Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-04-19
Grand opera at City Hall tonight.


Mrs. FL. L. Ram visited with rela
tives in Whitewater Wis. last week.
Rev. and Mrs. w. ID. Benton, of
Dubuque visited friends here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hoag enjoyed the
Elk's circus held at Cedar Rapids last
Friday.
Mrs. Belle Bradley Schofeld and
Miss Bess Williston visited at Ryan
over Sunday.
| e. A. Atwater spent Sunday in
Dubuque guest of his daughter, Mrs.
j. T. Jackson.
John Burlett, of Earlville, is visit
ing at the home of his daughter Mrs.
Frank Anders.
| Clark Tisdell returned to his home
in Chicago last evening after a short
visit with relatives here.
| -Chas Baumgartner went to st. Paul
last Monday evening IN the interest of
the Iowa Fence Company.
.-H.A. Granger transacted business
the first of the week at Waucoma in the
interest of the Kennedy Buggy Co.
The person who left a pair of fur
mittens in Bronson & Cars office
couple of weeks ago can get the same
by calling at this office.
John Thompson, of Creston Iowa,
visited friends and relatives here part
of last week. He is cousin of Joe
Thompson of this city.
Mrs. Van Anda will have flowers
on sale to day at Storey & Abbott's for
those wishing to secure them for the
grand opera at City Hall this evening.
Miss Myrtle Hills who is in the en-
ploy of the Chicago Life Insurance Co.
of Des MONIES is at home for short
vacation. She will return in about two
weeks,
| Attention is called to Douglass
new ad in this issue. He Is making
some good pictures and those who de-
sire first class work should call and give
him trial.
The business card of G. Z. Pratt,
the well known painter and paper
hanger, appears in another column, and
to which the attention of those having
work in his line to do, is called.
The car belonging to the US Fish
Commission which has been here for
several days was loaded at Delaware
yesterday with stock fish that are to be
taken to DEBORAH and Spirit Lake.
The space of Clark and Lawrence
is occupied this week with very in
teresting article on shoes for each and
every member of the family and pre-
sents great inducements for close buy
ers -
Marriage licenses were issued last
week from the clerks office to the fol-
lowing John p. McElmeel and Ella
Michael, William Andrews and Martha
Heiderman, and Charles A. Coates and
Ella Appleby.
Ash Kennedy who is attending the
Dental school of the University of
Pennsylvania is expected home the last
of the week to spend the simmer. He
has one year more to attend college be-
fore he graduates. @ al
Mrs. l.. B. Carhart, of Marion, was
in this city the first of the week. She is
district superintendent of the Childrens
Home Society and her visit here was in
connection with that organization. She
was entertained at the home of Rev.
w. F. Pitner.
Hon. 81. c. Bronze, of Omaha, was
in this city last Monday, guest at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. b. w. Jewell.
Mr.. Bronze is an attorney for the Wood
men of the World and he in company
with Mr.. Jewell left for Chicago Mon
day evening on business trip.
DIR. E. G. Dittmer has some interest
ing specimens of trichinous pork that
was sent to him last week by friend
in Henry county, this state. The dis
ease is quite prevalent among the hogs
in that section, and several deaths have
occurred there to persons eating the dis
eased meat.
Another Delaware county pioneer
passed away last Thursday by the death
of Mrs. Thos. Robinson of Silver Creek.
She was 70 years of age at the time Of
her demise and had been resident of
this county for nearly forty years. She
had been ailing for several months and
her death was not unexpected by her
family. The funeral services were held
last Saturday at theSilver Creek church,
Rev. Taylor officiating. Interment was
made in the Silver Creek cemetery.
The attention of our readers is
directed to the new advertisement of
the Dairy City Farm Gate company re-
Gently organized for the purpose of
manufacturing and selling the Dairy
City farm gate, invented by +. b. Eng
strom of this city. This new enter
prise promises to be one of the leading
industries of this city, the gate possess
ing many advantages over others there
by making it ready seller. The
company will probably locate in
what is known as the Clalk's Milk Pan
factory on the west side of the river
"A dispatch from Memphis Tenn
, says; zone of the most brilliant we'd
dings that has occurred in Memphis fol
years was solemnlzed to-day, the con-
tracing parties being John Thomas
Sullivan of Waterloo, Iowa, and Miss
, Mary Gilleas, daughter of Major NJ
a Gilleas, assistant general superinten.
dent of the Illinois Central railroad. I'm
, mediately after the wedding breakfas
= the bridal couple left in Major Gilleas
, private car for the east. After {
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