Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-23
Charles Hamblin Of narlvlile was

Mrs. H. R, Keagy Of Independ
ence visited in the city Saturday.
MIR. w. A. Abbott of Lamont was
ir town last week and over Sunday.
y. R. Lang of Greeley left the
first of the week for Kansas and
Colorado on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. b. Assmds were
IN Independence Sunday, visiting with
friends and relatives.
-. +. Cruise of Dubuque was u
guest at the home of his father, John
Cruise, part of last week.
Miss Mabel Retz Of Lamont was
entertained by Miss Frances Lawman
at her home in this city Sunday.
Misses Nell Crawley and Julia
Mullen of Dubuque visited at the
home of Miss Jessie Maley last week.
Burton Clark announces this weel
his fall opening of millinery the la
test creations and modes having been
purchased and trimmed by Miss Love.
lace.
The fourteenth annual Ak-Sar-Ber
will be held in Omaha September %
I October .. The railroads offer re-
duced fares to this well known year
ly carnival.
Sherman Harris left Saturday for
Garden City. Kansas, where he will
meet Mrs. Harris. and their trip will
be continued into Colorado, epxect-
ing to return. home next week.
III. w. Welterlen has secured the
contract of erecting brick creamery
building at Thorpe. The dimensions
of the structure will be 26xSO, and
will have 40 foot brick smoke stack
The outer wall will be hard brick, All
the inner Of hollow composition.
A. j. Bruce has been awarded the
contract for the erection of brick
store building at Prairieburg for. E..
s. Benson, 27x70. The structure will
be but one story in height, but mod
ern and well arranged for Mr.. Ben
sons needs. The work will be fin
ished this fall.
+ An alarm of fire was turned in
Saturday morning at 1890, when a
porch and part of the east wall of
the sacristy of Saint Mary's church
was seen to be in flames. A few
pals of water extinguished the fire,
which had probably been set by the
careless dropping of match in some
dry grass.
The management of the Manches-
ter & Oneida railway has created a
new office in the city passenger and
ticket office, employing Nelson At
watre as operator and assistant in
the freight department. Mr.. Atwater
is an efficient telegrapher, and a
wiling and reliable employee, having
been, for severa! years with the ILL
nois Central
II. B. Miller of Chicago was a
guest at the home OF his niece, Mrs.
e. E. Brewer, Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Miller is interested and ascot
ated with the Mexican Lumber COM
pany of Chicago, and was in Manches
ter for the purpose of securing infor-
nation regarding the Iowa and Mon
tana land company, recently orga5
nized III this city. ss
"A serious wreck on Train No, $,
the fast mail from Chicago, arriving
In Manchester at $40 AZ M. on the
Illinois Central, was narrowly avert
ed Saturday morning. AS the train
was about to leave tfH station, some
one noticed that part of the front
truck on the express car seemed out
of place. The attention of the train
crew was called to the matter and
upon investigation, it was found that
only a small band of iron held the
truck in place, which, had it broken
would have allowed the heavy beams
to fall to the track, and, the car de-
rallied, and perhaps the entire train,
as aspeed of 20 miles an hour is main
tanned between Dyersville and Man
chester.
The treasurer of the Delaware
County fair association makes an
authorized statement this week, to
the effect that the gate receipts for
the fair Of 1908 were but 5000 less
than that of last year, owing to the
fact that the schools were in session
and that the dates were later this
season than usual. When the little
folk are in school, and are aware that
1t is impossible for them to attend,
no demands are made upon the par
ents to visit fair as would have
been the case. had the dates been
one or two weeks earlier than they
were. The annual election of officers
for the association will be held the
second Tuesday in November, which
is on the 10th.
AT the Inst Congregational
church, the Rev. Franklin William
keagy of Lewis, Iowa, occupied the
pulpit both morning and evening. The
Rev. Mr.. Keagy was formerly of st.
Louis, but was transferred to this
state some time ago. and is in Dun
lap this week, attending the state con
vention of Congregational ministers
where he will be ordained as min.
lister. Mr.. Keagy was member Of
one of the Methodist Episcopal con
ferences in the state of Ohio sever
al years ago, going to Montana as {
missionary. Later. he entered Con
gregational seminary in Californi,
and entered the ministery of that SO
ciety. His sermons of last Sunday e,
idenced ability as pulpiteer, ant
i wara we'll racpiyed nv hiss aurienceS