Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-10

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Tabor has voted to issue bonds for S15,-
600 for the erection of new school
building.
S. NIcIlrath of Lake Mills was fined
500 or 200 days in Jail for illegal selling
of liquor
Considerable improvements are to be
made Mt the Illinois Central shops at
Waterloo.
The ministerial association in Water
loo will dissolve on account of internal
discussions.
Carl Howarth of Dunlap committed
suicide by hanging after two unsuccess-
full attempts.
A gang Of boys at Waterloo have been
Systematically robbing G. G. w. box cars
for some time
The Odd Fellows at Ames will erect a
business block and lodge room to cost
about $4,000.
v. S. Green. aged %, an osteopath stu
dent at Des Moines, was drowned while
hunting ducks.
The northeastern Iowa county school
superintendents will meet in Waterloo
April 10 and IL.
Louis Waters of Cumberland was
thrown from his buggy and had one of
his limbs broken.
Rev. II. w. Jones of Marshall, Texas,
has accepted the Gull to Grace Episcopal
Church in Clinton.
Rural mail carriers throughout the
State are having a hard time on account
of impossible roads.
Fire at Algona destroyed the barn of
NJ. Richardson and three horses and a
calf were cremated.
The funeral of the late Judge w. L.
Hayes in Clinton was the largest ever
seen in that county.
Centervile bonded itself for So, 900 to
construct a water works system, which
has proved II failure.
Eastern capitalists are figuring with
Tama parties for the establishment there
of a-leatherboard mill.
The residence Of w. s. Jardean; near
Mondamin, was destroyed by, fire, of sup
posed, ineendiary origin.
A,rural mail route accommodating GOO
people has been petitioned for, to be es.
tablished Mt New Sharon.
The Calvary Baptists of Davenport
are out of debt and celebrated the event
by burning the mortgage.
Julian Claude of Woodstock fell on an
icy walk while visiting in Clarion and
broke his leg near the hip.
Jim Davis of Keokuk stole 5O-cent
cap and was sentenced to nine months at
Z hard 1ahnr In, tho -ro,,pfy so;I
The board OF control has contracted
for supplies for the different State insti-
tutions for the coming quarter.
The grand jury in session at Fort
Dodge returned indictments against u
gambling house and n liquor joint.
A bartender named Labb Of Oskaloosa
cut his hand recently with glass. Blood
poisoning set in and death ensued.
Fred Peterson of Davenport fell while
alighting from n street car In Kansas
City and sustained severe injuries.
james Wilson, one of Boone's proini
nent citizens, died at his home after re-
firing in apparently good health.
Conrad is becoming quite a shipping
point, thirtyteight cars of stock and ten
car loads of grain being shipped in two
days.
The postofiices at Dolliver, Eldergrove.
Haverhill, Lizard, Marquisvillc and Ne
maha have become domestic money order
offices.
While II freight train was at Cotter
Brakeman Chas. T. Stevens noticed a lit.
tie box in a feed trough of n palace stock
In O1.n h.,,. 4
the body of an infant which had appar-
emily been born but few hours before
A destructive fire swept Tracey and de-
stroyed over $4,000 worth of property in
the business center of the place. The
fire originated in the grocery and gen
eral firm, of w. p. Smith & Son. which
was struck by lightning. The blacksmith
shop Of j. =. Kitterman was burned to
the ground, and the Odd Fellows Hall
was entirely destroyed. Tracey is wholly
without fire protection. which made mat
tiers worse.
The Board of Supervisors of Calhoun
County have contracted for. the erection
of a new county infirmary to cost Sa,O61.
Albert I. Hughes of Creston, a mem
Der of the Fifty first Iowa, was run
down aud killed by train at Memphis,
Tenn.
Two men at Gravity were fined 81 900
each, and one of them sentenced to sixty
days additional, for violating an injunc-
ton.
The Revere Hotel at Fayette was de-
stroyed by fire, and two men were injur-
ed by jumping from the second story to
escape the flames.
A smooth swindler got up aapiano yot.
ing contest at Boone, collected $16O from
the merchants interested and left for
parts unknown.
Two hunters from Clinton lost their
boat guns, camping utensils and. almost
their lives, through striking floating
log near Grand Mound.
Jake Hite, the horse buyer who disap-
peared from Washington some months
ago, is living in Philadelphia, and is said
to have settled with his creditors.
Construction has been begun on the
public library building donated to Mus.
catine by P. NJ. Musser, the wealthy lum.
herman. The cost of the structure is
$4,000.
Harald Hansen, senior member of the
firm of H. Hansen & Co., at Atlantic.
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head. Death was instanta.
neous. His friends believe that he was
mentally unbalanced on account of i'll
health.
Hugh Brody, an aged miser living near
Marysville, was robbed of sack of gold
said to have contained over 5000. Three
masked men entered his house while he
was i'll In bed. bound and gagged him
and made search of his house. They
round the sack which contained the saw
ings Of a lifetime and made of with 1t.
There is no clew, Mr.. Brody is over 90
years Of age,