Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20
Miss Floy Cooley went to Dubuque

county fair.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. M. f. Leroy went to
Chicago last Monday evening for q
weeks visit
II The carpenter work on the new
Floral Hall on the Fair Grounds is
practically finished.
Matt. Krapf, of Bremen, transact
ed business here Wednesday. We
acknowledge pleasant call.
/ win Drew was in Chicago last
week purchasing goods for the dry
goods store of Ridell s. Company.
Il John Reilly, of Ryan, candidate for
supervisor on the democratic ticket,
was Manchester visitor yesterday.
The Woman's Home Missionary
Society the of M. E. Church will meet
with Mrs. Arthur Bruce next Wednes-
day at $50 P. M.
| Miss Bess Williston departed Mon
day evening for Oberlin, Ohio, where
she will enter upon q course of study
IN ODerlln college.
Those who witness the rendition of
the great drama Monte Cristo, at the
Central Opera house tonight will un-
doubleday enjoy rich treat.
John {. New will soon open jewelry
store at Masonville. He is an expert
jeweler, having learned his trade in
tirst-class jewelers. establishment in Chi
cago.
IF. E. Patton, of Ehler, sends us
four premium ears of mammoth white
corn. They are beauties, and have an
average length of more than eleven
inches.
"A dispatch was sent Monday to
Mrs. T. T. Dotter, at Sullivan, Mis-
souri,, informing her of the very serious
illness of her father, Mr.. JIM. Jenkins,
of Greeley.
Miss Marie Nelson arrived here
last Friday evening from Chicago to
assume the management of the millin-
cry department of Blake Il Sons dry
goods store.
The boiler of Marshall, Griffith &
Co.'S thresher engine exploded last Mon
day, while in operation on the farm of
q. Odell two miles north east of Gree.
ley. The boiler is total wreck. For
tunately no person was injured, or
other damage done,
In another column we publish the
report of the First National Bank of
this city. The total resources of this
Bank now exceed $3OO,OOO.OO. This
represents volume of business fully
twice as large as what was expected by
the men who organized the association
ten years ago.
-Thos. j. Prowse and A. B. Hether-
ington have bought the Clarence House
livery stock and will continue the busl-
ness under the firm name of Prowse &
Hetherington. Both members of the
firm are we'll known here, are good
business men and will give their person
al attention to the business.
Frank j. Klostermann, of Remsen,
spent few hours here Wednesday and
Thursday, while on his way to Cedar
Rapids and return, where he went to
attend the U. S. District Court. He
spent the remainder of the week with
relatives and other friends IN and
around Petersburg, his former home.
The Hatchie River Lumber &
Stock Co. suffered the loss by fire of its
saw mill one night last week. 1t is be
lieved that the building was set on fire
by discharged negro. The engine and
boiler and most of the machinery and
tools were saved, SO that the loss will
not exceed 81 900, but it will interfere
with the company's manufacture of
lumber for three or four weeks. There
was no insurance on the property.
DIR. and Mrs. E. G. Dittmer have
the heartfelt sympathy of their friends
in their sorrow for the death of their
two year year old son Carl which &C.
Cured last Monday evening. The little
one suffered an attack of dysentery
about two weeks ago which afterwards
turned into q complication of diseases
which caused his death. The funeral
will be held at the home this (Wednes-
day. afternoon at two O'Clock, Rev.
Lusk officiating.
| In September 1884 there were but
two counties in Iowa, Dubuque and
Dies Moines. Dubuque county embraced
all that part of the present state lying
north Of line drawn from the lower
end of Rock Island to the Missouri riv-
er, and Des Moines county that part of
the state south of that line. In 1887 the
territorial legislature, which met at
Burlington, divided Dubuque county
into Dubuque, Clayton, Jackson, Scott,
Clinton, Linn, johnson, Jones, Benton
and Delaware counties. These ten
counties at that time comprised the en-
tire north half of the state. Can anyone
tell how large Delaware county was in
1887?
| Reuben Wheeless has taken quite
an interest in the special gold premium
offered by the Delaware county fair for
the finest township display of produc-
tions of the soil, including one bushel
each of corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye,
clover, timothy, potatoes, onions and
} apples, and he will give to the person
) bringing him the best sample bushel of
: the above named products, one dozen of
his choicest watermelons, the second
best to receive one-half dozen. The
articles are to be delivered at Shep.
pard u Houston's store, and must
bear the name and address of the owner,
and the awards will be distributed at
the same place.-Rysn Reporter.
Jake Lopez who resides on the
! Clemans farm four miles north of this