Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-08

friends. She will be remembered as
Miss Hattie Mckane when girl, and
once lived in the south part OF this
township.
Halloween the youngsters tore up
Ned, so to speak at the Station, they
traded buggies for Harry Percy and
gave him his neighbor, Simon Chris
tensen's in its place, piled rubbish up
against the Village Blacksmith, Mr..
CLARK Wilson's, shop and performed
many other prankish tricks
Last Monday was annual meeting
day for the Trustees of Hamlin town
ship aud Clerk, Harry Percy, the
Trustees, Thomas Coglan, John DIM
iek and David flanagan, John Nc.
Mutt, of Old Hamlin, and j. z
Moore, from about the Station, were
down at the Center school house in
attendance at the meeting.
Weather observer. s. D. Coonrod
handed us the following report OF
his weather observation for the month
of October, 1900: Clear days, twenty
one; cloudy days, seven; wind blew
from the south for twenty-seven days
and from the north, three DAYS; rain
came down to the depths Of tw" aud
five eighth inches; the warmest day
was the 4th, 700 III the morning and
80 in the evening.
Little Lennie Smith, granddaught-
er Of Mrs. Morris Flynn, who has
been attending the Catholic school, in
Extra, for some time past, came home
on last Friday quite i'll. You will
remember that about year ago she
was in a wagon and the team ran
away, threw her out and so bruised
one of her hips that she had to go TO
Des Moines and submit to a surgical
operation, and from that day to this
she has never been we'll and this illness
is the result of that hurt.
Some time ago Nurseryman E. N.
Taggart, of Audubon, sold Mr.. j. Z
More, at the Station, lot of apple
trees, and they were nameless. When
they grew up to be big trees they
had the incest great big red juciest
apples on their branches that you ever
saw. Mr.. Moore was SO we'll pleased
with these trees he had that he sent
a specimen Of the fruit up to Profess
or Budd, up at Ames, and asked him
what he would call them and that
gentleman replied that they weretof
a variety known as the New York
Imperials, the second choice of apples
in the United States.
Merchant H. O. Shoesmith was at
the Station, last Monday, and inform
ed us that his neighbors, in Greeley
aud the North Branch country, were
feeding punches of cattle as follows:
w. II. Covalt, two cars; F.. ID. Bar
ney, five cars; B. w. Shoesmith, four
cars; j. M. Kirkwood, one; q. L.
Kirkwood, one car; j. p. Foresman,
one car; Warren Baker, five cars of
cattle and one of hogs; Thaniel Ben
ton, one car; Henry Benton, two cars;
Huston Brothers, two cars; Marcus
Marion, one car of sheep; Henry Con-
rod, two cars; Baker u Shoesmith,
two cars Of, cattle and one Of hogs.
Alex Crees, who was here on d
visit to his parents, Mr.. aud Mrs.
Joel Crees, and other relatives, met
with quite severe accident, on last
Monday morning. He was OUT in
the lot where his father was butcher
ing hogs and one big old fellow, in
his attempt to get away, made dive
stiaight at Alex who kicked the ami
NAL to1turn its course, and Alex was
standing close beside his father, who
had a murderous long knife in his
hand, and Alex losing his balance
made u grab at the air and just raked
fo,,r III the ii gers ui hi, Jeff hand
across i,at kni'e, cutting deep ga,hes
III each u them. But no,hl.g uaunt-
ed helied up his wounded hand and
star Ell Oh Tie moon train for his home
spu'h Of Menlo.