Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-11
Wednesday. OCT. IL, 1899.
1ELepHohen NO. ,s4.

Eugene Williams has accepted a
{ position with Grassfield Bros.
Arthur Middleton spent Sunday
with friends in Strawberry Point.
Il. R. Stout is in Chicago this week
purchasing goods for his clothing store.
Mr.. I. Eastman, who resides near
Masonville, is reported as dangerously
= Ill.
e. Healy, of Dubuque, was shaking
/, hands with Manchester friends last
Saturday.
Mrs. j. w. Ford visited with Q
daughter Kate, at Mt. Vernon part of
last week.
-Uriah Morey left the first of this
week for visit at his old home in
New York.
-P. A. Grass1eld, of Marion, is visit
ing in this city with his sons, Ed. and
p. A. Grassfield il.
MIR. and Mrs. E. Hutchins are the
parents of girl baby born last Sunday
at their home in this city.
Mrs. 2. d. Henry departed for Chi
cago last Saturday evening where she
will make her future home.
n. Wolfe returned Monday evening
from Waterloo, where he attended the
Methodist conference last week,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Allen, of Richland
township, spent several days here last
week with friends and attending the
fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Marvin were in
Monticello Sunday to be present at the
seth birthday anniversary of his mother,
who resides there.
Miss Carrie Patterson, of Wolcott
N. Y. is visiting friends and relatives
in this city. Miss Patterson is a cousin
of Wilson Acers.
u. b. Barber started Monday even
ing for southern Illinois to personally
inspect his silica mine, in that part of
Uncle Sans dominions.
H. G. Smith is exhibiting some rare
old coins in his show window. The COL
ection is the property of Cal. Martin
and is an interesting one.
DIR. and Mrs. E. G. Dittmer leave
the last of the week for Chicago where
the former will take Xix weeks special
course in the Chicago Clinical school.
m. F. Leroy and Calvin Yoran re-
turned Monday morning from Waterloo,
where they were in attendance at the
Methodist conference held there last
week.
The Womsn's Relief Corps will give
dinner on the day of the republican
rally In one of the buildings on Franklin
street, near Mr.. Thrills office. Every
body invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. b. Smith shipped
their household goods to Hammond,
Louisiana, yesterday and will depart
this week for that place where they will
spend the winter.
Horace Atwater departed last Sat
urday evening for Attleboro, Massachu.
sets. MI. Atwater is to be married the
18th of *1is month to Miss Pearl Chase
Burdick of that place.
William Hogan was in st. Paul the
first of the week on business. While
there he sold contract for thousand
head of Canada cattle to Bleakiron
Bros, of Randolph Nebraska.
The following letters are advertised
as unclaimed at the postofiice: Miss
Martha Lewis, Miss Maggie Gainor,
Mrs. Crosier, care Brady Miller, L. M.
Davis, Conrad 'Windell, Chas. White, w.
: A. Jarvis.
j. II. Fuller, of Independence, spent
Thursday here attending the fair and
meeting old acquaintance. He depart
ed Friday morning for Monticello for
visit of few days with brother at
that place.
Last Saturday E. E. McCloud and
John Reilly, of Ryan, closed deal
whereby they became the owners of SIS
acres of the Loomis tract in Richland
township, recently advertised for sale in
the Democrat.
The Woman's Missionary Society,
of the Congregational church will hold
their regular meeting this week We'd
!, nesday at 2:30 p. m. at the residence of
i Mrs. ). b. satterlee. Leader, Mrs. E.
Hoag. Subject, Missionary Tours.
All are cordially invited to be present.
-Supt. johnson, of the U. S. Fish
Hatchery, brought car load of fish
here from Bellevue, Iowa, the first of
the week. The entire lot which consists
of black bass, Yarmouth bass and crop.
pies will be put in the river here. They
Iare from two to four inches long and
S,ll be good sized fish by next season.
Ed Luthmer was in Sumner, Iowa,
last week and while there purchased a
half interest in the business recently &C.
quired by Henry Luthmer. The firm
will be known as Luthmer Bros, and
will deal in general merchandise and
groceries. Mr.. Luthmer went to Dubu-
que Monday morning to make purchas-
90 for the store. His friends here wish
him success in his new venture.
Hugh Roney died at his home in
Independence Friday of last week at
the ripe OLD age of seventy-eight years.
His death resulted from no particular
cl-se other than breaking down of his
system after long life of hard work
He was we'll known in Manchester, hav.
ing lived ten miles west of here for over
thirty years and until three years ago
when he took up his residence in indie
pendence. He was born near Belfast
Ireland, and came to this country at the
age of fifteen. The funeral services