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

A blast which was fired prematurely
In What Cheer mine caused the death
OF John Collander, a miner.
Dalton Galloway, near Berlin, aged IA,
fell OF wagon and the hind wheel pass
ed over his head, crushing the skull. He
may recover.
A class OF sixty was initiated into the
new A. p. o. N. 7. court Mt Burlington
Fifty Of the order went down from Mus
catine to aid in the work
A decided novelty is proposed ut the
Victor fair. A number of jack rabbits
have been imported and these will be
coursed with hounds for prizes.
Martin Weyenberg, laborer living
near Council Bluffs, had his head caught
IN pile driver and crushed out of shape,
but it Is thought he may recover.
The city of Burlington has ordered
steam roller and already some of the
taxpayers are suggesting that legal pro-
ceedings be taken to prevent payment for
the same.
Charles Baker. an employe of the g. & !
N. W., fell under ballast train near
Marshalltown, and his left leg was man
gled in such way that amputation was
necessary.
DR.. Gothard of Atlantic has applied for
divorce, alleging cruel and inhuman
conduct on the part of his wife and al
leging further that she had threatened
to poison him. u,
Helen kirkpatrick, Il months old, filed
with the District Court at Des Moines u X
suit for $40, 900 damages against Langan
Bros, wholesale paper dealers, for using
nude picture of her on an advertising
blotter. The child sues through her moth
err Mrs. Clara b. kirkpatrick.
The building committee of Iowa Col
lege having charge OF the construction OF
the new gymnasium for men is short U1
funds to finish the same and has sent out
q circular asking for further donations
The shortage is attributed to the advance
in the price of building materials.
The civil service commission has issued
schedule OF examinations to be held in
the State this fall for departmental and
general service. The dates are as fol-
lows: Des Moines, Oct 9, Z and IL; Bur-
lington, Oct. IL; Dubuque, Oct. D; Ma
son City, Oct. A; Sioux City, Oct. 3.
Claus Rover, an aged inmate of the
Scott County poor farm, committed sui
eide by cutting his throat from ear. to
ear. III health, the result of an incura-
bic disease, was the cause of the act.
and those who best knew the circum-
stances are not at all surprised at the
result of long illness. ~
Fifteen tow mills have formed
bine by which they expect to cor
tow market Of the country. He
tiers for the combine have beenh O.
at Elma, on the Great WesternI 81.
a large factory is in operation AMI
a. G. Brown, who has engineeE
combine, has been placed in charge
interests of the new company, VIII
incorporated. 1t is claimed that=
cally NIL tow used in the country ----'-'t
ufactured in these fifteen mills, W
located in northern Iowa, southepd as
nesota and the Dakotas. .erial
The Iowa Telephone Company,
PENDANT in two suits in the Distric
at Iowa City, one for $4,000,
by Rachel Holtz; and one for ST.
Ernest Holtz. Rachel Holtz
Administrative of the estate of
/. Hoitz, her son. The petition
his death was caused by the neg
of the company in the following nj
While driving wagon loaded wjrin-aI
in Riverside, some months ago, till md
on struck telephone pole in turE
corner. The ties were thrown fo{
pushing Holtz under the wheels, afitQi
body was crushed. The petition furh,
sets forth that n franchise had not beaI
granted the telephone company by thu
town of Riverside, as required by law,
and the pole was placed directly in the
road
AT Wilton, fire destroyed the Leaning
mill and elevator, together with several
thousand bushels of grain. The loss on
the structure and contents is placed ut
$1,000, insurance $4,000. The fire is at
tributed to spontaneous combustion.
A daring and clever delivery from the
Polk County Jail set at liberty four pris.
oners at Des Moines. Waterman John
yiggars was assaulted by three prison-
crs, who threw. a blanket over him, bound
and gagged him and locked him in the
cell they had left. They then locked
every door in the cell room, walked uE
from the basement ard escaped.
At Abba, decree granting the petit
| ton for divorce of Mrs. LATE Copper,
which had been pending for some time,
was handed down on recent afternoon.
| Death, however, had been more speedy
than the divorce court, for the husband,
| who had been nm inmate of the county
home, expired that morning.
Sheriff Cleary and posse, in field
near Grinnell, undertook to arrest three
men suspected of the murder Of John
Williams and Cornelius Matthews, brake
men on the Chicngo Great Western road.
! When ordered to halt the men turned
and one of them fred at the posse. Half
dozen shots We're exchanged, but the
men escaped.
William Beckett of Waterloo commit
ted suicide by hanging at his home. He
was temporarily insane from despon-
dency.
Giles Puryear of Liberty township,
! while digging we'll upon the farm OF.
Henry Salladay, near Krum, met with
his death in a strange way He Ind
gone down to the bottom of n new 40
foot well and discovering that it con
tanned black damp, he gave the signal
| to be hoisted to the top. When nearing
the top the fresh air struck him suddenly
and he became unconscious and fell to
the bottom of the we'll, sustaining such
injuries that he died mithin,a half hour
after being brought to the surface.