Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
Briet state happen,nr..
The Methodists at DEBORAH are havin,
plans prepared for the remodeling Of theil
church

plans prepared for the remodeling Of their
church.
DIR. ]. @. Waterman has been appoint
ed a pension examining surgeon at Coun-
Gil Bluffs.
The foundation for the soldiers monu-
ment in the cemetery at Belle PLANE is
now completed.
It is believed that the brewery consent
petition in Des Moines will fall short
about 80 per cent.
The City Council at Tama has decided
to light the residence part of the city
with incandescent lights.
The postofiice building lease ut Iowa
City has been renewed for FIVE years at
rental of $1,000 per annum.
A jewelry store at Colo was entered
by burglars and quantity of jewelry
and other valuables taken.
Thieves entered the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. Reedy at Garwin and stole $40
in cash and a gold watch.
Apple growers of southwestern Iowa
report heavy losses through sweating and
subsequent rotting of apples.
ALI ]. Moore, an Adams County man,
has been appointed postoffice inspector,
vice w. G. D. Mercer, resigned.
VIM. Brownfeld, at Washington, is
suing the Rock Island for $4,000 dam
ages for injuries received in n wreck.
Ernest Kirman, working OH John Ke-
he's farm near Waterloo, had his arm
torn off at the elbow in corn shredder.
Twenty-Five button machines have been
shipped to the Fort Madison penitentiary
for the button factory which is to be es-
tablished there.
The jury in the case of Fireman
Brownfield VS.. the Rock Island company,
at Washington, brought in verdict in
favor of the defendant.
At Des Moines Charles A. Spiegel was
sentenced to eight years in the peniten-
tiary for arson. He confessed that his
real name was Charles Coin.
Samuel Sinnett, prominent and
wealthy resident of Muscatine, died Mt
the age of 50. He had been leader in
Iowa greenback and Populist parties.
Sterling Hickey, a young man of Mon
trose, was killed by the accidental dis
charge of shotgun while hunting.
The petition for the establishment of
saloons in Keokuk County bears more
than the required IS per cent of sigma
lures.
The remaining assets of the defunct
Cass County Bank at Atlantic were sold
at public auction, but realized almost
nothing.
Francis e. Riney, charged with the
murder of Allie Penrod at Galva last
September, was found guilty of murder
in the second degree.
Ex-Goy. Drake has handed in a good
sized check to so toward the building of
an auditorium for Drake University at
Des Moines.
A stranger giving the name of Charles
Flint was picked up on the streets at
Dubuque and taken to the hospital, where
he died in a short time.
VIM. Duggan of Dubuque, who some
time ago drove into an open ditch and
sustained severe internal injuries, is now
suing that city for 5000 damages.
Five boys confined in the Jail ut Coun-
ell Bluffs escaped by climbing through
the transom of the outer door, after
breaking open the door of the room in
which they were placed.
More natural gas wells have been
opened with n fine flow southwest of
Muscatine. A company has been formed
for deep well digging. There is fine
prospect of an abundant supply.
William j. league of Fort Madison.
who was arrested at Richmond, Ind, on
the charge of forgery, admitted his guilt
and was bound over to the next term of
court in the sum of $4,000. Tongue comes
Of a respectable family.
One night about three weeks ago sec
ton men discovered some bridge piling
and posts lying across the Northwestern
tracks Hast of State Center just before
a passenger train came along and remoy-
% them in time to avoid an accident