Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-23
Hanlin :

AOu III auu A0S OOOu Aou1s
Der for the Elkhorncompany to
parties out at Fiscus. He says the
I obstruction of the crops in the path
of the storm in that section of the
country was complete.
James East had an unusually acute
attack of asthma Monday night, dis
ease to which he is subject, but by
the persistent application of the pro-
per remedies at hand he was better
Tuesday though still suffering.
Henry Wells was returning from
Elkhorn Monday evening when the
storm overlook him but not before
he had taken shelter. His report of
the devastation wrought in that
neighborhood is the same as that of
Kimballtoh.
Peter Nelson received three cars of
coal Tuesday morning. He has an
order in for ten and this is the first
consignment on the order. Coal will
soon be up half.dollar over present
prices and he has taken advantage of
the prospective rise to lay in good
supply.
There was big farewell party
given last Saturday night out east of
town at the pleasant home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. S. Warner in honor of Miss
Elsie Fenton on the eve of her de-
parture for Montana. 1t is said to
have been largely attended by the
young folks here and in the neigh
borhood.
Miss Elsie Fenton, of Old Hamlin,
babe adieu to her many friends in
and around that neighborhood Mon
day and started for her future home
near Hayden, Montana where her
parents moved short time ago. Her
friends wish her success in her new
home where she will probably resume
teaching,
The Quarterly meeting OF the Evan
gelical church will be held in this
city on July 81, Aug. 1-2, on the lat
ter date there will be services all day,
morning, afternoon and evening.
Communion at morning services. All
are cordially invited. We will work
and pray for a good meeting.
j. WIRTH, Pastor.
The cattle markets for this town on
Tuesday showed no change from last
weeks quotations; butchers stuff
ranging from 2 to Sc. Prime steers,
SAC; hogs advanced over last weeks
prices considerably, the very best
reaching sc, wheat 55c, oats 243, corn
BIC, barley 32c, creamery butter zoe,
dairy 15c, eggs lie, young chickens
1oc, hens Sc, ducks Sc, turkeys &c.
Peter M. Nelson was in with two
loads of hogs the past week, A. Nelson
two, Ed Dryden two, A. Myers one,
Jens Nielsen two, Geo. LaFoy two
Charley Baird one, Lars Peterson one,
W. N. Hopkins three, L. Anciaux
three, j. S. Warner one, Andrew
Clemensen one, Will Christensen one,
H. G.. Rice three, John Moore three,
Jens Rasmussen one, Laurids Hansen
three, VIM. Clark one, VIM. Olson
one and J. P. Christensen one, which
were all sold to Peter Hansen.
Chris Christensen who hauls the
butter from the Danish Creamery
company plant at Kimballton was in
town Tuesday morning with a big
shipment of butter and reports the
results of the hail, rain and wind
storm on Monday evening in his i'm
mediate neighborhood: He had 1OC
acres Of grain which promised an ex-
cellent yield, now he is willing tc
sell the whole crop for S75 and thinks
he would make money in the selling.
His neighbors were no better off
everything being cut to the ground
but as for himself he says it might
have been worse. He still has enough
of last years crop to run him another
year, but the majority in the hal
stricken district lost their all in the
destruction Of their crops, which ii
the case of the renter makes it espec.
tally severe. In this neighborhooC
no damage was done except in very
few instances where the heavy oatl