Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-14
Read the announcement Of A.
Born. the nav meat, market man.

Read the announcement of A.
Born, the new meat market man.
Miss May Denton visited here
Friday, leaving that evening for
Chicago.
Attorney @. 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. Nshell Deem
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 Nashville
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.
The Four Stars at City Hall
this Wednesday evening. This is a
Lecture course attraction and comes
with exceptionally strong recommen-
datiops 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 tho 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
two hundred acre farm in Virginia,
about fifty miles from the city of
Washington, which he will take
possession of in the near future.
Mr.. 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 a healthy baby
and was apparently up to nine
o'clock Friday evening as bright as
ever babe could be. It was first
horn and the parents have the sim
cere Wmpathy of all in their sorrow.
The funeral services were held
Sunday and intaga1ent wos-rr,fdars II; ii
the Lillibridge cemetery at Bailey's
Ford.
This week Thursday, commence
| ing at ten O'Clock, James Norriswilf
sell at auction on the R. r. Robinson
farm in Prairie 12O head of cattle
$50 hogs, number of horses, all
kinds Of grain and machinery-in
fact this is probably the biggest sale
in the county this fall. +. B. Doo-
little of Delhi will do the auctioning
and SIS Mr.. Norris has both quantity
and quality to sell, no doubt every
thing will go at prices that are right
For particulars as to what is to be
sold and amounts, see local else
where, herein.
For long time the farmers in
the vicinity of Prairie and Milo and
elsewhere, more or less have suffered
from the depredations of chicken
thieves. Several efforts have been
made to catch them and Saturday
three were tracked to Dyersville
where they had gone to sell Their
stolen poultry. 1t is understood
that there are twelve young men il
the gang and that they were
thoroughly organized for their work
of pilfering their neighbors' her
roosts. Because Of the fact tina,
they come from some of the mos
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,
be let out on bail to-day Tuesday
4 They have been in the county goa
since Sunday.
An officer and citizen iron
Kossuth county were in Mancheste
Monday on their way east in ques
Of thief who about a week ag
stole a team from the latter. Tn
Kossuth county parties had tracke,
him as far as Ryan; he had stoppe'
at Dickyville Friday ON Saturda
and traded one Of the horses to I
F. File, telling Mr.. File he woul
try and make Worthington tha
night. Mr.. File Of course was a
entirely innocent purchaser, bu
even not thinking Of the horse be
ing stolen one he would hardl
have traded with a stranger but fc
the fact that he had an exact ma,