Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-05-24

DIR. j. d. Reynolds, a prominent ply.
stefan and pioneer resident of Creston, i.
dead.
Business men of Lbertyville are consid.
ering proposition to establish n bank
there.
Fontanelle has shelled and shipped So
600 bushels of corn during the last two
weeks.
Birmingham has voted to issue bonds
for $1,000 for the erection Of a new school
house.
That part of Oskaloosa's bicycle ordi.
nance requiring lamp is held to be mop.
erative.
Prof. T. NJ. Bruner of Des Moines, an
educator well known throughout the west
is dead.
The postoffice at Collett has been re-es.
tablished with VIM. E. Thompson as post
master.
1t is reported that there are some 2OC
cases of typhoid fever in and around Mar
shalltown.
The School Board of Marshalltowr
finds it necessary to increase the assess
ment for next year mills.
The Independent school district of Cen
terville has now only about $4,000 worth
Of bonds still unpaid.
A Judge in the District Court at Do.
Moines granted thirteen divorces by de.
fault one day recently.
A man named Huffman, living near To.
ledo, was severely injured by horse kick.
ing him on the face.
Harry Jones, convicted of burglary al
Marshalltown, has been sentenced to three
years in the rsnitentiary.
Ivol, the 5-y%sr-old son of Samuel Bran,
son of Oskaloosa, was fatally injured by
being kicked by horse.
An inmate OF the Allamakee County
poor house claims to be the heir to an es.
tate Of $4,000 In Norway.
Barney Cone committed suicide at South
Centerville by taking carboic acid. III
health and poverty the cause.
The Rock Island contemplates the cree
ton Of foundry and construction shor
buildings at Valley Junction.
A Council Bluffs dog is said to have
committed suicide by hanging himself
from window with his chain.
The contract for the new electric light
building at Iowa City provides that il
must be completed in six weeks
A committee of Des Moines business
men is touring the country seeking Sropel
locations for the proposed army post.
j. B. Ramp of West Burlington was
drugged by intending robbers at st. Louis
and found in an unconscious condition.
The little son of Everett Mestcott OF
West Union had his face badly injured b,
accidentally pouring carbolic acid on it.
Oskaloosa is making preparations to en-
terrain 500 delegates to the State Sunda,
school convention, to be held there June
2O-23.
The Business Mems Association at Dav
export is considering the matter of devel
oping the water power in the rapids of the
Mississippi.
A man supposed to be w. w. Patterson
of Iowa City was found dead in hote
room at San Jose, Cal. He had commit
ted suicide.
The loss to Dubuque County for the re-
placing and repairing of washouts anG
damaged bridges will reach considera
BILE figure.
The sixth annual debate between the
universities of Iowa and Minnesota, hello
at Iowa City, resulted in victory for the
Iowa college.
The Fort Dodge and Omaha road is tic
lay out and establish new town seven
miles west of Manson. 1t will be known
as McCarville.
Beverly Clark, colored boy, broke the
State record for high jump in the Eas,
Des Moines high school meet, clearing {
feet 10 inches.
A modern flour mill is to be erected a,
Atlantic. An elevator with capacity OF
10000 bushels will be built and operated
in conjunction Herewith.
The city of Dubuque has sued the stree,
car company for $9,10S.27, claiming tina,
amount expended in street improvement.
which should have been made by the com.
pany.
A large barn owned by Levi Osgood
near Marshalltown, was struck by light
ming and destroyed by fire. together with
l,5OO bushels Of grain and few head OF
swine.
Vera cottage. belonging to Mrs. n. Bar
rett. at Waterloo. was destroyed by fire
Will Barrett was badly burned and the
other members of the family had narrow
escape from cremation.
Don Allen, the little son of Washing
ton clergyman, and John Stewart, son o,
the railroad agent, were drowned in +;
reservoir east of the depot. The boys were
playing on raft when it tilted, throwing
both into the water. Neither could swim
and they sank before passers-by who wit
messed the accident reached the tank.
The recently reported cases of smallpox
in Leclaire have proved to be the real dis
| ease, notwithstanding the denial of a ply
sician and his statement that the ailment
was only an aggravated outbreak of chick
| enpoX. The Iowa State Board of Health
has made thorough examination of foul
suspected cases and declared it to b,
| smallpox.
1t is impossible to find an idle man il
Clinton, and a contractor has importance
the police department to release severa
hoboes in the jail so that he might give
them work. His plea won, and the vag
rants are now laborers, earning 81. 80 pc,
work day of eight hours.
At Mason City, Tom Durkin, aged 10
was shot by Mrs. Ford. The woman me,
the boy on the outskirts of the city ant
accused him of improper conduct TOWARD
her daughter. Tom denied the accusa
| ton and heated controversy arose
Finally Mrs. Ford pulled a revolver from
her waist and fired the ball striking tn,
motory nerve. The woman then raj
away. Doctors fear the wound is mortal