Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

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arrests.
DR.. A. L. Armsbury has been appoint
cd pension examining surgeon at Rock
Rapids.
| The State executive council has ap-
pointed new board of State mine ex-
aminers.
| Company of the Third regiment of
the 1. N. G. has been reorganized at
Bedford.
The Center Grove school, near Du-
buque; has been closed on account Of
diphtheria.
Rev. Martin of Mason City has receiv-
ed call from the First Christian Church
of Omaha.
Stephen Fielman has been appointed
postmaster at New Vienna, vice ]. Kes
per, resigned.
Burglars entered the store of q. A.
Rhine at Eldon and carried off goods
valued at 500.
One hundred and seventy-three mar
riage licenses were issued in Jefferson
County last year.
| 7. ]. Stafford of Audubon has been con-
yicted of arson and given fifteen months
in the penitentiary.
Buchanan County re,n estate is on the
boom and prices of farm land range from
S4o to 500 per acre.
Because of poor health Ed Walker Of
Norwood committed suicide by hanging
| himself in the barn.
| The Ringgold County Farmers insti-
tute held highly successful two days
session at Kellerton.
A long-lost heir of New Yorker has
been found in the person of Mrs. II. @.
Jackson of Donelson.
The smallpox quarantine at Youngs-
town has been raised, it beingg believed
that all danger is past.
The Supreme Court has decided that
all estates valued at over 81 900 are sub
| ject to inheritance tax.
| The Citizens Savings Bank of Han
lontown has filed articles of incOrpora-
ton. Its capital is $4,000.
! Col. S. ID. Swan, the first Mayor of
Creston, died at his home there, after
years of suffering from cancer.
j. j. Caldwell farmer living near
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from his face by vicious horse.
Harvey b. Sullivan, wanted at Clear
Lake for forgery, is under arrest at New
Prague, Mimi, on similar charge.
Frank NJ. Moore. well-to-do bachelor
of Leon, committed suicide while despon-
dent over bad real estate transaction.
Burglars entered the hardware store
| Of q i rhnrlov pt Il cd
quantity of cutlery, besides some cash.
James Frazer, an old gentleman living
at Honey Greek, was run down by a
| Northwestern fast mail and instantly
killed.
| Ed Pillow, colored man, was perhaps
| fatally injured by being shot in drunken
brawl in the Whitechapel district in Des
Moines.
New Hartford had building improve
ments to the amount of $31 900 during
the past year and more is promised for
this year.
As yet no trace has been found of Mi
META Washburn, the 14-year.o girl of
Muscatinc who disappeared from her
home Jan. 16.
The late w. S. Benton of Minneapolis
left bequest to Anamosa for books for
library, provided the town erects srit-
able building.
reports of farmers blowing in January,
which is furthermore stated to be with
out precedens.
| The New Sharon Fair Association de-
MES that it will not give fair this year.
The dates of Sept. IL, II and 13 have
been claimed.
The w. C. L. U. of Des Moines are
canvassing that city with petition to
present to the Legislature, asking for a
woman's reformatory.
| A stranger who was stopping at a
Havelock hotel was ordered to leave town
because he persisted in getting drunk
and creating disturbances.
Twenty-Five passengers in Des Moines
street car We're witnesses to the drown
ing of 15-year-old lad, who broke
through the ice while skating.
The new railroad between Clinton and
Davenport is meeting with great success.
The town of Hartley now has fine
deep WE'LL. with sufficient supply of
water.
Mrs. Il. A. Neal of jefferson has been
allowed $500 for injuries sustained by
reason Of an imperfect sidewalk.
The body of an unknown boy about Is
years of age was found in the river at
Des Moines. He broke through the ice
while skating.
ed fund of $500 which will be used to
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unlawfully in Swaledale and Pleasant
| Valley townships.
| The fire loss on the big wholesale gro
Gerry stock Of Biklen, Winner " Co., at
Burlington, has been adjusted. They
were allowed $S4,500 over and above the
salvage.
The sheriff of Blackhawk County has
been engaged in making raids at Gilbert
vile and Washburn on places where liq-
uor was illicitly sold. Quite quantity
of contraband was found.
Peter Dresser, farmer, fell from his
| wagon near Davenport and was suppos-
ed to have been intoxicated. He was
picked up and put in barn. In the
! morning he was found frozen dead with
his skull fractured. The coroner is in
vestigating.
The postmaster at East Dubuque re
ceived letter from an unknown party
containing ten cents which the writer
said wns to pay for watermelon stolen
from the postmaster in 1S49.
Moulton, the new division point of the
| Wabash between Des M0ines and st.
Louis, is Boosting of boom in real es-
tate circles. The new road is helping
the city to wonderful extent.
Letha Jackson, the Steamboat Rock
school teacher, has won her case in the
Supreme Court. 1t was fought through
all the courts to the highest tribunal and
she was victor. She was discharged for
Furnishing pupil and began action for
l reinstatement. sss