Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-15
TELEPHONE 1874.


on Monday.
Blanche raylor has returned home
from Chicago.
Hugo Won Oven has returned home
from his trip to Illinois.
-Charles Martindale, of Greeley,
transacted business in the city on Mon
day.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hadley, of
Sioux City, were in the city the first of
the week.
Mrs. Frank Mead and children Wis
tied last week with her mother at
Monticello.
DR.. A. III. Swinburne has decided to
leave Esrlyille, and will locate in Mar
rietta, Ohio.
Miss Emma I'axson is visiting at
West bend with her friend, Mrs. Edith
Atkinson Cuplin.
A. II. Williams, Of Lawrence, Kansas,
i'visiting in tho city, guest of his
friend, j. u. lloag.
MIR. and Mrs. L. +. Sias are Mt
Hartford, Michigan, where they went
10 escape the hay fever.
George Williams attended the fair at
Monticello last week. While there he
was tho guest of his brother, A. q.
Miss Georgia Schofield, of Straw
berry Point spent Sunday here, a guest
of her friend, Miss Clara Commerford.
Joe Mccormick left yesterday NOR
ming for two weeks vacation. He
will visit at Independence, Waterloo
and Omaha.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Wheeless, who
reside one mile east of town are the
parents of boy baby, born last Mon
day morning.
Miss Elizabeth Rank. who hiss
been visiting here with her friend, Miss
Florence Lister, left Saturday morning
for Rock Rapids.
Rev. and Mrs. Baskerville departed
last Monday evening for their home in
Detroit, Michigan, after visit with
relatives in this city.
P.J. Roche has gang of men busily
engaged In building new blacksmith
shop on site of his old one which was
recently destroyed by fire.
The revival meetings which have
been held on the west side for the past
three weeks by Rev. G. K. Little were
brought to close last Sunday evening.
John Goedken of Petersburg, was
in town Friday, on his way to Ban
croft, Iowa, to visit friends and look
after his landed interest in that secti on.
VIM. Hockadsy has bought the A.
j. Brown lot on Franklin street, south
of and adjoining David Waughs' resi-.
dence, and will improve the same this
fall or next spring.
Miss Anna Kennedy, of Dubuque, is
visiting in this city with her sister, Mrs.
i. r. Champion. Mrs. Champion is al
SO enjoying visit from her neice, Miss
Ruth Reynolds, of Dubuque, and Miss
Gail Kennedy, Of Walnut, Illinois.
AS many democrats as possible
from this county should attend the
democratic state convention to be held
at Cedar Rapids on Thursday evening
of this week. The railroads will make
one fare rate for the round trip.
-Mrs. j. q. Miner, who has been
visiting here for the past three weeks at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A..C. Carter, left Monday morning for
Freeport, Illinois, where she will visit
friends before her return to her home
in Rockford, Illinois.
A statute of this state provides that
sit shall be the duty OF the road super
visors to cause to be cut near the sur
face all weeds on the public roads In
their respective districts between the
18th day of July and the 18th day of
August each year. But nothing herein
shall prevent the landowner from har.
vesting the grass upon the roads along
his land in the proper season."
A Kansas hog raiser claims that
one acre of sweet potatoes will make
more pork than five acres of corn on
the basis of On average crop of each.
He claims that he fattened sixty head
of hogs, producing $4,000 pounds of
pork, at an actual cash expenditure of
not more than S25. 90 for labor and other
expenses in his sweet potato patch.
He also claims that meat thus produced
has flavor far superior to that of corn
fed animate. 1t might be we'll for some
farmer to experiment little along this
line.
VIM. b. Wheeiess dled last Sunday
morning at bis home In Hopkinton
after long illness caused from stom-
ach trouble. He was q son of A. Is.
Wheeless, of Hopkinton, and was born
in North Fork township In 1850. He
was married in 1875 to Miss Emma
Stocham, who with two children, Mabel
and Fred, survive him. He was man
who was well known and beloved by q
large circle of friends. He was mem
her of the NJ. Z. church and the l. o. o.
+. and NJ. w. A. orders. The funeral
services were held yesterday at the M,
L. church in IIopkinton, Rev. Depew
officiating. Burial was made in the
Hopkinton cemetery.
The old residents of Delaware
county will remember j. L. McCreery
who edited the Delaware County Jour
nal at Delhi during the war, says J. b
Swinburne in letter to the Esrlville
Phoenix. He has beer in Washington
for twenty five years and now occupies
70 responsible position in the interior de
partment and acts in the capacity of {
Judge and frequently decides weight!
and intricate matters He started in Al