Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19
-0n Wednesday morning Miss Bar.

bara Kunkel, who teaches the Priel
school east Of town, found sack Of
fret class mail in the woodshed of hel
school. The sack had been cut open
and every letter had been opened. Miss
Kunkel handed the sack over to Joseph
Pins, who brought 1t to town and left
1t at the postoflice. The letters therein
! were dated August 10 and were all fol
Dyersville. It's thought that the sack
was stolen from the depot in this city
and taken to the woodshed where the
plunderers went through the letters In
search of money. The matter will be
thoroughly Investigated and the guilty
parties brought to justice If possible
However,it will be no easy task to trace
the perpetrators as 1t is nearly month
since the deed was committed.-Dyers
vile Newsletter.
The city marshal has been instruct
ed by the council to strictly enforce the
bicycle ordinance, and arrests will
promptly be made of every one found
violating 1t regardless of age, sex OF
color. This action on the part of the
authorities has been made necessary by
several serious accidents that have &C.
Cured recently owing to persons riding
tehir wheels on the sidewalks in viola
ton Of the terms of the ordinance. A.
|.the practice has become very common
to violate the ordinance, the enforcing
of it will doubtless bring many dollars
in to the city treasury.
In the organ contest there we're
s7;ol1 votes last week, ef'..Mhich the
German Lutheran church of Dundee
received IA, 7O3, the Y. M. g. A. 1884
and the Modern Woodmen Of America
1884. The following is the total vote
up to last Saturday night; Y. NJ. @. A..
81, 053, German sLuthern Church Of
Dundee, "a, 456 and Modern Woodmen
of America 15,G81.
-Messrs Tony Hennekes and Tony
Woerderhoff, twoof Petersburg's promi-
nent young men, departed last week for
st. Meinard, Indiana, to resume the
studies Of the holy priesthood. May
success be with them. Petersburg Cor
respondence.
L. r. Stout's new ad was handed in
too late for this issue. 1t treats of the
celebrated Longley hats, for which he
is the sole agent in this county. lie has
large stock of hats and caps and in
vites inspection of them.
William Plackett, Madison, Wis.
consin, an uncle of Mrs. NJ. d: Hutson,
arrived last week Saturday for visit
with relatives and friends here. Mr..
Plackett is on his way to Redfeld, South
Dakota.
w. G. Kirchheck, Colesburg, secre.
tary of the Delaware county Sunday
school association was here over Sun
day in the interests Of his office, guest
at the home of 7, j. Jacobs.
The deposits in the Delaware Coun-
ty State Bank now reaches nearly 1885,.
600, or to be exact, $324,515.55. a show
ing that does credit to this old and re-
liable financial institution.
Misses Martha and Nellie Gillease
spent Sunday with friends in this city
on their way home to Carbondale, ILL.,
nois, from "a summer spent in Dead
wood, South Dakota
Ed Davis returned Monday morn.
ing fromBell Rapids and other points
In South Dakota, where he has been
looking after his landed interests.
Judge Blair is holding court ct In
dependence this week. Among the
actions for trial are fifteen divorce cases
and one for breach of promise.
The Racket store has just received
q full line of fall goods including new
stock of all the latest styles of shades.
Its advertisement tell the rest.
"A present of fine rocking chair
will be given to the person who brings
the largest family to visit the Racket
store during fair week.
Mrs. B. F. Skinner. who has been
visiting friends here for the past two
weeks, returned to her home in Chicago
Thursday of this week.
Truly, as is said in the Manchester
Lumber Company's ad, it is an embar-
RAISING situation to have an elephant
on ones hands.
w. @. Lathrop and wife left for
Chicago Monday morning, where Mr..
Lathrop will continue his medical
studies.
-Anders & Philip are going to re-
duce their present stock of wall paper
and say they have made prices that will
sell.
Howard Bort,,-o Hopkinton, has
accepted a position with Mrs. A. E.
Wilsonin her Franklin street restaurant.
Geo. r. Toogood, of the Dyersville
Newsletter, was an over Sunday visitor
OF friends and relatives in Manchester.
VIM yHoussr left Monday for
Charles City where he has accepted q
POSITION m the iowa Telephone Co.
Elmer, Adams, who has lived the
past year in Judsonia, Arkansas, re-
stufnedto Mancheste r.aastfs Saturday.
Mrs. A. T. Reding, Earlville, is
sspelfing afew days inManchester with
her daughter, Mrs. William Dudley.
Ire. David Thresher, Chicago, ILL.
nois, arrived in the city Saturday last
to be the guest Of Mrs. Jane Bethel.
NE I'd Farley, Of Farley, sarrfsed
In the city'Saturday evening for visit
with his brother, Frank and family.
Mira. Letta Andrews, of Golden,
was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Jen
ME Jones, over Sunday.
DIR. j. w. Scott drove to Independ