Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Schartf went to
the State Fair Monday, intending to
be gone greater part of the week.
Sam is interested in fine blood nogs
and wanted to see what they have.
John Hansen will have new house
in appearance when he finishes paint
ing it which he is now doing. 1t
belongs to the old johnson Il Thomp-
son row of buildings which he
recently purchased.
T. S. Lewis of Atlantic, died at his
home last Sunday, August 23d, at
O'Clock p. m. Funeral from the
house on Tuesday at 10 O'Clock and
interment took place st the Bowen
cemetery southeast Of Oakield.
Horatio P. Smith who lives here
with his daughter, Mrs. Budd Heath,
started Wednesday for six weeks
visit with relatives at Dakota City,
Nebraska. The old gentleman is
troubled great deal with asthma.
j. c. Hartman the big stock breeder
was trying his hand last Tuesday at
driving refractory colt belonging to
a neighbor who had given up the
task as a bad Job, but j. c. seemed to
have the animal in complete subjec-
ton.
VIM. Thielen over east of Oaktield,
was in town last Tuesday trying hard
to get cars for three loads of cattle he
wished to ship Wednesday. He in
tended to go with them to Atlantic
and then visit the Stare Fair at Des
Moines the rest of the week.
The Elkhorn and Brayton ball
game which was played at the former
place Sunday ended at the close of
the 9Th inning 5 to and to decide
the game another INNING was played
when the score stood for Elkhorn
and 10 for Brayton. Who next?
Miss frankie Bell Crane who has
been visiting her grandfather, Henry
Burton, and other relatives here and
at Extra for several months, babe her
friends goodbye on Thursday and
started on her return to Apadarko,
Oklahoma where her mother resides.
Brayton markets on Tuesday as
furnished by those in business were
as noted: Butchers stuff, l &c and &c:
prime steers, sc; hogs, $40; wheat
SOC; oats. 29c; corn, 3S4c; barley 35c;
butter, l5c; eggs, l3c; chickens loo;
hens, SIC; ducks, sc; turkeys &c.
Last Tuesday morning ere the
feathered songsters were singing their
songs on the approach of another day
Il. NJ. PARROT had force of men and
teams out and before the morning
train arrived they had delivered car
OF ice at the depot to be consigned to
} b. Doak, the butcher at Audubon.
Geo. Frederickensen, residing south
west OF town, has purchased the hard
ware and harness business of Charley
Bison and will move here about the
10th OF next month. He has pub
lie sale next Thursday at which he
will dispose of all his horses, cattle.
hogs and farm machinery. Himself
and family are desirable acquisitions
|
come them right cordially. Mr.. BIZ
som will now be able to bestow all
his time to the drug business at which
he is an old hand.
| Fishing has taken preference lately
to all othersports ball playing except
ed and many are the wonderful stories
OF big catches, that is for this locality
Fish weighing less than pound are
thrown back into the river as too
small fry. Several pounds of fish
from one to two and one-half pounds
have been caught; but it remains for
DR.. koob to hold the belt he having
caught one last Monday evening
weighing two and one-half pounds
and Percy Freeman comes in a close
second with a cat caught Tuesday
which tipped the beam at two and
one-tourth pounds.