Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19

The residence Of Ozro Jewett at Fair
field was destroyed by fire. Loss $1,000.
The new deep well pump at iowa Falls
has capacity of 100000 gallons daily.
The State is experimenting in Page
County, seeking remedy for hog chol-
era.
Horse thieves stole a valuable mare
from man named johnson near Wy
man.
G. p. Burge has presented the city of
| Keokuk fine fountain for the public
park.
The creamery building Mt Prescott was
| totally destroyed by fire. Loss about
$4,000.
The Greene County grand jury ad-
journed without returning any indict-
| ments.
Mrs. o. P. Smith of Wapello and five
others were poisoned by eating canned
salmon.
The Dunkards at Pleasant Grove are
raising funds for the erection of church
edifice.
The grade system will be inaugurated
in the penitentiary at Fort Madison
Oct. 1.
The personal property assessment Of
Polk County is almost 100000 less than
last year.
Burglars stole fine gold watch and
| $50 from the residence of DIR. Yankin
ut Morse.
The body of man called Everett Yer
non was found in stone quarry near
Claremont.
Practically all the funds required to Sc
cure the army post ut Des Moines have
been raised.
A deed has just been filed at Council
Bluffs that required $4,000 revenue
stamps on it.
The Citizens Savings Bank, new in
stitution at Centery;lle, will have a cap
ital of $4,000.
st. Pauls Lutheran Church at POST
vile is to have grand pipe organ in
the near future.
Manning Severe, lad of bows, had
his foot badly crushed in turntable in
the yards there.
The Milwaukee Railroad is making
quite lot Of depot improvements at
North McGregor.
The water works project at Pierson is
| tied up for the present on account of
money difficulties.
The State fair management is consid-
ering the turning of the fair grounds
into a publicspark.
A man named Root of Rockford was
robbed of 5000 diamond stud and gold
watch in Dubuque
Thomas j. Black, brakeman, had a
hand badly mashed while making coup
ling at State Center.
The Touring mills at Bloomfield have
been discontinued mad the machinery
shipped to Oskaloosa.
Miss Elizabeth Healy of Fort Dodge,
sister of Senator Healy, took the veil in
| Philadelphia last week.
| One hundred and fifty-six persons have
made application to teach school this
year in Clinton County.
Charlton will hold street fair this
fall, although fifty-one business men
have protested against it.
Charles Davis of Gilman had his left
arm caught between pulley and belt
and broken in two places.
A banking company has been organized
at Stockport, which will open up for
business in short time.
Gottlieb Wise was struck by Great
Western passenger train at Alton juno
ton and seriously injured.
| Lightning struck the, store of E. G..
McCutcheon at Shambaugh, completely
destroying the building and contents.
Ed Constable, near Irwin, lost three
horses and some farming machinery,
through his barn being struck by light
ming.
The Chicago Great Western Railway
is removing the greater part of its me-
chanical force from Dubuque to either
Oelwein or Stockton.
Bert Hollam was sentenced TO thirty
days for breaking Jail last summer ut
Fairfield. He has been in prison since,
so his sentence was made light.
The 13-year-old son of I. @. Morford
| of Humeston, while climbing over fence
accidentally discharged his rife and the
kaullet entered his right side, passing al
most through his body.
Fred NJ. Rubee, an engineer at Mar
shalltown, was caught in shafting and
/ whirled round several times. He man
aged to tear his clothes off and dropped
to the floor, breaking an arm.
Farmers in the vicinity of Sioux Val
lev are convinced that wire fences are
menace to their stock, several of them
having lost many valuable animals this
summer by lightning striking fences.
There will be one hundred and fifty
incandescent and eight arc lights in the
new Northwestern depot and sheds at
Ames.
The State board of control has con-
tracted for three new boilers for the In.
situations at Davenport, Glenwood and
| Marshalltown.
The annual report of the warden of the
Fort Madison penitentiary shows that
the result of the experiment of depriving
the conyicts of tobacco has been very
satisfactory. 1t has been the means of
giving them all the butter they want once
day, something which they never had
before and which but few State peni-
tentiaries provide.
1 The Northwestern is extending its coal
belt lines south Of Oskaloosa westward
to new mines now being opened at Bux-
ton.
The sheriff ut Waterloo raided the little
town of Benson and secured eighty-two
. bottles of what is supposed to be beer
and whisky.
The United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, district No. IL, with headquarters
, | in Oskaloosa, have declared war on the
| non-union camps. Though no grievances
| are mentioned except that the men do
not belong to the union. they are re-
quested to quit work until the camps
! are organized or until employment Is
found for them elsewhere,s