Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-13

mas Decn opened 10 the public.
The corn crop of-Iowa this year will
average 35la bushels to the acre
DIR. a. w. Cantwell. a prominent ply.
stefan at Davenport, has just died at his
home in that city
The officers of the soldiers home al
Marshaltown want an official building
for their own use.
The Christian Endeavorcrs of Iowa
will hold their next State convention in
1900 at Ottumwa
Over $4,000 was paid out to farmer,
IN one week recently in the vicinity OF
Victor. for poultry.
y movement is on foot in Des Moines
to convert the auditorium in that city
into an opera house.
The Northwcstern's new double TRACK
from Quarry to La Noble has beer
thrown open to traffic
Not much interest is being shown
throughout the State in the reorganiza.
ton of the National Guard.
William Hunt. an alderman of Iowa
City, was struck by tree which he wa.
telling on his farm, and killed.
The Baptists mt Washington have re
modelled their church and purchased
new pipe organ; total cost $4,000
Frank Fnltcr of Fairfax, aged 81, com.
mitted suicide by hanging. He was de.
spondent over the death of his wife.
Peter Orlinger. an old settler and re
spected citizen of Harper, was fount
dead in his bed; cause of death unknown.
j. y. McWaid has sold his interest il
! tho Atlantic ('unpn,r IN HE
son, w. \. McWaid, and Mr. Cuykendall
! n public meeting was held in Musca.
| tine and n granite slab erected to mark
where the first log cabin was built III
1888.
Quarterly payment of taxes. as recon-
mcnded by State Treasurer Herriott, is
being warmly discussed throughout the
State.
An unknown man was run over by
Northwestern train near Garwin anC
killed. No clue has been found as to his
identity.
David II. Ewing of Dies Moines has an
nounced that he will donate to Drake
University Il library building to cost
about $4,000
y woman section hand was arrested al
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released, as the laws of Iowa do not pro
hibit such action.
| The time of section men on the Rock
Island has been reduced to nine hours
and wages have been reduced according
| ly.
The proposed Rock Island line from
Gowric To Sibley will open up fifteen
towns. The line will he in operation next
year.
The Milwaukee road, it is reported,
Will next spring build short line to
Kansas City, through Davenport and OF
tumwa.
AS soon as the present debt on the
Drake University ut Des Nones is wiped
out another new building will be erected
on the college campus.
After paying all expenses of the recent
reception of the Fifty-iirst Iowa at Coun.
ell Bluffs the committee has big sur
plus still in the treasury
| %. L. Maxon, a well-known hardware
dealer of Searsboro had his left arm torn
away by his shotgun exploding. The acct.
| dent may prove fatal.
The Postoilice Department has ordered
the establishment on March 1 of free de-
livery ut Newton, with three carriers and
thirty-tvc street letter boxes.
Richard Beardsworth near Albany,
died suddenly while milking cow. He
was apparently in good health when he
left the house few minutes before.
During the year ending June 80, 1899,
there We're 1,530 saloons in operation in
lowe, which paid into the treasures of
the towns and counties $1,120,544.O6.
The saloor men of Des Moines have
decided to secure a new saloon consent
petition so as to he prepared in case OF
an adverse decision by the Supreme
Court
u L. Barnes, former agent of the Adj
ams Express Company in Marshalltown.
has settled the various eases against him
aid probably no further action will be
taken.
Assistant State Gcolosist II. +. Balm
is preparing Il report OH an investigation
as to the possibility OF manufacturing
Portland cement from the lime stones ant.
shales of Iowa.
The Adjutant General has issued or.
ders that all newly organizing companies
can enlist competent persons. white OF
colored, as cooks. and who shall take the
rank of corporal.
The Postotce Department has sent an
inspector to Fort Madison to investigate
/; new location for the postoilice at that
place, as the lease of the present Office
expires in April.
The Womcn's Club mt Marshalltown
has sent Il protest to the Y. NJ c. A.
against the costumes worn by the ladies'
in the Fadcttcs branding them US i'm
modest. unlovely and impure.
Flick n johnson of Davenport have
been awarded Il contract for grading and
bridging sixty miles of new road for the
c., NJ. II st. p. west of Tyndal through
the Ganliton Indian reservation.
The State Board of Health has placed
the farm of Andrew Felar at Van Me-
ter under quarantine for the next six
months on account of case of CHAMBERS
i'll horse. which he refused to kill
The report of the commissioner of nav
igntion. showing by States and territories
the number and gross tonnage of regis
tered, enrolled and licensed vessels, gives
Iowa thirty-onc. with Il tonnage of 49,.
The State canyassing boards canvass
of the vote nj the recent election shows
that the Republican plmaities are: State
superintendent of instruction, 56.064;
judge Supreme Court. 59,Sl6. and rail-
roa,l commissioner, 5S.2223.
The records OF the equity division of
the District Court ut Dies Moines We're
tanpcred with by some unknown party
and court charges erased. Investigations
are being made.
The Iowa Central depot Mt AIyona was
the scene recently of II tistic encounter
between two women. one alleging that
the other was tampering with her do
nestle happiness.
II. LAMA. an Italian. who lost an eye
through the premature explosion of
dynamite blast while in the employ of the
LeGrand Quarry Company, has been
awarded $1,000 damages.
Mildred Alsever OF Burnside has been
awarded IL verdict of S633.33 against the