Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-10-24
"A burglary and an attempt at burg.

circles mare MONDAY night. S0metim
bstween twilight and dawn of tina
night an unknown person tried to breal
into the Graham grocery. He did efrec
an entrance into the little back hall bu
the second door was too securely boltet
for any one to get In AT least the jol
was evidently given up as a bad one
and departing by the back alley tn,
burglar came out onto Franklin street
crossing over and going up Delaware
street where he kicked q hole in th,
glass upper half of the back door in tn,
G. Atkinson grocery, thus getting a
the bolt and bar, and finally obtaining
admittance. There is no certainty al
to what or how much booty he got, bu
the cover from the cash register hae
been removed, and the only cash-pen
nies--in the register was part Of thu
Gift" Tom Kent, who is clerking FOL
Mr.. Atkinson, came down to the store
about half past four Tuesday morning
on an errand and discovered the back
door open and the general disarrange
ment of the store furniture. The guilty
party was easily tracked as the rainfall
of the day had rendered footprints es-
pecially discernible, and Sheriff Fishel
knows the gentleman in question from
the fact that one leg was wooden one
:, offorf xu;lI l,o ~, odo 70 find tho N q , q
and trouble will be in store for! that
man when the sheriff gets hold of him
-The Edgewood Journalexpresses iti
firm belief that Turkey timber is net
now q resort for horse. thieves. In its
last issue, replying to suggestion Of
the Earlville Phoenix that thorough
search should be made in Turkey tim
ber to ascertain whether or no it ie
such a resort, the Journal says; "There
are no more horse thieves In TURKEY
timber than elsewhere in Iowa. Az
for ourselves, if we were to steal q
horse and there were but two means Of
escape Turkey Timber or to go to
Delaware county and put up OF one of
their best hotels, we should choose the
latter"
The Waterloo papers have been
heralding the phenomenal output of q
fourteen acre plat Of ground, owned by
q Mr.. Owen, near that city. Mr.. Owen
raised three Thousand bushel of potatoes
on the fourteen acres. Pshawl Della
ware county doesn't think anything of
such q small yield as that. Mr.. Wool
ridge, of near Edgewood, has garden
plot of four acres upon which he raised
one thousand bushels of Rural New
Workers. He has sold most of them in
Manchester, obtaining thirty five and
forty cents bushel therefor.
The ladies of the Catholic society
will hold a social at the home of Mrs. !.
G. Roney Tuesday evening, October 30.
Refreshments will be given from five
o'clock to ten o'clock, or until all are
served. Ice cream, cake and coffee 15c.
Meats. buns, cake, coffee and pickles
15c. The society is thankful for the
liberal patronage at former socials and
hope to welcome all their friends again
Tuesday evening, October 80. A pleas
ant time is anticipated.
There is much talk among us Of
the organization of q Country Club,
whose chief duties shall be the hiring
and paying Of q caddie boy. Weunder-
stand 3 eourse will be laid out at Hoyt's
springs and already the cleeks, the bras
sic driver the lofter and putter, the cad
die bag and even the balls are here. It
is not an assured fact that club will
be organized but truth it is that golf
will soon be raging in our midst.
The funeral of Mr.. Christopher
Brauer was held at the Lutheran church
in this city last Friday at 1 o'clock
and was attended by large number
of relatives and friends of the deceased.
The services were conducted by the
pastor, Rev. E. Melchert, and those
present who understood German say 1t
was a very touching discourse. Tie
were inferred in the Golden
Ryan Reporter.
The building committee Of the as
ISOLATION owning the X. of p. hall are
tearing up the carpets and old flooring
in the lodge room and one ante.room,
and new hard wood floors will be put
down. This will make the rooms ideal
for dancing parties, and already antici-
patton is running high among the lovers
Of the tripping O the light fantastic toe.
MIR. and Mrs. j. p. Foley arrived
Saturday for an over Sunday visit with
Mr.. Foley's mother, Mrs. Jno. Foley.
The newly welded couple were enroute
to Cedar Rapids which is to be their
home and where Mr.. Foley has built
up a prosperous undertaking business
Marriage licenses issued out of the
Clerks office during the past week as
follows; Fred j. Bsrtche and Stella
Aldrieh, George F. Cross and Nellie
Sevey. w. B.SLogan and Matilda Win.
istorfer, and Eugene s. Knowles anG
Gertie o. Maxwell.
The organ contest this week mar
rows the rivalry down to between tn,
M. w. a. and the Dundee church, tn,
former leading by over $500 votes. Tn,
vote:ofsthe past week stands; NV. a.
25,ois; Dundee Church. 2o,2i6;; x. NJ
G. A..0s Il
liz Ht1 Reiss returned the lst
ter part Of last week from visit wit
friends in Dundee and independence
At the latter place she was the guest
her son, Frank, an employee in the Ir
sane Hospital.
Mrs. H. w. Russell, Mrs. Cha
Thorpe and daughter, Mrs. Eva Cor
ger are anticipating q pleasant visit ii
the Mrs. Mary Doolittle home in HoI