Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
R. Pinch went to Farley yester da,

| H. G. IIaeberle was Dubuqu
business visitor Monday.
Mrs. j. x. Madison is reports
quite Ill of heart trouble.
Attention Is called to notice sHous
for Rent" In another column.
g. w. Flemming, of Edgewood
was trading in this city Monday.
Miss Lena Robinson is expecte,
home today from Chicago for visit.
Dove & Chambers devote their ad
vertising space this week to the ladies
"A. j. Collinge was looking afte
business mattersin Dubuque Monday
All our readers will be intereste,
In Kalamity's advertisement in thi,
Tissue.
r. w. Johnston left yesterday morn
ing for visit at GAINESVILLE and Greene
Iowa.
Lew Gates is nursing broken jaw
bone, the result of being kicked by
horse.
p. F. Madden was called to Elma
Iowa, last week by the death of his
father.
MIR. and Mrs E. E. McCloud, o:
Tower Hill, were Manchester visitor
Monday
Two children of Mr.. and Mrs. Der,
Webber are among the scarlet fever
patients.
Mrs. J f. jackson came out from
Dubuque Monday for short visit with
relatives.
The Racket store talks about ladies
muslin underwear in its advertise
ment this week.
The segister at the Clarence House
shows one hundred and seventy-si1
arrivals for last week.
Mrs. Rastus Smith of Oneida town.
ship went to Ryan yesterday for a few
days visit with her mother,
Glenn Dixson, of DEBORAH, son Of
Landlord Dixson, succeeds r. w. John
ston as day clerk at the Clarence.
Mrs. A. E, Wilson, who has been re-
siding in st Paul for year past, has re
turned and will again make Manchester
her home.
Burton Clark uses his advertising
space this week to call, attention to
several special departments of his dry
goods business.
Il. L. Walter left yesterday morn
ing on q trip along heline of the Chicago
Great Western in the interest of the
Quaker Mill Co.
II. q. Reeve, of Hopkinton, was in
Manchester last week on business in
connection with the new telephone sys.
tenn at Hopkinton.
IF. H. Stanard, superintendent OF
the Manchester Heating and Lighting
Go. has rented the II. s. Tubbs resi-
dence property on Marion street and
he and his family are now occupying
the same.
DIR. Guy p. Benton. president Of
the Upper Iowa University, will ad.
dress the mems meeting at the Y. NJ.
Q. A. rooms next Sunday afternoon. A
pleasing feature of this meeting will be
. vocal solo by Mrs. NJ. j. Yorsn.
"A talk on geology will be given by
Mrs. Marcus Hayden next Saturday
afternoon, May 18th, at 2:3O in the par
Tors of the NJ. E. Church. A small ad-
mittance fee of ten cents will be charg-
ed. 1t will be given in the interest Of
the Woman's Home Missionary Society.
Den. Slattery, the rustler for the
Dubuque Times and Globe Journal,
spent part of last week in this city and
vicinity building up the subscription
lists Of those papers. Den. has large
acquaintance and q host of friends in
this county and that is one reason why
the publications he rep presents have sc
many patrons in this section.
The most productive orange tree
we have seen in this county is the one
owned by Mrs. John Dubois on East
Union street. 1t lie of the chinese
dwarf variety, is five years old, about
three feet high and when the writer saw
ityesterday had twenty-six oranges
mostly ripened about the size of the
smallest oranges we see on the market
The fruit is of delicious flavor
q fact to which we can attest.
Our exchanges are reporting anoth.
OF swindle. The smooth talking sales
man stops at your door and sells the
good woman of the house tailor made
gown, taffeta silk lined throughout, fol
the trifing sum of 81, one half of which
Is paid when the order is given, the bal
ance upon delivery of gown. This tale
has the usual sad ending and the same
old moral is attached, buy of home
merchants and get full worth for you
money.
The teachers association held al
Colesburg Saturday was most enter
tanning and profitable one, there being
about fifty teachers in attendance. Th,
ladies of Colesburg evidenced their hos
pitaltty by serving lawn dinner to tn,
visitors. Those attending from her,
were q. E. Sewell, G. Satterlee, H. j
Schweitert, Kathryn Goodell, Pear
Stewart, Ethel johnson, Annette Tush
Vira Collinge, and Margaret Tbomp
son.
"A team of horses belonging to
j. Henry INDUCED in runaway yes
terday morning. Mr.. Henry was a
work with the team at the new Congre
gational church building when tn
horses became frightened and stsrte'
south at a lively gait. In front of A
b. Terrill's they collided with larg
tree and were thus brought to sudde
halt The WAGON wao olpooot cor,,