Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-20

NO marriage licenses were issue
during the past week.
Allison Granger returned Sunda
from visit to St. Paul.
Mrs. Mary Slack is visiting rela
tlves at Rockford and Harrison, LII.
There were several picnic partie
at the Backbone from here last week.
"A. N. Smith has improved his build
tngs by the addition of coat of paint
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Smith are visit
ing friends and relatives at Emmetts.
burg.
Miss Frances Beehler returned
Monday from visit with relatives in
Chicago.
Attorney j. w. Arbuckle, of
Waterloo, was in the city on bushes
last Friday.
e. j. Cougar, jr. went to oelwein
Monday, to play with the Oelwein band
during carnival week.
Denton & Ward hand in a change
OF ad. too late for this week. They ed-
vertise ping pong sets.
r. A. Kennedy and A. w. Meski
men are at Oelwein this week playing
with the Oelwein band.
-Mrs.J. B. Barber, of Atlantic, is
visiting friends and relatives at her
former home in this city.
Sister Mary Leo, of Chicago, visited
here last week at the home of her moth
or, Mrs. Catherine Tlerney.
-Chas. Heath and wife, who have
been here for the past three weeks, left
Monday for Scales Mound, Ill.
The city is doing some good work
on Franklin street by putting in a
liberal amount of crushed rock.
Misses Margaret and Anna Semple
are making extensive improvements on
their residence on Franklin Street.
Judge Blair and wife started for
Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday for short
visit with friends in and near that CITY
IS. W. Picket and family moved
their household goods to Charles CITY
Monday, and will make that place their
future home.
MIR. and Mrs. L. E. Goodwin, of
Charter Oak, Ia, are visiting in the
city, guests at the home of the formers
father, King Goodwin.
MIR. and Mrs. c. E. Bronson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bronson have
rented cottage at Spirit Lake, in
which they are spending few weeks
vacation.
Abe Hoag, Will Hutchinson, Bert
Hoag and Joe Hoag went to Quasque-
ton last Friday night and spent Satur-
day fishing in the Wapsipinicon. They
report poor luck.
W. G. Kenyon was in Chicago last
week, called there by the illness of his
son Harry, who is suffering from an at
tack of malarial fever. at this writing
he is reported to be improving.
Frank Bruce who has been superin-
tending the Hatchie River Lumber Co.'S
property in Tennessee for the past three
years, arrived in this city Monday af-
ternoon. He will be the guest of his
brother, Arthur Bruce.
The ice cream social given by the
ladies of st. Mary's parish last Friday
evening was largely attended and
proved very enjoyable affair in spite
of the inclement weather. The society
netted about sixty dollars.
Miss Pearl Pierce will resume her
duties this year at the head of the elo-
cutionary department of the State Nor.
NAL School, after enjoying a leave of
absence from her duties for year,
The school will open September and.
AS we 60 to press this Tuesday af-
ternoon, the case of Losche ct al against
Goerdt ct al, the Bremen township
school case, was being tried in the Dis
trict Court in this city, Judge Remley,
of the Cedar Rapids district, presiding.
w. j. Woodbridge who has been Wis
iting here, returned to his home in Mex
leo, Missouri, last Thursday. While here
he was guest of his sister, Mrs. A. d.
Brown. After he had gone, Austin
discovered white cuff that his brother
in:law had left behind by mistake, and
promptly affixed q postage stamp on the
upper right hand corner, wrote the adj
dress plainly in ink on it,scribbled short
letter on the back and mailed it to him
as it was. The next time Mr.. Wool
ridge visits here he will probably be
careful not to leave any of his personal
belongings behind when he leaves.
Mrs. Arthur Parker died last Satur-
day at her home In Greeley after long
and painful illness. She has been suf-
fering with heart trouble for several
months and her death was not unex-
pected. She was the daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. w. M. Sawyer of this city,
and was born May Both, 1872 on their
old home farm in Elk township. She
lived there practically all her life up
until the time of her marriage, which
occurred Oct. 14th, 1898. She leaves
an infant son, her husband and her par
ents to mourn her loss. She was loved
by all who knew her and her life was
that of true, christian woman. The
funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at
her late home in Greeley. The pastor
of the Methodist church of which she
was member OBLIGATED.
The Crop Bulletin for week ending
Aug. 18th, says: The week ending the
morning of the 18th was from three to
five degrees colder than normal, and
there was very heavy excess Of rain
fall in the larger mart of tho ctoto