Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-10

Mrs. VIM. Barr and daughter
were visitors at Cedar Rapids Satur.
day.
Esther Logan spent last week
with her Aunt, Mrs. Rural Haynes
of Cedar Rapids.
i While in Cedar Rapids last
week, Vim. Lepiey purchased an au.
tomobile of the Rio make.
! County Attorney Barnes and
John Paul we're Manchester business
visitors the latter part Of last week
looking for Dubuque county's INFER
est in case of Schmitt vs.. Dubuque
county.
4 "A dancing party under the
auspices of the knights of Pythias
will be held at the X. Of z. Hall
Friday evening, january 10Th.
kuney's orchestra will furnish the
music.
The district court will be in
session to-day and probably for the
remainder of the week. The case
of Schmidt VS.. the Dubuque county
is now occupying the attention of
the court.
Carter the magician is the next
number on the star lecture course.
He will be at the City Hall next
Saturday evening and will doubt
lees furnish his audience with a very
pleasing entertainment.
Augusta Gienapp, the five year
old daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Fred
Gienapp, of Oneida township, died
last Wednesday of tuberculosis.
Funeral services were held at the
home Friday and interment made in
the Delaware cemetery.
Martin Diech Of Almoral and
Miss Gertrude Fowler of Greeley
were united in marriage here on
Wednesday of last week. They will
make their home on the Diech farm
in Oneida township. The many
friends Of this worthy young couple
unite in wishing them prosperity
and long life.
They are telling in Washington
of a kansan who with his little boy
visited the senate gallery while i'll
the capital recently. Among the
persons the boy was interested in
was Edward Everett Hale, mag
nifcent looking oldl man. His
father told him that was the chap
lain. ooh he prays for the senate,
doesn't hep" asked the lad. mo"
replied the Kansas man, he gets up
and takes look at the senate and
prays for the country"
Trustrum Dodge died very sud-
denly at his home at Oneida Friday,
Dec. 80, at $3.50 p. m. at the age of
SO years 10 months and 2 days. He
is survived by wife and ten child
rem. The children in attendance at
the funeral which occurred Monday
afternoon were: Edward Dodge. OF
Nebraska, Bert Dodge. Of Colesburg.
Richard, Wm., Mrs. Haven and Mrs.
Ida Clendenen, of Oneida. The SER
vices were held an the NJ. E. church
and interment was made at Greeley.
He had been shoveling snow and
died before his folks could reach
him. The following were the pail
bearers:,. Geo. and Jas. Cox, Geo.
Williams, VIM. Miller. Arthur Con
gar and W. Meyer Earlville Phoe-
nix.
john May, thu oldest son OF Dr.
and Mrs. j. A. May, met with what
might have been fatal accident
while hunting north of town last
Saturday. He, in company with
several other boys were following a
flock OF quail with a team and cut.
ter. Their loaded guns had
been placed in the bottom of the con-
veyance. On a rough piece of road
the cutter was overturned, throwing
the occupants and guns into a heap
together. One of the guns was dis
charged and the load struck the
young man in the left hip, causing
| i wound about four inches long and
two inches deep. At the presep1
writing the injured one is resting
4 quietly and with every prospect Of
speedy recovery.
Many thousands of dollars have
been fraudulently obtained from cit
liens of this State in Wild Ca
mining schemes. Hon. Mahlo1
Head, representative Of Jefferson
county, is going to make an effort a
the present session Of the Legislature
to at least, if not wholly prevent, Il
curb these frauds. At present an,
mining company may come into 10
wa and sell stock. The executiv
, officials of the state know nothin!
) about the companies and the citizel
therefore la, no real information II
4 act on except the word of the com
panies agent. Mr.. Head will as
+ that the legislature enact law re
!. curing all foreign corporations t
e file articles Of Incorporation wit
o the secterary Of state and pay til
y same charter fees as domestic col
4 porations.
i 1t is said on good authorit.
t says the Nashua Reporter, that Gel
I tain fruit tree agents are now sellin
: trees grated on the hardest root
y obtainable, such as the oak, red Gee
!? ar, hazel brush, or. in fact, we pr
hi sumo for that matter the custome
q could make selections and get hi
/ apple trees on almost any kind Of
root that seemed best adapted to tt
d adverse condition Of his particuls
70 soil. This is new graft and "
Ie are surprised that some of the TIRE
, sharks had not been working it {