Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17

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Last year Council Bluffs spent $685.
$50 on buildings and improvements.
Anthony +. Schneider has been com
missioned postmaster at Grovehill.
An effort is being made to raise $50, 900
to erect an academy at Greenville.
Oskaloosa defeated the proposed water
franchise by a vote of three to one.
Thomas Il. Maxwell has been commits
stoned postmaster at Charlottesville.
Emmetsburg citizens are working hard
to get the normal school built there.
Davenports postofiice shows that $751;
600 worth of business was done last year.
Business aggregating $4,000 was done
by the postotfice ut Davenport last year.
The residence of Attorney Hartman at
Corwith was destroyed by fire. Origin
unknown, as the family was absent III
the tine.
The Mullan residence in Waterloo, an
old landmark, was totally destroyed by
fire.
The rolls of the Des AIoines pension
agency showed 1896 pensioners Dec. L.
1899.
The saloon petition of consent filed in
Sac County lacked the sufficient number
of names.
Three masked footpads held up and
relieved Charles Weishaupt of $14 in
Burlington.
The total amount of money spent last
year in Keokuk on buildings is estimated
at 100000.
Two hundred and thirty-two marriage
licenses were issued last year in Des
MONIES County.
The broom factory at jefferson was de.
stroyed by fire. Loss $1,000. 1t will he
rebuilt at once OH ii larger scale.
A. =. Doe & Co. of Davenport, who
have been in the wholesale shoe business
for over twenty-five years, will retire
from business.
Judge Charles Il. Granger of the Su
preme Court says that he will not be d
candidate for reelection. He has served
in Iowa for twenty-five years.
Fire at Clinton destroyed thousands OF
dollars worth of goods in Mccullough
Bros large dry goods store. The amount
of damages will exceed $4,000.
A gift of $500 was made to the Pres.
byterian Church at Iowa City by j. T.
Turner.
DIR. 1. S. Bigelow and wife of Bun,
combe have celebrated their sixtieth wed.
ding anniversary.
Work OH the new building of the Tat.
terday Steel Pipe Company at Waterloo
is fast nearing completion,
Burlington has discovered a big bed OF
clans in front of the city and expects to
indulge in pearl button boom.
The Odd Fellows Lodge of North Gin.
ton has just completed fine new build.
ing for the exclusive use of the order.
The Council Bluffs Protective Associa-
ton is waging n bitter war against bar
bers who keep their shops open on Sun
day.
Il. u. Yost, veteran of the civil and
Mexican wars, died very suddenly at his
home in Burlington, in his seventy-third
year.
/ 1t is believed that the taxes paid by
railroads in Monroe County will meet
the running expenses of the county gov
eminent if economy is practiced.
w nit JoSepu DChhTrutl OF llumDOlut
was oiling machinery in the mill there he
was caught in ii and one leg torn off and
the other so badly injured that nmputa-
ton was necessary.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Curtis, mother
of ex-Congrcssman George NJ. Curtis,
died at her home in Clinton, in her nth
year.
ella Morse of Iowa City has sued
Anslum b. TenEyck for $4,000 dam
ages for Islander and casting reflections
upon her reputation.
A strange woman visited Grand June
ton and collected hair from several la
dies to make into switches and has dis
appeared, taking the hair with her
DIR. o. w. Iowery of Grand Junction
was awarded n verdict for $3.50 against
the Northwestern Railroad for medical
services rendered and for which they re-
fused to pay.