Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-11-12
Bert Cox is visiting friends in this

city.
Will Dafferty was Cedar Rapids
visitor Monday.
Miss Dora Leroy is Waterloo
visitor this week.
The Science Club met with Mrs.
Andrews, of Golden, Tuesday.
Mrs. w. S. Dutrick, of Raymond
is a guest at the y. w. Keagy home.
Mrs. j. W. Wise, of Raymond,
visited friends In this city last week.
William Steele, of Strawberry
Point, was Manchester visitor Mon
day.
Miss Mae Strickland, of Cedar Rap.
ids, is guest at the J. A. Strickland
home.
Efforts are being made to organize
social dancing club for the coming
winter
About dozen couple enjoyed q
social dance at Pythian hall, Friday
evening.
Mics Nellie Vance is enjoying Wis
1t from her friend, Miss May Frentress,
of Edgewood.
Mrs. w. w. Grant, of Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma, is guest of her niece,
Mrs. b. f. Miles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hosg are expect
ed home the latter part of the week
from Hot Springs, Colo.
Mrs. W. H. Norris, Miss Henrietta
Beehler and Miss Mary Link were
guests of friends at Dyersville Thurs
day.
Mics Nellie Obrien of Independence
and Miss Nellie Gilless of Cherokee
We're guests OF friends in this city Mon
day.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church Melted about 500 from their
bazaar given election day at Pythian
Castle.
MIR. and Mrs. A. ID. Brown have
the sympathy of the community in the
death of their weeks old baby girl.
The little one died Thursday and the
funeral was held Friday.
There is good prospect of can
ming factory being put in operation here
next season. A gentleman who
thoroughly understands the business
spent couple of days here last week
with that end in view.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pentony and
children went to Ann Arbor, Michigan,
last Wednesday, to visit at the home of
Mrs. @. L. Belknsp and family. John
returned home Monday. Mrs. Pentony
and children remaining for an extended
visit.
j. j. Goen is contemplating the re-
moval of his cigar shop to Oelwein. The
people of the shop city have offered him
inducements which Mr.. Goen cannot
well decline. 1t is to be hoped that
Manchester people can in some way
prevail upon him to remain in this city.
Mayor Steadman informs us that
complaint wss made to him by party
residing in the north part OF town that
Geo. Storey the sporting member of the
firm of Storey & Allen had been wan.
tonly destroying tame geese belonging
to complainant. 1t seems that Welcome
Abbott, aided and abetted by the mayor,
ts at the bottom of the affair. Welcome,
on his run as conductor of the M. & o.,
noticed some white geese on an island In
the backwater and on reaching the depot
went to Allen & Storey's clothing store
and called the junior member of that firm
to one side, quietly informed him that
there was flock of wild geese upon the
backwater. Geo, so the story goes, hur-
ried home, loaded his muzzle loader gun
with buck shot and HE'D himself to the
spot where Welcome had informed him
he had seen the geese. Sure enough the
geese were on the island. Mr.. Storey
drove the geese off the island into the
water and then by cautious maneuvers
succeeded in getting within few feet
OF his unsuspectlng victims. After the
smoke had cleared away two of them
lay struggling in the water Storey
brought his game to town and hung
them in front of the store on exhibition
where they remained until he was in
formed of the above mentioned COM
plant, when the matter was satisfact-
orily settled We don't believe there is
word of truth in the above yarn and
have no doubt that after George reads
1t, should themsyor get within his reach,
he will wish he had not tried 10 deprive
George of his well earned honors as a
true sportsman.