Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-17
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WEDNESDAY, MAY II, 1899.
TELEPHONE NO. is4.

Judge A. S. Blair is holding court
in Waterloo this week.
Fishing is now permissible, but
with hook and line only.
Robert Allen, of Independence,
visited friends here last Friday.
"A. ID. Brown advertises a special
sale OF cobbler seat rockers for this
week.
Hon. r.. w. Terrill returned Mon
day morning from q business trip to
Des Moines.
in their new advertisement Grass
field Bros, present q cut of one style of
their $1.40 mems shoes.
benjamin Brown announces that
he has q new supply of barred Ply
mouth Rock eggs for sale.
DR.. N. 5. Craig enjoyeds visit last
week from his father, Adam Craig,
whose home is in Hopkinton.
Geo. Story is connecting his resi-
dence property on Gay street with the
water mains on Franklin street.
Miss Sadie Cameron returned home
last week from Pasadena, CAL, where
she spent the greater part of last win
ter.
Mrs. Will Hutchinson left last week
for Cleveland, Ohio, for visit with her
parents. She will be gone about six
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Waughop
left yesterday for Kiowa, Kansas, for 9
three weeks visit with relatives in that
vicinity.
Marriage licenses were issued last
week to Anthony Rocker and Lizzie
Trenkamp, and w. w. Ford and Mae
E. Somes.
MIR. and Mrs. Ralss Steele, of Edge
wood, are visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson Acres.
There are few persons that cannot
afford buggy or road wagon at the
prices, (see their ADVERTISEMENT Young
u Doty are offering them.
Capt. and Mrs. j. F. Merry visited
at the ]. A. Wheeler home last Friday.
Mr.. Merry is improving slowly from his
recent attack of rheumatism.
1t is requested that all those who
expect to attend the High School
Alumni Banquet will procure their
tickets on or before the 25th of this
month.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Pierce and
Mrs. Harold Hadley went to Rock
ford Illinois, last week to attend the
marriage of their friend, Miss Martha
Maud Peterson.
Rev. II. w. Tuttle left Monday
morning for Atlantic, a., where he will
attend the state convention Of Congre-
gational churches and ministers which
is being held there this week.
Mrs. E. M. Henderson, of Water
loo, spent part of last week with her
husband in this city. Mr.. Henderson
is in the piano and organ business and
spends most of his time In this vicinity.
Letters addressed to Miss Anna
Strickland, Miss Rose Eggimsnn, G.. H.
Annis, Wesley Bloom, H. G. Simons,
Scion Peters and Henry Nietret are
advertised as unclaimed at the post
office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Barrett, of Yer
million, South Dakota, visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Durham
part of last week. They departed
Monday morning on their way east
ward. 1t is their intention to spend
the summer travelling in Europe.
MIR. c. d. Williams returned to his
home in Tama last Monday morning.
He was called here by the sudden ILL.,
ness of his wife who was visiting in
this city at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Sarah E. Crosier, at the time she was
taken i'll. She is reported to be rapidly
improving.
Rev. w. q. Madison and wife, of
Denver, Col, visited in this city last
week at the home of the formers
brother-in-law, Judge E. p. Seeds.
They departed Monday morning for
Fayette where Rev. Madison will de-
diver the Baccalsureste sermon at the
commencement exercises of the Upper
Iowa University.
Quite extensive additions are being
made at the Fish hatchery this spring.
The course of the stream that flows
through the grounds is being changed
by the erection of long stone wall
which will hereafter be its east bank.
One large and several small ponds are
in process of construction and when
completed will materially add to the
breeding capacity of the hatchery.
Between twenty and thirty men and
teams are constantly employed. The
last congress appropriated $1,000 all of
which will be used in improvements
this season.
Sheriff Rob't Fishel and County
Attorney Blair went to Delhi last
Thursday in response to complaints
registered from that community that
intoxicating liquors were being sold
there without q license. The nuisance
was located at the house of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Duert who IL will he RI