Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-12-18
The district court is in session.

see the picture OF Gladstone as a
wood chopper in Listers ad
Hubert Carr spent SUNDAY with
relatives and friends in Waterloo
Attention is called to W., Ken.
yon's land local in another column.
denton s. Wards ad this week
calls attention to their up to date hol,.
day stock.
Atkins Il Chapel issue proclama-
ton this week which none should faiito
read. See their sd.
The Dorcas Society of the Univer-
salist church gave dance in Pythisn
hall last evening.
The many friends of Mrs Margaret
Barr will be pleased to learn that she
is steadily improving.
y. j. Pentony returned Sunday
from Clinton, H., after an extended
visit with relatives of that place.
Mrs. Martin Summers has purchss-
ed house and lot in Ryan, and here
after will make her home in that place
The covering of snow although
light is of inestimable value to the win
ter grain, meadows and pastures.
F. X. Gregg has sold his drug BUSH
ness at Dundee to Harry Hilton, Z
b. Briggs will have charge of the store.
There is arumor afloat that new
lumber yard will be started here by
outside and local capitalists next
spring.
John Flaherty, whose headquarters
are at Nevada, this state, is spending
his holiday vacation with his parents at
Masonville.
The annual clearance sale of
cloaks, capes,,furs and millinery is now
on at Burton Glark's Store, An Idea
of the reduction in prices he is making
for this sale is given Id his column ad.
j. j. Dudley, Of Manchester, Iowa,
was on todsy's market with shipment
of cattle, among them being % year
ling Angus steers, which sold to Swift
4 Company at $500. They were fed
by his brother Frank.
Attorneys B. w. Newberry, of
Strawberry Point, Sears Richards, of
Edgewood, John UT, A. H. Ober.
schmidt and j. W. MslvIn, of Dyers-
vile, are in attendance in the district
court now In session here.
Gene Williams has been transferred
from messenger on the South Branch
of the Illinois Central 70 the
Chicago and TT. Dodge division, His
many friends here congratulate him on
his success. Ed Briggs willnow fill the
position of messenger on the South run
Extensive preparations are being
made for the Christmas exercises to be
given at the Baptist church on next
Tuesday evening, Christmas eve. The
decoration will be something most
unique. An excellent program on the
"Star of Bethlehem" will be rendered.
An invitation is given to all to attend
this service. Any desiring to bring
presents for friends may do SO. The
exercises will begin at 1870 p. m.
The Farmers Institute held at
Earlville last week Wednesday and
Thursday was q success In every par
ticular. Alarge crowd was present at
all the meetings and If the papers and
discussions were needed much good
will be accomplished from the meeting
Jos. Trigg, of Rockford, Ia, was pres
ent and his speeches were greeted with
we'll merited appreciation. We hope to
be able to secure and publish several of
the very interesting papers that were
read.
The traffic and maintenance of
way departments of the NJ. Il .. are
notdoing any boasting, but .neir friends
feel encouraged ever the manner in
which they have passed through their
first baptism of zero weather. The sud
den and extreme change of temperature
last week demoralized traffic on the big
trunk lines, but it had no Injurious
effect upon the II. &. o. Its trains
have been on time every day and have
also met all belated trains on connect
ing lines.
"A Telegram was received here las,
Thursday evening, stating that j B
Barber's stock of goods in his store q.
Anna, Illinois, had been destroyed by
fire and that Mr.. Barber had been in
jured. A subsequent telegram to his
son Harry, here informed him that the
injuries of his father were not serious
From the Anna Talk, we CLEAN the
following particulars of the accident
yesterday at HIS o'clock fire startec
in the store In some pspet beneath tht
shelving and ate it's way through tn,
shelves and was spreading fast whe1
the fire pumps arrived. Mr.. Barbe
was arranging a display in show win
dow and had just carried some fame,
articles from the shelves to the window
He heard nolse behind the counte
and went back and found the fire. ii,
could not extinguish the flame as h
hoped by stamping it, and before h
could return with buckets of water it
was beyond his control. He, of course
does not know what started the fire
. but thinks that he might have stepped
on match when he started to plac
the goods In the window. His fac,
was badly burned.