Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

Grinnell, where he has been working In
a jewelry store.
Senator Allison, Judge Lacey
Jacob Rich and others from Dubuque
spent Monday in this city and at the
United States Fish Hatchery.
"A. b. Wheeless, of Hopkinton
made an agreeable call at this Office
last Thursday. Mr.. Wheeless is one Of
Delaware County's stalwart pioneers.
The Misses Florence Atwater
Katherine Goodell and Gertrude Pratt
will take special courses of instruction
inkinderrgarden work in Chicago this
summer.
F. Il. Paul, chief clerk of the in.
surance department in the Office of the
Auditor of State at Des Meines, was
looking after his business matters here
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Blake will
leave the first of next week for Chicago
where, as has been their custom for
several years, they will spend their
summer vacation.
Marriage licenses were issued to
r.. 9. Hathaway and Alice M. Camp
bell, and Samuel II. Logan and Fan
ME X. Wagner by Clerk Georgen dur
ing the past week.
Those having heavy and driving
horses for sale will do well to see H. e.
Light July 9th, at Sheldon's barn Man
chester. See his advertisement else
where aHorses Wanted
IS. z. Peters, of Dell Rapids S. Oak,
attended the Old Settlers annual meet
ing held in this city last week, and re-
newed many old time acquaintance.
Mr.. Peters is on his way to the exppsi-
tion at Buffalo.
The Fourth will be celebrated at
Ryan. Mayor Redmond, of Cedar
Rapids, will be the orator of the Gay.
Amusements and sports during the
afternoon, and dance and fireworks in
the evening are promised.
Ola, the nine months old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Armor b. pelly, of
Dundee, died on the 26th ult. The
funeral services were held laat Thurs
day and the remains were laid to rest
in the Forestyille cemetery.
Miss Grace Ford was the hostess of
luncheon given last Tuesday after
noon complimentary to her cousin Miss
Morse of Nevada, Iowa. About
twenty young ladies enjoyed Miss
Fords hospitality and the pleasure of
meeting Miss Morse.
Miss Ruth Paxson in the capacity
of State Secretary of the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association goes to the
general conference of the association at
Geneva, Wis.,, for ten days. and then to
Boston as an instructor in the work
where she will remain until August.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Won Oven re-
turned from their bridal trip Saturday,
and are now at home in the Morse resi-
dence south of the railroad. Monday
evening about twenty of their friends
broke in upon them, each bringing a
pound of something rice, beans, sugar,
etc, which they presented to them as
an aid to properly start them N house
keeping.
Owing to the Inability of the Du
.buque base ball team to fill their en-
gagement here last Thursday, Earlyille
was substituted in its place and was
defeated by a score of to O. Brush,
Manchesters second baseman, was on
the slab for the home team and had the
visitors at his mercy throughout the
game allowing but one hit, two free
passes and struck out Z. Powell pitch
ed for the visitors allowing II hits, let
l walk and struck out three.
The many friends in this city of
Mrs. Jennie Steadman Walker, of
Goodland, Kansas, will be glad to ex.
tend congratulations upon her recent
election to the important office of de-
partment President of the Kansas
Womans Relief Corps. While the
hono.s of the Office are enviable, the
responsibilities are great, and Mrs.
Walkers friends here are glad that
Kansas recognizes and appreciates
abilities such as the Office requires and
they have made no mistake.
The aSnale' in command of Capt.
Dave Lewis, is greatly in demand these
days for trips to the picnic grounds up
the river. On Thursday it took party
consisting of Messrs. and Mesda mes F !.
w. w. Ford, W. IL. Hutchinson, j. b.
Boag, G. L. Peterson, the Misses Beeh-
Ter. Leroy, Miles, Grace Ford, Grace
APPEL, of Clinton, and Mary Morse, of
Nevada, and Messrs. Geo. Amsden, f
Blair, A. Clark, L. Hruby, Q. L. Leigh
and b. p. Miles. Fridays party was
composed of Mrs. Bert Fish, the Misses
Ina Chamberlain, Vira Collinge, An
nette Tush, Blanche and Emmy, Otis,
Henrietta Beehler, and Messrs. b. Clark
f. Hammond, j. Lewis, J. Mather, b.
Mather, j. Mccormick and DIR. MCGEE
and on Saturday the Scott Club of this
city.
/ The Crop Bulletin says: The past
week was unseasonably warm with
prevalence of high winds, causing rapid
evaporation of moisture and wither
ing effect upon tender vegetation. Some
relief was afforded by local showers anG
cooling winds on the nights of the 27tt
and 2Sth. The heaviest rainfall occur
4 red in the central and north central dis
tricts; Iowa Falls reporting 339 ant
]; Charles City LAB inches on night of tn,
! 9th. In the larger portion of the stat,
there was practically no rain of sufli
, Client amount to be of substantial bene
4 H. \