SHELDAHL BRIEFS.
The snow blockade has been broken and trains are running on time again. People can get to town now and business is looking up again.—(Jan. 31, 1883.)
R. A. Eastman has sold the Avenue House of this place to J. N. Scott and gave possession Monday morning. The new proprietor will endeavor to take good care of all who patronize him.—(January 31, 1883.)
Messrs. Bagwill & Freed are shipping from eight to ten car-loads of stock per week now-a-days. Not bad we think for our town. Mr. G. W. Strong buys and ships stock also.—(Jan. 31, 1883.)
Coal became very scarce here last week, but the supply is sufficient again.—(Jan. 31, 1883.)
The snow blockade is ended and we have regular mails once more.—(Feb. 21, 1883.)
Business is looking up.—(Feb. 21, 1883.)
Farmers are disposing of their surplus cattle, hogs and corn, and are getting ready, they say, to raise the biggest crop of corn that has ever been raised in Iowa. We hope they may not be disappointed.—(Feb. 21, 1883.)
Mr. G. W. Strong has bought and brought to our village the fine Clydesdale stallion formerly owned by H. C. Martindale. —(May 2, 1883.)
Mr. Gust. REININS has just completed the upright portion of his dwelling, which gives him as good a house as is in the town. —(May 2, 1883.)
Jacob Harpol, near town, has put up an upright to his farm dwelling.—(May 2, 1883.)
The Rev. O. Sheldahl and his little congregation are building a church on block number two.—(May 2, 1883.)
Corn planting began last Monday morning in this locality with the ground in good condition. With good weather the people say that nothing less than a number one crop will do this year. —(May 2, 1883.)
The bridge gang of the Northwestern have been taking their meals at the Avenue hotel the past week while repairing the bridges on the Des Moines branch of the road.—(May 2, 1883.)
Osmund Sheldahl is erecting a church building in the north part of town, which, when completed, will be a very handsome structure. Then the parson can " worship under his own vine and fig tree." —(May 2, 1883.)