Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-01

| Oue uldFTldBe llCeuSe lSSueu III JdChSOn
County.
A shaft is soon to be sunk near Fair
| field to work valuable bed of mineral
paint
| Work will be commenced Mt once on a
new steel bridge over the Charlton river
| at Dennis.
Two young men of Dubuque are to de-
eide \ love affair with gloves, with side
bet of $50.
John Nellis of Burt went crazy over
religion and died from the effects of the
excitement.
The Elks at Council Bluffs have decid-
ed to erect fine club house, to cost
about $4,000.
About 25O acres around Muscatine is
devoted to cabbage raising, but the crop
| is disappointing.
Charles F. Haden, an Iowa man. has
been promoted from $1,000 to 1920 In
the patent Office.
If saloon petition is circulated in
Monroe County the names of the signers
will be published.
DIR. d. P. Breed pastor of the Congre-
gational Church at Creston, has handed
| in his resignation.
j. j. Mitchell of Des Moines, who was
wedged in an elevator and seriously in
jured, will recover.
]. w. Goodrich, teamster of Des
Moines, dropped dead few minutes at
ter eating his supper.
A fisherman near Clinton killed fine
American eagle, but not until after it had
painfully wounded him.
Company A, Forty-ninth iowa, the
Governors Grays, is having rifle range
fitted up near Dubuque.
Thomas Melsteen, aged 10, of Daven-
port, died Of lockjaw resulting from a
Fourth of July accident.
A Chicago travelling man was robbed
of diamond stickpin valued at $75 by
pickpocket in Waterloo.
Miss Mamie Katz, near Blakeville, was
thrown in front of hay rake in run
away and seriously injured.
The railroad tower at Belle PLANE is
being enlarged and will control twice as
many switches as formerly.
Frank Popelka of vining had both
bones in his right leg broken while in a
friendly scuffle with companion.
Will Krenpein was SO badly injured by
a frecracker at Vincent that he had to
have his hand amputated at the wrist.
Miss Nellie Hilliker of Red Oak was
robbed of her pocketbook containing $S7.
precisely as she had dreamed she would
be.
Martha Edwinson Of Des Moines has
asked to be divorced from her husband.
after twenty-six years of married life to-
gether.
| The board Of control has let the con.
tract for new chapel for the home for
soldiers orphans at Davenport. Cost
$4,000.
Twenty-one horses being unloaded from
a car at Marshalltown were frightened
| by passing engine and escaped In the
darkness.
j. j. Mitchell, an elevator operator in
Des Moines, was caught between the ele-
vator and the wall and it is thought ia
mortally wounded.
| A passenger train had narrow es
| cape from disaster on burning bridge
near Hayesville, several ties having been
burned through when the train passed
| over
Henry Confer, young man of Du-
buque, fell in front of a street car, but
escaped serious injury, as the car was
equipped with a fender.
Martin Leverton, who has been a fugi-
| tive from justice for eleven months, hav-
| ing broken from the Polk County jail,
| has been captured in Des Moines.
Earl Sieber. aged 10, Of Fort Dodge.
fell OF roof distance Of sixty feet
and the only injuries received were a
broken wrist and u few minor bruises.
William Seymour, a young man of Des
Moines, diyed into about eighteen inches
of water surprising 1t to be about six
feet deep and dislocated his neck, para
lying one side of his body.
An old man named Henry Easycheck
committed suicide at Dunlap by hanging
himself from an upright of a hayrack. He
was not missed until the next morning.
when his lifeless body was discovered by.
the family. He had attempted to take
his life the day before. He was so years
old.
| tine, but now of Carbonate, ILL.,, has
| SohtVSSCh " lhS huiuCl III kAuSCdlluG OF
G. Stevenson in war time. The victim
was always supposed to have persisted in
| n corn field from exposure to cold. Phelps
says he killed Stevenson and concealed
| the body in the corn field.
Robert William Thompson, tailor by
trade, attempted to commit suicide by
drinking ammonia at Emmetsburg. He
occupied small room over livery barn
and was discovered by workmen hearing
his groans. The doctors think he will
recover.
For the second time in thirty days
Knowles Bros store at Manley has been
burglarized. Between twenty-five and
thirty pairs of shoes were taken. En-
trance was made through the same side
window used on the burglars first visit,
The burglars We're seen leaving town, but
were soon lost sight of.
| The explosion of Il key of powder in the
Beck coal mine, four miles southeast OF
Des Moines, seriously injured James
Rawson and Stephen Dennis, aged 16
and IL years, respectively, and slightly
| impaired the working Of a mine for a
| time.
| #. L. Sweeney, young carpenter Of
Blandinsville, ILL.,, was held up by high
waymen and robbed of $500 in cash. The
crime was committed at point short
distance south of the Des Moines river
bridge. The thieves grabbed Sweeney's
coat and vest, the money being secreted
| in small pocket of the former garment,
and disappeared in the brush. No clue
has been obtained to their identity.
The Supervisors of Pottawattamie
| County are considering the submitting of
a question to the voters of the county re-
garding the establishing of county poor
4 farm.
John B. Phelps. one of the prominent
lumbermen of the Mississippi valley, died
| of apoplexy at Davenport and the stroke
| that ended his life is generally attributed
to worry over the fate of relatives in
Tekin.
Miss Kate Hemping, living one mile
| northeast of Colo. was struck by the fast
mail while trying to drive across the