Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-04
Mics zoa Bronson, Of Spencer, Il

Miss zoa Bronson, Of Spencer, Is
visiting relatives in the city.
Supervisor Thos. Lindsay has been
on the sick list for several days past.
j. j. Pentony and Miss Ella Pen
tony were Independence visitors yester-
day.
William Graham will conduct the
services at st. PauPs church next Sun.
day afternoon.
IF. e. Tierney, of the Democrat
force, was an over Sunday guest of rel
atives at Burlington, Iowa.
Miss Gertrude Clemans went to
Mt. Vernon last week to complete her
course of study In Cornell College.
Il. r. Stout gives notice that he has
received his spring stock of clothing In
the latest styles, and quotes prices.
-"Miles of wall paper" all new
and of the prevailing styles, and We'll
come Abbott invites you to call and see
lit.
The Daylight Store will hold its
spring millinery opening from Wednes-
day of next week until Friday, inclus-
i've.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robin Denton spent q
part of the past week at Epworth, the
guests of Mrs. Denton's mother, Mrs.
Chas. Hustled.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avery c. Noble de
parted Monday morning on trip
through thesouth. They expect to be
| gone about two months.
Ernest Eaton arrived home Satur-
day for short visit from Des Moines,
where he is employed as a teacher in
one of the high schools there.
james r. Toogood has rented o
part of the Adams store building on
Franklin street and will occupy the
same with stock of bicycles.
Chief Engineer David Sloan of the
I. G. r. r. spent last Thursday night
in the city. He was on q tour of inspec-
tlon over the Centrars western lines.
Mrs. May Douthwaite and two
children, from Rattan, New Mexico, ar
rived in this city Monday for visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. o.
Harrison.
Permits to wed were granted during
the past week to Walter II. "Opens and
Elizabeth 1. Bush, John Henry Koelker
and Josephine X. Domeyer, Samuel
Beitz and Alice NJ. Main.
| 20. Ell. Lewis returned last week
from trip to South Dakota. He ex-
poets to go there this week with party
of land seekers, to show them lands for
sale by the agency he represents.
| Mrs. Highfeld, wife of Rev. G. A.
Highfeld, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, arrived in the city Friday from
her late home in Waterman, Ill. Rev.
and Mrs. Highfeld have gone to house
keeping in the Holbert residence on
Main street.
-Workmen are engaged in remodel
ing and enlarging the store room occu-
pied by j. Il. Allen. The room will
also.be reprinted and repapered and
when the Improvements are completed
| ldr. Allen will have one of the neatest,
most convenient and most commodious
clothing stores in this section.
"A "May Breakfast" will be given
by the Epworth League OF the NJ. E.
church on the morning of May LIST, in.
the parlors of their church. This is in
pursuance of their annual custom, the
League having introduced the event
here, and as on former occasions most
enjoyable time may be expected.
Many of the leading manufacture
ers of agricultural implements have
formed trust and made q large ad-
vance in the price of agricultural imple-
ments, but Young & Doty inform the
readers of the Democrat that they are
still selling at last years prices, and
state in their new adv. how they are en-.
abled to do so.
4 The Fair Store is now in working
order in its new quarters in the Paxson
building on the east side of Fra nklin
street. AS will be seen by their new
advertisement their opening sale will
commence tomorrow and with every
purchase of 81 or over made on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday of this week,
only, the purchaser will be presented
with souvenir.
| The following named gentlemen
have been summoned as jurors for the
April term of the federal court at Du-
buque: "Grand jurors-S. A. Stead.
man, r. r. Robinson, Chauncey Sager,
Manchester; W. T. Wood, Ell. Carpen-
ter, Earlville; John Mulvehill, Mason
vile. Petit jurors:-George Anderson,
w. E. Graham, Manchester; s. W.
Klaus, Earlville; Fred Klaus, Colesburg;
!, Chas. Kruger, Buck Creek; Timothy
Hatfield, Greeley.
The east bound passenger train
Thursday evening was belated owing
toits having run into and killed team
of horses short distance this side OF
Masonville. The horses, q valuable
team of greys' the property of Harry
, Hilton, who resides near Dundee, broke
loose from the place where they were
| hitched in the town of Masonville and
i ran away, their course lying along the
railroad track. They made 1t all right
i for short distance, but soon came tt
grief in q culvert, in which they became
!. lodged and where they were run into
, by the train.
a "A couple of red foxes were trapped
, last week by Ted Mattox near the Min
! eral Springs on Collins Creek. He sci
\ the tran under nile of leaves anf