Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-01-08

high room. All the scholars seem to
be taking great interest in the school
and much good work has been accom-
plished.
The Mutual Telephone Co. held
meeting out at the Altman school
house Tuesday afternoon to transact
such business as might come before
them. Several people from Gray
drove out to help look after the tele-
phone business.
Frank Liken returned last Friday
from a visit with relatives at Geneseo,
Illinois, and is back again to his
duties at the grain office. Frank had
very enjoyable trip and met friends
and relatives he had not seen for
number of years.
The Union Sabbath School elected
the following officers Sunday:
A. Bennett, Superintendent.
Mrs. Nels Christensen, Asst. Supt.
Dolly Audas, Sec'y.
Emerson Shelly, Treas.
Estella Hepp, Organist.
The infant baby of Mr.. and Mrs
Asmus Boysen has been i'll for some
time, and on Wednesday the child
accompanied by its maid and trained
nurse, departed for Albuquerque, New
Mexico, where they hope change of
climate will benefit the little ones
health as the attending physician
advised.
The Woodmen lodge will hold a
public installation at their hall here
next Thursday evening. The boys
are planning on large crowd and
have prepared most bountiful supper
for all those who attend. Dainties of
all kinds have been secured so all will
enjoy good supper and also have a
good time.
A jolly crowd of young people
assembled out at the A. F. Altman
home Saturday evening to help Geo.
Altman celebrate his eighteenth
birthday. Every one hada good time
and presented him with number of
useful and beautiful presents that will
in after years remind him of this
pleasant time they had together.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekah
lodges will hold their installation of
officers together next Friday evening
at their hall over T. B. Creveling's
store. After the officers of these
lodges have been installed and in
structed in their duties for the coming
year, q supper will be laid so that all
may have good lunch as we'll as a
good time will be enjoyed by all those
who attend.
j. E. Mcclure, who has been cashier
of the Farmers Exchange bank here
for a year or more, went down to,
Extra the first of the week to accept q
position of like nature in the Farmers
and Merchants bank under the
management Of the same company.
John has made many warm friends
during his stay here, not only in a
business but in a social way as well.
He will move his family to Extra as
soon as he can secure q house at that
place. The citizens of Gray regret
losing John and his estlmable wife but
wish them abundant success in their
new location.
A home talent company from Ded-
ham composed of thirteen people gave
an entertainment at the Woodmen
hall here Saturday evening present.
ing the popular play of thu 5"Cuban
Spy" Ali the people of this troupe
were artists in their line and the
manner of rendering their different
parts showed much study and careful
training and practice. The Irishman
and Dutchman were very laughable
parts and both were ably rendered by
the different actors. These people put
on play and presented it in manner
that would become troupe travelling
on the road and in fact they surpassed
many companies travelling as q
livelihood.
Jay Lancelot returned last Friday
from Missouri where he had been
showing couple of land seekers up
near Manning the land in that section
of the country aud explaining to them
the advantages of living there. He
sold one gentleman land and will in
all probability close deal with the
other for some of this land. This real
estate firm of which Jay is member
are proving themselves wide awake
land agents and have succeeded in
disposing of considerable land in the
past few months. During the coming
summer the four members of this firm
will devote their entire time to the sale
of the land and they expect to make
things hustle along this line.
The Morris Hypnotist Co. are in
Gray this week. They gave enter
tainments during last week at Audu-
bon. On Monday evening they gave
their first performance at the Wood
men hall to good sized audience.
This attraction seems to be very well
liked in Gray as the principal topic of
conversation during the day seemed
to be the performance of the evening
before. On Tuesday afternoon Prof.
Morris placed one of his lady subjects
under his hypnotic influence and put
her to sleep in Creveling's window
and she was to be awakened up at the
performance Tuesday night. The
Prof. found several good subjects
about town and after hypnotizing
them he made all kinds of fun for the
audience and gave every one good
laugh.
MIR. John Dumond and Miss Ida
Fischer were united in the holy bonds
of wedlock at the German Lutheran
church Wednesday at one O'Clock
Rev. Elhers performing the ceremony
that united them as husband and wife
John Dumond is the son of Mr.. and