Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-02-20
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At the sale of Martin Rasmussen,
out by Poplar, last Tuesday, every.
thing sold high and Martin is well
pleased.
The Woodmen took in two new
members last Monday night and show.
ed them peculiar mysteries they must
encounter, if they become full-fedged
members.
Samuel Ulrich, in the Green Bay
Lumber Company, is unable to do
much of any work in the yard, owing
to a severe wrench in his back that he
got in lifting some time ago.
A. I'll. Dollahide went down to At
lantic, Wednesday, to meet his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Chas Huntsberger and her
baby, who are returning home from
Bond, Mississippi, where they now
live.
Marriage licenses for the week as
given out by County Clerk l.. j. Hill:
John A. Christensen and Hanna Mel
sen. Neils Winters and Kristina
Petersen. Alfred A. Bolts and Jessie
M. Catholic.
Marty Manion and Steve Miller, of
Panama, We're over last week visiting
their uncle, It. B. Kerwin. They were
in town, last Friday, looking at the
various stores and comparing them
with Harlan to see how everything
compared; we stood the test all right as
progressive city.
The family of Ole Quist, who pur-
chased the Horace Troxel farm, out
southwest of town, arrived Wednes-
cay morning, and he came later with
their stock. Mr. Quist has good farm
too, who are willing to give them the
right hand offellowship.
Henry Nielsen and family, the man
who purchased the Tom Cochran farm
arrived Wednesday and will begin inn
mediately to move out and get ready
for the spring work. Mr.. Nielsen comes
with the reputation of g good farmer
and our people gladly welcome him
and his family to their midst.
J.J. Miller, of Ute, came down last
Friday and returned home Monday
with his wife, who has been here visit
ing her sister, Mrs. VIM. Cloughly for
the past six weeks, but who has been
sick most Of the time and unable to go
home and even when she did go, she
was scarcely able to make the trip.
J. F. Luse formerly of Ross and who
counts most of his success in advertis-
ing is still believer in this mode of
getting before the people and we notice
in the Candy Herald that he usually
has from quarter to half page ad in
each issue for one of his stores at Can
by. The persistent advertiser finds,
that it pays.
Ed. B. Cousins received notice this
past week that the claim of s. ID.
Thayer to the NJ. B. A. for broken
arm had been allowed and Mr.. Cousins
was sent check for 500 being one
tenth for broken arm. The settlement
was done as quickly as could be, the
Z delays being necessary in the cores
pondeEce from here to Mississippi and
then to the head of the order
Meetings have been continued, this
week, in the Methodist church to al
low those who wished to unite with
the church to do so. The Presbyterians
held three nights meeting, as also did
the Christians. The Christian pastor
has been assisted by pastor from
Manning. Most all of those who gave
a preference have united with their
chosen church and taken the safe and
only means of continuing their good
resolutions.
Monday Neils Winthers and Kris
tina Petersen came to the office of the
county clerk and applied for license
to wed, which, upon affidavit of a
friend, was readily granted to them.
Then they inquired for some one to
marry them, and were informed that
Deputy Clerk Ed b. Cousins could
officiate in that capacity, when they
Immediately joined hands and were
made husband and wife and went
away happy in their new formed rela-
tionship to their home out in Douglas
township where they will begin their
new life, form their friends and become
part of the great body polite.
A. A. Minty, who went down to
Missouri with his brother-in- law, Milt
: Jefferies is back and says he prefers
Iowa to that state. They are now feel
ing the effects of the drouth there, as
nearly all the wells around in that sec
tion have gone dry and in the town,
they are shipping water distance of
fortymiles and selling it to the inhab-
itants. Some of the farmers are buy
ing the water and hauling it for their
stock. Mr.. Minty says that, they could
get water, he thinks, if they would
) sink their wells deeper. A prominent
farmer there told him, that there had
been but two cars of cattle fed, this
winter, in the whole country. This
however was their first visitation of
drouth and they are in hopes of a good
crop this wear.
Sheriff 4. H. Anderson is in Des
Moines this week, in the interest of the
passage of the bill now before that body
fixing stated salary for deputy sher-
ifs. Mr.. Anderson, says: 'In my office
last year, the Board of Supervisors al
lowed only 81, 2l3. Out of this had to
pay my deputy and all extra help and
it left me absolutely no income from