Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-04
A new national bank is being started at

Three bootleggers were fined $3.50 each
at Fort Dodge.
]. II. Ruggles has been appointed post
master at Nugent.
! The town of West Side is divided 90
u sewer proposition.
A new Lutheran church is to be rected
at Bode this summer.
The postotlice at Marietta has been dis
continued; mail to Calvin.
John Kopecky, near Sexton, lost seven
head of cattle by lightning.
During 1890 there were 3O2 births and
52 deaths in Wright County.
Work has been commenced on the wat
er works system at Duncombe.
Fife Winchell, Marshalltown girl,
has disappeared from her home.
The Elks and Our Circle Club" of
Des Moines will erect club house.
The Supervisors of Iowa County are
considering plans for new $4,000 county
Jail.
During 1890 there were 1868 births in
Blackhawk County, exclusive Of Cedar
Falls.
An additional letter carrier will be
gpanted the postoffice at Davenport
Nov. /.
The expense of the recent smallpox
cases in Poweshiek County amounted to
1900.
The Plymouth Congregationalists in
| Des Moines propose to build 100000
church.
The prospects were never brighter for
fine crops in Story County than at the
| present time.
There We're 164 marriages, All births
| and 139 deaths in Iowa County during
the year 1893.
The residence of Seward Mabee at
Ames was burglarized, and $75 and a
| gold watch taken.
Samuel Berry, n farmer near Louise,
was robbed of thirty-seven cattle that
! We're in his pasture.
The proposition to issue bonds to erect
a new school at Atlantic was defeated by
a vote of 500 to 259.
Ex-Gov. Francis NJ. Drake has been
reelected president of the board of trus.
tees of Drake College.
Jess Lippencott, carpenter of Gar.
| win, had his left arm broken through
scaffolding giving way.
| Miss Cassie Jones of Burlington killed
herself with carbolic acid because of the
death of her sweetheart.
William Allison, aged 33. and his son
Harry, aged u, were killed by fall OF
slate in the Hiteman mines.
Rev. Frank f. Beckerman of Chicago
has accepted call to the Trinity Epis.
copal Church at Muscatine.
The Board Of Railroad Commissioners
visited Bayfield, for the purpose of con.
demning land for depot use.
Daniel B. Manning has been designat
ed as member of the civil service board
for the postofiice Mt Newton.
Up to June IA of this year the clerk
of the courts in Woodbury. County had
issued 221 marriage licenses.
The First National Bank Of Guthrie
Center has been authorized to start bust
ness with capital of $4,000.
| The name of the new town of Luzon on
the Forest City division of the B., q. II.
& n. has been changed to Gruver.
DR.. e. j. Toof of New Haven, Conn.,,
has given 600 to endow chair in the
Drake University at Des Moines.
| A brick freight house is being erected
at Eldon and other important improve
ments being made by the railroad.
Farmers between Conrad and Liscomh
are organizing mutual telephone line,
and will connect the two exchanges.
Anthony Robertson, aged 90, of Steam.
boat Rock fell. dislocating his hip and
fracturng the bone below the joint.
i Ben Sidmore of Bristow was perhaps
permanently crippled by coming in con.
tact with circular saw at Dumont.
Pete Iosbaker, Jr of Sigourney had
an arm SO badly lacerated by circular
saw that amputation may be necessary.
Roy Brokaw of Des Moines was seri.
ously injured through his wheel breaking
and throwing him heavily to the ground
The Y. NJ. G. A. at Muscatine will es
tablsh coffee houses throughout the city
to accommodate people who come there
to trade.
a $4,000 opera house is among Wat
erloo's projected improvements for this
year. The enterprise is being managed
by L. S. Kern of Charles City, its sue
cess depending upon the sale of lots in u
new addition to Waterloo.
Charles w. Campbell, Waterloo con-
tractor, was thrown to the ground by the
breaking of plank and broke his right
leg at the ankle.
An aged inmate of the Des Moines
poor farm wandered about the country
for nine days, and had laid down to die
of starvation when found.
Miss Kathryn Hunter of Mt. Ayr has
gone through full course at school,
twelve years. and has neither been absent
nor tardy in all that time.
In Muscatine Il. V. Van Valenburgh,
an old soldier, who fought in the Four
teenth Iowa volunteer infantry, fell from
a street car and death resulted.
An attempt was made to burn the city
jail at Coon Rapids to cover UP the es-
cape of nm inmate. A few Of the worst
elements in town have been inearcerated
of late and the burning of the jail is
probably an attempt to get revenge.
When the fire was discovered it was sup
posed that II. j. Muller was confined in
one of the cells. Many expressions of
pity were heard on all sides and des-
perate effort to save him was made.
When the fire had been extinguished and
the officers entered the cell to remove
Mullers blackened and burned corpse, it
was found that he had escaped and to
cover up his departure or in a spirit Of
revenge had set fire to the jail.
| Two saloons have been opened in the
new town of Clutter, on the Northwest.
ern's new line.
Mrs. j. Guthrie of Abba was held up
by tramp and made to hand over SIT
and her watch.
Sam Hutchins, somewhat eccentric
character of Belle Plaine, was found
dead in his bed.
The Council at Clinton has been petit
toned to abate the tax levied on dray-
men and cabmen.
Tama County, without any bonded or
foated Indebtedness, had $76,S72.01 in
its treasury June 1.
The three bank robbers who have been
convicted at Emmetsburg were each SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for seven
years.