Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-01-18

business Monday.
Mrs. Hubert killen, of Oakfeld, is
reported quite sick.
Elmer Heath is somewhat under
the weather this week.
Rev. O'Connor is now teaching
school in Viola township.
There was quilting bee at P. H.
Largy's Wednesday afternoon.
Fl. M. Bartlett made business trip
to Atlantic Saturday afternoon.
Nels P. Hoegh was transacting
official business at Extra Monday.
Miss Rose Foust, of Extra, visited
with Oakfeld friends the first of the
week.
Ben Howell's dance at Brayton last
Friday night was grand success like
they always are.
Thomas Christensen rolled in Mon
day from the West and Is now visit
ing relatives at Brayton.
Fred Blume, one of Audubon's
leading legal lights was at Brayton
Oh business the first of the week.
Mrs. John Sorensen and little child
of Oakfield township, are on the sick
list and also under the doctors care.
S. G. Nelson and his son were
at Extra Monday and called at the
Journal Office to see the wheels turn
and whizz.
Christian Nielsen, is reported as
being very low at his home in north
Oakfield township. He has been sick
for several weeks.
County Attorney j. M. Graham
was attending to business in these
parts the latter part of last week and
the first of this one.
ia. Slender lett here Tuesday for
Artesian, South Dakota, where he
will look at some cheap farm lands
located in that section.
Otto Mikkelsen, who lives few
miles southwest of Brayton, is having
an addition built on to his house, size
IA %. Peter Petersen is dong the
work.
Postmaster Marion E. jenkins re-
ports the following dead letters at
the Brayton postoffice:
Christian U. Nielsen.
Miss Christina Nelson.
Ward Smith left Tuesday for Ok
lahoma to spend month or two try
ing to recuperate his health. 1t is to
be hoped the balmy Southern climate
may do him good.
On Tuesday of last week Mr.. and
Mrs. KEGS Hallock became the parents
of a fine boy baby. Kees wears an
unusually happy SMILE and Grandpa
Ike Hallock rejoices nightly.
j. l.. Anderson is hauling out
lumber for granaries and corn cribs
to be erected on the farm belonging
to the Misses May and Pearl jenkins,
which he has rented for the ensuing
year.
A large number of our farmer
friends south of Oakfield are SUBJ
pRnaed as witnesses in the Hunter
Ballard case now being tried il the
District Court now in session at At.
lantic.
Ernie and Ethel Clark, of Ash
land, Nebraska, are here for good
visit with their uncle ST Clark and
family. They were formerly resi-.
dents of Greeley township and have
many friends in this county.
l.. G. Heath and VIM. Lorah wer,
initiated into the mysteries of Wood
craft at Brayton Camp Tuesday even
ing. We learn that large numbe
applicants are awaiting their turf
to be piloted through the dark fores
in this thriving camp in the near flu
ture.
We desire to publicly thank ant
express ourappreciation and deepes
gratitude to the many kind friend
and neighbors who so willingly as
sisted us in caring for our departed
and beloved husband and father dur
ing his last illness.
MRS JOHN JOHNSON AND FAMILY.
The question of the justice of tn
Boer war was debated at the Oak
field Literary Monday evening. TIL
affirmative speakers were j. G. Kelly
H. P. Button and Arthur Hawk
For the negative, d. p. Beers, Wen
dell Smith and M. F. Enenbach
The judges decided in favor of tn,
affirmative.
We are informed that B. r. Simp
son, has purchased, during the pas
week, all that remains of the Hamlil
estate lands to wit: 100 acres iron
N. d. Hamlin, 40 acres from Marga
ret Hamlin and the adjoining 80 acre
owned by VIM. Thielen. We under
stand that Doug Hamlin will sool
have public sale and early in tn
spring will move back to his oil
home in Nebraska.
The Brayton Odd Fellows had in
stallation of officers Saturday even
ing. Following are the officials fo