Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-04
.-Hockaday 4 Son have several Black

4-Hockaday 4 Son have several Black
Poll and Durham bulls for sale.
John Neft, of Earlville, was tran
sacting business in the city yester-
day.
Miss Esther Weber went to Inde-
pendence Monday for a visit with a
sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Doc Coolidge, Of
Edgewood expect to remove to this
place in the near future.
-Grasstield Bros. notify the readers
of the Democrat that they have re-
ceived their spring stock of shoes.
Joseph Mattlce is about to COM
mence the erection of a nice residence
on his farm three-fourths of a mile east
of Dundee.
"A deal was contaminated Monday
whereby Ed. Wolcott became the owner
of the Henry Goodhile residence prop
erty on West Butler Street. Considera-
tion $4,000.
Peter Dress, the proprietor of the o.
K. Barber shop in the building recently
vacated by I. N. Beacon, invites you
to give him call and guarantees salts
factory work
Thomas Lee has rented and taken
possession of the VIM. Seward farm in
Collins Grove. His postoffice address
is now Dundee.
j. w. Turley, of Masonville, travel
ing salesman for Hamilton Bros. Agri-
cultural Implement Co. was transacting
business in the city Monday and while
here called at this office to renew his
allegiance to the Democrat.
Father j. j. O'Meara arrived home
Saturday from Hot Springs, Arkansas,
where he has been taking treatment
for several weeks past. His many
friends will note with pleasure that he
is very mucn improved in health.
The Kennedy Buggy Co. has not
yet embarked in the automobile business
but manufactures about all other kinds
of vehicles. The business was started
here by r. G. Kennedy, some thirty.five
years ago and the Kennedy vehicles
rank among the best that are made. At
tention is called to the company's adj
vertisement.
Nv. B. Duncan, student of the Iowa
College for the Blind, formerly resi-
dent of this city and who it will DO re-
membered had the misfortune to lose
his eyesight while engaged in blasting
rock in quarry south of this city, will
deliver lecture at the City Hall this
Wednesday evening. Subject, Dis
position and Character. He will be as
sisted by A. A. Roepke, vocalist and
performer on the guitar. Mr.. Duncan
is taking this method of raising funds
with which to complete his education.
"A. M. Sherwood arrived home Fri
day morning from the south, where he
in company with others from this city
have been spending the winter. He
left Mrs. Sherwood at Hammond, La,
where she expects to remain about two
weeks. Dolph is looking hale and
hearty, but, however, has the appear
ance of being overjoyed at getting back
to Iowa again, Notwithstanding the
fact that he arrived just in time to ex-
perience the heaviest storm that has
visited this section during the season.
Letters addressed to the follow
ing are unclaimed at the post office in
this city: Miss Anna Brown, Nellie
Dean, Mable Lewis, Mrs. Sarah Young,
Frank knight, j. D. Martin, Mr. and
Mrs. MI. Simpsons. Robert Simmons,
Geo. Parkinson, Myron Pratt, Miss
Mamie Nc Mahon, Miss Amy Deidly,
Miss Matilda Zemanove, Miss Anna
Zerbe, Mrs. L. S. ..Stimson, Mrs. Mary
Guiher, Mrs. z. A. Wood, G. Nation 2,
II. NJ. Davis, +. Hardy, Henry Fren-
tess, f.. b. Wiley, w. NJ. Orvis, Frank
Guzkon (Foreign.)
Considering the unusually bad
weather last evening the Minnesingers
at the Congregational church were
greeted by an exceptionally large aud
fence. The only verdict of the even
ing was that of emphatic satisfaction,
the singing being true music to the
lovers of the art. Again and again
into the third and fourth time were
the numbers encored and responded to.
The work of Miss Pearl Pierce must be
mentioned as one of the most pleasing
events on the program, her reading
taking the audience by storm. The
concert was under the auspices of the
Y. P.S. 9. E. of the Congregational
church and is deserving of first rate
success.-Waterlo Courier.
"A team belonging to John Whit
man created considerable excitement
on Main street Monday afternoon. The
team was being driven by Peter Dress,
when for some unacc0untsble reason
one of 1.-THE horses began to kick vic
iously and quicker than it takes to tell
it, the team became disengaged from
the buggy and started to run. Mr.. Dress
was very unceremoniously pulled Out
over the dash board and notwithstand
ing that the kicking and plunging Of
the horses placed him in danger Of
great bodily injury, he maintained hi
hold on the lines and finally succeeded
in bringing the horses to standstill b!
running them against the north side O.
I j. II. Aliens clothing store. Damage
broken tug.
w. j. Kelley mentioned in the fol.
lowing from the Record of Faulktol
s. D. is a nephew of Frs. P. Smith o
this city and was for many years res
ident of this county: w. j. Kelley
wife and nine boys arrived from Fonda