Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-12-19
Petty thieving is epidemic around Fort

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The town of Washington hss prom
Using 6-year-old artist.
Poweshiek County has entered into
contract with tax ferrets.
A farmer in Monona County raised
100 acres of flax this year.
Hogs without cloven hoofs are being
introduced in Harrison County.
A well-developed ease of smallpox has
been discovered in Council Bluffs.
The Odd Fellows building at Chelsea
will soon be ready for occupancy.
The people of Greene have signed a pc
tition asking for new bridge there.
Mrs. Alverson, aged 20. of Maxwell
fell in her home and broke her thigh.
| Three arrests have been made at Pc.
cahontas for illegal selling of liquor.
The Chicago and Northwestern is erect
4 ing $1,000 depot at Wilson Junction.
The site for the proposed army post
at Des Moines has been decided upon.
The cost Of juries in Jefferson County
for 1900 SO far has been n little over ST.
500.
Rodney Melee, n painter at Lacona,
died from drinking too much lemon es-
/ sence
One hundred and two cars of Iowa live
stock were received in. Omaha one day
recently.
Experiments are being made at Shen-
andoah for the prevention or care Of hog
cholera. Z,
Fred Ufford, farmer near Sheffield,
had n collar bone broken by kick Of
hroncho.
State Center is installing large pres
sure pump which will insure better fire
protection.
The schools and churches at Rockford
were closed for two weeks on account of
diphtheria.
Dealers at Grinnell are preparing to
send another large shipment of fat cattle
to England.
An effort will be made to raise $4,000
in Oskaloosa for the erection of Y. NJ.
G. A. building.
Bert klimer OF Persia was shot in the
arm and leg by his dog running over his
gun aud discharging it.
The keokuk Associated Charities treat
| W oNCi tNO ueeCy CRISES uuTluk
the last twelve months.
| John B. Bracket, an aged citizen of
Moulton, committed suicide by hanging
| while temporarily insane.
Rev. Henry Clark has resigned the pas
torate of the Baptist Church at Creston
and will go to Nebraska.
Two colcred men slugged and robbed
4 n neJ,n
were afterwards captured.
A free rural mail delivery route has
been established out of Nora Springs and
is giving great satisfaction.
Company G, Fifty first Iowa, Creston's
company of the National Guard, has
been mustered out of service.
Jim Kennedy, IN ex-convict wanted in
Des Moines for highway robbery, has
been captured is Cheyenne. Wyo.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. ]. Sullivan of Bridge
water have lost their entire family of
four children through scarlet fever
| Conductor Henley of Fort Dodge, who
had leg crushed Mt Valley Junction,
died after the member had been ampu-
tated.
The new engineering hall at Ames
when completed will be the strongest
building in the State, with the exception
of the capitol.
A fast mail train OH the Northwestern
ran into rock suspended on a derrick
near Marshalltown. The cab was torn
from the locomotive and the fireman
seriously injured.
| a large engine in the Iowa Central
! roundhonre7 ut Marshallta1pn was-start--
| ed going in some manner, and after
plunging through the wall it reversed aud
ran into the turn table pit.
The statement Of consent for the sale
of Intoxicating liquors in Keoluk County
was adjudged insufficient by Judge A. r.
Dewey, and every saloon in the county,
with the exception of those in What
Cheer, which has a population of 1000.
were compelled to close.
| While attending her husbands funer-
al at New Virginia Mrs. John Hossack
was arrested, charged with his murder.
The arrest was made by Sheriff Lewis of
Warren County. just as the funeral cor
tege started from the cemetery on its re-
turn to town. She was placed in the
county Jail at lndianola. She took the
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| cence Hossack, who was wellto-do
farmer. was killed with blow on the
head from n sharp instrument while
| sleeping beside his WIFE Mrs. Hossack
claimed to have been awakened by
noise and found her husband dead. Ties.
timony at the coroner's inquest tending
TO show that Mr.. and Mrs. Hossack had
quarreled regarding one of their children
and absence of other clews to the murder
tended to fix suspicion on the wife.
Skill with the rifle and steady nerves
have won a. bride for Charles Mrzena, a
prosperous Young farmer of Webster
County. Miss Minnie Anderson. the
daughter of wealthy farmer, was loved
by Mrzena and n companion farmer nam
ed Alstot. The young woman did not
have the heart to choose between the two
lovers. Neither man would retire. In
this difficulty the friends of all sides sug-
| gested II target match, the winner to car
| ry off the girl The lovers agreed to
abide by the result of this somewhat an
cient fest, hut when Alstot faced the tar
4 get his nerve gave way, and although he
is an excellent marksman his bullets all
went wild. Mrzen;l, OH the contrary,
was as steady as steel and hit the bulls
/ eye twice. The other day the marriage
4 took place and the successful duelist will
| have his rife gilded and will hang it in
the parlor of his new home.
The farmers at Dunlap are soon to
have their mail delivered to them,
rural route having been mapped out
Three bootleggers at Des Moines were
fined 500 each and sentenced to from
thirty to ninety. days in Jail.
Nine hundred and ninety-two petitions
in voluntary bankruptcy were filed in
Iowa during the last fiscal year.
4 A coal mining company ut Des Moines
has damage suit of $4,000 on its hands
as the result of Il recent accident.
Willis Turner, miner of Muchakinoek,
was fatally injured by dust exploding,
caused by what is called windy shot.
Des Moines architects have been secur-
i cd to prepare plans for the new high