Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-27

Duque M. U. A., was in this city las
Monday.
Ruben Wheeless, the melon king
has the thanks of this Office for fine
watermelon left here one day last week
| AIR. and Mrs. James Pinch, who re-
side on the West Side became the pa.
rents of baby boy Tuesday of last
week.
The four year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Edmunds, who reside
east of town, is very i'll with bowel
trouble
MIR. L. Dittmer, of Burt, Iowa, at
tended the funeral here last Wednesday
of his grandchild, the little son of DR..
and Mrs. E. G. Dittmer.
Mrs. w. II. Searles, of Waterloo,
visited here part of last week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Glisendorf.
She returned home Friday morning.
Mrs r. w. Thrill, Mrs. Fred ellis.
endorf and Mrs. Arson Sheldon went to
Oelwein last week to attend the district
convention of the Woman's Relief
Corps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Elder will
soon move into the second story of the
N. +. Lawrence building, on Franklin
street, recently vacated by the family of
DR.. ). W. Scott.
w. g. Williams, of the News force,
departed last Saturday for West Supe-
rtor, Wisconsin, where he will be en-
ployed on the West Superior Leader,
owned by senator D. II. Young, of this
city.
Marriage licenses we're issued last
week to Fred H. Ferguson and Matte
E. Miller, Walter E. Miller and Lula
Gray, A. T. w. Prentice and Elizabeth
Lindsay and Clarence A. Curler and
Mary A. Mitchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w Philips, of
Franklinville, New York, and Mr.. and
Mrs. D. Hill, of Allegheny county, New
York, are visiting at the home of A. N.
Smith, north of this city. They arrived
Saturday and will remain about a week.
Notice the special inducement
offered for you to call at A. ID. Browns
furniture store during the fair. Cut
out the cupons at the bottom of his ad
on the first page of this paper and take
them to him on any day before Friday
of fair week and you may become own
or without cost to you, of the beauti-
lul rocker shown in his advertisement.
Practically the first frost of the
season put in an appearance yesterday
morning. There mad been traces of
frost before on some low grounds, but
rot enough to even injure cucumber
vines in the gardens in this part of the
country. Taken as whole the fall has
been very favorable. We needed the
dry weather of the past month to per-
feet the corn crop.
(. The remains of Daniel Noble who
died at his home in Montana few days
ago, will be brought to Edgewood,
where the funeral services will be held
tomorrow, Thursday, forenoon. Mr..
Noble was one Of the earliest settlers
In Honey Creek township and
during his residence here was one of
the most energetic and enterprising men
in the county. He removed to Mon
tana some thirty five years ago where
he has ever since resided. Three of his
children Mrs. s. Robinson, Mrs. Matt
Robinson and u. J. Noble, reside at or
near Edgewood.
An enjoyable family gathering took
place at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Preussner, of Collins Grove township
on the Is inst, it being the Both ami
versary of their marriage. Thirty.two
Of the immediate relatives gathered to
offer the worthy couple their best
wishes and God speed on their further
journey through life. The event was
complete surprise and when handsome
dinner set was presented to Mr.. and
Mrs. Preussner by the company they
had but few words wherewith TO offer
thanks, but their silence was more elo-
quent than words. The shadows of
night came on before the happy COM
psny separated wishing that such meet
ings wonld come more frequent.
"A coon hunt of more than usual in
terest took place in this city and the vi
cinity thereof, last Friday. George
Sands, the colored youth who stole
$42 so from the home of j. Lopez, men,
ton of which was made in last weeks
Democrat, was captured in Chicago, and
brought to this city last Monday by
sheriff Fishel, and lncarcerated in the
county bastile, there to await the action,
in his case, of the next grand jury. He,
like Lawrence Stearns' Starling,was not
content, he wanted to get out, and du
ring Friday forenoon with the assist
ance of fellow prisoner he succeeded
in making his escape by crawling
through the aperture in the door of the
jail, used for handing food to the in.
mates. About half an hour after he
had started on his flight for freedom
his departure was made known to the
sheriff, who speedily organized posse
of thirty or forty persons and one of
Will Hutchinson's bloodhounds, and
started in pursuit of the fugitive. The
dog tracked the coon to the railroad
track and there lost the trail. Some
time was spent in the search but with
out avail. After dinner telephone was
received from the marshal at Earlville
informing the sheriff that his coon had
been freed in box car, and an hour la
ter he was brought here and placed in
his cage, where he now languishes.
Miss Idell Miles gave two delight.
full musical evenings to her friends last
week Tuesday and Thursday, IN honor
of Miss Bartholomew, of Preston, Iowa
and Mr.. Hockenhull, of Jacksonville