Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-11

Hog cholera Is spreading In the vicinity
Of Collar.
The burned church at Burlington will
be rebuilt at once.
A brass band has been organized by the
old soldiers in the home at Marshalltown.
Ex-Gov. Drake, who has been sick for
some time, is again able to resume his
duties.
Apple growers in southwestern Iowa
claim that the crop will not be over thirty
per cent.
William Prehm, ear inspector, was
killed in the yards of the Burlington road
at Burlington.
A new street car system Is to be estab-
liGhed at Council Bluffs. which will also
extend to Omaha.
The court house at Dubuque is to be re-
modelled. The lowest bid for the work
Necessary Is $27, 600.
Exclusive Of the Catholic schools,
there are 2,215 pupils enrolled In the
schools at Muscatine.
Carpenters are being brought into Ma
son City from other towns, the local sup
ply being insufficient.
The total enrolment IN the Belle PLANE
schools for the first week was 737 pupils.
Hiram Long, who was appointed post
master at Hummaconna in 1877, and has
held the position ever since, is dead, aged
n.
A switch engine at Dubuque crashed
into buggy occupied by Charles Moy.
He was thrown out and seriously in
jured.
Up to date the Government fish crew
at Bellevue has gathered 65 900 bass and
upward of 10000 croppies and other
game fish.
The big packets on the upper Missis-
sippi are being withdrawn for the season,
trouble being experienced on account Of
low water.
The Dubuque Board of Health proposes
to enforce the ordinance requiring physi-
clans to file certificates Of the deaths Of
patients.
OF the ninety-three claims made
against the B., O. R. & N. on account Of
the wreck at Washburn all have been
settled except six.
The Secretary of State has incorporat-
ed the Nichols Savings Bank, which is
the thirty-third of these institutions or
ganixed In the State this year.
Charles r. Balcolm Of Waterloo, an old
settler Of Blackhawk County, was found
dead in bed at the home Of his son, death
having come painlessly while he slept.
twenty-five dollars reward Is offered by
the anti-saloon league at Clarion for evil
dence that will lead to the conviction Of
anyone violating the liquor law.
The lumber Office of McKiven Bros. at
Charlton was entered by burglars. They
were frightened away before securing the
contents Of the safe, but the latter was
entirely ruined.
A. A. johnson, a young college student
at Des Moines, while coasting down a
steep street on bicycle, collided with
a freight train. He was thrown under
the wheels and had both feet run over.
One will have to be amputated.
The electric light company at Council
Bluffs offers to sell out to the city for
SOL $50.
The Iowa officers of the Federal Labor
Union are preparing protest against
the extension of the contract labor sys-
TEN in Iowa State Institutions.
Fire broke out in the two-story double
frame dwelling house on South Hall
street, Tama, just north of the O., NJ. &
st. P. tracks. It was soon under control.
Loss probably about $500.
A new steay, heating plant is being in
stalled at the ;oldiers' home at MARSHALL
town. The old one had become useless,
the pipes being filled with mineral de-
post from the water used.
The farm house of Mike Griffin near
Thompson was destroyed by fire. The
family barely escaped.
A committee of the Burlington Council
has condemned the action of the local
water company for paying an excessive
-ate of interest on borrowed money.
The disagreement over the Oskaloosa
water works has been ended, the company
agreeing to make Improvements to the
amount of $35, 900, which will insure am
pie fire protection.
The grocery store of William Robinson
MT Fort Dodge was looted of about 5000
| In cash and checks BY three plausible
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