Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-08
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WEDN EsDAY'A AUGUST 8, 1900.
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"A. j. Brown solo MS residence lOl
on Franklin Street yesterday to Jos
Hutchinson.
Miss Elizabeth Rank of Rock
Rapids, is visiting hero with her friend
Miss Florence Lister.
Henry Kragenbrink, of Hopkin.
ton, was pleasant caller at the Demo
crat office last Thursday.
Fred Hruby is taking vacation
from his duties as night operator fol
the l. q. r. II. at this point.
Eugene Burrows of Chicago, i.
visiting friends in this city, guest al
the home of A. A. Anderson.
VIII Malven, Jesse Young and
Clyde Heath go to Cedar Rapids this
week to camp with Co. e. 49th lowe
for week.
Hugo Won Oven departed last Fri
day morning for two weeks vacation
at different points in Michigan and
Wisconsin.
Elmer Chapel returned last week
to Redston, Wisconsin, after visit
here with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs E.
II. Chapel.
Roy Morse has returned to Stewart
Iowa, where he is engaged in the
jewelfy business after visit with his
parents in this city.
Mrs. j. j. Miner and children, of
Rockford, Illinois, are visiting in this
city at the home of the formers par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Carter.
There will be an ice cream social
Thursday evening of this week on the
lawn of Lie. Smith, on the west side,
for the benefit of st. Mary's church.
Clarence Torrey of Chicago, is
visiting in this city at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. g. o. Torrey.
He Is assistant librarian at the Chicago
University.
Miss Merle Elder went to lndepen-
dence Monday evening to visit the
family of her uncle, Nate Lanning and
other friends and expects to be absent
month or SO.
Myron Eldredge and wife, Miss
Mary Crosby, of Manchester, and
Mrs. John Crosby, of Postville, spent
the day here Friday at the Cole home
Earlville Phoenix.
-Ars. Chas. Barry, Mrs. Chas. H.
Day, Mrs. Fred Cary and Mrs. G. w.
Storey are among those from here who
are 1t Waterloo this week attending
the grand ledge Of Isathbone Sisters.
The two boilers for the new cleo
trio light plant arrived here last week
and gang of men are engaged in un-
loading and putting them in place.
They weigh seven tons apiece and the
job of installing them in the company's
building is no easy matter.
w. S. Beals purchased tho IIopkin-
ton Leader newspaper plant yesterday
from Robt. II. Campbell and takes
possession today. Mr.. Beels is thor
ough newspaper man and will doubt
less make success In his new venture.
The Leader will be published as q
straight republican paper. The many
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Beals will re-
greet their removal from this city.
Mrs. j. Bloom, of Winthrop, died sud
denly at Colesburg Wednesday morn
ing, where sho was visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Abe Lands. Mrs. Bloom was
here Sunday and visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. $. w. klaus, and appeared to
be in the best Of health. The remains
arrived here Thursday morning en- route
to Winthrop for interment, which will
take place there Friday.-Earlville
Phoenix.
Allen Brady one of the boys who
have been confined in the county jail
for the past week for stealing $35 from
A. Arbuckle was given hearing before
Judge A. S. Blair last Monday otter
noon. On application of Brady's
father he was ordered sent to the re-
form school. The hearing of the other
boy, Will Johnston, was postponed
until the wishes of his father could be
ascertained.
Last Wednesday Frank Dudley
closed q deal with e. NJ. Ward for the
Carpenter farm adjoining this city.
The purchase price is $1,000 or $500
per acre. This is one of the best i'm
proved and most productive farms in
the county, and Mr.. Dudley is forum.
ate in becoming the owner of it. He
will continue to reside on his farm near
Masonville for the present, but will
within a year or eighteen months re-
move onto his recent purchase.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Love, mother of
Mrs. II. f. Arnold, Of this city, died at
her home in Pecatonica, ILL.,. last Sun
day after long illness caused by q
complication of diseases. The deceased
was seventy-iiye years old and was well
known in this city as result of fire..
quent visits There with her daughters,
Mrs. II. Il. Arnold and Miss Kate
Shimmon. She was the mother of six
teen children, eleven of whom are still
alive. Her husband preceded her
In death few months ago. The fu-
neral was held yesterday afternoon at
her late home.
County Recorder Abner Durham
has been appointed by Gov. L. M. Shaw
to board of special commissioners
which is composed of one member from
each Iowa regiment and battery that
fought in the Civil War. The com.
mission was created by an act of the
last general assembly of Iowa and is to
determine the exact position of all the
Iowa troops in the siege of vicksburg.
Mr.. Durham is appointed as the rep
resentative of the 18th Iowa Infantry.