Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-10
The Fair has new announc emen,

The Fair has q new announ cemen,
this week.
"A baby girl arrived at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk Hockaday Tues
day morning.
-Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barber, Of
Des Molnes are visiting relatives and
friends in the city.
&C. H. Dick, formerly ye jolly land
lord Of the Clarence House, is spending
q few days with friends here.
In his space this week X. w
Chambers of the cash shoe store dis
closes the causes of his success.
Miss Iva Brown, of New Hamp
ton, is visiting in the city at the home
of her cousin, Mrs. Fred Ford.
Homer Clark, of Hampton, is Wis
ting IN the city the guest Of his school
mates, Clarence aud Florence Lister.
The Young Ladies' Society of Con.
gregatl0nsl church will meet with Miss
Dora Leroy next Saturday afternoon.
Finch & Lillibridge announce
that in order to reduce stock they are
making special prices on chairs and
couches.
Miss Pearl Lathrop of Indepen-
dence and Claire Benedict of Cedar
Rapids were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
ID. Gates part of last week.
Postmaster Summersides has about
completed his prope sed improvements
of the Post Office, and has thereby de,
cldedly improved the appearance there
of.
Marriage licenses were issued to $
X. Myers and Elizabeth Seeds, Erwin
Hebron and Matilda Bentz, f. G.
Neibert and Mildred Aldrich, and
John Schirner and Lena Teresa Ovel
by clerk Georgen during the past week
The Macmillan Dick Concert Com.
pany held the boards at the City opera
house last Monday evening, having q
small but appreciative attendance.
Those present speak in the highest
terms of the concert given by the com
psny.
The statement made by the State
Register, that the appointment Of F.
II. Paul as head of the Insurance
Department In the Office of the au ditor
of state is temporary, is erroneous. Mr..
Paul's appointment as head of that
department is permanent and has been
from the first.
Several from here attended the
funeral of I. q. Long at Earlville Tues
day. Mr.. Long for some time past had
been living with bis daughter at Mar
shslltown at whose home he died last
Friday. He was n years Of age and
an old settler OF this county. The
funeral was held under the auspices of
the Earlville 1. o. o. F.ylodge.
Mr.. S. K. Myers and Mrs. W. H
Seeds were united In marriage last
Wednesday afternoon at the home Of
the brides sister, Mrs. B. II. Reynolds
on Union Street, by the Rev. H. o.
Pratt, pastor Of the M. e. Church. INN
sitter the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Myers departed for the east on
their bridal tour.
M. Cossey died at his home il
Forestville last Saturday. The Funeral
services were held yesterday afternoon.
MT. Cossey was one Of the pioneers Of
this county. He is known In oil parts
of the county, having been for many
years engaged In bridge building under
contracts with the board OF supervisors
He was Q man of strict integrity, and
was held in high esteem by all who
knew him. He leaves surviving, q
widow, and three children; Mrs, y. G.
Clark of this city. Mrs. Kerr, Of Sioux
City, and Mrs. Williamson, of Sloan,
Iowa.
Capt. T. y. West writes from Mel
bourne, Florida, to the; postmaster at
Monticello, asking for inf6rmation con.
corning some OF the old settlers of this
county. Inhis letter which was pub.
lished in the Monticello Express, he
says; 81 was one of the first settlers OF
Monticello, and built the first store %
the place sold goods there for great
many years and was postmaster.
owned the old Monticello House, and
would like to knowif there are any osthe
old settlers still living who were there in
1898? / set out most OIL, the shsde
trees on the military road, as we used
to call the old part of town. came to
Iowa iE l848, and settled In Delaware
county on what was then called Plum
creek. ! had ust returned from Mex.
leo. where l. had served in the second
regiment OF Illinois volunteers. Mr.
A. u. Wheeless living at Hopkinton, ID
the only survivor of my company that
l know Of. resigned the Monticello
postotlice during Buchanan's time, and
was succeeded by old Mr.. LammoD
who kept 9 few groceries ON one side
of his little store aud vhiskey on the
other.
"A Pennsylvania schoolboy 10 said d
have produced the following essay on
the editor. Newspapers are sheets Of
paper on which stuff is printed. The
men look over the paper to sea IL theil
name isn't in it, and women use 1t t.
put on shelves. don't know how news
paper men came into the world; I dom
think God knows. The Bible ssys moth
ing about editors. and have neve
heard of one being in heaven. L guess
the editor is the missing link then
fellows talk about. The first editor
ever heard of was that fellow VIII,
wrote up the flood. He has been her,
ever since. Some editors belong Il