Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-15

The Catholic fair at Avoca netted the
church SS25.
The new Methodist church at West
Branch has been dedicated.
Cholera is affecting hogs in some por-
tons of Woodbury. County.
Thirty seven pupils now attend the In
dian school at Toledo.
The new roundhouse aud turn tables at
Musserville are completed.
A farmer near Bows lost about thirty
head of young pigs through freezing.
A Waterloo grocer filled n kerosene can
with gasoline. The customer will recover.
w. c. Harvey has been appointed post
master at Marine, vice j. III. Hum, re-
signed.
Gail Bush, wealthy farmer. attempted
to stop Il runaway team Mt Creston and
was killed.
Contracts have been awarded for the
erection of the new Y. Nj. G. y. building
at Keokuk.
The canning company at Gilman has or
dercd 100000 cans for delivery in the
near future.
lue NlllOll Will
capital of $1,000, has filed articles of
Incorporation.
The corn crop in Woodbury. County
promises to be larger the coming year
than ever before.
The Presbyterian Society at Audubon
has decided to erect new church to cost
not less than $4,000.
J,a,l, MN r,onJ ,x,,;tt,, 1r i,
ter at Burlington, has been sentenced to
five years Imprisonment.
The people of Gushing are a:itating the
question of bonding the town for the cree
ton of Il new school house.
Nick Rave of Council Bluffs was scri
ously injured by large rock falling on his
leg, breaking it in three places.
Humboldt will soon have electric lights
The electrical appliances have all arrived
and will be put in position at once.
The investigation into the charges made
against the management of the school fol
the blind at Knoxville proves them entire
ly groundless.
John w. Mcintyre. prominent nnt
well-to-do citizen of Ottumwa, suddenl.
expired at his home there from paralysi.
of the heart.
The City Council of Atlantic has au
thorized the treasurer to issue warran
for 81 900 to take up that amount of wat
or works bonds.
Mary Schluctcr, aged IS, of Davenport
committed suicide by shooting hersc
with revolver. The cause of her rasl
act is unknown.
The school year of the State Agricul
| tural College at Amcs has opened witt
| over hundred students more than in an,
| previous year.
| Il. o. McKelvcy and Charles Cooley o
Ottmmwa were knocked off trcstle by
| Rock Island switch engine to the ground
| distance of twenty feet, but not fatall
| injured.
Miss Kccr of Munroe is dead, said to b
on account of her mothers faith in Chris
tan science. The young lady was ailin
for some time, but the mother refused L
get medical aid.
Over nine hundred citizens of Marshall
town signed the petition asking the Schoo
Board to take the necessary steps for sui
hitting the question of adopting free tex
books in that city.
AT Atlantic, Arthur Barber was ser
fenced to five years in the penitentiar
for highway robbery. Otto Hansen tire
years for the same offcnsc, Joe SANDER
one year for the same offense, Louis Eos
ter one year for embezzlemcnt and Lin
Eaton two years for forgery.
Commissions have been issued by til
Governor to two members of the Forty
ninth, now at Havana. Both go to me
who are raised from the ranks to pos
lions as commissioned officers. One
Frank Il. Lifts, commissioned second licl
tenant in Company Il. The other is Wi
liam C. Kaufman of Cedar County, con
missioned second lieutenant in Con
pany Il.
In quarrel on cabin boat near Bul
lington Shady" Martin had his shoulde
crushed and head cut open by blow frol
his brother. The injured man was ser
to the hospital and his assailant locked III
Arthur Barber has been sentenced
five years in the pcnitentiary for til
Thurman highway robbery at Atlantj
last fall, and his two companions. .To
Sundbcrg and otto Hansen, one and tire
years respectively.
Spurrc1 by the recent declaration of IL,
chairman of the Republican State Con
mittcc the promoters of the Des Moint
auditorium announce that the buidin