Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-10

IN Chlcag0 last week.
-Mert Brown came home to attend
the funeral of Mrs. seth Brown.
"A special sale of Naval oranges is
on this week at Noble Arnold's grocery
Howard Ram, of the Press, was
roofing for Gear at Dee Moines last
week.
Note the special prices given on
certain lines of footwear at Grassfield
Bros.
Miss Anna Glissendorf is visiting
in Waterloo with her sister, Mrs.W. H
Searles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. II. Day, OF
Dubuque were the guests Of relatives
in the city Friday evening.
John. Fay, Of Forestville fell off q
load of hay one day last week and
broke one of his legs near the thigh.
Hon. w. Il. Norris has been in Des
Moines the past two weeks taking a
hand in the. Gear Cummings senatorial
contest.
Secretary Z. r. Champion and Ed.
Moore entertain the members Of the
basket ball team this evening at the
formers home.
The senior Y. M. q. A. gymnasium
class has been organized and meets
every Monday and Wednesday even
ings at 8 o'clock.
As will be seen BY referring to Kline
s. Madden's enlarged advertisement,
they are making special run on the
Ideal shoe this week.
The Spedden- Paige Dramatic Co.
drew fair-sized audiences at the Central
Opera House last week. They are play
ing in Cedar Falls this week.
State Secretary MCGEE is expected
here the last of the week and will lead
the mems meeting in the Y. M. G, A.
rooms next Sunday afternoon.
H. E. Light advertises this week
that he will be at NJ. w. Sheldon's ba m
in Manchester on the 10th and 10th of
this month to buy driving horses.
-Chas. Hitchcock, of Rapid City,
Minnesota, visited friends and rels-
tives in this vicinity last week. He
went to Chicago the first of the week.
j. R. Solder, of Masonville, was a
Friday forenoon caller in Manchester
Mr.. Solder is valued friend of the
Democrat and while in the city, made
US a substantial call.
Marriage licenses were issued dur.
ing the past week to John Wiggeling
and Mary Willenborg, John P. Aughey
and Sarah L. Fowlerston and Anton
Fritz and Belle Bolsinger.
H. E. Robinson, of Pearl City, ILL.,,
and G. G. Robinson, of Winthrop
were in Manchester yesterday to attend
the annual stockholders meeting Of the
HOLSTER Lumber Company.
In few weeks several Of
the churches of Manchester
will unite to conduct religious
services. They will be con
Quoted by s. d. Gordner, of Cleveland,
Ohio, and will continue six days.
Miss Lucy Brayton, who for SO
many years has been the efficient teach.
or in the grammar department of the
North Manchester schools, has resigned
her position on account of illness in
the family. Her place is taken by Miss
Ethel Seeds.
Walter Sedgwick has discontinued
work In the Racket store and has &C.
cepted position as travelling salesman
with the Iowa Fence Company. He
entered upon his new duties Monday
morning and left for trip in the west
ern part of the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Gilleas and fam.
lily and M. Reardon departed Monday
evening for Csrbondale, Illinois, where
they will reside in the future. Mr.
Giileas' recent promotion made th,
move necessary and Manchester people
deeply regret the loss of these estimable
people.
-Chas. Ferguson, of Richland
thinks he has the premium COW TO
breeding purposes. In one year sht
dropped four calves, a pair of twins IL
December, 1898, and another pair ii
December 1899. The Oldest ones ar
now nice yearlings, and the others bi,
fair, he says, to do as well.
| Recorder Abner Durham is the re
cipient of fine map of the battlefield
of Shiloh made from the original an
most recent surveys. 1t will be exam
ined with great interest by the surviv
ing members Of the 18th Iowa who re
side in this vicinity, as their position ii
the battle may be easily ascertained.
-Faktrs are continually working tn
! farmers as well as the people of tn
, cities. Strange as it may seem, tn
country people are the first to dlscove
their game. The latest scheme
worked by two fellows. They 60 t.
q farmers house and offer to sell hi
anything he wants, usually WACO
! box at very low price. Then the
. want to buy the farmers poultry fl
8 about two or three times whstit
, worth. If he does or does not NAL
either or both Of these deals, he the
q offers the farmer bill of grocerie
!. Now comes the point. These are sol
I at high price, and are delivered, al
9 the farmer has to pay, but the wage
/, box never shows up and the poultry
9 never called for.-Ex.
L Manager Bixby, of Dubuque, So
: the following IN reply to the rece
: articles in the Dubuque papers, viii,
Q accuse the local Basket Ball team
y roughness and unfsirness; "In reply
the numerous articles appesri ng
ID local papers about the tough playing