Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-14

-, N. Gibson Of Greeley was il
town Friday.
R. A. Denton was in Lamont OIL
business Monday.
Frank Hall was Dubuqu
visitor last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Carr wer
Dubuque visitors Thursday.
Will Lepley was in South Da
kota last week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. j Seeds wert
Chicago visitors last week.
Miss Ruth Paxson is a guest o
her mother, Mrs. Mary Paxson.
VIM. Lepley has returned from
a business trip to South Dakota.
There will be meeting of tn,
city council next Monday evening
Oscar Swenson has moved int
the Bradford house on Franklin
street.
There will he a masquerade
skate at the Central next Friday
evening. .
w. D. Hoyt was a business
visitor at Redfeld, South Dakota
last week.
Mrs. J. B. Hoag was the guest Of
her sister in Minneapolis; Mimi.
last week.
Glen Klosterman of Earlville
was Manchester business visitor
last Wednesday.
"A marriage license was issued
last week to VIM. g. Matusch and
Bernice Z. White.
John Beatty and Chas. Prabe1
OF Ryan were Manchester business
visitors last Wednesday.
j. B. Hoag left Sunday after.
noon for Missouri where he will
shoot ducks for a couple weeks.
Have you paid your taxes fol
the past year? If not, do so before
April LIST and thereby save paving
the penalty. :
Hal Waughop former resident
Of this city, now residing in Cali.
fornia, was visiting friends in this
city last week.
Samuel EIDE has moved to this
city from Earlville. He will make
his home with his daughter, Mrs.
Curt Hockaday.
Philip Heisermaa who has been
occupying the Ed Hamblin farm in
Milo township has moved onto the
W. ]. Joslin farm.
One OF our prominent citizens
recently purchased a pair of shoes,
size BE E. We believe he holds
the record for Delaware County.
Frank Williams returned to De
Smet, South Dakota, last week after
a visit here at the home of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. v. Williams.
w. A. Abbott has purchased
Denton & Wards drug store at La
mont. He will take possession and
remove his family to that place at
once.
Mrs. II. 8. Allen and children
left last week for Alta, Iowa, to Join
her husband who has been there
since last Fall. They will make
that place their future home.
The school election Monday
passed off quietly. H. G. Smith and
j. J. Lindsay were elected directors
and He. Haeberlee was elected
Treasurer. Each of the three can
didates received one-hundred and
twenty votes.
Weather prophet Hicks, prog
nosticates that, as a whole this
month will be unusually rough and
stormy, that there will be much rain
and snow causing floods and danger
GUS ice gorges and impeding agri.
cultural work in most parts of the
country.
Il. w. Chandler of Fonda, who
was recently appointed postmaster
of that city has taken possession of
the office. Mr.. Chandler has many
friends here who are glad to hear
that he has secured the Office and we
know that the patrons of that office
will find him an obliging and cap
able postmaster.
"A school board has no authority
to contract with bookseller and
pay him out of the contingent fund
for handling school books, where
the district does not buy the books
for resale but simply arranges with
the publishers to place the same
with the dealer to be sold by him at
a stated price; and a tax payer may
maintain an action to restrain pay
ment by the district under such con-
tract, SO says the supreme court Of
this state.
Conductor Ernest May of Wat.
erloo was quite seriously injured
last Wednesday evening in the ILL
nois Central yards at this place. He
was engaged in doing some switch
ing and in passing from one car tc
another, slipped and fell between
them, striking the coupling. For
tunately, he was able to hold on te
the coupling until the train stopped
otherwise his death would have
probably resulted from his fall. The
accident occurred in the same local
ity in which Conductor Ickes was
killed short time ago.