Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
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EI,lt.dge.
sam Morgan, OF Ryan, was in the
city "Wednesday.
Miss Charlotte Rich spent Sunday
Ut Delaware.
Edward Middleton i, lome from
Highland Park
L. NJ. Carr sprnt several days of
,Ie past Week in Chicago.
Nrs. Il. =. k~lr, of Sioux City, is
visiting in the city, the guest of her
sister, MIS-. 0 c. CLARK.
MIR. snd Mrs. Frank Rcn. rdson
entertained number OF friends at
Xix O'clock tsa last evening..
MIR. aid Mrs. NJ. I. Skinner have
rented u farm hear Central City aud
leave today to take possession thereof.
The annual meeting of the Rock
Prairie Cemetery Association viii lie
held ut the Residence nj a. $. Coon on
March 5, at 2 o'clock y. III.
The Urosler farm, located shout
one and half vuil.,s est of Manchester
was purchased last Thursday by G. III.
Davis. The price paid was 1862 per
acre.
Letters addressed to Mrs. Emily
Gibson, Mrs. j L. Qua, Mrs. Susan 1.
Mills. Fred M.nsrr, j. p. Peterson are
adyartized as unclaimed at the post
dice.
w, lsarr from letter received
from Nalei'tine K.eespies, former
Resident OF this county, ordering the
Democrat sent to him, that he is now
located at Eiiendaie, N. Oak.
John Becker who is managing the
harness shop at Dundee for his father,
has decided te gotoOalahoma, and MI.
Becker therefore offers his stock for
sale. y good opening for harness
make; that wishes 10 embark in bust
ness.
Mrs John L Zemanek writes us
that the amount she received az beneli-
cisry under the certificate Issued by the
NJ. w. A to her late husband, was
81 GOO, not $1,000, - stated last week
by the Democrats Lamont correspon
dent
The Manchester Press has the
thanks of this office for the use of its
press to print the last edition of the
Democrat. An expert from Chicago,
is here now putting our press in order,
and ina few days we expect he will
have made it almost as good as new.
In response to cablegram an
nouncing the ilness of Capt. Hutchin-
son, his son Joseph and daughter, Mrs.
O. ., Bradley departed Monday morn
ing for England, to join the Captain
who for several months past has been
looking after his property interests
there.
The Dubuque Y. NJ. G. A. basket
ball team went to Independence Satur-
day where it met and defeated the
home team by a score of 25 to 20. The
Telegraph says: "rhe winning of the
game saved the Dubuque team from
ignomy, for they had lost at Fayette
Friday and to return home with
record of two defeats would have been
a trying ordeal"
Licenses to wed were issued the
past week to Thomas A. Kelley and
Rose Burdick, Alonzo r.. Culbertson
and Lizzie Thomas, NJ. j. Joslln and
Ida Scanlon, John T.. Johnston and
Maggie scanlon, Carl +. Wenger and
Lizzie Lggimann, Gilbert w. Ferris and
Weltha A. VanAntwerp. John Norris
and Vina WandelI, ID. l.. Carpenter and
Elsie L. Kern, George Kline and Gladys
s. McNamara.
Carl Schroeder and his wife Freda,
who reside on farm near Delaware
had family scrap last Friday, and on
Saturday F,eda filed an information
before Justice Pearse charging Carl
with breach OF the peace, and his
arrest followed. The matter was adj
justed by Carts filing bond In the sum
of $500, to be peaceful citizen to all
men, and particularly to Freda until
the further, hearing OF the case in the
district court. The indications are
that the parties will agree to disagree
and end their martial troubles by q
decree of divorce.
Last Friday petition for the in.
corporation of Masonville, signed by
thirty five of the residents within the
territory sought to be incorporated. was
died in the office of the clerk of the
District court. Besides the plat of
Mssonville and Stevens addition there
to. the petition asks to have about two
and a half sections of land included with
in the limits Of the new corporation.
Judge Platt appointed Thomas Rose; F..
S. Gritlia, Charles O'Hagan,J. w. Turley,
and Jud Lane commissioners to sub
NIT the question of incorporation to the
voters residing within the limits of the
proposed Incorporation.
MIR. Ferdinand Danham attained
his S7th birthday last Wednesday, and
in honor Of the event Mr.. and Mrs.
Abner Durham invited twenty of his
long time neighbors and friends to a
party at their home on the afternoon of