Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-04-27

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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY AND oITv
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WEDNESDAY! APRIL 81, 1904.
Attorney F. B. Blair spent last
week at st Louis.
Hon. l. M. Gibson of Greeley
was in Manchester Monday.
James Norris of Masonville
was in Manchester Saturday.
County Clerk and Mrs. Georgen
have son, born Sunday, April oath.
w. H. Clute of Earlville was a
business visitor in Manchester Satur-
day.
Next Saturday is County Re
publican Convention day in this
city.
III. j. Schultz of York was a
business visitor in Manchester Mon
day.
We enjoyed very pleasant
visit with A. L. Alcorn of Edge
wood Saturday.
Lamont is to have a new bank
building, the erection of same to be
begun Immediately.
Art Hamlin, last week sold a
mare and colt to r. G. Brooks of
Hopkinton for $4,000.
Geo. Oliver of Oelwein was a
pleasant guest over Sunday with
his brother, T. I. Of this city.
Attorneys Durham and II.
Carr spent Monday morning in
Ryan on justice case business.
ID. II. Finch, who has been in
terested in the hardware business at
Lamont for sometime past, last week
disposed of same, and will return to
Manchester within few weeks.
Rev. Father Burns, rector of
st. James Orphanage at Omaha,
was last week guest with Father
O'Meara and Sunday morning, he
preached very eloquent sermon
at st. Marys.
The dry goods merchants of
Manchester have mutually agreed
upon the hour Of eight o'clock for
evening closing throughout the
summer, making an exception only
of Saturday nights.
Franklin street from Howard
street to- the alley running east be-
tween Howard and Union, is in the
hands Of canal diggers, the new
sewer being laid along that alley
and down Franklin.
Ray Durham was pleasantly
surprised Friday evening by forty
Of his young friends, the occasion
being his eighteenth birthday. He
was presented with very hand
some fountain pen by his guests.
Henry Smiths woodshed con-
tanning 30 cord Of wood, dropped
down the bank of the Maquoketa
Sunday. Fortunately but a little
Of the wood went into the river,
most Of it simply piling mp on the
side hill.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Hoag will
soon move onto the Hoag farm at
Oneida, which Mr.. Hong in cons
Sunction with his brother Charles
VII work this Coming season. This
leaves d. B. ia sole charge Of the i
Hoag Electric Lighting plant.
Letters addressed to the follow
ing named are advertised at the
post Office and will be sent to the
Dead Letter office May 9th if not
called for before: Miss Mollie Ryan,
B, w. Lewis, Pete Smith. R. W.
Mitchell, Warren r. Brown.
III. P. Toogood assisted the
Moody Quartette in their entertain
ments at Epworth Friday evening
and independence Saturday evening
last. Mr.. John P. Trowbridge is a
member of this quartette and he
and his fellow members were in
Manchester Saturday for short
visit with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
P. D. Trowbridge.
Mrs. NJ. @. Batterton and son,
James Of Greeley were in Manches-
ter Saturday. Mrs. Batterton had
with her a very beautiful quilt
pieced by herself in the "fan pat
term, which she is rafting off, the
proceeds to be donated to a Blind
Institute IN Missouri, numbers.
ranging from l to 100 and being
priced in the same number of cents.
It is very kindly act of Mrs.
Batterton and the quilt will no
doubt be appreciated by its fortu-
nate winner.
MI Leroy Leach, an expert
shot from Nebraska, was in the
city Monday and gave an exhibition
of fancy rifle shooting at the ball
park in the afternoon. Mr.. Leach
holds several worlds records for
crack shooting and his performance
Monday afternoon with % calibre
rifle, shooting at fine marks, placed
him easily ahead of anything in
fancy shots ever seen in Manchester.
The weather was miserable and a
number who wanted to see the ex-
hibition were deferred from going
down to the park. but all who did