Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
County Correspondence.
Geo. Colyer. LATE Matthews from
Manchester had charge Of the lodge.


Manchester had charge Of the lodge.
Bert Hoag is operating steam
drill on the road west Of town. The
rock is to be blasted out to re-
macadamize the road west of Gil
DeShaw's.
H. W. Hundredmark of Manches-
ter has just finished setting a fine
monument at the grave Of the late
Nj. L. McGlade. 1t is one of the
finest pieces Of carving IN this part
of the state.
Frank Brooks went through town
last week with registered Hereford
bull Is months old, whose weight
was 1870 pounds. 1t was fine
! specimen Of the breed and was
| bought Of Miles Mcdonald Of Hazel
Green.
| Marshal Morgan took an old fell
low to Manchester yesterday--a
stranger who blew into town from
some source and made himself some
what obnoxious. Whether he was
somewhat insane or had a healthy
Jag on was question, and it was
thought best to take him to the
sheriff for disposal.
F. A. Stead came home from Ham,
mond, La, last Monday for a visit
of a week with his family. He will
return to the south again next Tues
day to resume charge of his brick
business and his daughter, Berchion.
will accompany him to keep house
for her father.
The board of supervisors has or.
dered new steel bridge in North
fork township near John Arnold''
and it will be erected Immediately
1t bridges Plum Greek and will be
60 foot span. An S0-foot span hat
been ordered on the county line jus
: east of Lamont, which will be bull
jointly by this and Buchanan coun
ties.
The Hopkinton Military Band re
y Gently went through the process G
reorganization and is busily prepar
: : ing for the seasons work, The ne'
10 officers and members are as follows
F. X. Barnes business manager; 4
> w. Mcdonald, secretary and treal
IL urer; G. G. Morgan, leader; D. {
. Morgan, Eb clarinet; Cliff Nam, Ii
. BIB clarinet; Morrow End BIB clarine
% G. G. Morgan, F. X. Barnes, Beart
j: more, solo comets; Ellison Tibbit
! BIB cornet; Howard Kirkwood, so
y alto; Roscoe Burch. Phil DeSha
j, first and second alto; A. W. M
~ y. Donald, Wesley LeClere. first al
s' second tenor; Bernard Stead, hal
tone; Harold Stead, bass; Frar
n, Andrews, bass drum; Art William
all tenor drum. The band has ORDER
expensive new uniforms, new mus
Nv and other paraphernalia to equip t
lie aggregation in first class shape, al
any assistance which the public M
H. give them will be thoroughly app,
u ciated. A
G. P. Easier of Independence, 0
IS of the department inspectors und
ne the new pure food law, was in to-
Friday and made call on our m
zen chants. The new law becomes
III fective July LIST and he was giyi
re- merchants some instructions in
gard to its operations. One it
m chat is going to affect the farm
MS women particularly is that of eg
I'd The inspector says that eggs m
be fresh when they are sold to
Vi merchant, that bad ones will subj
nm the seller to heavy penalty. !
lay law has brought almost all artie
ere of food under its provisions and
nth addition an act regulating the pun
Of stock foods and seeds will go
les operation at the same time. Til
an should be cheerful cooperation
ster both merchants and patrons in
re- forcing the requirements of the a
non Leader.