Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-02-15
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i'll the past week.
Mrs. Nels P. Petersen, of Oakfield
township, is quite ill of pneumonia.
j. w. Cannon sold team and
wagon to George johnson last week.
Mrs. Mamie Patty, of Extra, was
an over Sunday visitor with friends
at Brayton.
The Troublesome Valley Creamery
is this week busy harvesting its an
nual crop of ice.
The young child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ike Smith was severe sufferer from
Group last week.
The Ladies' Aid Society held very
interesting session at Mrs. l. H. Jen-
kins' home Tuesday.
Vern Culver was at Brayton Tues
day looking after the interests Of the
Audubon Roller Mills.
Nels Petersen, Of Hamlin town
ship, was transacting business at
Brayton again this week.
j. G. Hardman contemplates at
tending the big creamery convention
at Lincoln, Nebraska, next week.
1. II. jenkins has purchased the
Brayton hotel and we understand he
will take possession of the same after
March 1st.
Bonnie Howell attended Ollie
Breniman's farewell dance at Extra
Monday evening and reports an ex-
eellent time.
N. G. Kleuver will have a public
sale at his residence near the old Nat
tie Hamlin schoolhouse, on Friday
January 23rd.
Clara, the six-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Henry Fries, who lives few
miles southwest Of Brayton, is very
sick with lung fever.
Today John Wilkinson has pub
lie sale on the old Heiken farm in
south Oakfield township, six and one
half miles southwest of Brayton.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather Wednesday evening Ben
Howell's farewell dance was COM
plete success and was quite largely
attended.
Bills are out announcing Charles
Goeken's public sale at his farm in
Oakfield township, five miles south
west of Brayton on Wednesday Feb
raary 21st.
James Pollock, Of Millburn, Hi
aeis, arrived here last Wednesday to
spend week visiting with his sons
Robert and Henry and their families.
He lett for his home yesterday.
Any one DESTROYS of purchasing
well broke, gentle, driving team will
do we'll to call on Rev. N. P. Craven
gard. He offers for sale his fine
team of gray drivers at reasonable
price.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Hoegh, of Oak
field township, are very happy over
the advent Of the little daughter who
has come to make their home with
them. She made her first appearance
in this world on February 5th.
Jay Walker is this week busy NOV
ing onto his own farm which he
comes in possession of as an heir to
q portion of the William Walker es-
tate. Himself and family will occu-
Ply the old Bergh house until the new
dwelling house is completed.
While moving his goods week
ago Thursday Nicholas Bintner slip
ped from the load on which he was
riding and striking the frozen ground
very forcibly, sustained severe in
jury Of the right wrist causing a
lameness from which he has not vet
recovered.
T. Lumpkin, general agent of the
Des Moines Life Insurance Company
was in Brayton Tuesday paying a
death loss for his company. He left
check at the Bank Of Brayton, for
100000, payable to Mrs. Anne M.
Nielsen, widow and beneficiary of the
late Christian Nielsen, deceased.
AS we stated sometime ago Rev.
N. P. Gravengaard, of the Danish
Lutheran church of Oak Hill, has ac-
septed call from the Danish Luth-
eran churches of Waterloo and Cedar
Falls and himself and family will
make their home at the latter city.
They expect to move some time in
April. His successor Is Rev. N. p.
Hald, now at Lake Benton, Mime
sofa. He will commence work on
this field about May LIST.
John r. Heiken, of southwest of
Brayton, returned the last of the
week from Artesian, South Dakota,
where he purchased quarter section
ofgood farming land. M. A. Clark
who promulgated the deal returned
with him to this county. Mr.. Clark
~ doing some tall hustling for BUSH
ness here and next Monday will take
up several gentlemen to look for good
homes in a reliable farming country
and the most of them will probably
take ADVANTAGE of the Onnortunitv