Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
MIR. Ed Clemson az tovo M

1 MI. anu MIS-. FREQ Richardson
were visiting friends at Coggon tn
first Of the week.
The Misses Laura and Aid,
Hyde were visiting with friends AMI
relatives at Dubuque last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Richardso,
Of Waukon, Iowa, are in the cit,
visiting with friends and relatives
Mrs. r. A. Denton departed
yesterday for Mason City where sh,
will spend the week visiting will
relatives.
Homer Davis departed Saturday
for Cedar Rapids where he vii
enter the Cedar Rapids Bushes,
College.
The Misses Anna and .verns
Reardon departed Monday for For
Dodge.where they will make thei,
future home.
Mrs. Andrew Hart of Ceda,
Rapids spent several days of last
week visiting with her, parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. B. Allen.
Mrs, Geo. w. johnson arrived
home this morning after an extended
visit with friends and relatives al
Deadwood, South Dakota.
Wade Brown, formerly of this
place and who is now in the employ
Of the Standard Oil Company, made
a short visit with friends in this
city last Thursday.
At the meeting of the I. o. O. F.
grand lodge held in Dubuque last
week, L. A. Douglass, formerly Of
this city, and who is now photogra-
pher in Dubuque, was conferred the
honor of receiving the decoration Of
chivalry.
Mr.. John Kerr has closed his
hotel in this city known as the Man
chester House, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Kerr will depart soon for an extend
ed visit with relatives. Before 90
ing west, however, they will make
an extended visit with Rob johnson
at Waterloo and Mrs. Maggie John
son Kellogg at Macon, Missouri.
MIR. and A. G. Carter and Will
Giles were called to Freeport, ILL.,,
last Saturday by the death of Mrs.
Joseph Miner. Mrs. Miner had a
large number of friends in this city
with whom she was held in the high
est esteem. and who will learn of
her death with sorrow. There were
seventyfive immediate relatives of
the deceased present ::at the
funeral.
II. A. Bushnell returned Satur-
day evening from several weeks
visit with his son, Roy, and his
daughter, Mrs. Harry Stiles, of James,
vile, Wisconsin. Roy has disposed
of his interests at that place and ex-
poets to remove to South Dakota in
the near future. Mrs. Bushnell was
accompanied home by E. R. Binnie
of Dundee. Illinois, who returned to
his home on Monday.
Numerous reports have been
received recently of the alarming
prevalence of hog cholera in differ
ent parts of the country. The cpl
demic does not seem to be confined
to any one part of the county in
particular. !. If this plague continues
to spread, the farmers Of this county
will suffer tremendous losses as
there are unusually large herds be-
ing fed this season. The appear
ance Of the disease at this time Of
the year is laid to the overlooking of
soft corn, and the farmers who hope
to escape its ravages must feed a
more balanced ration, and look to
the cleanliness of their feeding
troughs.
Will S. McWilliams, the muir.
derer of his wife and five children,
who is under sentence to be hanged
December IA, will undoubtedly never
have to pay the prescribed penalty
for his awful crime. McWilliams
is now almost a raving maniac and
under the Iowa law an insane man
cannot be hanged. Should he eve,
regain his sanity the execution would
hive to de carried out, but it is
b ,lieyed by the prison officials that
McWilliams will not live long and
that he has become hopelessly insane
McWilliams murdered his wife and
five children at his farm home in
Buchanan county last October.
From the Johnstown, Colo.
Breeze: Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Blan.
srd are now at home in Youngstown
Mrs. Blanchard came last Thursday
via the Union Pacific and was mel
at LeSalle by Dale, who drove owe,
after her. Mr.. Blanchard came
through with a car of household
goods and stock, and arrived Mon
day morning. Mr.. Blanchard hat
let the contract for a twenty foot adj
dition to his store building, which
he recently bought of Reeder &
Balentine, and as soon as it is finish
ed will move the Star Bakery into it
The upper floor will be occupied by
the family for living rooms.
Grundy County Democat: 1
is estimated that about 300 car load
of potatoes will be shipped out O
Grundy Center this year. This will b,
somethinglike $65, 600 worth. Their,
does not appear to be another town
in Iowa that does this amount o
potato business This potato bushes
furnishes another instance that prov
the good Judgment Of the Grund,
county farmer. His potatoes ar
making him better than $50 an acr
while the expense of raising them i
about one-fifth of that amount. Al
i Investment than returns ii()) ner can