Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-18

A gas plant will soon be established at
Adair.
Rev. Joseph HILL aged Il, is dead at
Cascade.
Clear Lake is enjoying building boom
in the residence portion.
Penn College Mt Oskaloosa opens with
the largest enrollIsent in its history.
Mrs. ALI Isaacson was run into by a
switch engine near Oskaloosa and killed.
Residents of Louisa County will vote
Nov. Z on erecting fire-proof insane
asylum.
A new savings bank has been organ
lied ut Fort Dodge with capital Of
$25, 600.
The Burlington canning factory will
this season put up 10000 cases of to-
matoes.
1t is reported that daily rural mail de-
livery will be established in Scott County
at Davenport.
The contract has been let for construc-
ton of the building for the Home for the
Aged at Des Moines.
The Bodens bottling works ut Mason
City burned, with loss estimated at $5,-
600, insurance $1,000.
There is brick famine at Des Moines.
said to be caused by one company buy
ing all the product in sight.
The w. C. T. U. of Des Moines assist
ed in destruction of liquors in that city,
to be certain that the officials did their
duty.
One hundred and seventy-tive citizens
of NIuscatine have paid their dog tux and
the list has been published as roll of
honor.
The bids furnished Oskaloosa for a
waterworks system, to be sold to the city
at the expiration of the franchise, We're
all unsatisfactory.
The w. C. L. U. of Marshalltown has
opened Women's Exchange, where
women's work of all kinds can be brought
for sale or exchange.
NJ. S. Shields, of st. Paul, salesman,
was found dead in Des Moines hotel.
Heart disease caused death.
The body of Conductor Dave Butter
field, killed in the Northwestern wreck
/ near Tioga, has been recovered and taken
to Belle PLANE.
The large store of the Z. L. Hosteter
Furniture Company was destroyed by
fire at Waterloo. The loss is placed at
$40, 600, covered by insurance.
Ina, the 3-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Comstock, Of Fansler, was
killed by bullet from small target
rifle, but the shooting is II mystery.
Keokuk is raising $4,000 in order to
secure gift of the same amount for
Carthage College.
George Headley, 10-year-old boy of
Council Bluffs, while out nutting, fell
out of tree, breaking both arms.
William Blossey, of Marshalltown, fell
asleep under platform with one arm
on the track, and had it so badly crushed
by freight car that amputation was
necessary.
assaulted Jailer Maxwell in making their
escape from the Polk County jail, has
been recaptured and returned to Des
Moines. He declares that Dimmit, the
fellow uncaught. is guilty of the assault.
Burlngton's street fair was marred by
n street motor running over and killing
instantly 15-year-old Richard Barry.
Prisoners in the county Jail at Ayoca
attempted to break Jail by saving
through the bars of the cell, but the noise
was heard and the plan nipped in the
bud.
The home coming of company T., Fifty
first Iowa Regiment, has been married by
the death on board the transport of Ed
wyn Kissick. son of prominent family
of Oskaloosa. His father, Robert Kis-
sick, an attorney, received message an
nouncing the death of his sou at Maya
saki, the result Of relapse into typhoid
fever,