Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-09
Brief State happen,nxs.

Inc corner stone OF the new Nj. Il.
Church at Monticello has been laid.
A water system is contemplated at
Hudson, and plans have been prepared.
There is talk ut Mason City of a whole
sale drug house being established there.
The ladies of Logan hnve organized and
commenced crusade against the saloon
there.
J. l.. Arduser, farmer living near
Monticello, was severely injured in run
away.
The new wagon and foot bridge at
Wayerly is to be one of the finest in the
State.
Much alarm has been caused in Du.
buque by the death of COW from hydro.
phobia.
The laying of rails has commenced on
the Soldier Valley branch of the North
western.
The Iowa iron works at Dubuque are
building nine vessels for the Federal Gov
ernment.
The poles are being put in place for
another telephone line from Russell to
Bethlehem.
w. NJ. Wilkins, an Illinois Central
brakeman, fell from n train ut Dubuque
and sustained several severe injuries.
A resolution has been adopted by the
West Des Moines school board directing
The superintendent to purchase such
books as are necessary to supply the de-
mand for free text books during the com.
ing school year in conformity with the
ut I, al :.lA A.
we're adopted by the district. This means
that the superintendent will purchase the
same kind of books AS are now in use
The law provides that those who have
books when the law goes into effect shall
use them and the district shall purchase
only for those who have none The
boards intention is to let the regular five.
year contracts for new books next year.
The carpenter shop and woodshed OF
Ell. A. Cross in Waterloo was struck BY
lightning and burned to the ground.
Il. Weingartner has resigned the secre.
taryship of the Davenport Board Of Edu.
cation after thirty years service in the
office.
The ladies of Burlington who have in
charge the free waiting rooms for shop.
pers and farmers wives have added =
free labor bureau.
The Iowa Lithographing Company OF
Des Moines suffered loss by fire of
about 81 600, supposed to have beer caus,
I'd by an electric wire.
The Ames Congregationalists have LEI
the contract for their church.
Oris w. Roberts of Dunlap has been
appointed an observer in the weather bu
reau at a salary of $1,000 per year.
John Ha1is, prominent young mar
Of Richland attempted suicide by shoot
ing himself, but he viii probably recover
One of the teachers killed in the wr.cl
If train in California, Miss Addie He,r
cis of st. LOWS, formerly lived in Fnr,
Madison.
The Comptroller of the Currency ha,
authorized the First National Bank n
Harlan to begin business, with capita
Of 100000.
The corner stone of the new Methods
Church at Keosauqua has been laid Will
appropriate ceremonies.
When the g. q n. w. west-bound trai,
arrived in Marshalltown the other dav
young woman left one of the cars an,
was observed to crawl underneath tn,
trucks. She was rescued from her peril
Gus position. 1t was very apparent tina
the woman was insane, therefore she wa,
taken to the county jail She was vic
lent and no information whatever con
corning her home, her destination or he
friends could be obtained beyond the fac
that her name was katherine Thomse,
and that she was bound from Chicago t,
Audubon.