Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17


j. Nj. Magirl, of Ryan, returned last
week from q business trip to Blooming
ton, Neb.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Meyen are
rejoicing over the arrival of a boy at
their home i'll Dundee.
The next time you go to Harry
Stewards store ask him "What about
those beets ?" and note the result.
"A. d. Brown this week tells the
readers of the Democrat why they
should buy furniture at once and
where.
DIR. j. A. May and family, of In
dependence, were guests of the doctors
parents here, Mr.. and Mrs. John May,
part of last week.
John B. Sswyer's offer to sell the
eighty acre farm three miles north
of Delaware owned by him, may be
found in another column.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the HOLSTER Lumber Com
pany was held last week and the old
officers and directors were reelected for
the ensuing year.
The third of the series of club
dances was held in the Central Opera
House last Friday evening. The crowd
was unusually large and all present en-
joyed q very pleasant evening.
Owing to the fact that they are
about to go out of business, Wolff
Bros give notice that all their book &C.
counts not settled by March 1st will be
left with q collector for settlement.
Mrs. L. M. Johnston, of Storm
Lake, visited here last week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. b. Allen.
She was on her return home from q
visit in Freeport, Illinois with her sister
Mrs. Lizzie Allen Hart.
Kline & Madden this we elk are
looking after the comfort of your
babies in the foot wear line, and on the
other hand Gregg s. Ward are prepared
to give comfort to all sizes of feet.
Their advertisements explain.
Charles Lawrence ives the guest
part of last week of his father, s. S.
Lawrence. He returned Friday even
ing to his home, Salem, South Dakota.
This was his first visit since he left
here some thirteen years ago.
Mrs. Julia Evans is visiting in the
city with her parents, Mr.. and MIS-.
Vernon Burlington. She has been in
Dubuque several weeks with her sister,
Mis-. Frank Houghton, who has been
quite ill but now is much improved.
Mr.. John Brunthaver went to Man
chester the first of the week, where he
has since been at the bedside of an el-
der brother, who is nearly 80 years of
age, and SO ill that little hope is ex.
pressed for his recovery.-Monticello
Express.
Rev. S. Conybeare, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Oelwein, Iowa,
will be a guest of friends In this city
Thursday of this week. He has kindly
consented to preach and lead the mid
week prayer meeting in the Presbyter
ian church on Thursday evening.
DIR. j. NJ. Dorman, one of Man.
chester's most prominent dentists, has
decided to locate permanently in La
mont. DIR. Dorman needs no recon-
mend in Lamont, as he has done dents
work in the Office with his father a
Manchester for over ten years, and has
made regular trips here for over two
years. Lamont Leader.
An exchange tells its readers how t,
mind their p's" in the following para
graph: Persons who patronize paper
should pay promptly, for the pecuniar.
prospects of the press have peculia
power in pushing forward public pros
perity. If the printer is paid promptly
and his pocket book kept plethoric b!
prompt paying patrons he puts his pei
to the paper in peace, his paragraphs
are more pointed, he paints his picture
of passing events In more pleasing
colors and the perusal of his paper is
pleasure to the people. Paste this piec
of proverbial philosophy some plac
where all can perceive Tx.
The case Of the State of Iowa v!
Frank Segar, on the charge of felor
iously breaking into and stealing b
night time from the hardware store q
r. q. Crawford, of Hopkinton, cam
on for hearing before Justice of tn
Peace Pearse last Wednesday aftel
noon, County Attorney Blair appearin
for the State and WEIGH & WEIGH, {
Monticello, for the defendant Tt
State introduced five or six witnesse
and after hearing their testimony an
the case summed up by II
attorneys, Justice Pearse bound I'll
young man over in the sum of $500
await the action of the grand jury.
State Dairy Commissioner Nortc
was in town last Friday and investig
; ted the matter of several of our Gil
u zens using butterine and promised
. get the opinion of the attorney gener
on the law. He claims that it is u
lawful to use butterine that is color
y to represent butter and there is fine
> $500 for each sale made by resident
the state. There were about fol
y families that were using it, not kDo
ing the law, but they have concluded
h quit. In dairy county like Delawa
q. every one should make the home m,
r ket as good as possible, for while tn
rs may pay little more for good al
al Gle yet the prosperity of our farm
,e and our county depends on its ma
1t industry being kept up and every CT
70 zen more than gets back the differeI
IN between good butter and butterine
at Earlville Phoenix.