Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02

The Dubuque street fair and carnival
will be held the second week in October.
Hog cholera is doing considerable dam
age in the southern part of Buchanan
County.
The United Brethren Church at East
Plattsmouth is being removed to Pacific
Junction.
A kindergarten department is to be
introduced into the public schools at
Waterloo.
Mrs. Mary Smith of Des Moines was
severely burned in lighting leaking gas
oline stove.
The large sheep barn belonging to Fred
White, at What Cheer, was destroyed by
fire recently.
Deposits in the banks at Davenport are
about $2,OOO,000 in excess of those at
Des Moines.
At Muscatine, Charles Sitsinger was
killed by hay frame breaking and fall
ing upon him.
w. L. Kinoyer, well-to-do farmer Of
Ackworth, was kicked by horse and
died instantly.
o. W. Roberts Of Iowa has been APP
pointed an observer and electrician at the
weather bureau.
There is talk of organizing company
at Algona for the purpose of establishing
street railway.
An addition will be built to the poor
house at Red Oak, and the contract has
been let for $4,950.
Plans have been completed for an opera
house and Masonic building at Freder-
icksburg, to cost $1,000.
The twenty-sixth annual session Of the
Cass County normal institute will be held
at Atlantic Aug. IA to rs.
Dubuque business men are working to
secure connection with the Northwest
ern at Gladbrook or Toledo.
Isaiah Wright, charged with stealing
harness in Monroe County. has been
bound over to the grand jury.
1t is said that the amount of new rail-
road track now under construction or GER
tain in Iowa will aggregate 100 miles.
John Coils of Des Moines has COM
menced suit against Elmer Cox for $780,
600 damages for malicious prosecution.
Maud Meyers, a young girl of Iowa
Falls, has been taken to the reform
school at Mitchellville for incorrigibility.
During the month of June Iowa de-
livered 65 per cent of all the hogs receiv-
ed at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago.
Willie ]. Kerrigan, boy employed in
a Davenport store, fell down an elevator
shaft in the establishment and was killed.
The village of Aurora has voted to in
corporate. This makes seven incorpo-
rated towns and villages in that county.
Fred Jordan, living near Washington.
was struck by train while walking up
on the track and quite seriously injured.
Two Tama boys, under age, have run
away from home and enlisted at Fort
Crook, Neb. Their fathers will go after
them.
Fire ut Williams damaged the cream
cry and mill to the extent Of $1,000. 1t is
supposed to have caught from the boiler
furnace.
Mrs. James Helmer. a pioneer of Jones
County, dropped dead at her daughters
home In Clinton. Death was caused by
apoplexy.
The Davenport Mile Track Association
has decided to hold race meeting the
week of Aug. IS. Charles Haskins will
be secretary.
Il. G. Huebner, a painter of Fort
Dodge, fell from scaffold on which he
was working, to the ground, and was In
stantly killed.
The City Council of Iowa Falls pro-
poses to tax the electric light and tele-
phone companies $50 each annually for
their franchises.
The residence of Fred johnson, chief
of police of Des Moines, was burglarized
and watch and chain valued ut SIS and
$41.25 in money stolen.
President Mckinley has given no def
mite answer to the invitation to be pres
ent at the Union Veterans national en-
campment ut Des Moines.
The evidence in the Dubuque water
works case is closed and will soon be
ready for action by the appraisers. They
may not meet until September.
The 1-year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
johnson of HASTE fell out of bed into
bucket of water and was drowned, no
body being present at the time.
The Northwestern is tearing down the
buildings on the property recently pur-
chased at Des Moines for the purpose &c
erecting an immense freight depot.
Art Fausel, aged II, of Burlington,
shot in the thigh by some unknown pc
son while out fishing.
Mayor MacVicar of Des Moines, pres
ident of the League of Iowa Municipali-
ties, has announced his committees for
the meeting to be held Oct. 11-12.
Dubuque people have been troubled
with mad dog scares so long that the
sight of canine running down street Is
sufficient to drive everybody for shelter.
station at Lee Center, had his arm
caught in a machine belt and it is prob
able that amputation will be necessary.
The State executive. council, as board
of review, finds it difficult to determine
the cost of telephone lines SO as to fix
basis for assessment of these properties.
Articles of incorporation of the Natioi
al Association for the Promotion of Hoh
ness have been filed with the recorder of
Polk County. Headquarters to be at Des
Moines. Boston, Chicago and New Al
bany, Ind.
A letter was received at Des Moines In
which the sergeant of Company II of the
Fifty-frst tells of the vote recently taken
by the regiment as to whether they pre-
ferred to be mustered out in San Fran
cisco or Des Moines. Pray says Des
Moines got one vote
The amount contributed by the school
children of Iowa towards the Lafayette
memorial statue to be placed in Paris, i.
ceived by Comptroller Dawes. was
1O7.97.
On May II Mrs. A. B. Schneider
New Providence attempted suicide by
drinking carbolic acid. The burns were
SO serious that after eight weeks of suf-
fering she died.
The Lutheran publishing house of De-
corah has reincorporated. Twenty years
ago its original articles were issued and
the chartered period having expired, it is
necessary to reincorporate. The company
has 100000 capital and is the Lutheran
publishing concern Of Iowa.