Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-10-03
Waterloo is to have new postoncs

The Citizens Bank at Dallas Center
has commenced business.
The Christian Science Church at Red
Oak has been disbanded.
The Christian and NJ. q. Churches at
Elliott are to be enlarged.
The new Fanton elevator in Belle
Flame Is now in operation.
1t is estimated that ninety-four tons
of mail crosses this State daily.
the expenses of the smallpox cases in
Mahaska County are enormous.
The school enrolment ut Iowa City
is l,219, as against 1,1S5 last year..
A savings bank with a capital Of $12,-
ooo has been Incorporated at Rose Hill.
There is a possibility of new bank
being established soon ut College Springs.
A rural mail delivery route is soon to
be established at Oxford, and another at
kalona.
Fifty thousand dollars has been raised
for the endowment of Penn College at
Oskaloosa.
Il. NJ. Pierce, carpenter of Waterloo,
was robbed of SAP while sleeping in
park there.
There is some talk at Denison of a
company being organized to build race
track there.
The contracts have been let for the
building of the new Illinois Central shops
in Waterloo.
The Rock Island Railroad has just
completed two new steel bridges east and
west Of Avoca.
The canning factory at Shenandoah
put up about million and quarter
cans this season.
A sneak thief recently entered the res
idence of B. johnson in Trenton and stole
5000. No clew.
Blackhawk County will vote on the
question Of new court house at the
coming election.
The pinkeye, which has been prevalent
among horses in Davenport for some
time, has abated.
The Nutwood Driving Association Mt
Dubuque has dissolved and the track
will be abandoned.
Thieves entered the residence of Frank
Butter6eld in Dewitt and stole articles
valued ut about $50.
The annual report of the State Dairy
Commissioner shows an increase Of eigh-
ty-nine new creameries.
II. j. Allen of Mason City, brakeman
on the Milwaukee, fell off train and
had both arms broken.
Thomas Rok, near Salem, had about
LOGO pounds of wool stolen from his
barn recently. No clue.
The big sea wall at Clinton is partly
completed and other river front improve
ments are well under way.
The G. a. r. post at Coon Rapids is
building fine hall, the foundation of
which has been completed
A temperance campaign has been start
ed in Des Moines and $1,000 has been
raised to prosecute the fight.
Abb. Mallicoat, living east of Wyom-
ing, was killed by a windmill pump fall
ing upon him and crushing his skull.
Miss Margaret Tittemore of Marshall.
town is somewhere on the Pacific bound
for Tien-tsin to marry Lieut.. Warren
Dean of the Sixth United States cavalry.
She is accompanied by Mrs. Teresa Dean,
formerly Chicago newspaper writer
and mother of the young lieutenant, who
has been fighting the Boxers. Miss Tittc-
more is one Of the bellies of Iowa and
is a sister Of j. N. Tittemore, general
freight agent of the Iowa Central Rail-
way.
Fort Dodge physicians are puzzled over
the case of Martin Swanson, car repair
er OF the Illinois Central Railway, whose
body passed under the wheels Of half
train. Swanson was at work under the
caboose when switch engine backed
long train of cars upon him. He tried
ito escape, hut was caught under the
4 ~ - i|alsn e g 81 before he
his right hip and diagonally across his
body, but not single bone was broken,
nor did he sustain any internal injuries
that can be ascertained. A few skin
abrasions and the dark line where the
wheels passed across this seemingly rub
markable accident.
A farmer living west of Metz discov-
cred the body of II young man lying under
the west end Of the iron bridge of the
Rock Island road one mile west of Metz.
The coroner was notified and an inquest
was had. In the pocket of deceased was
a small memorandum book which gave
his name us Roy G. Blackburn, and stat
ed that j. G. Blackburn of Neponset, ILL.,,
was to be notified in case of his death or
of accident. The young man had been
in Cripple Greek, Colo, and evidently
was beating his way on an east-bound
freight train and had been hanging out
too far from thescar and had been struck
( by some part Of the bridge, as his head
was completely crushed.
The trial Of NJ. G.. Lee for insanity
came to a sudden end Mt Davenport Mr.
Lee is one of the leading saints in the
"heaven" of the Brethren in Christ at
Barry, Ill. His children had sought to
have a guardian appointed for him, for
fear the peculiar sect with its headquar-
tiers ut Barry would get control of his
fortune, but when the testimony of their
side was all in Judge Wolfe decided that
the oid man was competent to look after
ms own business ana DISMISSED the case.