Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-17
Brief state Hnppen,ns..


The school district at Parnell has voted
$1,000 for new school,
Chicken and harness thieves are numer-
Gus in parts Of Shelby County.
ehe people of Eldridge are disappointed
asnot being able to get school.
abe Iowa Central has commenced lay
Ing new steel ut Steamboat Rock.
Plans are being prepared for an asylum
for Dallas County, to cost about SIS, 600.
Carson expects a building boom and has
plated forty acre addition to the town.
The postofiicc at Sheldahl was burglar
lied. Less than 81 in stamps was secured.
st. Andrews Church ut Charlton has
raised $4,000 toward the building of a
new church.
The North Des Moines School Board
will refund its 100000 Of outstanding
bonded debt
The average rate Of taxation in Des
Moines is 51a per cent Of the cash value of
all property.
A. j. Conover, convicted of forgery at
Rock Rapids, was sentenced to ten years
Imprisonment.
The canning company ut Abba has con-
tracted for over 100 acres of tomatoes for
the coming season.
Mrs. John Bleggar and Miss Lottie viii.
liams of Bode had u narrow escape from
death by asphyxiation.
The Des Moines Northern and Western
Railroad is planning to build an amphi-
theatcr at High Bridge.
The Santa Fe road will erect q stone
and iron building ut its shops at Fort
Madison, to cost $4,000.
Burlington has 1850 taxpayers. and
figuring from this the population of the
city is estimated ut 10000.
A. e. Stewart, residing near Gladbrook,
had nine stacks of grain consumed by fire.
They were partly insured.
1t has been decided that the Nichols bow
who robbed the postotiice at Ainsworth
will be sent to the reform school.
Harold, youngest son of Judge Weaver
of Iowa Falls, is dead after few days
illness with acute brain trouble.
Rita Bernsdorn, aged years, Of Du-
buque, died in bed of paralysis of the
brain, without previous sickness.
There has been an epidemic Of small
fires at Council Bluffs and the police are
confident that firebug is responsible.
William 1immons, working In mine
near Des Moines, was almost Instantly
killed by u fall of slate from the roof.
Burglars entered the jewelry store of
Grain Bros. at Gushing and secured q
quantity Of jewelry.
Some time ago horse ridden by John
Lounsbcrry stumbled OH broken bridge
over East Indian creek, in Story County.
and he was injured by the fall. He sued
the county for damages and has been
awarded $1,000.
Oliver q. Fish and Miss Kate Pendor
were arrested at Ackley by Chief Ins,,ec-
tor j. w. Murray of the dominion police
of Canada. Fish is charged with robbing
his brother. merchant at Elmsdale. Ont
of $1,000. After obtaining the money he
deserted his family and eloped with Miss
Pendar, dashing French milliner.
The board of regents of the State Uni
versity has signed contract with Warren
Roberts & Co. of Chicago for a new Sl75..
900 collegiate building.
Rev. T. Il. Dotter, one of the hos,
known ministers of the liberal denomipa.
tons of the State, has left the ministry
and will engage in newspaper work in
Missouri.
A high stepping road horse, while helm,
driven down the street in Muscatipe, hurl,
ed loose shoe which pierced the large
plate glass show window of dry goods
store. 1t was the largest in the city. nrob.
able value $500 and broke in four nearly
equal parts.