Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29

Davenport Turner's held military ball,
at which $500 was cleared.
Ottumwa Presbyterians have selected
n site for their new church.
Charlton, after paying the years bills
has II balance of $3.50 in the city treas
ury.
Fire in mine near Oskaloosa did great
damage to property and burned forty-fve
mules.
Diphtheria has appeared at Iowa Falls
and strict quarantine measures are being
taken.
The Indian school at Toledo is being
connected by telephone with Toledo and
Tama.
Sigourncy is without saloon, it hav-
ing complied with the decree of court and
closed.
Frost broke two of the copper columns
in front of the new Masonic Temple at
Waterloo.
The canning company at Gilman has
disposed of its entire output for two years
to come
A. w. Townsend, aged IL, of Marshall
town, dropped dead. Heart disease was
the cause.
a tramp stole garment worth 10 cents
ut Grand Junction and was sent to Jail
for fifteen days.
John NJ. Bauman has been appointed
postmaster Mt Osgood, vice c. III. Gid
dings, removed.
Seven cars of large walnut logs have
been loaded at Charlton, TO be shipped 10
London, England.
The Milwaukee now has three lines sur
vcyed in northwcstcrly direction through
Buena Vista County.
The annual Central Missouri confer
ence of the NJ. Il. Church will be held
May so at Oskaloosa.
A postoflicc has been established at
Schley, Howard County, with Sylvester
Barnes as postmaster
| The East Side Baptist Church in Dcs
Moincs is raising funds for the erection of
n new church building.
Keokul is making an effort to secure
the band for the Fiftcth regiment of the
Iowa National Guard.
a German beet sugar manufacturing
concern is considering Marshalltown as
the site for u factory.
Twelve converts of this Baptist Church
at Keokuk We're immersed in the Misss-
sipp on Il recent Sunday.
Amcs has been having soft coal FAM
inc, on account of a failure OF local mines
to produce the needed amount.
Evangelist Sunday has closed series
of revival meetings at Emerson, which re-
suited in 100 conversions.
Navigation on the Mississippi is likely
to be delayed beyond the usual Zine, ow-
ing to the very thick ice.
A stock company has purchased the
opera houstsat Campbell and will convert
it into II modern playhouse.
AT the meeting of the directors of the
Iowa Telephone Company at Davenport
the old officers We're reelected.
The biennial convention of the State
Federation of Women's Clubs will be held
in Burlington the first week in May.
Ja.,es Powcshick, the Indian policeman
of lama County, has had his wages adj
vanced So per month for good service.
A committee of ten men has been chos-
Ell nj Des Moincs to w-k for the cstab-
lishment of n military post at that city.
There is possibility that the question
of a site for the new Polk County court
house will be again submitted to the vot-
ers.
Wolves are playing great havoc with
flocks around Lewis and some farmers
stay up all night to keep them away from
their yards.
Mr.. Yngoe, Danish gentleman living
at Extra, was thrown out of his buggy in
runaway and so severely injured that
he died.
The farmers of Keokuk township a.e
pctitioning the supervisors to construct q
wagon bridge across the Des Moines river
at Cliiiland.
Waterloo ice consumers have reachcd a
satisfactory agreement with dealers and
will not put in house of their own, as
contemplated.
Ed Hamilton, Il negro who has already
served three terms in the pcnitcntary
was caught while burglarizing Daven
port meat market.
Robert Nelson of Des Moines was bit
: ten on the thumb by a rat short time
; ago. Blood poison SIT in and the member
had to be amputatcd.
William Martin of Adair was shot il
a quarrel with s.loonkecper at Casey
The kneccap is shattered SO that amputu
ton may be necessary.
The young peoples societies of the VA
rious churches mt Ottumwa have organic
ed an association to bring them together
in good work and charitable effort.
The 6-ycar-old child of Mr.. and Mrs. C
b. Anderson of Seymour vas playing will
matches when it accidentally set its cloth
ing on fire and was burned to death.
i. j. Baughman, Il brakeman, Will,
standing on the top of II train at Nal
$ Meter, was struck by n water pump an,
t knocked to the ground, fracturing hi
skull.
$ The coroner held an inquest over tn,
: remains of the unknown man found dca,
in the Milwaukee sand house mt Ottum
!, wa. The verdict was that death was dur
y to natural causes.
j. b. Knoll, Il stock raiser of Haverhi!l
sues the Western Union for 5000 III
:, alleges that through failure to deliver
: telegram he lost that amount on a ship
ment of sheep to Chicago.
The free text book proposition carrie,
by good majorities in three districts il
Des Moines, including the West De
AIoines district, the largest in the city
i Three fourths of the city of Des 'Moine
will now have free text books.
: The indications are that the convention
II of retail grocers to be held in Dcs Moline
during the first week in April for the or
n ganization of State association will b
e one of the largest gatherings the city ha
entertained in many months
t Secretary Van Houtcn of the State Az
e ricultural Society said the other day tina
from his limited personal observation h
It was Of the opinion that the wheat wa
$ badly injured. There has been no cove,
ing. The changes of temperature hav
$ come rapidly and often. With bare groun
IL the wheat has been unable to withstan
the cold.
d The board of trustees of the Iowa Stat