Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-16
The LOCAL NEWS OF
DELAWARE COUNTY
FROM Qua REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS
hOPKINTON.

IA. and Mrs. Irish
Mr.. and Mrs W. e. Reed Of Man
chester visited Sunday With their rel
Z atives
Rev. D. C. Macintosh preached il
Monticello Sabbath and returnc
home Monday evening.
I Mr.. Bulls, the creamery man. wen
TO St Paul Tuesday.
Miss Nell Isbell entertained a mum
Der CT young ladies on "Wednesday
# evening at the home of her sister
s Mrs George Harper.
Miss Ada Bradley of Zwingle visit
.ea Miss Myrtle, Strane laast week:
Misses Eliza and Jessie Burton OF
Delhi were in town Thursday.
Mrs. Margaret Campbell visited
her daughter in Arlington last week.
Mrs. Coylc of Monticello visited
her sister, Mrs E. F. Main, las,
Tuesday.
Mrs. Cline and three children came
Thurs day from West Union to Visit
at the Tibbitts home in the country
f.. M. Wheeler has resigned his of
A flee as town marshal and the mayor
has appointed ]. 3. Morgan, who
has served saveral terms before, to
ssSs fill the vacancy.
Mrs. Ida Rickliffs and two children,
who have been visiting friends here
# for the past week returned to Monti
cello Friday evening.
William Edgar has gone to ResinH.
Saskatchew to visit his son and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Gillespie of
Washington, Iowa, are visiting anon
their friends in town and vicinity.
The ball game between the fat
and leans took place Monday after
noon. The game being too strenuous
for the real fats, they only played by
proxy. So unless one knew the line
up it was hard to tell at first which
of the leans were fats but there wa;
no doubt as to which side Jack Nc
Allister and N L. Landers were on
or Otis Smith and George William
son. Even if one did not understan'
the game it was amusing to watch
some Of those old timers. slide Ease:
and bat the ball straight behind them
The score stood to 6 in favor O
the leans The gate receipts were
$27.35, which goes towards a public
drinking fountain.
DR.. f. E. Reed met with quite 6
q loss Wednesday when his fine barr
in the northwest part of town Was
y struck by lightning and burned tc
X the ground at II o'clock in the ev-
ening. All his valuable stock was
n out in the pasture and his son VINO
usually sleeps in the building was .
way with camping party. A few
pigs we're burned and some alfalfa
& hay and silos. These were erected
about year ago and his loss IS
4 about $4,000 with $175O insurance
The danger to other buildings was
slight owing to everything being soak
ed with rain.
@ Henry Hull Of Hopkinton and Mrs
Charlotte Flannigan of Delhi were
August 2 at the residence OF j. A.
"A Dalrymple. who as justice, performed
1 the ceremony. II
On August 9th at the home OF
the brides mother, Mrs. Paul Prl'
deg. the wedding of Miss Lena Ri:
deg Of this place and Charles Wilson
Of Manchester too place. The cefe-
u mony was performed by Rev. Charles
Robb Of the Pres byterian church. Mr.
] ana Mrs. Wilson will make their
home in Manchester, where Mr.. WI
son is engaged with the Hoyt lmple,
ment company.
Married at Manchester on Wcdnes'
day, August 9th, at p. M, Mr. Glen
Thompson and Miss Edna Saunders,
both of Hopkinton. This young cou-
pie will make their home on farn'
near Hopkinton.
Miss Frances Peterson, reader
and Miss Harriet McCuskey, plan1st.
went to Volga Saturday morning at
which place they will give an enter
tainment. They will also give the
same at Hopkinton August 1G and al
Monticello August IS. At the last
Il two places they will be assisted ny
Jesse Greenup with his cornet.
Tie ball game Friday between
Honkinton and Monticello resulted
in Hopkinton boys winning IS to 2
The party of young people who are
camping at Picture Rocks near Alon-
ticello are having hard luck, as 1t
has rained almost continuously night
and day ever since they left Tuesday
morning.
last Monday evening about thirty
M relatives of A. B. Wheeless gamer
ed on his lawn to surprise and cele-
brate the 5Oth birthday anniversary
of his son, Stephen A. Wheeless. Re-
freshments were served and pleas
ant evening enjoyed.
Miss Elsie Baker is visiting Miss
Mabel Bans at Scales Mound, illinois.
Prof and Mrs Hendricks spent a
few days in town last week
Mrs. George Heorge Harper ana
two children and Miss Nell lspel
left Thursday evening for Kansas
city, to visit sister who resides
there.
Miss Cora Ricketts, returned Friday
evening from a three weeks outing at
Okiboji. She was accompanied 10Y
Miss Janet Wheeler of Paw Paw, IL
linois.
Mrs. A. c. Martin and children
went to Keota last week for visit