Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-03

1. P. Hallock shipped three car loads
of wood to Charlie Tramp, proprietor
of the Audubon brick yard, during the
past week.
Bird Benson enjoyed a visit few
days this week from his brother, Curtis
Benson, and wife, whose home is over
near Anita.
Tom McGovern and Boy Herrick will
sell the rest of their western horses, at
the stock yards in Extra, next Satur-
day afternoon.
George McKibben, from Hamlin
township, was the guest of his friend,
Calvin Dimick, at the hotel several
days this week.
J. G. Hartman, proprietor of Oak
wood Stock Farm, sold one of his finest
pigs, last Tuesday, to Danish gentle
man, living little way west.
Thomas Hardwick moved his family
from the house at the foot of the Oak
field hill, on the north side, Tuesday,
to the Kroeg residence in Brayton,
The Brayton and West Hamlin base
ball clubs will cross bats in a friendly
contest, on the Brayton diamond, next
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock.
Mr.. Gilliand, a son-in-law of Isaac
Carmichael, who left here some time
ago, returned, Tuesday, and is occupy
ing the Mrs. Kate Neff house, at Oak
field.
We met Sam Scharff in Oakfeld on
Tuesday and he told us that his wife
had so far recovered from her recent ill
spell as to be able to sit up for short
time each day.
The Brayton Royal Neighbor Lodge
welcomed Mrs. William Buckley as
one of its members. This lodge is in a
iourishing condition, as several new
applicants are knocking at it's doors.
Il. +. Simpson was over from his
Stillside Farm, Tuesday, and reports
the price received for the train load of
cattle he shipped, last week, from his
yards to the Chicago market was very
satisfactory.
M. E. Jenkins has painted the house
and the fence surrounding it that he
purchased of Mrs. George Cotton, at
Uakfield, and more than likely Reese
Hallock and family will move in there
in few days.
On last Tuesday Hon. Sohn T. Jen-
kins received a very fine Poland China
hog from the celebrated Wade herd, at
Modale, Iowa, which that gentleman
will place with his drove of blooded
stock upon his farm.
III. S. Wattles and S. A. Campbell
came down from Extra, last Tuesday
morning, and began building store
house at the Charley Bison home and
making other arrangements for Uncle
Wattles to make that his abiding place.
Under the constant and careful care
of her daughter, Mrs. John Curry, of
Atlantic, and Miss Esta Simpson, from
Stillside Farm, Mrs. /. p. Hallock is
slowly but surely regaining her lost
health, and her many friends rejoice
that it is so.
Blanche Noon came down from
Extra, on last Tuesday noon, bring
ing with her Bonnie Sykes, the little
Bonnie Sykes, son of Charlie Sykes and
wife, at Oakfield, and then Blanche
stayed and visited with her friends and
former neighbors for day or two.
We noticed a jolly party, from up at
Extra, composed of F. W. Delahoyde
and wife and their daughters, Gretchen
and Kathleen, Chorlie Milliman and
wife and daughters, Mercedes and
Mozell, and son, George, and Blossom
Brinkerhoff, down in the Oakfield
woods, last Sunday, in quest of hickory
nuts.
\ sal accident happened at Brayton
one day this week. Tom McGovern
had sold Theo Ordway team of those
skittish western horses and when the
men went to'the yard to put ropes on
them one horse took fright and started
to run but had not proceeded far when
it slipped and fell breaking leg, and
the poor animal had to be killed.
The Musson Brothers telephone line
that is being built from Atlantic up to
Brayton was completed to within a
short distance south of the Christopher
Smith home, Tuesday, and 1t is expect
ed that the poles would be set to Bray
ton by Thursday. From Lorah the line
runs north to the George Jessen corner
and then follows due easternly course
to the Fred Franklin drug store in
Brayton.
For about three months past Reese
HallocK, the merchant at OaKfield has
been missing sums of money from his
till, at different times, while away to
his meals and last Monday he marked
q ten dollar bill so that he could iden-
tify it, placed it in the money drawer
and went to dinner. When he returned
the bill was missing and having strong