Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-24

muddy StreeC, ana un6 ScnOlar roplcus
ia little over two feet Coggon can
beat that. A teacher here asked the
question, "What is widow" and
little fellow answered
"a woman that works out by the day."
Monitor.
DELHI.
County Superintendent Eaton, of
Manchester, visited our schools last
Friday.
Miss King, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is
visiting at Ed Kings.
Elmer Sullivan has new wheel pur-
chased of Erwin Stone.
Orange Harris and wife, of Man
chester, visited relatives in town Friday.
George II. Reifsnider of New York
has. business in town one day last week.
L. S. Stone and wife were shopping
in Manchester last Wednesday.
J.B. Smith is building an upright ad-
dition to his his house.
Charley Thorpe was down from Man
chester Monday.
Thomas Armstrong and @. B.
Doolittle, of Greeley, had business in
town Friday.
Will White moved his family to
Monticello last week. He has secured
the position of night operator at that
place.
Dwight Finch, of Manchester, was
in town Thursday interviewing our
merchants.
A number from here will attend the
Womsn's Foreign Missionary conven-
ton at Quasqueton this week.
Mrs. E. FL. Blanchard went to
Winthrop Thursday to attend the
funeral of a relative.
Mr.. Macarthur of. Hopkinton, was in
town Thursday making arrangements
to take pictures of the graduating class.
Mrs. Ell. FL. Porter is on the sick list.
The Misses Gwen Perkins, Maude
Swinburne, and Dorine Corbin, and
Messrs N. S. Flack, A. j. Reeder and
L. R Stone attended the Clayonian
society in Hopkinton Friday evening
O. F. Burt, commission merchant
from New York city was in town Sat
urday.
John Allison was down from Man
chester Tuesday.
The Stone work was commenced on
the new bank Saturday.
DYERsv1LLE AND VICINITY.
John Link and F. j. Domayer went
to st. Benedict, Kossuth county, last
Tuesday.
Mrs. Henry Luthmers, of Manchester
was the guest of her mother Mrs. Rub
ly and other relatives in this city last
Tuesday.
Miss Mamie Selle, who was here {
few days to visit her uncle and aunt
Mr.. and Mrs. Kortenkamp, Jr. left fol
her home at Emmetsburg, last Monday
well pleased with her visit.
Last Wednesday was a gala day il
Dyersville. The Main street wa
gaily decorated and all the people ant
also the schools turned out, to wei
come back the ''boys in blue'' who hat
volunteered at the country's call to pro
tect the nations flag and honor agains
the Spaniard's belligerent action agains
our country.
Ed Moore, who has been visitin,
with his wife's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Arnold Boeckenstedt, at New Vienna
the past month, was in the city Tues
day morning, en- route to Walker, Lin
county, being called there on account
of the illness of his father. Mr.. Moor
was formerly foreman of the Earlvill
Phoenix, but is now employed on thu
Tribune at Brit, Hancock county.
W. +. Lakin, a writer and solicitor
OF Chicago, was in the city last Satul
day and made this Office pleasant cal
He was en-route home from Earlyill
whittier he went to solicit for souv
enir publication of Delaware county t
be issued by the Earlville Phoenix. MI
Lakin worked around a few days blu
the people of that county did not fee
inclined to patronize it and he gave j
up as bad job.
There has arrived at the custom
house in Dubuque, a large box which
came all the way from Jerusalem. Tn
inventory of the case is made out in
foreign hand and cannot be decipheret
but there are large number of article
in the case which are valued at abou
$40. The box was shipped by Rev
Father Bauman of this city from Jeru
salem on March ID, and its contents ar
no doubt relics from the Holy Land a
he has been travelling through that his
toric land for some weeks.
John A. Schnieders, Frank Drexler
Leo Banning and several others wen
into the woods southwest of the cit,
last week Thursday afternoon hunting
This being their fist outing this sprinl
the boys were enjoying themselves yer
much. But their sport came to an en-
suddenly when one of the little rifle
accidently discharged, the bullet land
ing John Schnieders' left thigh abou
three inches above the knee. Mr.. Trumn
brought the boys home on his wagol
and John Schnieders was given surgi
cal assistance. He was confined to hil
bed for few days, but last Sunday wa
able to be up which his many friend
will be glad to know. Sunday afternool
he went to Petersburg to visit his PAL