Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-24
Brief state happen,nR..

the State has been paid off.
A forty-acre addition has been plated
TO the town of Carson.
Ottnmwa capitalists have offered to
start bank at Libertyville.
One of the largest breweres in the West
is in prospect at Des Moines.
DR.. Newton Richards, aged 76 years, q
pioneer of Atlantic, dropped dead.
After June 1 the gasoline street lamps
in Des Moines will be discontinued.
The postoffice at Dresser has been dis
continued. Mail goes to Ida Grove.
The Woodmen at Bows have decided to
build an opera house, costing $4,000.
The total assessed valuation of railroads
in Iowa County amounts to $13O,T2O.
The treasurer of Warren township has
held that post for thirty successive years.
A number of herds of sheep in Tama
County are seriously afflicted with scab,
Henry Solome aged -, fell from raft
in the river at Burlington and was
drowned.
The State Bank of Ringsted has filed
articles of incorporation, with capital
of $4,000.
The wages of the section and bridge men
of the Iowa Central at Marshalltown have
been increased.
The mangled body of man was found
on the Northwestern at Lombard, but was
unacceptable.
The girls employed in the Green-Whee
er shoe factory at Fort Dodge have struck
for higher wages.
The old ferry boat John Taylor, at Bur-
lington, was destroyed by fire. She was
insured for $500
Two men were discovered burgarizing
the store of Alex Peril at West Bend. but
made their escape
Will q. Green. a prominent young bust
ness man of Oskaloosa, died suddenly
from heart disease.
Joseph Smith of West Point committed
suicide by shooting himself while despon.
dent over i'll health.
The 1S-months-old child of James Bash
of Centerville was terribly burned by fire
falling upon its clothing.
Wreckage from the Kirksvile, Mo-, CIV.
clone has been picked mp at Troy, dis.
lduCe VI slAlS niles away.
The motormen and conductors on the
street cars in Des Moines have had their
wages increased 10 per cent.
7. c. Gibson. carpenter of Montour.
fell from scaffold and is badly injured
about the head and shoulders
The residence of William Scott, at I'm.
derwood. together with contents, was de-
ctr -OI tHyE rN V,,e,,
The Fort Dodge Platter Company of
Fort Dodge has fled articles of incorpora.
tion. The capital stock is 100000.
A man giving the name of Harry Jones
was sentenced in Marshalltown to six
years in the penitentiary for burglary.
Suits aggrcgating $500 for injuries al.
legged to have been sustained on defective
sidewalks are pending at Mason City.
Ed Y. Culbertson superintendent of the
Ames school, charged with assault and
battery, in his trial was found not guilty.
The Calhoun County fair is now thing
of the past, and the buildings on the
grounds are now being torn down.
The officers of the Tama County fair
have renewed the lease on the old fair
grounds for period of five years.
The Iowa Telephone Company has com.
menced rebuilding its long distance line
between Burlington and Ottumwa.
The board of directors of Vernon town.
ship will build cyclone caves at seven diff.
ferent school houses in the township.
The sawmill companies Of Muscatine
have restored wages of employees to what
they were several years ago. 1t had be-
come difficult to hire men at the lowered
rate.
Joseph Smith, prominent citizen Of
West Point, committed suicide by shoot.
ing himself in the head He had been in
ill health for some time and was very do.
spondent.
Marion S. Jessup and Miss CalIe NJ
Yelverton, both of Pittsburg, met in Du.
buQue by appointment and called the Rev
Mr.. Hopkins from his bed to perform /,
marriage ceremony at midnight.
Lawrence, the S-year-old son of Mr.. md
Mrs. John Border near Victor. fell from /.
pillow, his leg being caught and twisted
round the wheel, and injured in such :,
manner that there is not much hone IN,
saving the limb.
Judge Shiras has sustained the dcmur
rer in the case of G. ii. Heath. trustee il,
bankruptcy, against w. G. Schaefer ct al
in Dubuque, deciding that the united
States Circuit Court has no jurisdiction in
bankruptcy proceedings,