Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
WEDNESDAY. MAR. z, 1900.
TELEPHONE NO. ,s4.

j. E. Davis transacted business il
Waterloo Monday.
Nv. S. Jones transacted business IL
Cedar Rapids Monday.
Mrs. Fl. L. Graham visited friend
in Dubuque last Friday.
Mrs. Sherm Harris is very ill q
her home south of this city.
Miss Florence Day spent Frida,
with relatives at Cedar Rapids.
-Clsud Addison is visiting friends il
this vicinity. He is now located at Nj
Vernon.
Mrs. Minnie Shofner and Misl
Grace Sheldon were Cedar Rapids visi
tors on Monday.
Miss Edna Poor, of Independence
visited in this city on Monday, a guest
of Miss Grace Ford.
Mrs. Larson returned to Waterloo
last Saturday. She has been here fol
several weeks employed as nurse.
Frank Wood, an old and respected
resident of this county, died at his
!, home in Sand Spring on the 26th ult.
The three year old son of Frank
g, Slack is suffering from an attack of
scarlet fever at his home on the west side
- Capt. j. F. Merry, of Dubuque,
was looking after business interests in
this city between trains Saturday morn
ing.
Mrs. G. W, Burdick nee Dixon is
visiting in this city with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Dixon of the
Clarence House.
u. A. Strickland informs us that
last Friday he negotiated sale of the
Rutherford farm north of this city to
John Hetherington.
-Chas. Leigh who has been foreman
of the Hutchinson farms the past year
has rented the j. b. Rutherford farm
for the coming year.
MIR. and Mrs, G. Brownell, of Re-
public, Iowa, expect to return here
this week. They will make Manches-
ter their homo in, the future.
CLARK B. Day and William Lynch,
Jr, were among the Dubuque "rooters"
who came out to witness the Dubuque.
Manchester basket ball contest Friday
evening.
-Emert Allison, of Delhi, has &C.
cepted position as travelling salesman
with the ID. M. Osborn Machine Co., and
entered upon his new duties the first of
the month.
Clarence Pierce expects to remove
his family and household goods to Man
chester this week from near Delaware
He will occupy the Mcintosh house on
main street.
Last Friday Thomas eastman
completed the purchase of the Lawton
farm consisting Of about 23O acres in
Adams township in Linn county. The
price pale was $1O,l36.
Some twenty five students of Len.
or college, Hopkinton, attended the
basket ball contest between the Du-
huge and Manchester teams in this
city1Ast Friday evening.
W. R. Porter, of Lamont, was q
Manchester visitor the latter part of
last week, being the guest of N. E.
Davis while in our city. We acknow-
ledge pleasant and profitable call
from the genial gentleman.
Having sold his farm, j. b. Ruther
ford will dispose of his stock, hay,
grain and farming utensils at public
auction next Friday, the 9th. Full par
ticuiars of the sale are given in his
auction sale notice in another column.
The remains of Robt Chrystal, a
son of John Chrystal who was killed in
battle some time ago in the Philippines
will be brought here some time during |
the latter part of Marc and will be in |
tered in the Golden cemetery.-Ryan
Reporter.
"A. j. Brown has purchased the
Lnthrmer property on the corner of
Tama and Howard streets formerly
owned and occupied by him. He ex-
poets to remove the old house and erect
two houses on the lots this season. One
will be for rent and the other reserved |
for his own use.
The remains of Geo. Slauson, q |
young man who was found dead in bed
at She'll Rock, Iowa, passed through
here yesterday enroute to Sand Spring
for burial. The deceased was twenty
six years old and the son of James
Slauson of Sand Spring. The young
man died Wednesday, February 14th.-I
Monticello Express.
Jacob Miller and family, of Honey
Creek, departed last week for Clark
county, South Dakota, with the inten.
ton of making it their future home.
fMr. and Mrs Miller have long been
residents of Honey Creek in this county
and their many friends here wish them
and their children health and prosperity
In their Dakota home.
i The local railroad committee are
scanvassing the city for the purpose of
;ascertaining to what extent the bust
ness men are willing to back up an
enterprise such as the proposed Man
chester and Oneida railroad. They
have not been able to cover all the
ground as yet but thus far their efforts
are have met with success. Merchants
and other shippers are responding liber-
ally and If the future efforts are met
with continued encouragement, Man
chester may feel rearonably secure in
thesuccess of the new project.
The bachelors of the young whist
club gave the members of that organ
iZatiOn a delightful finale to tho ,u;nto.,.