Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

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l five votes were cast in favor of the bill.
Little was accomplished by the Senate
at its Saturday session. The resolution
| giving the Secretary Of State authority
to sell the session laws was passed. At
ter spending the greater part Of the morn
ing in laborious attempt to get together
q quorum, the House introduced three
new bills, INDUCED in some refreshing
levity and Mt the expiration of twenty
minutes stood adjourned. There were
only five members present and from these
| the chairmen of committees could not get
together the required number for COM
mittee meetings.
Short State ltema.
| Burglars are getting in their work at
| Muscatine.
The building prospects are bright this
year for Holstcin.
Considerable building will be done this
year ut Woodbine.
Dysart is to have national bank with
a capital of $4,000.
A new $4,000 school has just been
completed at Rockford.
A new $4,000 school house has been
i sotSo Aoh az >NGN NAtSihids
The Board of Supervisors at Iowa City
have accepted the new jail.
A stock company is being organized at
Dysart to operate the creamery.
]. w. Gilger, an old resident of Colo,
dropped dead in the postofiice there.
The lumber yard project at Persia is
now meeting with much encouragement.
A mad bull which got loose made things
lively at stock sale at Manila recently.
A farmer in the vicinity of Fontanelle
lost several head of cattle by black leg.
The dates for the Cass County fair
have been fixed for the second week in
September.
The First National Bank Of Dubuque
has let the contract for new bank
building.
Three hundred cedar trees have been
purchased to beautify the cemetery at
Charlton.
Henry Price. pioneer, of Brooklyn,
dropped dead at his home there from
heart disease.
Fire at Des Moines damaged the dry
goods stock of +. o. Wolf to the extent
of $1,000.
Mrs r. s. Cortright of New Hartford
s,ipped and fell, breaking an arm near
the elbow.
The Iowa. Minnesota and Northern
Railroad has filed mortgage in Toledo
for $3,900,OOO.
August Walline, wcll-to-do farmer
living near Rowan, was gorcd to death
by vicious bull.
Inc saloon men at Marshaltown have
secured sufficient number of signatures
to their petition.
Harry Barber of Iowa Falls has dis
appeared from his home and no trace of
him can be found.
Inc expenditures in Keokuk in ten
months nave exceeded the appropriations
Tor the entire fiscal year.
Jesse Thompson was sentenced Mt
Council Bluffs to three years in the peni.
Tertiary for burglary.
A theater company has filed articles
OF incorporation Mt Burlington with a
capital stock of S65,O0O.
Rural mail delivery routes will be as
taniished March 10 at st. Anthony and
at Salem.
dubuque wants to have her marshal
and engineer appointed instead Of elect.
ed by the people.
AS n result of the revival meetings at
Bedford over three hundred people have
united with the various churches,
Joseph, the 16-year-ol son of w. C.
| Pollock of Denison, was kicked on the
head by horse and for time it was
thought the injury would prove fatal.
G. II. Thorley of Atlantic has recov-
cred quantity of the cutlery recently
stolen from him. 1t was discovered in \
pawn shop i'll Des Mones.
Harold Cullen of Dubuque has sued
that city for $4,000 damages for iniuries
sustained by falling over an obstruction
| on street there.
An effort is being made Mt Creston to
raise sufficient funds to purchase the old
fair grounds SO that town NAV have nm
agricultural fair
1oung's ice house at Clinton was de-
stroyed by fire and the iremcn all suf.
fered from the intense cold one man bov.
ing both feet frostbittcn.
Persia is to have lumber ward 90.
tablished in her midst.
| SS"tepoio onSsis seizeu a quantity of
| iiquof at the depot few days ago and
destroyed it.
Bert Billings, formerly of What Cheer.
is dead Of injuries sustained in street
car accident at Leavenworth, Kan.
Chas. Platner of Prairie City had
narrow escape from death by runaway
team. He was dragged several blocks.
Adrian Hanson of Milford had an arm
shot away by the accidental discharge
of shotgun which he had in his buggy.
| A college student was ordered TO throw
up his hands at lie Grande, but betook
himself to flight and escaped.
John Woods, residing near Newburg.
was badly injured by fall from his wae.
on which was standing at an elevator.
The engineer and fireman on work
train on the Davenport, Rock Island and
Northern felt bridge giving under them
on Duck creek and jumped into the rag
ing waters. They were uninjured.
Fort Dodge people interested in the
raising of sugar beets are urging the mas
sage of the bill providing for the non
taxation of lands and properties used for
their culture and the manufacture of sn.
| gar.
The Brighton State Bank has increas.
ed ed its capital stock from $4,000 to $50.
The Hawkeye Cycling Club has decid.
ed to build an eliptical dirt track at Rnr.
lington. -
n. Neikirk, residing near Glidden. was
kiued by vicious horse and collar
bone and two ribs broken. .
Ruby Taylor of Clarksville fell from
MS wagon and received serious Injuries
to the head. 'u''e.
Edmund Dumas, Dubuque lad, found
dynamite cartridge. Not knowing its
identity, he drove nail into II WITH ths
result result that portions of both hands were