Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-14

/ Read the announcement of A.
Born, the new meat market man.
Miss May Denton visited here
Friday, leaving that evening for
/ Chicago.
Attorney G. Yoran was attend
ing to law matters in Hopkinton
Saturday.
Letters addressed to Miss Mary
Whitehall and Mr.. ]. b. Mckinney
are advertised as unclaimed at the
Post Office in this city.
The Manchester Woman's Club
will meet with Mrs. Fishell Decem-
Der 26 instead Of December 10 as
noted in the club calendar.
The snowfall here Saturday night
and Sunday, was the first of any
consequence here this season. 1t
fell to the depth of about six inches.
Miss Nell Penny Of Masonville
was one Of our most pleasant visitors
both Saturday and Monday, having
come to spend Sunday with Man
chester friends.
-Married-at the Office of j. NJ.
Pearse. the esquire officiating. Sat-
urday, December 10th, Mr.. Hagel-
berg of Greeley and Miss Jessie
Rowley of Dundee.
1
The Four Stars at City Hall
/, this Wednesday evening. This is a
Lecture course attraction and comes
with exceptionally strong recommen-
dations both from press and platform
Regular meeting Orient Chap
ter No. Is O. E. s. Tuesday evening
Dec. Goth. There will be work and
election of officers and the officers
and members are requested to be
present at seven o'clock sharp.
The Young Peoples society of the
Baptist church will meet with Miss
Maude Flint on Friday evening in
stead of Wednesday evening as
heretofore announced. This change
was necessary to avoid conflicting
with the Four Stars entertainment
OF the Lecture course.
jackson Green and family of
Prairie township will soon cease to
be residents Of this county, Mr..
Green having recently purchased a
two hundred acre farm in Virginia,
about fifty miles from the city of
Washington, which he will take
possession of in the near future.
MIR. and Mrs. G. A. Young de-
sire to express their thanks to their
neighbors and friends who SO kind
ly assisted them in the care of their
infant son during that little ones
illness and after his death. Their
tender ministrations and sympathy
will ever be remembered gratefully.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Young Of
this city mourn the death of their
five weeks old baby which died
Saturday of some brain trouble.
The little one was healthy baby
land was apparently up to nine
Pollock Friday. evening as bright as
lever babe could be. 1t was first
horn and the parents have the sim
cereNmpathy of all in their sorrow.
The funeral services were held
Sunday and intesHahent wos-rnsffas ii
the Lillibridge cemetery at Bailey
d Ford.
This week Thursday, commenc
ling at ten O'Clock, James Norriswill
sell at auction on the R. r. Robinson
q farm in Prairie 12O head of cattle
l50 hogs, a number of horses, all
kinds Of grain and machinery-in
fact this is probably the biggest sale
in the county this fall. f. B. Doc
little of Delhi will do the auctionine
and IS Mr.. Norris has both quantity
and quality to sell, no doubt every
thing will go at prices that are RICH,
For particulars as to what is to b.
sold and amounts, see local else
where, herein
For long time the farmers in
the vicinity Of Prairie and Milo ane
elsewhere, more or less have suffered
from the depredations of CHECKER
{ thieves. Several efforts have beer
made to catch them and Saturda,
three were tracked to Dyersvill,
where they had gone to sell thei
stolen poultry. 1t is understood
that there are twelve young men il
the gang and that they wer,
thoroughly organized for their worl
of pilfering their neighbors' hel
roosts. Because of the fact tina
! they come from some of the mos
J respectable and worthy families il
the county, we refrain from publish
), ing the names Of those already cap
= tured. One was let out on bail Mon
! day and the second one expects t
9 be let out on bail to-day -Tuesda,
;. They have been in the county gos
since Sunday.
r An ofhcer ana cltlzen troI
J. Kossuth county were in Mancheste
= Monday on their way east in ques
= of a thief who about a week ag
a stole q team from the latter. Tn
y Kossuth county parties had tracke
+ him as far as Ryan; he had stoppe
= at Dickyville Friday ON Saturda
il and traded ono of the horses to
6 F. File, telling Mr.. File he woul
= try and make Worthington th'
9 night. Mr.. File Of course was a
n entirely innocent purchaser, b,
i even not thinking Of the horse b.
= ing stolen one he would hardl
= have traded with a stranger but fl
:, the fact that he had an exact ma