Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-02
e. E. Andrews spent Sunday in the

4 ID. o. Clark Of Omaha, Neb., is in
the city.
Father o'Meara was at Earlville.
yesterday.
Mrs. r. +. Carpenter is numbered
among the sick.
Robin Denton was at Miles, Iowa,
last week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Durham
have returned from the south.
4, WIN. Mead went to Monticello Sat.
urday to spend few days with friends.
II. A. Allen, of Independence, was
looking after business in this city Mon
day.
Mrs. VIM. Barr and daughter Etna
are the guest of relatives at Newell,
Iowa.
The editor of the Ryan Reporter,
3. E. Coakley, was a Manchester visitor
Saturday.
/ Something about what one eats
and where to get it in Peterson Bros.
advertisement.
Father Hanley, of Monti, was shak
ing hands with his numerous friends
here Monday.
George Commerford spent several
,fdays Of last week at Waterloo returning
Monday morning.
WIN. Nokes shipped car load of
heavy drivers from this place to Read
Ling, Mass, Monday.
Miss B. jeanette Anderson returned
last evening from her extended visit
with Chicago friends.
"A large number from this place
attended the Sunday School convention
at Masonville yesterday.
/ .-G. W. Fairchild is making some
noteworthy Improvements to his resi-
dence in Pythian square.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Allison
Doolittle was gladened last Saturday
by the arrival of a girl baby.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. o. Harrison de-
parted Monday for a few days visit at
Independence and Waterloo.
Miss Elva Durham returned home
Monday evening from several weeks
stay at Mt. Vernon and Upton.
The district court will commence i'll
this city next Monday, Judge Blair
presiding. This is not jury term.
kit Edmonds left for Chicago Sun
day night to visit his sister, Miss Bessie,
and incidentally to see Admiral Dewey.
Earl Hutson, who is employed as
solicitor on the Dubuque Times, spent
part Of. the past week visiting in this
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Sherwood were
at Cedar Falls last Thursday in atten-
dance at the funeral of Mr.. Sherwood's
brother.
Prof. @. II. Bronson, of Chicago,
arrived here yesterday morning to at
tend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. U
NJ. Bronson.
e. w. Kirkpatrick reports cold
storage business good and is well pleased
with the amount of business attend
ing the opening of his plant. 4,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank flanders went
to Oelwein.. yesterday to attend the
funeral of Mr.. Anders sister-ln-law,
Mrs. j. A. Anders, nee Emily Shade.
Every business house in Manches-
ter will rest upon more substantial
basis, when it is known to q certainty
that the tax has been carried and new
4 railroad assured.
Miss Edith Dunham:has been ap-
pointed an assistant in the census
bureau at Washington, d. O., and will
leave the latter part of the month to
enter upon her duties.
III. Munson received a telegram
from New York, Sunday morning in
forming him Of the death ofa brother.
He and his son Fred departed Sunday
evening to attend the funeral.
Rev. Father Murtagh, of Mason
Vile, departed last week for several
months sojourn through Europe. He
will visit the Holy Lands, the Paris
Exposition and other places of interest.
Rev. H. .. Pratt left yesterday
morning for Chicago to attend the
general conference of the Methodist
church. He expects to be gone several
weeks and during his absence his pulpit
will be filled by ministers from abroad.
Il Rev. and Mrs. j. L. Everton, who
have been making their home at Usage
for some time past, have decided to re-
move to Hoopeston, ILL.,, and will leave
for that place about June LIST. Mrs.
Everton is better known to Manchester
people as Rev. Eliza Curtis.
/, FIG. Tierney, who has been foreman
of the Democrat the past two years, has
secured an interest in the Belle Plaine
Herald and left for that place Saturday.
During his residence here, Mr.. Tierney
has made host of friends all of whom
Will wish him success in his new ven.
ture.
If Short-Line railways from good
, towns like Manchester are not good
J, property, it is little singular that Mr.
Sullivan, who has managed the Cedar
J, Falls short-line for the past two years
should be 30 anxious to secure an il.
terest in q short-line from Manchester
to Oneida.
"A barn antl several other buildingl
on the farm of Leander Bush, neal
!: Oneida were destroyed by fire Frida!
afternoon. The contents of the building
consisting ofs number of hogs, somt
chickens, grain. hay, machinery, etc
Il s-n.