Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-12-18

Geo. Acrers WAS in Chicago part of
last week.
-Chss Banmg4rtner was in Chicago
the first of the week.
Miss liirdena Tucker visited friends
in Dubuque last Tuesday.
Joe Wierman departed Monday
morning for Cedar Rapids.
w. A. Knittle, of Dubuque, now
has charge of the Excelsior laundry.
-Sunshiners met with Mr.. and Mrs.
A. w. stearns last Monday evening.
Mrs. Robert Haennig and son,
John, of Prairie township were Man
chester visitors Friday
MIR. and Mrs, James z. Ball, of
Delaware will leave next week for
Hammond, La, to spend the winter.
-Grassiield Bros. don't claim every.
thing in sight, but they do assert that
their store is headquarters for Christ.
mas foot wear.
Mrs. Hines, of Poland, N. Y. is ex-
pected to arrive here this week where
she will be guest this winter of her
sister, Mrs. Calvin Yoran.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Thrill will de-
part the first week in January for an
extended trip to the south. Among
other places they will visit Cuba.
Mrs. Amos Mckay died at her
home north of town Wednesday morn
ing of old age. Mrs. Mckay was one
of the first settlers in Delaware county.
Last Sunday change in the Illi-
nois Central time table went into effect.
No. i, the Omaha limited, leaves here
at 1913 a. IN instead of 1928, as form.
erly.
Otis Hatfield, of Greeley, WAS in
town Friday, and took home with him
one of the nice premiums the Democrat
is giving its subscribers who pay in ad-
vance.
Letters addressed to Mrs. Edgar L.,
Talmage, Mrs. O'Hearn, G. L. Farrell,
ii. G. James, w. M. G. Hail, L. d.
Caswell, and Walter Harris are ad.
vertised as unclaimed at the post office.
/ Dan Wolf, who was indicted for
the stealing of COW from +. W..
Meyen, of Dundee, plead guilty in the
district court last Monday and was
sentenced to serve term of six months
| in the Anamosa penitentiarv.
Marriage licenses have been grant
ed during the past week by Clerk
Georgen to Lemuel Boardman and Ada
Thorp, and William III. Hull and Lizzie
McCurdy, and G. f. Wishlsnd, of Man
chester, and Elizabeth Bailey of Thorpe
Manchester is now in direct con
nection with the principal cities of the
country by the through wires of the
Postal Telegraph Gable Co. The office
is in the NJ. & o. depot. Prompt tele-
graph service can be relied upon by
those who patronize this new company.
4 Anton Lippert, who for the past
three months has been at Adrian, Min
nesota, working at his trade, returned
home last w ednesday evening via the
NJ. &. o. His daughter, Miss Mayme,
who went with him will remain at
Adrian, having secured good position
there.
4 -'sAre you watched ~ If not you
ought to be, not only you but the mem
! bers of your family, is q subject that
Boynton & McEwen, the jewellers, are
deeply interested In, and which. they
discourse upon in half column essay,
entitled, ave are commanded to watch
ss well as pray" in another column.
The Manchester basket ball team de-
feated the Coggon team at Coggon last
Thursday evening by score of 40 to 81.
The Manchester boys: LATE Matthews,
Fred TuEis, Will Matthews, Asa Gun.
bingham, Ben Mather and Geo Dor
man, departed this, Tuesday after
noon for Dubuque where they wil.play
the Dubuque Governors Grays this
evening.
IS. p. Carter went to Dubuque Tues
day evening, at which place it is an
nounced he was married last evening
to Miss Louise Smith of that city. The
Leader is without particulars of the
event, bnt nevertheless will thus early
join in the wholesale congratulations
which will be showered upon Mr.. Car,
ter and his bride when they return tc
Hopkinton. They are expected to ar
rive here this morning
Leader
} An exchange says, "a man was re
Gently arrested and fined $25 for listen
ing to telephone message passing ov-
or line on which he owned phone
a and then telling what he overheard
t The theory was that messages or con-
yersations over the wires are confien-
a Dental and the fact that he owned {
phone gave him no right to repeat any
]. thing he might have heard either by &C
a cident or otherwise. If you have
. phone you will agree that this is a goot
law although sometimes you may hap
pen to hear some very amusing and in
teresting things which are not intended
4 for your ears
Illinois Central officials are prepar
8 ing to improve their fast mail servic
o between Chicago and Omaha, and thi
r fact has given rise to to the rumor tina
x the company is going to make an al
9 tempt to get more government cor
q tracts. Officials Of the road said yestel
g day that while they hope to be able q
= some time to carry more of the govern