Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-17
The Baptist church is undergoing

part of last week.
-Ashmore Kennedy is expected
home from Philadelphia this week.
j. E. Davis is putting new vault
in his abstract building on Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Simpson, of
Prairie township, are the parents of q
girl baby born last week.
L. Ii. Cook, recently proprietor of a
barbershop in this city, has embarked
in the same business at Ryan.
Bert Hoag and Sec. b. ii. Mat
thews went to Qussqueton Monday
morning on a fishing expedition.
John Shane who has been attend
ing the college at Notre Dame, Indiana,
the past year is now at Ann Arbor,
Mich,
Regular meeting next Saturday
evening of Manchester lodge No. 165 A.
F. and A. M. All members are request
ed to be present.
Pure Vermont maple sugar, SO
called, is said to be made in Davenport,
this state. The ingredients used are
brown sugar and hickory bark.
Major Kellar has the rock on the
grounds and is excavating for the
foundation for his new residence on
the lot recently purchased by him from
Hon. w. II. Norris.
An ice. cream social and entertain
ment, for the benefit of the Todd
school Library, will be given at the
home of WI. Joslin, Friday evening
May 10, 1899. All are cordially in
vited.
An important business meeting is
called for Friday afternoon in the
lecture room of the Presbyterian
church. Ladies of the Aid society
please respond. BY order of the Presi-
dent.
The knight Templsrs of this city
observed ascension day last Sunday.
Memorial services were held and the
members went to the cemetery in q
body and decorated the graves of their
deceased brothers.
The churches of this city will hold
union services next Sunday morning
and evening in the Central Opera House.
John G. Wolley,the famous temperance
orator, has been secured to deliver lee
lures on these occasions. He will also
give free lecture in the City Hall on
Saturday evening of this week.
&C. IL. johnson was called to st.
Paul last week to attend the funeral of
his nephew, Harry Heal, who was
killed in railroad collision at Wilson,
Wisconsin, last week. This is the acct
dent referred to by our Oneida cores
pondent, in which, owing to misinfor-
nation he states, that Halle johnson
was killed.
What about a railroad from this
city to Oneida? Has the enterprise
been abandoned? We hope not. Those
who have investigated the matter say
that the road would pay. That it
would be of great benefit to this city
and county there is no question, and it
does seem as though if the proper
effort was made, the road could be
built.
The case of Littletield vs. Littlefield
occupied the attention of the district
court several days lastweek: The action
was brought by Mrs. Olive Littlefeld,
of Hopkinton, against her daughter to
set aside conveyance made by the
plaintiff to the defendant several years
ago. AS soon as the case was submit
ted Judge Blair very promptly decided
that the deed was valid and dismissed
the plaintiffs petition.
The baseball season opened here
last Saturday with game between the
Y. NJ. c. A. team of this city and Ep-
worth Seminary team. 1t could
hardly be called good practice game
for our boys. The final score was 10 to
1. Stoner was in the box for the home
team and proved very effective. The
line up of the Manchester team was as
follows: Moore, C; stoner, p; Hoag, LIST
b; Morse, End b; Appleby, Bird b; Davis,
8; Lehan, f; Blair, and Malven,
Ii.
Collector Patterson was in town
yesterday and in conversation with q
Republican representative, said that
the ruling heretofore made relative to
the stamping of orders drawn by secre.
taries of secret societies, churches and
similar institutions had been changed
and it is now held that when they are
paid by the treasurers of such societies
or associations, from the funds belong.
ing to the same, no stamp is required
This ruling will be satisfactory and il
is eminently just.-Cedar Rapids Re
publican.
"A man at Dayton, Webster county
was last week fined 800 for q violation
of provision of the mulct law, TIL,
case is something out of the ordinar,
line. A timer had been blacklisted il
the saloons and was unable to get hi
supply of intoxicants, and he employed
a man named Elliott to 'buy liquor 70
him. Elliott was arrested and set u
as his defence that the act. did not com
under the provision of tho mulct Law
The justice, however, held that the &C
was violation Of section 24O3 of tn
code and the heavy fine imposed as
punishment. There are, similar case
in almost every community, and,
similar punishment or all offender
would probably break up tie practic
|-Estherville Democrat.
AT the October 1898 term of til
district court Harrison S. Blanchal
hrOruht an action auoipyt ~, ,x,;ro II