Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-28
Ringsted has voted to incorporate.
Atct,reror is to have another paper.

An electric light plant is proposed at
.Adel.
A postofllce has been established at
Hanson.
Scarlet fever has broken out at Rock
Branch.
A new creamery will be started in Aork
township.
Corning is to have new Congregation
al church.
A postoiiicc has been established AZ
Albert City.
Arlington's water works s7stcm will
cost $4,000.
There are $4,000 ducks on farm near
Fort Dodge.
The saloons at Fort Dodge have been
opened again.
An unusual amount of building will be
done this year.
There is talk of brick and tile fac
tory at Gowrie.
Edward schafer one Of the pioneers OF
Oakdalc, is dead.
The water works question is being con-
sidered ut Gowric.
a $4,000 school house is being talked
of at Lime Springs.
Hedrick will vote on 5000 bonds for
ain electric light plant.
Gowrie has decided to vote on SG,OOO
bonds for water works.
Ernest Papc has been commissioned
postmaster at Calumet.
Quite quantity of tobacco is being
cultivated near Postvile.
Company H of the Fifty-frst Iowa has
been mustered in at Oskaloosa.
Kellogg has private banking instltu-
ton having a capital of $SO,OOO.
Oskaloosa will have a chance to vote on
the water works question again.
The recent case of smallpox at indie
pendencc cost that town $1,50O.
1t is believed that the smallpox at JEFF
fcrson is now under good control.
The surveyors for the D. q n. U.
Railroad are at work near Cambridge.
Rev. i. G. Peters of New Sharon drop
pod dead. Heart failure was the cause.
a new art hall is contemplated for the
Audubon County fair grounds. at Audu-
bon.
George Mattingcr of Lyons has been
appointed Government tagger at Wat
crloo.
Grand Junction will not vote on en-
larging the incorporated limits of the
town.
A telephone company has been incor-
poratcd at Clarion with $4,000 capital
stock.
Iowa has two hundred more financial
institutions than any other State in the
Union.
John Blake OF South Dakota has laid
claim 10 1900 acres of land in Wapello
County.
There are still number OF smallpox
cases i'll the eastern part of Woodbury.
County.
Mrs. DeGroot of Steamboat Rock fell
OH an icy sidewalk and broke leg near
the knee.
The c., b. s. Q. is erecting water
tank at Fairfield with n capacity Of 49,
600 gallons.
The smallpox cases near Fontanellc
have all recovered and quarantine has
been raised.
Mrs. Philip Berg, an old resident Of
Cass County, was found dead in her
home at Atlantic.
John Doughcrty of lincoln, Neb., has
accepted the sccrctaryship of the Y. NJ.
G. \. at Dubuque.
James Graham, a young miner, fell
down an S0-foot shaft at Oskaloosa and
was instantly killed.
The brick residence owned by A. w.
and James Duke, in Waterloo, was com.
pletcly Quilted by fire.
Robert Brown of Sigonrney had hand
badly laceratcd by the accidental dis.
charge of shotgun.
Washington is congratulating herself
on the sleet storm, which resulted in
4 flushing ont her sewers.
The following postofices have been dis
continued: Calvin, mali to Waterloo; Oak
Spring, mail to Ashgrovc.
The contract has been let for the new
gas plant at Davenport. 1t will have a
capacity of 100000 cubic feet.
Don Stewart, farmer residing near
Abba, committed suicide by cutting his
throat while brooding over imaginary
troubles.
| Charles l.. Brooks, a well-known resi-
dent of Marshalltowii, was stricken with
apoplcxy and died within nm hour.
| Mrs. Erickson of Lacona has invented
a process to preserve natural flowers,
which so far has proved successful.
William j. Chamberlain, a prominent
| ,c
his home there from heart disease.
i Charles West, n farmer living near
Crcston, was fcarfully bruised by his
horses tramping on him in his stable.
An ordinance has been introduced in
the City Council OF Kcokuk prohibiting
expectoration upon the public streets.
j. j. Brown OF Summityillc, Keokuk,
is dead, aged 20 years. He had been a
resident of keokuk for half century.
Joe Callahan, a section man at Clinton,
was knocked down by slowly moving
train, but received just few scratces.,
Lyman Stoddard Of Tama had his right
hand SO badly muti!atcd by circular
saw that amputation at the wrist was
necessary.
1t is believed that the independent
school district Of Auburn will be able 10
pay OFF the bonded Indebtedness hanging
over it this year.
Green County District Court. March
term, closed after a two days session,
something unknown in lis history for the
past fifteen years.
The little child Of Mr.. aud Mrs. q.
Mcnamara of Dubuque was scalded to
death by pulling n tub of hot water over
| itself.
The barn on the farm of w. T.. Nc
Caughcy, near Rock Rapids. was de-
stroyel by fire and eight horses perish
ed in the flames, together with a guam
tity Of feed and farm implements.
4 The bureau OF ordnance md fortifca-
tions of the War Department has given
an experimental contract to the Dubuque
enamel wc:ks for sufficient number OF
canteens to supply a regiment of cavalry
and IL regiment of infantry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Kenble. head OF