Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-03
: ROSS

pleasant day Sunday at the Mart OIL
sen home.
Miss Knox, of Extra, was up the
first of the week visiting her friend,
Mrs. Chas. Wilde.
Casper Jensen, the old gentleman
who was at the creamery for time,
weighing, is back again helping.
Mrs. Albert Jingst was among
those on the sick list this week, she
being taken quite bad last Sunday.
G. H. Sampson, W. w. Weston and
Mart Olsen shipped stock Wednes-
day on the special that went out to
Chicago.
Mrs. Bertha Hamlin arrived Tues
day from her home in Carroll and
will visit for a time at the e. D.
Hart home.
John Reuschling, one of the pros
porous farmers in this vicinity, deliv-
cred some fine hogs in town the first
of the week.
VIM. Bates and family arrived last
Thursday from Jackson county to
make visit with his brother, E. A.
Bates, and family.
A. Kraft departed Tuesday for
trip to Minnesota to look at the land
in that country with view of pur-
chasing if 1t pleases him.
Sheldon Bates arrived home last
Thursday from the eastern part Of
the state where he has been for some
time visiting and working.
Mrs. J. j. Courtney and children
arrived home Tuesday evening from
Des Moines and vicinity where they
have been visiting for time.
Arley Emery, the boss broncho
buster, was thrown from his pony
last Sunday much to his surprise, as
we'll as that of a number of friends.
VIM. Swanson sold to A. j. Leake
e. Son 1890 bushels of old corn and
delivered it the first of the week,
feeling he was receiving price that
he would not il he waited until later.
Rev. G. w. Weysatch of the Meth
odist church preached his first SER
mon Sunday in Ross and the circuit.
If his people but rally around him
and stand by bin they will have
good years work.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wagner is suffering this week with
that dread disease, scarlet fever. SO
far they have got along nicely and the
fond parents are in hope he will thus
continue to improve.
The new store is nearing compile
ton as fast as the workmen can push
it. 1t was almost under roof Tues
day and with the force that are now
working at it it will be ready to be-
gin in a couple of weeks.
Walter Weston, one of the best
farmers up by Bethel. shipped two
cars of stock, Wednesday, of his own
feeding and with the present prices
he will come home with bullying
pockets and a smiling face.
If events have come as planned the
Hornlng home tonight is alive with
young and happy people and ablaze
with lights, as they have assembled
to while away the tedium of lite in
games, in wit and laughter.
Chas. Beason, of Chicago, was in
Ross Tuesday talking with the vari-
Gus stock men in regard to future
shipments. He is with one of the
commission firms there and of course
was working to have stock shipped to
them.
Jay Eddy has received the bill of
his lumber from the South Side Lum-
Der Co., in Chicago, and will soon re-
ceive it and begin the erection of
new house, but we don't know what
he wants of it for it is not a bit of
fun to "batch it,"
A. Brown returned home Tuesday
evening from Minnesota where he has
been for some time. While there he
purchased car of potatoes and came
down to Carroll and sold part
tueIe dHl sulppeu ,ue feSt OH 10 Au-
dubon to dispose of them.
Matt Frost and family departed
Tuesday morning for their new home
near Waterloo. They have many
good friends here who hate to see
them leave, but feel confident that it
will not be long until they will be
surrounded with good friends who
will make life pleasant for them.
Friday night, unless foul weather
intervenes, there will be a party at
the home of the senior Raebel where
youth and beauty, song and mirth
will assemble to lift from mirey
clay the thoughts of blues and
dumps, to get where they are en-
durable to each other.
There was a temperance lecture
Tuesday night at Bethel church Civ
en- by Rev. Morey, brother of Mrs.
Mart Olsen. Most of the people had
heard him talk before this and of
course knew they would hear some