Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-14

j. 5. Jones was at Des Moi,as
part of last week.
: Mrs. Rose Austin is visiting rid,
tives in Des Moines. iii
H. j. Schweitert spent Sunday viii
!, friends at Mt. Vernon. III
. M. F. Leroy transacted business i
Dubuque last Thursday. II
"A girlbaby was born to Mr.. ana
Mrs. A. Pinch on Monday.
"A number of the water pipes OF
Franklin street froze up last week.
About ten couples from here at.
tended dance at Greeley last evening.
"A baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Morse last Saturday morn
ing.
Ross Cameron, of Winthrop, was q
Manchester visitor the first of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherm Wilson are
the parents of girl baby born last
Friday.
/ Miss Myrtle Whitney, of Cedar
Rapids, spent Sunday with her parents
in this city.
MIR. and Mrs. J j. Goen's little
daughter is suffering from an attack of
pneumonia
j, Representative G. w. Durham
came up from Des Moines to spend Sun
day at home.
The VIC. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. o. A. Durham Friday afternoon
next. at three-thirty.
Jack Tucker spent Sunday at home.
He has been in Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin for several weeks.
-Egbert Hoag is very i'll at his home
in this city and it is thought that his re.
covery is impossible.
Miss Madeline Tucker has returned
from her visit with friends in DUBUQUE
and points in Wisconsin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Grassfield rejoice
over the arrival of boy baby at their
home last Saturday morning.
Mrs Stark, of Winona, Minnesota,
is visiting in this city at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. A. R. Mann.
Remember the supper and enter
tainment to be given next Saturday
evening at st. Xavier's convent.
Mrs. E. o. Clemans returned home
Monday morning from visit with her
son, W. o. Clemans at Cedar Rapids
Clerk Gishwiller, of The Globe
Hotel, left yesterday morning for Iowa
City, where he will remain for the
present.
Miss Julia Pierce who is attending
school at the State Normal School at
Cedar Falls spent Sunday at her home
in this city.
The members of the different fire
departments are contemplating giving
dance in the near future for the bene.
fit of the department.
Miss Emma Malvin of Indepen.
dence, spent Sunday in Manchester at
the home of her parents. She was &C.
complained by Robert Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Ram spent
Sunday in Waterloo. Mr.. Ram ad-
dressed the mems meeting of the Y.
M. Q. A. there on that day.
Letters addressed to Miss Lena
Meyer, Miss Nellie Kicker, Clark Sis
ters, Mrs. Ella Davis, and A. q. Smith
remain unclaimed at Manchester post
Office.
Rev. D. d. Proper, district secretary
of the home mission society, will
preach at the Baptist church Sabbath
morning, and at Collins Grove school
house at 8 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Fl. Gilbert, of In
dependence visited in this city yester-
day at the home of Secretary and Mrs.
Champion. Mr.. Gilbert is secretary of
the Independence Y. M. c. A.
The south bound passenger train
on the Cedar Rapids branch found a
steel rail across the track between Ryan
and Ehler last Friday morning. The
train was stopped and the obstacle re-
moved.
The Della Pringle Comedy Com
pany opened weeks engagement at
the Central Opera House last Monday
evening. A good sized audience
greeted the opening performance and
went away we'll pleased with their en-
tertainment. The company is strong
one and should be we'll patronized this
week.
The various ward caucuses for
city ceuncilmen were held in
the court house last Monday
evening. In the first ward F. L. Durey
and II. @. Smith were candidates and
the nomination went to the latter by q
vote of SO to 10. A. d. Brown was
nominated by reclamation in the sec.
ond ward 10 succeed himself. In the
third ward W. q. Cornell was nomin.
ated to succeed w. G. Hitchcock. The
election will be held Monday, March
26th.
The last number on the Y. M. G.
A. Star Course will be concert by the
Western Stars at the city hall Monday
evening, March 20. The company is
composed Of five artists and are spoken
of as follows by the Junction City,
tKas) Union: "From the standpoint
of real artistic merit and from its pow
er to thoroughly satisfy the audience,
The Western Stars gave the best en-
tertainment in the history of the lee
ture course, and seldom, if ever. has it
been surpassed in the city"
The six year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dave Evans, who reside two miles