Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-16

South Dakota, on business last
week.
r. T. Leach of Independence
was in this city on legal business
Wednesday.
Edgar B. Giles and wife left
Wednesday for their home in Kansas
City, Missouri.
j. w. Ford returned Wednesday
from business trip in Aberdeen,
South Dakota.
Glen Strickland entertained a
number of friends at his home We'd
nesday afternoon.
Horace Atwater and family en-
ioyed an outing, camping above
Quaker Mill last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Stearns are
visitingrelativesand friends in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota.
Mrs. David Carradus of Sand
Greek, vas guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Arnold last week.
Mrs. John James of Chicago
arrived Saturday for visit in this
city with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Eta Coon left Saturday
for DEBORAH for few days visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Harry Roe.
Clarence Bradley OF Beatrice,
Nebraska, is visiting with his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Long.
Miss Jessie Green's Of Fredricks-
burg has been guest at the home
Of her brother, B. w. Green's several
days.
r. w. Chambers, wife and daugh-
ter Miss JESSIE, of Cedar Rapids,
are guests at the home of T. S.
Doty.
Miss Alma Cutler, of Cedar
Rapids, has been a guest at the home
of NJ. +. Leroy and wife for several
days.
Rev. Mcintosh, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Hopkinton,
left the latter part of the week for
Portland.
The NJ. & 0. passenger coach
has been repaired and painted inside
and out which greatly improves its
appearance.
Mrs. W. G. Beeman is visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Sias, former
residents of this city, in Roscoe,
South Dakota.
Mrs. o. B. Sabin left Friday for
a visit with her son, w. G. Sabin in
Laurel, Nebraska, expecting to re-
main until fall.
Miss Florence Hollister, of
Rockford, Illinois, has been a guest
at the home of her uncle A. HOLSTER
for several days.
Mrs. Carhart of Marion, was in
town the latter part of the week on
business connected with the orphans
nome at davenport
Miss Bessie Hecker, who has
been the guest Of her friend Mist
Idell Miles several weeks, is visiting
friends in Dubuque.
= Mrs. Fred Young spent severa
days last week on business in Omaha
Louis Haeberle has been ENJOY.
ing an outing at Clear Lake.
Mrs. P. G. Stire and son, Glen
returned to their home in Logan
Friday, after a visit at the home Of
Capt. and Mrs. j. +. Merry.
Miss Maude Cary left the las
of the week for visit with friends
in Davenport, and from there vii
leave for the exposition at Portland
Mrs. Fl. R. Wright and children
returned to theirh home in Des Moine
Thursday after a visit at the HON,
of Mrs. Wright's sister, Mrs. w. Il
Graham.
Mrs. j. II. Allen, Mrs. s. w
Trenchard and DIR. j. w. Scott at
tended the grand lodge Knights o
Pythias and the Rathbone Sisters, a
Davenport, last week.
DR.. Il. G.. Dittmer returned las
week from a two months tour i
Montana and Idaho. Mrs. Dittme
expects to remain about mont
longer at Portland before returnin
home.
Grant Hook, who worked on til
section here two years ago, now sec
ton foreman at Thorpe, was kille
instantly at noon today (Thursda,
by being struck on the head by th
steam chest Of a passing engine. Th
accident happened near Thorpe. Til
section gang were at work on tt
track and were using jack to rait
the rail- A train approached and tt
jack was not taken out and in a
effort to remove it Mr.. Hood WI
struck by the engine with abo,
results. Mr.. Hook leaves a wi
and five small children. The boz
will be taken to Edgewood f
burial Saturday.-Lamont Leade
Fred Brockmeyer, young mi
10 years ofage who resided with b
mother two miles west of Colesbur
was drowned Friday evening, t
18th inst, in Elk Greek near the Ke
edy farm, while in bathing with
number Of other young men. 1t
thought he was seized with cram
and sank without being able to gi
the alarm and the evening bel
quite dark, was not missed by
mates until they started to return
their homes. Search was then ma
: and at IL o'clock the body was fou
in about ten feet Of water, The
neral was held from the family re
dence at two 2 o'clock Saturd
afternoon. The bereaved moth
hrothers and sisters have the avn,