Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26
Lorimer will build town hall soon.
Unionville is to have $2,750 school.

State fair grounds.
Nora Springs has let the contract for
water works system.
There is talk of organizing hot water
plant at Shenandoah.
The contract has been let for $5,596
school building at Keswick.
The Gas Company at Clinton is con-
tenplatins increasing its capacity.
The new B., c. r. s. N. depot at Cres-
ton has been opened to the public.
Work has commenced on the new Cath
Ollie convent school at West Bend.
The merchants of Belle PLANE are in
favor of an early closing agreement.
The July race meet at Davenport has
been declared off on account Of rain.
The G. & U. W. will soon commence
work on their new depot at Denison-
The newly incorporated village of Floyd
is booming In the matter Of new buildings.
~ postoffice has been established at
Lansrud, with b. A. Lansrud postmas-
ter.
The school district Of Danbury will
build storm cave at each of the school
houses.
Ralph Bissell. young farmer living
near lama, committed suicide while tenn
porarily insane.
Centervtlle proposes to erect new city
jail. each cell to be provided with stons
for prisoners to break.
George Yost aged so, an inmate of
Wapello County poor farm, was gored to
death by ferocious bull.
,Iyb, Macon Tyt,,
ed by the State Fair Association to fur
nish music during fair week.
The Iowa Falls contingent In the
hlondike has been heard from. None Of
the party has yet struck gold.
The spire Of the Sacred Heart Catholic
Church at Fort Dodge was struck by
lightning and badly damaged.
The Milwaukee depot and express once
at Milford was burglarized and quantity
of express carried of. No clue
The butcher shop of John Godert Of
McGregor was destroyed by fire. Loss
about $1,000, covered by insurance
During 1898 14.753 acres Of land in
Webster County changed ownership, the
total considerations being $506,
Burlington people have already sub
scribed $50, 600 for the new railroad pro-
ject. with about $4,000 more in sight.
Mayor Sam Jones of Toledo, Ohio, will
be invited to make the chief address at
the Des Moines labor day observance.
Muscatine dedicated handsome new
park. 1t was donated to the city BY DIR.
and Mrs. James Weed, rsassr sasidsnts
Des Moines is still making efforts to Sc.
no M hA fhto Jr-
stitution from Kirksville, NO., to that
city.
Harry Smith Of Hoboken has lost the
sight of his left eye by piece of metal,
which he was breaking, flying up and
striking it.
The Dempster Manufacturing Com
pany of Des Moines has amended its ar
ticles of Incorporation, making the cap
ital 100000.
Santa Fe surveyors are working out O.
line near Indianola. 1t is believed thSt
they are running a preliminary survey tt
Council Bluffs.
The trustees of Crescent township mJS
bring action to contest the decision, rails
ing the valuation of lands in their town
ship % per cent.
Aaron Wolf, president of the Exchanse
Bank, Petersburg, and interested in 9th
er Western Institutions, died at Free
port, ILL.,, aged 70 years.
Henry Poore. residing near Harri,
Grove, may have to have his right hand
amputated, as blood poisoning has set in.
caused by the scratch of a cut.
AT shooting ARRAY at Fairfield WON.
an named Mason, or Wallace, from neal
Ainsworth, was badly injured in thu
breast by shot from revolver.
The national industrial commission 10
taking an interest in the oil war at Des
Moines, by means Of which the Standard
hopes to drive competitor from the field.
An incendiary set fire to barn at
Muscatine and before it was extinguish-
ed four other barns were destroyed, en-
failing loss of several thousand dollars.
The Wabash Railroad has posted no.
tice at all stations in Iowa that the wages
Of all employees in all departments will be
increased 10 per cent after the first of
the next working month.
A young man who goes under the name
Of Charles Metcalf went to the livery
barn of Reese & Co. at Iowa City aad got
Il horse and buggy to go into the country,
/
| has not yet returned.
The Attorney General has given it as
his opinion that the time spent by pris-
oner tn the State penitentiaries In solitary
confinement for violation Of rules shall be
added to the term of his sentence and not
considered as part of the same.
| 1t has been discovered at Waterloo that
John Lynch, an iron molder Of that city,
is the son Of William Lynch, the Keno
sha, Wis, centenaran who died recently,
leaving an estate valued at over $4,000
He was located through newspaper dis
patch. With one sister he shares his
fathers fortune.
The following postofices have been
made money order offices: Artesian, Free
port, Hamlin. Mineral Ridge, Munter-
vile, North Buena Vista, Piero, Savan-
nah and Willow Creek.
E. A. Davis gasoline launch exploded
in the middle of the Mississippi river, six
miles above Burlington, and burned to
the waters edge. The eight passengers
narrowly escaped death. They were com
| PEELED to take to the water and were
| picked up by n passing boat and taken
to shore. Il. A. Davis and Capt. Spring
er were badly burned. The others escap-
ed injury.
While number of small boys were
playing in sand bank at Forest City
the sides caved in and Lewis Oleson, 10
years old, died before he could be dug
out.
Judge Withrow of Burlington has or
dered that Storms, the convicted mur-
derer of Mrs. Rathbun and daughter, be
given transcript of his case for use in
an appeal to the Supreme Court.
The Marshalltown Council has conclud-
ed there is a way to reach the church
and fraternal orders who serve meals on
big days without passing new ordinance,
and has determined to place them In the
same category with transient merchants
and tax them as such.
There are ninety-eight fair associations
in the State and of this number only five