Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-29

an arm badly lacerated in a threshing
machine.
James Thompson Of Des Mo;nes had
leg and foot badly crushed III round
house there.
Over a thousand cars passed over the
railroad bridge at Dubuque every day
last month.
Pinkeye in malignant stage is afflict-
ing horses ut Keokuk and many have
succumbed.
Russell Shupe, lahorer on the Great
Western, was drowned in the millpond
at Riccville.
Grades are being established at New
ton for the sewer system soon to be in
stalled there.
The new town of Sherwood is to have
another elevator with a capacity Of 25,-
600 bushels.
The coming session of the District
Court at Fort Dodge will be the heaviest
one in years.
The Illinois Central has purchased 3OO,-
600 brick for the erection Of round
house at Tara.
f. Greenback, farmer Mt Bridgewat-
CT, fell off his mower and badly dislocat-
ed his shoulder.
A case of smallpox has been reported
to the State Board Of Health from Mont
pelier township.
The residence of Thomas Allen Of Mar
shalltown was entered by burglars and
SD in cash taken.
The @. & N. w. is building 100000
viaduct over the Illinois Central track
east of Parkersburg.
About 52,974 tons of coal will be re-
CURED for the State institutions for the
year beginning Oct. i.
Nineteen criminal cases have been
docketcd so far for the September term
Of court ut Des Moines.
The store of j. r. Moulton at Luyerne
was burglarized and fifty pairs of shoes
and other articles taken.
Work has been begun on the super
structure of the new Northwestern
freight depot in Des Moines.
1t is believed that the Illinois Central.
will commence work on their proposed
new. depot at Iowa Falls very soon.
Two highwaymcn held up George
Mahnke of Des Moines in his drug store
and took SIT out of the cash drawer.
A sheriff's jury has been summoned
to condemn property south of Cambridge
for right of way for the d. & n. o. Rail
road.
A. A. Brunson, well-known politician
and prominent citizen of Algona, died
suddenly at his home of paralysis of tho
heart.
lyle Steepie was shot and probably
fatally injured by George Sargent at
Grant City. Steeple had been showing
undue attention to Mrs. Sargent, ane
jealousy prompted the husband to com.
nit the deed.
Ernest Harper, who was in Jail at
Clarion charged with arson, has turned
states evidence, causing the arrest of
V. q. Lundy.
The contractor at Williams estimates
that it will take seventy-five carloads of
material for the new State bank and
opera house block.
e. A. Benson, Quarryman of Du-
buque, was seriously injured by prema-
ture explosion Of dynamite, one hand
having to be amputated.
Ward Witwer of Des Moines was
drowned in Okoboji lake. He was sail
ing in an 1S-foot catboat and in coming
about the boom struck him and he was
crowded overheard in deep water.
In granting divorce to Mrs. Edna
June Reed from Charles s. Reed Judge
Bollinger ended one of the most sensa-
tional trials that ever absorbed the Mt.
tention of Davenport society. Mrs. Reed
was formerly Miss Edna Hall, and be-
longed to wealthy family in Lacon, Ill.
She visited in Davenport year ago last
winter and married Reed secretly in Rock
Island, ILL.,, in September. Then Reed
furnished an elegant home in Davenport,
and they were married publicly in Peoria
in November. They lived together a
month, when Mrs. Reed left her husband
and sued for divorce. Mr.. Reed declares
his intention of carrying the case to the
Supreme Court.
An appeal has been made in Des
Moines to the citizens to subscribe to the
reward offered for the apprehension of
the murderers of Mabel Scofeld.
A Marshalltown citizen has been plac-
ed under $500 bonds to answer to the
charge of stealing II letter belonging to
his wife and refusing to return it.
A fatal accident occurred at the Wa
bash Railroad crossing on the wagon road
leading north of Abba, when the north
bound Wabash passenger train ran down
and instantly killed William Mount. Mr..
Mount is an old rlan of about 65 years,
somewhat defective in hearing.
The store Of NJ. L. Jacobsen at Valley
Junction was entered by burglars, who
helped themselves to clothing. They
were chased and the property recovered,
but the thieves escaped.
The electric railway company Mt Mus
catine will eXpenl 100000 in improve
ments provided the Council will grant
them a 10-year franchise on lighting and
25-year franchise on the street railway.
A spark from a threshing engine start
ed fire which consumed several stacks
of straw, large barn and part of the
threshing outfit on the farm of George
Hopping, near Verdi. " l.. Prosser of
Goldfeld was seriously injured by falling
off horse.
Newtrie Wood. farmer near Lenox,
fell under the wheels of a separator
which was going down hill and he was
crushed to death.
The partially decomposed remains of
man known as Denver Jack We're found
at George. He had been intoxicated and
wandered into a vacant lot and died of
exposure.
A deal has been closed for the consol-
idation Of the street railway and electric
light plants of Dubuque. The new com
pany will have capital stock of ST.
DOC, 900 and a charter for fifty years. The
officers are: F. d. Stout, president; w.
s. Molo, vice-president; II. A. Engler,
secretary, and George Kiezel, treasurer.