Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-24

Mrs. Kate Andrews Ridgley will at
once have a neat picket fence built
| upon the south side of her residence
occupied by Mrs. Laura Delahoyde and
family on the west side of Jefferson
| street.
Mrs. Laura Delahoyde, her daughter
Annette Delahoyde and their friend
from Oklahoma, Mrs. PARTS, went up
to Audubon last Saturday and passed
Sunday with the relatives of the form r
lady in that city.
Station agent, W. W. Smith . and
wife and daughter Theresa, from Aud
ubon, were in Extra last Sunday, guests
of the G. A. and G. W. Marlin families.
Hazel Bryant went home with Theresa
who is her little cousin.
Rev. W. W. Hartsough, pastor of the
Extra Congregational church, has been
very i'll man this week, and so ill wac
he that he has not left his couch for
several days and no preaching services
were held at that church Sunday.
The Catholic church people have
their plans all laid, the ground is now
cleared, next Wednesday some parties
from abroad will be here to submit
bids and then the dirt about the new
Extra Catholic church will begin to fly
in earnest.
Robert Basham, from Des Moines
arrived Saturday and passed few days
visiting his relatives at the Frank
Basham and Mrs. Peter Christensen
homes, and his relatives at the I. p.
Hallock and ID. w. Powers homes, in
Oakfield.
Mrs. Thomas Bryant and daughter
Hazel Bryant, are here from Newton
to visit for time with her parents, A
B. Houston and wife, and her sisters.
Mrs. l.. b. Raglan and Mrs. George
Henshaw, also her brother, Charlie
Houston and family.
Last Monday Mrs. John Riley gave
an afternoon tea party to those who
were with her and her daughter, Ethel
Riley, at Los Angeles and the Pacific
coast this summer. The party in
cluded Charlie Houston and wife and
Mrs. Kate -Ridgley, besides
some Of the nearby neighbors.
The news comes floating down from
Huron, South Dakota, that Arthur
Watterson was recently married to
lady of that city who is engaged in the
millinery business. His father, r. @.
Watterson, of this city, predicted when
he left here that some calamity"
would befall him-and now it has.
Mrs. John Dimick, living out on the
farm northwest of town, was very ill
Friday and Saturday with threatened
attack of appendicitis, but fortunately
DR.. Brooks, of Audubon, appeared on
the scene in time to prevent the disease
from getting firmly seated and now we
are pleased to say that the lady is re-
gaining her usual good health quite
rapidly.
EdMilliman has purchased the build
ing heretofore occupied by the Catholic
Sisters as home and had Joe Chase
move it to the farm of his father, Bry
Milliman and onto spot Just south of
Oliver Smiths house. This house was
built by Geor ge Hsrdendrook several
years ago and here it was that Tom
Dustin used to take a piece of bread
and butter and run out and sit on the
door step and wait till dinner time
when he was an urchin.
Grandpa L. E. England, who has
made his home with his daughter, Mrs.
Samuel johnson, up in Greeley town
ship for several years. succumbed to
the inevitable last Monday and his
spirit took its fight across the dark
river of death. The funeral was held
Tuesday from the home and his body
was brought to the Extra cemetery for
burial. He was much respected
gentleman and had attained the ripe
age of eighty-fve years when death
overlook him.
George Paige, up in Greeley, met
with a painful accident the first of the
week. He had team of those ''pesky''
bronchos hitched mp and when they
wouldn't back he went to their heads
and throwing up his hands said "shoo"
when ane of the ponies reared up and
striking out with its foot hit Mr.. Page
a singing blow in the eye. That gen
tleman being blind in one eye and the
other one Immediately swelling shut,
caused him to be totally blind for a
time. He at once came to town where
the doctor soon gave him relief and he
| went homa aaaiuU n 1ittla