pretty little Danish maiden, VIII,
resides in his neighborhood.
There will be another meeting o
school board, next Monday night, t.
take final action in the Center schoo
controversy. We understand tha
Miss Esther White, of Old Hamlin
has been offered the position as teach.
err and will, most likely, accept.
Station Agent Harry Perch receiv.
ed message from the weather bureau
on last Monday noon telling him tc
make every thing secure and tight as
the indications were that furious
storm would break over his head
within the next twentv-four hours,
Since Mabel and " Pet'' Campbell,
daughters of Robert Campbell, have
left us they have both been married
and now we hear tina. one of the girls
and her husband will move up onto
the farm now occupied by j. R. Lew
is aud that Mr.. Lewis will migrate
down into Oklahoma.
When George Smith got up in the
vicinity of Watertown, South Dako-
ia, he found much nicer country
than he expected and was so taken
with what he saw that he bargained
for strip of the land. He brought
home potatoes as big as your foot that
were raised up there and many other
specimens from that country and |
would not be surprised if we'd lose
this family next spring.
Owing to the illness of Mrs. Scott
and others Of the PRESBYTERIAN church
the special meetings in connection
with Presbytery closed, last Wendes.
day night. All seemed we'll pleased
with the meetings and the lively pro.
ceedings of Presbytery, and all the
members of Presbytery spoke in
glowing terms Of the cordial welcome
and superabundant entertainment
given by the excellent ladies of the
Old Hamlin community
The other day Jens Scouboe was in
dustriously working about a hum
ming threshing machine when he got
telephone message that his wife
would be i'll Audubon that night
from Denmark and for him to come
and meet her, so Jens promptly
threw the pltchfork he had in his
hands four miles and started for Au-
dubon. For ten long weary wears
Mr.. Scouboe has toiled and labored in
this country and his wife grew tired
OF waiting for him, on the other side
OF the briny deep, SO she sailed the
seas overland there she was.
AT the Democratic caucus, down at
the Center school house, last Saturday
night, these delegates were selected
and attended the county convention
at Audubon on Tuesday: O. P. TYLER,
Walk Crees, John Denison, Peter
Madison, Ed. Dryden, l.. W. Smart.
Will Mcclure, A. w. Davis. Then
township ticket was placed in nom
nation as follows:
j. NJ. Bryan, Justice of the Aeace.
John Mckibben and James Height
ley, Constables.
Nels Peterson, Trustee
Walk Crees, Assessor.
Mike Kennedy, Clerk.
Road Supervisors District Mum.
Der |. ! Warner; ,. J. z. Moore; 3,
Calvil Dinica; 1, L ". Smart.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pc erson.
who live a little way we-i of the
Station, are bowed with grief and
there is all aching void in their hearts
caused by the death of their two
year-old boy who was taken i'll few
days ago and though the father and
mother and the best medical skill
battled with the grim monster, whose
name is death, they could not stay
his ravages and on last Wednesday he
claimed his victim, and the fond par
ents were compelled to consign his
liteless clay to the cold lay of mother
earth For many years George was
clerk in Will McGuire's store
and this was the first boy baby born
in Hamlin Station and therefore we
all feel that he is part Of us and
mourn with his parents because Of
! his death.
The messenger of death has entered
another household in our midst and
another good mother has gone to that
land where there is no parting nor
sorrow and where thieves do not break
through and steal. Last Thursday
the aged mother of Mr.. George Scott,
who has made her home with them,
complained of not feeling we'll and
sought her couch and from that time
on her decline was rapid and on last
Sunday her spirit quietly passed
from earth and assembled to the God
who gave it. On Monday Rev. Hink-
house, of Audubon, preached funer
al discourse at the Presbyterian