Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-10
Brief State Happen,nx..


Measles is still epidemic Mt Colfax.
The dam at Marinette has been damage
ed by high water.
A vein of copper ore has been struck
in the vicinity of Dubuque.
New Providence school district has vot-
ed to erect $1,000 school house.
The c., II. 1. Il p. Railway is putting
in an electric switch at Moscow.
The street railway company at Fort
Dodge will extend its lines somewhat.
Winter wheat around Moscow is total
loss. the hard frost having killed it all.
The women Of Keokuk will establish a
free waiting room for farmers wives.
The school house at Promise City was
burned. Loss $1,000; insurance $1,000.
A church and an opern house are among
the proposed improvements for Wayland.
Des Moines BARRIERS have formed n
union and are now endeavoring to advance
prices.
A brick and tile company has been in
corporated ut Defiance, with capital of
$4,000.
John Veiner of Lucus County has been
appointed by the Governor State mine in
spector.
The contract has been let for new
81, 400 brick Methodist Episcopal church
at Carson.
The Council of Mason City has been pre-
scented with petition against splitting on
sidewalks.
1t is reported that the G. 4 N. w. will
erect large round house at Clinton this
summer.
L. II. Long of LeClaire is engaged in
building model boat for the clam shell
industry.
DIR. I'LL. Gibson of Denison has been
reappointed State veterinarian for term
of two years.
Walter Stoccker of Newark, N. j., was
struck by freight train at Rome and in
stantly killed.
John Tenton of Dewitt had his right
collar bone broken through being thrown
in runaway.
Five new river steamers are being built
ut Dubuque and all will be in the water by
the first of June.
About thirty girls employed in the shoe
factory at Fort Dodge have struck for
increased wages.
No new cases of spinal meningitis have
appeared in Davenport and the physicians
ure again hopeful.
"A wooden trestle on the Rock Island
road between Colfux and Newton has been
destroyed by fire.
The two sons of Frank Davis of Cush.
ing were poisoned by eating wild parsnips
They will recover.
A 3-year-old child of Martin Shehan OF
Abba fell into tub of hot water and was
frightfully scalded.
The Catholics ut Fulton are going tc
erect brick venecred church on the site
| Of their present structure.
The sixth stucco mill at Fort Dodge is
to be erected soon, and it will be the lurg
est of it's kind in the country.
The plumbers strike at Dcs Moincs has
ended, the demands of the njourneymeI
having been conceded by the employers.
The residence of VIM. Duffe, near Mus
catine, was destroyed by fire, caused b,
| defective flue. Covered by insurance.
L. S. Cowles Of Lamont was thrown in
runaway and for time it was though,
he was fatally injured, but is now recover
ing.
| The spring statements of the bank.
show an increase over the winter state
ments for the first time in the history o,
the State.
Seven indictments standing agaips
Henry Abbey of Sheffield, who is now sery
ing term in the penitentiary, have beer
dismissed.
A tramp broke the windows Of til,
Hopewell church ut Richland becsuse par
ties living near by refused TO feed him
He was arrested and jailed.
The home of S. ID. Young of Elma wa.
destroyed by fire and his 12-year-old sol
was so frightfully buried that death en-
sued within IL few hours.
A soldiers monument is to be erected b,
the people of Belle PLANE in the locn
cemetery. 1t will be fourteen feet hirl
and constructed of granite.
The Fort Madison Business Mems AS
ISOLATION has secured the steamer Mas
cot to use as n free ferry between Their,
and Nauvoo and Dallas City.
A number of people of Iowa Falls los
considerable sum of money through tn
failure of the Iowa Loan, Trust and In
testment Company of Chicago.