Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

Henry Landt, an old settler near Gar.
win, died suddenly at his home of heart
disease.
Jefferson is sanguine that the c.. NJ. &
st. p. intends erecting new depot there
this year.
The Odd Fellows at Liscomh have laid
the corner stone for their new lodge
building.
A burglar entered house in Washing
ton and made off with gold watch and
$50 in cash.
DIR. Lewis Schooler has been appointed
deputy surgeon general of the Iowa Ma
tionnl Guard.
VIM. H. Davenport was sentenced at
Des Moines to one year in the peniten-
tidry for bigamy.
The plans have been accepted for the
new $15O,OO0 engineering building for the
college at Ames.
The First National Bank of Clutter
has been authorized to do business with
a capital of $25,O0O.
The c.. B. & Q. depot at Abba was
partly destroyed by fire, started by a
spark from an engine.
The residence of b. F. Parker in Des
Moines was burglarized and about $500
worth of jewelry stolen.
The First National Bank of Dixie has
been authorized to commence business
with a capital of $4,000.
The board of control is preparing to
all the State institutions.
A fruit grower at Fort Dodge has dis
covered Il new insect on trees that prom.
ises to be great menace.
II. L. Spencer of Oskaloosa lost
fine riding horse of lung fever, which re.
Gently cost him about $500.
A company has been organized with
capital of $1,000 to prospect for and
open coal mines near Avon.
The Odd Follows Of Delaware County
have organized an association and will
hold their first picnic at Manchester,
July 4.
The independent school district Mt At
lantic will vote on the proposition of
erecting suitable and modern school
building.
The gardeners at Griswold have dis
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small green worm that devours strawber-
ry plants.
Work has been commenced on the driy.
ing park at Buffalo Center. The land
has been tiled and three hundred trees
have been planted.
E. McCarpy, member of the North.
western steel gang at State Center, had
nm, hroI,an 1v,1,il1, Il:
from three highwaymen.
j. A. Jaque has been arrested Mt va
kima, WASH, and will be returned to
Fayette County, where he will be tried
on the charge of bigamy.
The board of control is in receipt of re-
ports from the penitentiaries indicating
that the new system of grading convicts
is giving great satisfaction.
John q. Bosserman, aged about 65
years, a well-known bachelor of Weldon,
dropped dead in the field while replant-
ing corn on Ira Greggs' farm.
The authorities at Des AIoines are en-
forcing the building permit ordinance and
n prominent resident there was arrested
and fined So for refusing to comply
with 1t.
VIM. A. Morrison, ex-Mayor of Iowa
City and retired capitalist. died in that
city. He was one Of the early settlers
of the city and had for years been identi-
fed with its business interests.
Lee Winpigler of Colfax, young man,
is recovering from n case of disappoint-
ment in love, complicated by dose of
Rough on Rats, administered by his own
hand as an antidtte for grief over the
Inconsistency Of frail damsel. When the
poison began to work he sought medical
relief.
Fred Smith, 15-year-old lad near Nor.
walk, was dragged to death by his horse.
The general store of +. Buchanan at
Nora Springs was entered by burglars
and 1925 worth of goods stolen.
On account Of the destruction of the
horse and cattle sheds by fire at the fair
grounds ut Grinnell, no fair will be held
this year.
The decision of the lower court in the
case of w. N. Hall of Grinnell vs.. the
Iowa Central has been affirmed, and
Hall stands loser, taxed with the COSTS
He sued the company for $4,000, alleged
to be due for damages for injuries receiv.
| ed while he was in the employment Of
| the road as brakeman.
Authority has been granted to organ.
ize the First National Bank of Garden
Grove with a capital Of $4,000.
Atlantic is making strong effort to
secure the encampment of the Fifty-frst
Iowa, and believes that it will succeed.
At the session in Cedar Rapids of the
grand lodge of Iowa Masons it was de.
cided to hold the next annual communica.
| ton at Davenport. Officers were select
ed as follows: Grand master, William L.
Eaton of Usage; senior grand warden.
| Sumner Miller of Gutenberg; junior
grand warden, James e. Bruce of Anita;
grand secretary, I. s. Parvin of Cedar
Rapids; grand treasurer, NJ. p. Miller
Of Washington.
Burglars entered thc tailor shop Of
Samuel Katz in Des Moines and carried
off practically the entire outfit.
Charles d. Reinhart, large property
owner of Sioux City, shot his wife and
then put two bullets into his lungs. He
and his wife had some angry words and
+ he started to take her to relatives near
Lake View. When about half way on
| the road he committed the crime. The
horse was stopped few minutes later,
Mrs. Reinhart was dead and her hus.
band set in the buggy with his arm
around her in an unconscious state. Rein.
hart revived, and said he had planned the
deed deliberately. They had been mar
ried two months.