Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-28

visitor last week.
Next Sunday tie law ON prairie
chickens runs out.
w. II. Lafrerly was Cedar Rapids
visitor last Thursday.
"A. C. Philip was business visitor
in Chicago last week.
Mrs. N. IL. Hyde is visiting friends
and relatives in Minnesota.
MIR. and Mrs. Geo. Parker are the
proud parents of a baby girl.
Ned IIoyt and Fred Blair are in
South Dakota on a business trip.
Rev. and Mrs. a. W. Caul have
returned from their vacation trip.
Miss Florence Hetherineton has
returned from her visit at Lamont
John llesner of Edgewood was
Manchester visitor one day last week
MIR. and Mrs. Ross. Cameron, of
Strawberry Point Snndsyed In this
city,
Mrs. Ringsrudd, of Blkpoint, :. ID.
is guest of her daughter, Mrs. Fred
Ford.
DIR. F a. Williamson, of Chicago
was a Manchester visitor part of last
week.
Al. Preston, of Chicago, visited
relatives and friends IN this city last
week.
Mrs. Dave Grove visited with rela-
tiyes and friends in Greeley last Sat
urday.
Mrs. J. i Cunningham and daugh-
ter, Mabel, departed saturday morning
for an eastern trip.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles R.isner and
children visited friends and relatives in
Independence last week
Theodore w. Little, of Spencer, is
spending few days in Manchester, a
guest at the 5. j. Edmunds home.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL. ltollister and son
Lawrence are visitors at the Pan
American Exposition and other eastern
points.
Robert Allen, of Independence,
came down Monday morning to partici-
pate in the Dubuque Manchester ball
game yesterday aud to day
There will be an ice cream supper
at the home of John Becher near
Golden next Friday night, August 30,
for the benefit of Rev. MUMMY.
Miss Fioy French, of Los Cruces,
New Mexico, who has been q guest of
relatives and friends here for the past
few weeks departed Thursday morning
for Iowa Falls.
Prof. Harry Pratt, of Upton, was a
guest at the home of his parents Rev.
and Mrs. IL. o. Pratt last week. sun
day evening he occupied the pulpit of
the NJ. L. Church.
Engineer Frank BENDER, former
resident Of this city was seriously injur-
ed in railroad wreck at TT. Dodge last
Wednesday. AT last accounts it was
thought he would recover.
III. T.. Markw who has for several
months been in the employ of Gus
Miller IN his tonsorial parlors departed
lest week for North English, la. where
he has accepted position.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. b. Miller and
family who moved from this county to
Kansas about mounths ago have re-
turned People have a hard time to
find better place to live than old Della.
ware County.
The following knights Templars
are in attendance at the Triennial Con
clave of that order now being held al
Louisville, Ky. Grand Commander w
II. Norris and wife, NJ. f. Leroy anC
wife. III Lindsay and wife, G. ID
Elder and l.. h. Stout.
4 Hon. and Mrs. II. w. Thrill de
i parted Monday evening for Cleveland
Ohio, where Mr.. Thrill will attend tn,
| G. A. II. National Encampment, afte
which they will go east to the sea coas
where they will remain several week
in the hope that Mrs. Thrills health
will be benefited thereby.
The Crop Bulletin for the weel
ending Aug. 26, 1901, says, "The dali
average temperature for the past wee
was from to Z degrees above normal
. Drouthy conditions still prevail over tn
larger part of the state, mitigsted b
cool nights, and scattered local shower
on the 2lst, 22nd and %. The mos
! copious showers were reported on tn
latter date, in the west central an
north central district. For the wee
Baskerville reported 2.77 inches; Fores
j, City LOG; Iowa Falls 1.o1; Charles Cit
50; Marshalltown 40; Ogden 80; MI
quokets .43; Clear Lake go; Hampto
IA; Palo Alto LII; Cherokee Ill
Spencer .72; Onawa LII; Carroll .
. 11ASCps pOhSiouo VI LILO uOltuchot III
: trict, the northern half of the state hi
. received considerable benefit from rail-
fall during the month. In thesouthel
section the drouth appears to ha,
!. wrought the greatest amount of dan
age; and yet considerable portions
the southwest report fair yield of sms
grain, and prospects of much bett
o output of corn than appeared possib
,, about the LIST of August. The CO
y crop as a whole has made very rap
g progress toward maturity; early plan
st ed fields are now about ready for Il
lc binders, and beginning has been ma
r. in cutting. Late corn is in all stages
r growth, with variable prospects, t
r output OF grain depending upon t
amount of moisture received. 1t
ut holding its own notably well, and {
fairIy ,uall f;Ifn.l oo,, L., =