Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-03-21


and the next day this gentleman and
Mr.. Eli Hansen went up to Audubon
where they passed the day greeting
! friends and attending to business mat
tiers.
Mrs. Geo. Hunter-Doyle bought
the property owned by Frank Heath
! and occupied bv Joe Shirley last week.
Mrs. Doyle left Monday for Blairs-
town, Iowa, to pack her household
goods so as to ship them to Brayton
where she and her husband will re-
side.
Dick Clark and family have been
very sick the past few weeks. Dick
and six of his children have been un-
able to be around and have been con-
fined to their beds. We hope they
soon may be able to be about again
as the pleasant days Of spring APP
proach.
John Burge, a prosperous farmer IN
the vicinity of Oaktiela. went out to
Omaha and bought fifty head of feed
ing steers, which he will pasture on
his large farm this summer The
coming winter he will place them i'm
his feed yards and fatten them for the
market.
Dave Carpenter left Tuesday noon
for Madison county to take possession
of the farm he has rented in that
county. He loaded part of his house
| hold goods in car. His family will
soon go to their new home. We wish
Dave and his family all kinds of sue
cess in their new home.
The school directors of the various
districts have decided that their
schoolhouses need paint, and as soon
as spring opens up and the weather is
settled the following school houses
will be treated to coat of paint:
No. 6, Samuel McGatfin, director; No.
), Nick Bintner, director; No. 9, the
Noon schoolhouse; and No. l.
At the school election held in Oak
field last Monday night the follow
ing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President, |. V. ID. Lewis;
Secretary, d. w. Powers. Treasurer
to be elected this coming fall. I'm
der the wise supervision of these
officers the schools are sure to prosper
as they have done in the past year.
w. III. Pearson, who has been I'M
able to perform his usual duties at
the shop, was able to resume his work
Monday morning but is not as strong
as he was before taken sick. Farmers
bring your spring work to Parsons
as he is now able to do it in tirst-class
shape as usual. Mr.. Woodson will
work with him the coming summer
or as long as work is as brisk as it is
now.
Earl Heath, son of Elmer Heath, of
Oaktield, while playing with a re-
volver that wasn't loaded" acct
dentally discharged the same, the ball
passing through his little finger,
DR.. koob was called and dressed the
wound The little fellow bravely
stood the pain while Doc was prob
ing for the bullet to see if it had
lodged in the finger.
The schoolat the Oakfeld Academy
closes this week for a three weeks
vacation. This has been very prof
liable term Of school and those in at
tendance have progressed rapidly I'M
der the leadership of the teachers,
Prof. Enenbach and Miss Clara Ord
way. The school will be continued
on the second Monday in April, the
same corps of teachers being engaged
for the ensuing term.
The following Citizens Ticket was
nominated last Friday night for the
town officials of Brayton:
H. M. Bartlett, Mayor.
w. r. Koob, Councilman.
Frank Heath, Councilman.
Del Heath, Treasurer.
John A. johnson, Assessor.
AS this is the only ticket in the
field it is quite probable that they
will all go in with hands down.
John Lorah and family, who have
been quarantined, have so far re-
covered from the effects of that
dreaded disease as to be able to dis
pense with the services of Charles
Briton, who has been nursing them
for some time past. Charles is good
nurse and thoroughly understands his
business, having waited on great
number of cases of like nature. Johns
two children have been sick the past
week but are rapidly recovering.
The directors and teachers of Oak
field TOWNSHIP D are as follows, so far as
the teachers are employed:
/. Gilbert Nelson. Soren r. Nelson
,. Knude Hansen. -. ;. Susie Huyck
3. Chris Hansen. II. NJ Rasmussen
4. S. p. Daugaard. :. Roxy Huyck
). Chris Hansen 5000. No teacher
6, j. Nj. Petersen loses Brinkerhotf
!. John Lorah. " -. No teacher
s. l.. r. Nelson. 80. No teacher
o. Fred Lillianlhall ;. I. No teacher
The officers of the school board. for
! the township are
j. M. Peterson, President.
Eli Hansen, Secretary.
Niels p. Hoegh, Treasurer.