Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-12
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The best horse Frank Edwards,
over in Audubon township, had
laid down and died, the other star
light night.
Newell Jobes is constructing a
handy and roomy addition to his
residence, over near the city pump
ing station.
Miss Clara Ordway came up from
her Oakfeld home, last Saturday,
M!ss Florence Rathbun.
Jake Bauer has had his city meat
market decorated with paper and
paint, on the inside, till it glistens
like mill pond in winter.
Lorah Bailey, of Audubon, was
in our city, a part of the past week
visiting with his sister, Mrs. William
Fulton, down in Kickapoo Park.
Will Patty has moved his house.
from up in Greeley, to lots in Scott
Herrick's north pasture, above the
Heights, and will have it fitted up
Tor residence.
Fernando Wheeler and family
were down from Audubon, this
week and passed few days with
the family of his father, Mr.. George
Wheeler, of this city.
Next week Mr.. John Sherman and
family will move down from Audu-
bon and take possession of the res
taurant business that he recently
purchased of Mrs. Georgia Basham.
George Van Aernam brought to
town and disposed of to Hensley
Brothers and Brown one-halt car
load of the finest hogs that we have
clapped our optics on for many a
day.
The dispatches of last Sunday
morning announced that our good
Uncle Sam had decided to increase
the pension of James p. Lair, OF
this city, from six to eight dollars
per month.
| Mrs. Anna Lehman and baby ar
rived from Wappello, Iowa, last
Saturday night, to pass three or
four weeks at the William Carpen-
ter home and with other friends in
and about the city.
Saturday night Mr.. "A. T.Powell
and his daughters, Misses Clara
and Rose and son, Bert, came up
from Atlantic and passed Sunday
with his son, Postmaster Ernest
Powell, and family, of this city.
Hensley Brothers and Brown
shipped five car loads of cattle and
one car load of hogs to the Chicago
market, last Saturday night. Frank
Hensle and Grant Smith went along
with the stock and will pass few
days in that city sight seeing.
Uncle Asa Horton was up from
his Oaktield township home, last
Saturday, shaking hands with his
many friends It has been many
moons since Uncle Horton had
been within our gates before and
we We're all right glad to see him.
Charley Van Gorder, and wife, of
Boone, Iowa. arrived here, Monday,
to pass few days with the lady's
brothers, Charley Frederick, of this
city, and Albert Frederick, of Gree
| ley township. Mr.. Van Gorder is a
conductor on the North Western
Railway.
Last Monday they began building
deep, wide, strong brick cave, up
in the Pard Rich district, mber
sever. Hamlin township, just above
the city where Miss Mamie Hensley
teaches. The other two school hous-
es in the string along the south line
OF Hamlin township, will at once
have caves like unto this one con-
structed in their districts.
Claude Andrews returned from
his Wyoming visit, last Monday
morning and says while out there
he visited his brother, Charley, and
brother-in-law, Charley Hunt, the
| Andrew Cooper and the James Will
loX families and found them we'll
and prosperous, in their western
home. He says James Willox and
family are now conducting a restau-
rant at Douglas, in that State.
Nick Bintner has been making
many improvements on his new
possessions, the Green farm, south
OF the city. First he purchased a
set OF Chicago improved stock
scales, from Peter Jacobson, and
planted them in his feed yards
Then he set Carey and Lee, the new
architects and builders, to work to
remodel and renovate the house;
and lastly he had men from the
Stark, Missouri, nurseries 90 about
the old orchard and replace any