Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-04-26
Clarence Boardway is improving


in Independence yesterday.
Ethel, the little daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Will Logan is very ill.
Mrs. Jane Bethel returned lastw eek
from her extended western trip.
James Toogood visited in Dyers-
vile with his mother last Monday
j. II. Beacon, of Ryan, made a
business trip to this city yesterday.
Cashier John Dolphin, of Ryan,
made business trip to Dubuque yes
terday,
Ed Harrison left yesterday for q
visit with friends in Waterloo and
Fairbank.
Peter Ehler left yesterday morning
for Kirksville Missouri where he goes
to receive treatment.
DIR. and Mrs. w. A. Hines returned
yesterday morning from California,
where they spent the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irish, of Greeley,
attended the hop at the Central Opera
house on Friday evening last.
B. III. Keller has purchased lot of
w. III. Norris on Howard street and
will erect thereon beautiful residence
this summer.
The Misses Griffin and Sherman,
of Greeley, accompanied by Messrs.
Miller and Griffin, attended the dance
at the Central Opera house last Friday
evening.
The health of Mr.. j. w. May, we
are Informed, has considerably improv-
ed since he went to Independence
VIII ere he is for the present making his
home with his son, DIR. John May.
&C. z. Miller, whose residence is on
Prospect street, offers his services to
those in need of mason. He is pre-
pared to furnish estimates and to do all
kinds of mason work as will be seen by
his business card in another column.
The U. S. Fish Commission is busy
these days shipping fish for stocking
purposes to different parts of this and
adjoining states. One hundred and
fifty thousand lake trout were shipped
yesterday and the entire lot will be put
in Lake Okoboji.
Weather Prophet j. r. Hicks says
he will not be surprised if very cool
weather follows on the heels of cleo
trical storms during the last half of
next month, and predicts that during
that time the temperature will fall low
enough for small squalls in the north,
with heavy frosts at night.
Last week we recorded the death of
Edward F. Robinson, of Prairie town
ship. On the day following the funeral
his wife, Anna G. Robinson, was taken
sick, and died last Monday evening.
She leaves three small children. The
funeral services will be held to morrow
at the Catholic church in this city.
-Kinnie & Madden, the new firm
that succeeds Major Kellar in the shoe
business, are making number OF i'm
provements in the interior of their store
room which will add greatly to its con
venience and make it an up-to-date shoe
store. They address the readers of the
Democrat this week in a half column
advertisement. fI
Mrs. Martha A. Chapel died of
pneumonia last Monday at her home in
Sioux City. The deceased was well
known here, having been resident of
this city for many years, and was loved
and respected by all who knew her. The
remains will be brought here for burial
and the funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at the residence of
Mrs. j. b. Boggs.
DIR. j. j. Lindsay, Frank Anders
and A. o. Moore were in Dubuque
yesterday to confer with the owners OF
the building on the southeast corner of
Main and Franklin streets in relation
to repairing and remodeling the build
ing to some extent, among other things
to put in corner entrance on the first
floor and an iron stairway leading to
the offices on the second floor.
-Ad. Gibbons has disposed of his
drug business at Ryan to John Striegel
of Waterloo. The parties were in this
city yesterday to adjust the final ar
rangements and possession will be
given Immediately. Ad. will devote
his energies to the life insurance bust
ness and his many friends will be pleas
ed to know that he will make his head
quarters here. He will represent thu
Etna.
The dwelling and its contents be
longing to Thomas Lee, resident O
Collins Grove was burned to thu
ground last Sunday evening. Tn,
origin of the fire is unknown. TIL,
family was awakened in the night by
the falling of the roof of the back par
of the house and had just time to es
cape without saving anything. 1t i
understood that there was no insuranc,
on the property.
Lamont had small pox scare las
week. A man whose home was in Chi
cago, ahd who was visiting relative
near Lamont, died last Thursday will
every indication that his death wa
caused by that dread disease. DIR. p 4
Triem, of this city, was called and ar
rived after the man had died, but say
that his condition indicated that it wa
case of small pox not fully developed
The house was strictly quarantined an
the neighborhood thoroughly vaccine
ted and further spreading of the dis
ease is not now feared.
\ "A large audience was in attendanc
at the CITY Hall last Wednesday even