Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-21

tives, the Byers families, before coming
home.
| See that LaCross wagon sold by
Bates & Wilde.
Hattie Tedfard arrived here from
st. Paul, Minnesota, Monday evening
and is passing few delightful days, q
guest Of her friend, Mollie Delahoyde.
These ladies were former neighbors
down at Prescott, Arkansas.
Robert Gransbury has purchased the
John M. Griggs lots on the hill al
West Town and will have neat cot
tage erected there which will surely
make him a fine ''look out" upon the
rest of the world below him.
John Hunter and Robert Gransbury
have been fixing up the Extra roller
mills since they have had control of il
and expended something like seven
hundred dollars in new machinery and
fixtures until now the mill is in first
class condition.
Clarence Scott has sold his farm
three miles below town, known as the
G.. L. Poage place, to Soren Anderson
but will not give possession until next
March. Tuesday noon Mr.. Scott
started for Oklahoma to take look at
that land of sunshine and flowers with
view of buying ranch there.
Prof. J. l.. Conger, who has been
teaching in the county normal, came
down Saturday morning to bid good
bye to his scores of friends and left
Sunday morning for his paren tai home
in Mills county near Silver City and
after few days there will axe his de-
parture for Ann Arbor, Mich, where
he will attend college for at least a
year.
Roxy Bruner, daughter of A. J.
Bruner and wife, and Raymond Stone
hing, living south Of town at the sand
hill, stole march ON their friends last
Wednesday, went up to Audubon and
were married by V. Il. Horton. They
are living with his mother, Mrs. E.
Stoneking, down on the farm. We ex-
tend bushel of our best congratula-
tions.
After considerable unavoidable delay,
ground has at last been broken for the
new Catholic church in this city. The
contract was let and the man who Sc
cured it left the digging of the cellar
and the building of the foundation I'M
der the charge of Tom Allen. The
church is to cost about nine thousand
dollars and will certainly be a fine
structure when completed.
Residence property here in Extra
brings good prices these days. This
week W. r. Bruner sold his cottage
occupied by Chester Marlin and wife,
near the Congregational church, to W.
FL. Covalt, of Greeley township, who
paid 81, 400 for it. We are right glad
to welcome Mr.. and Mrs. Covalt to our
city for the world holds no better
people. They will move to town some
time this fall.
A program is out announcing that
tie ninety-sixth semi-annual meeting
of the Council Bluffs Association of
Congregational churches will be held
in Extra on the %, "a and % of Sep
TENDER. Rev. w. w. Hartsough and
his congregation, many of whom are
already at work, are working making
arrangements to make this meeting a
remarkable success to their church
here in Extra.
During the storm last Friday night
Nicholas Bintner, who lives two miles
south of the city, arose to put down the
windows when lie was greeted by
binding flash of lightning and such a
loud peal OF thunder, that he thought
he was boy again and standing beside
the cannon at some Fourth of July
celebration but after batting" his eyes
few times he saw that lightning had
struck towering ash tree not more
than thirty feet away and had mashed
it into smithereens.
Anton Spoo, who we mentioned as
having a stroke OF appoplexy last week
whose condition was thought to be on
the mend, took a sudden change for
the worse last Tuesday morning and
died before noon. He was about sixty
years Of age and was born in Germany.
He was the father of Chris Spoo, we'll
known here, and had been married
twice and to the last union were born
one girl and three boys, the mother of
whom still remains with us. Wednes-
day Father Failenschmid conducted
funeral services at the Saint Boniface
Catholic church and his body was laid |
away in the Catholic cemetery Just east |
of town.
Another quiet home wedding wa IS
solemnized down here last Thursda y |
at the home of @. b. Nellis and wife, |
when Rev. W. W. Hartsough said the |
words that joined Joel E. johnson and |
Emma J. Ridgley as husband and wife. |
The bride is a daughter of the late
Frank Ridgley and grew to woman-
hood out in Greeley township, but for
some time has been teaching school in
Iowa, where their eyes
met with the above result. The groom
is the principal of the schools at Ireton
and after short visit with his people
at Marelhon, Sioux county, they will /
go to that city and begin the new life.
The world has no truer lady than Miss
and her friends here, who are
legions, wish her every happiness.
Henry l.. Shattuck of Shellsburg, La.