Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-09-06

ed Il neat roll OF money, he being the
the sixteenth highest guesser out of
the fifty-five contestants.
Rev. Chambers, OF Extra, and POST
master James Elrod came near get.
ting mixed up in runaway, on last
Sunday evening, but happily it ter
minated in nothing but broken har-
ness and overturned buggy.
l have eighty acres of land to sell,
at $35 90 per acre, that is situated in
the West Half of South East Quar-
ter OF Section Thirteen, Hamlin Town
ship. Call on or address me at Ham
lin Station. O. P. TYLER.
LOST!-Tuesday morning, on the
road between Hamlin and Audubon,
little girls jacket, brown in color
and trimmed in green cloth and
brass buttons. Will finder please
leave at Mr., Talbott's restaurant, up
at Audubon?
Weather report for August, 1900
Clear days, twenty five; cloudy days,
six; south wind, twenty-eight days;
north wind, three days; rain fell to
the depth of six and one-half inches;
the warmest day was the 10th, rs ,
in the morning and 96o in the even
ing; the coolest day was the 25th,
e. : in the morning and 90 . in the
evening. S. D. COONROD.
AT the Republican caucus held in
Hamlin township, last Monday night,
the following ticket was nominated {:
j. P. Wilson, Justice of the Peace;
Clark Wilson and George Gerard,
Constables; Harry Percy, Clerk; Hen
ry Young, Trustee; Tom Gill, Asses
sor; Road Supervisors in the different
districts are No. /, John McNutt and
A. w. Bradley; No. 2, Mr.. Potter;
No. 3, Calvin Dimick; No. 4, Johu
Oberholtz. The delegates who attend
ed the county convention, on Wednes-
day, were George Scott, Clark Will
son, Charley Ba!lou, Henry Young,
Luther McNutt, James McNutt,
George R. Spencer, Tom Gill.
While engaged in threshing at the
Scott place the other day the CONVEX
sation turned on foot racing and Mr..
Charley Miller, of Old Hamlin, said
he used to run some and believed he
could beat any man in the crowd then.
MI. George r. Spencer, who was sit
ting nearby flowed he used to trot a
few and said: "Charley, FL tell you,
what Tll do, I'll bet you a box of
cigars that can beat you from here
to the Colonel White farm, one mile
and three-quarters away. The chal-
lenge was accepted and, after strip
ping to the waist, they toed the
scratch and away they went! Mr..
Spencer proved to be the t1eetest foot
ed of the two, and after running for
spell he slowed down to an Indian
Jog and from that to walk and then
beat Mr.. Miller thirty or forty rods
and was quietly sitting there waiting
for him to come up. Now Mr.. Spen-
Ger goes about the country blowing
out great clouds of smoke from those
cigars he won by his Drawn.
The Presby terry, of Council Bluffs,
Iowa, convened in the First Pres
byterian church, at Old Hamlln, last
Tuesday evening at eight o'clock,
Rev. A. Litherland, pastor of the Sec
ond Presbyterian church, of Council
Bluffs. retiring Moderator, preached
the opening sermon from John l:23 to
large and appreciative audience
Members of the Presbytery present
were Revs. Alexander, j Rlale, w
S. Barnes and A. Litherland, iron
Council Bluffs; Professor S. Phelps
d. D., of Omaha; Rev G.. " Whezel
of Guthrie Center; Rev. i. 1oahg, OF
Greenfield: Rev. F. H Gr.ce. Girls.
void; Rev. j n. Currens, OF Logan
Rev. E. E. Reed, of Atlantic; Rev A
Aston, of Shelby; Rev. j. f. Hink
house, of Audubon, and others Rev
J. N. Currens. of Logan, was elected
Nj oderator for the ensuing six months
and Revs Young and Grace were elect
ed Temporary Clerks. Presbyter!
continues in session today, Wednes.
day, and tonight. Rev. Aston will
conduct the popular meeting ant
preach. The ladies serve refresh
ments today at noon, on the church
grounds, in the tent brought here ant
set up by Rev. Mr.. Heary, Sunda.
School Missionary. II is expected
that after Presbytery a series Of meet
ings will be conducted in the ten
which will seat wo hundred people
REV. WILLIAM GRAHAM,