Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-06

Rock Valley is enjoying building
boom.
Burglaries are prevalent oil over the
State. :.
A new canning factory is to be estab-
lished Mt Des Moincs.
Mr.. md Mrs. Robert Young, ST., Of
Monticello were seriously injured in n
runaway.
Kittie L. st. John has received nm abb
solute appointment ms clerk in the Des
Moines pension agency.
At the election at Duncombe on the
water works question the proposition car
ried by small majority.
Bonnie Kaiser, 10-year-old lad Of
Dubuque, got into deep water while
bathing and was drowned.
The remains of IN unknown man were
found on the tracks near Missouri VAL
ley. 1t is thought the man was tramp.
The sheriff at Waterloo raided a house
at Gilbertsyille and another Mt Wash
burn and found quantity Of liquor at
each.
aged years, while attempting to recover
Ills uul llOA liz IiNcIy I'LL Ill uuu WAS
drowned.
In an angry dispute with his employer
G. e. Wilson, a former Marshalltown
boy, was shot and killed near Lake Ben
ton, MINI.
Edgar NJ. Kurtz has been appointed a
substitute clerk and John A. Minor a
substitute letter carrier in the Davenport
posto1lce.
The Comptroller of the currency has
approved the selection of Chr. Mueller MS
svice-president of the First National Bank
of Davenport.
John Ives, living near Fort Dodge, n
rich pioneer of Webster City, was robbed
of 81, 200, which was taken from his
house during his absence.
The agricultural school at Ames will
ask the Legislature for $4,000 for the
engineering and mechanical building, and
$4,000 for big barn with amphithea-
ter.
The little daughter of A. ID. Wash
burn of Walker was struck with knife
on the eye recently, md it had to be re-
moved Now the other one is affected
and there is not much hope of saving it.
During fight Mt Abingdon, Frank
Jones sustained conclusion Of the brain,
several broken ribs and n broken breast
bone.
The coal chute Mt Dinsdale, which .was
put up recently at n cost Of $1,000, has
been taken down, us the company found
they did not need it.
Grand Master Maven of the Iowa
Workmen, residing at Waterloo, has
been appointed grand medical examiner
Of the order, to succeed DIR. S. G. Blythe
of New Springs, who died suddenly while
attending the knights of Pythias grand
lodge at Davenport.
A postoffice is soon to be established
at Dermyer corner, about nine miles
south of Walnut.
Police Officer Collins, who filed infor-
nation against the gamblers in Burling-
ton in order, as he claimed, to stop the
monthly revenue from them to Mayor
Naumann, was relieved of his star and
dismissed from the force. Mayor Nau-
mann denies absolutely that there is any
truth in Collins charges that he received
monthly sum from the gamblers to Sc
cure his protection. He says he has no
objection to the closing up Of the gam
bling rooms and will lend his assistance
in the matter. The gamblers arrested
on Collins charge pleaded guilty.
While John Dugan was working on
farm at Mason City he was sunstruck
and died from the effects.
A peculiar suit will come up in the
Grundy County District Court at the
next term. 1t comes from Cleves, where
church society owned cemetery in
which lots were only decided to members,
che member in question was expelled
from the church several years ago aud
up to that time had not used the lot for
the burial of any of his family He later
decided the property to his son, who
sought to use it, but was refused, claim.
ing that the lot was the property Of the
church, and as result Of the ldispute.th the
courts will be asked to settle the point