Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-05-30
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told the fortunes of some of our peo-
pie. There were about thirty in the
band.
Spooney Freeman and wife went to
Extra Tuesday to visit fora few hours
in that city with their relatives, Mr..
and Mrs. Will Woodland and other
friends.
Calvin Dim1ck took Mrs. Nellie
Beers Budd's piano over to her new
home at Anita, Tuesday. Calvin stop
ped for a few hours and visited with
this lady.
Mae and Pearl Jenkins are intend
ing to move into the house recently
vacated by George Doyle. These
girls intend to keep house all by
themselves.
Rev. Wilcox was down in the edge
of Cass County and conducted services
on last Sunday. There were a good
crowd in attendance and also had a
fine service.
The school house, known as the
Green school, has had a new fence
placed ABOUT the grounds, this week,
which adds much to the appearance
of the same.
Claude Andrews began teaching on
last Monday at the Oaktield Academy.
Claude is a good teacher and is Civ
ing excellent satisfaction and is we'll
liked by his pupils.
Mrs. George Freeman went out to
her parents home, northeast of Oak
field, last Friday, and spent the night.
She returned home Saturday after
noon after good visit.
Dwight West returned from his
trip to Oklahoma, last week, where
he has been on a land searching expe-
ditiop. We did not learn as to wheth-
er he purchased land or not.
w. B. Temple purchased a large
bill of lumber, and as o as he
has finished hauling the lumber will
begin work on a mammoth hay barn,
on his farm north of Oakfield.
Tic McGovern shipped a car of
hogs, Monday, and five cars, the last
of the week, to Omaha. Tic is a
hustler and buys as many hogs as
any other firm in the county.
Mrs. Nellie Beers. Budd came up
Wednesday and visited for a time
with her sister, Mrs. Calvin Dimick
at the hotel. She returned home Fri.
day after a very pleasant visit.
There was a baseball game at Bray
ton on Thursday afternoon. The
Brayton nine and the Benton town.
ship nine were the mines that con-
tested for the honors of the day.
They have hauled a large pile of
rock to the bridge in the west edge of
Brayton and will oon begin building
a wall to prevent the road from Civ
ing away any more than it is at pres
ent.
Ed Lewis took the third degree in
Odd Fellowism, last Saturday night.
Ed is now a full 1edged Odd Fellow.
He has joined a good lodge and one
that has a large membership in this
vicinity.
Prof. Enenbach left, Friday, for his
new home at Denison, Iowa. He stop
ped off at Extra over Sunday and
spent the day with friends and then
on Monday morning departed for his
new field oflabor.
A gang of railroad workmen have
been in Brayton, this week, repairing
the railroad fences and cattle guards
and other railroad property. They
have been boarding with our new
hotel man, Dimick.
Jacob Bauer, who at one time run
the meat market in Extra, but now a
prosperous farmer in Audubon town.
ship. was in Brayton Tuesday with a
load of hogs which he disposed of to
u stock dealer, Tic McGovern.
John Jenkins, 1. P. Hallock and
Peter Howell went 10 Chicago, the
last of the week, with stock that the
two former gentleman shipped to that
place. They will spend a few days in
sightseeing in the big white city.
Mrs. H. w. Pearson received word
that her sister, Mrs. j. I. Ellis, in
Benton township, down in Cass coun-
ty, was sick and not expected to live.
She departed Monday to be at the
bedside of this lady during her illness.
John Koob, the Brayton street
commissioner with q Io,ca at mon