Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-06-05

Walt Marietta went to Avoca on
business last Sunday.
W. III. Bowman carries full line
of repairs for the Plano binders,
mowers and rakes. 2mo
John Persing and wife arrived in
the city yesterday on visit to her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. Conklin.
Miss Amber Kelsey spent Satur-
day at the home of her cousin, Mrs.
Ben Cecil, Jr., in south west Oakfeld
township.
D. E. Stranger drove to Atlantic
Monday morning to catch an early
Omaha train where he went to
transact business matters.
For SALE!-Cheap, if taken soon.
Six high-grade Short-horn bulls,
from ten to sixteen months old.
ma1tf. A. c. DODGE, Extra, Ia.
Notice the change of terms of SER
vice of horses belonging to E. G..
Wilson. Major Megibben from $500
to $3.50 and Thello from $40. to S..
An eye specialist has been can
wasting the city for few days sell
ing optician goods and seemed to
be we'll informed on subjects per-
tanning to the eye.
For a Cultivator that meets all re-
vuirements of durability, excellence
in work, ease in handling, light in
draft the Ohio takes first rank and
wins all prizes. Sold by S. GANo.
A big country dance out at one
of the Wahlert boys residence last
Saturday night drew large crowd
from the surrounding neighbor-
hood and several from this town.
Miss Rose Powell and her friends,
the Misses Mabel and Emma Taylor,
of Atlantic, were here last week the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Powell
during the commencement exer.
cises.
| James Gripp, of east Greeley, was
in town last week and purchased a
fine Short-horn bull of John NJ
Dimmick which still leaves the lat
ter with two bulls of the same stock
unsold.
o. A. Silverthorn, who resides
fourteen miles south of Stuart in
Adair county, came TO this town
last Saturday anu will visit until
Friday at the home of his son-in
law, w, S. Jones, the butcher.
John Jones, of MEANWHILE, Iowa
and his son, George Jones;and fam
lily, Of Creston, Iowa, We're visiting
| the first of the week in this city al
the home OF w. S. Jones, he being 3
son or the former and brother o.
the latter. They are very favorably
Impressed with this part of the
country.
/ Prof. J. L. Conger, after three
years spent in this city as principa
of public schools, has departed fol
his home at Silver City, Iowa, where
after a few days rest he will 90 t.
Lincoln, Nebraska, to attend Nor
NAL school after which he will
assist the county superintendent O
this county during institute.
| Mrs. Belle Leffingwell-Grace
Principal of the Miller, South Da
kota schools, arrived in West Exir;
last Friday evening on visit O
three or four days with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Leffingwell, ant
her brother and sister residing il
that part of the city. From her,
she goes to Drake University Il
make d choice of assistant principa
| for her school.
| The records of our city schools
show a healthy increase over las
years attendance, there being al
enrolment of one hundred anc
forty-one males and one hundred
and thirtythree females, with al
average daily attendance of ont
hundred and ninety-nine and at al
average cost of one dollar and forty
two cents for each pupil. The en-
rollment IN each room was a,
follows: High School, forty-fve
Second Grammar, thirty-fve; Firs
Grammar, thirty-seven; Intermedi
ate, fifty-four; Second Primary, fifty
four; First Primary, forty nine.
Died, at the residence of his son
in-law, John N. Martes,a mile south
of town, on May 81, 1902, Patricl
Forbes, aged rs years, 8 months
after an illness of only two days
Deceased had been ailing for som
time of stomach trouble and ha
been subject to numerous attack
of that complaint which usual,
passed off after the usual hom
treatment but on this occasion tn,
attack being more severe, physi
clan was called who pronouncet
} the case fatal, something havin!
broken in the stomach and the emf
came rapidly and quietly. M,
. Forbes came from LeMars, lowe
accompanied by his daughter, Mis-
Nan Forbes, about two weeks sine
, intending to make a short visi
, with his only other daughter, Mrs
Martes, and was to have left TO
home the next day after takin.
down sick. He was the father Q
six children the wife and fou