Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-04

CoburH is to have new school house.
A telephone system will be established
in Dewitt soon.
Work is progressing on the opera house
at Fredericksburg.
A new steel bridge is being built across
the river at BOWS.
A camp of the Royal Neighbors has
been instituted at Newhall.
The Jefferson County fair at Fairfield
wasaa success financially.
The contract has been let for 1900 feet
Of new sewerage in Iowa City.
A 5000 addition is to be made to the
Waterloo Congregational Church.
The Methodists OF Charlton have just
laid the corner stone of new church
building.
Burglars entered DIR. Smiths office in
Waterloo while he was absent for dinner
and looted his safe Of $65.
Waterloo was invaded recently by a
well-organized gang Of pickpockets,
among whom are some women.
Farragut offers 500 reward for the
arrest of the persons who started the fire
that almost wiped out the town.
Mrs. James B. Reames Of Marble Rock,
her daughter and her daughters little son
were badly injured in runaway.
The early closing movement at Cres-
ton is ended and hereafter merchants
will keep open as long us they please.
A tramp attempted to hold up Frank
King at Grinnell, but on coming under
the electric light the tramp disappeared.
Isaac Rothschild, at one time Daven.
ports biggest clothier, has filed petition
in bankruptcy. Assets nothing, liabilities
$35,268.
G.. A. Spicgel of Des Moines, who skip
ped his bonds last March while awaiting
trial for arson, has been arrested at To
ronto, Canada.
During an alteration at Tara, Ed Bar
low, foreman Of construction gang on
the railroad, stabbed Grant Bradford, a
colored laborer.
The August receipts of the Des Moines
postofice, as compared with those Of the
corresponding month Of last year, show
an increase of 1922.
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union In Des Moines conducted raid
against the Equitable bath parlors and Sc
cured a quantity Of liquor.
Clyde Morse, clerk to the Mayor OF
Marshalltown, was the victim of burg
lars, his residence being entered and
about 80 in cash secured.
The new Salasck church in Otter Greek
township has been dedicated.
The Methodists of Harlan have laid
the corner stone for a $4,000 church
building.
Roy Wren, boy who formerly resided
at Marshalltown. was drowned at Kan.
sas City.
Mrs. B. f. Birch6eld of Des Moines
was fatally burned by the explosion of a
gasoline stove.
Frank D. Stout, the owner of Nutwood
Park at Dubuque, has donated the prop
erty to the city.
The first uniformed division of the Mac
cabees in Iowa has been instituted at
Marshalltown.
/ The cooperative store Mt Grinnell is to
be closed, after having prosperous run
Of twenty-five years.
VIM. j. Bryan will be at Keokuk ON
Oct. as the orator on the occasion of
the street fair and carnival.
A. O. Bondurant, leading citiz. of
Polk County and founder of the town Of
Bondurant, is dead. He was o. years of
age.
Mrs. Ruthrof of Dallas Center at
tempted to commit suicide by taking
chloroform, but the dose was too small
and by prompt aid she was saved.
Z Natives Of Columbiana County, Ohio.
resident in Marshall County, held tbeir
annual picnic and reunion.
Franw Bowers, near Written, got into
nm alteration with man named Cyrus
Green and was seriously stabbed about
the neck with pocketknife.
The Oldest bank in the State is Mt No.
corah, having been established In 1896
and having been under the management
Of members of the same family ever
since. :
State Dairy Commissioner Norton has
found evidence which he considers suff,.
cient to warrant the arrest of numbe,
of milk dealers at Burlington for usino
preventative drugs.