Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-18
State Items Of Interest.

State Items of Interest.
A brass band is being organized at
Dixie.
The capacity Of the cracker factory at
Fort Dodge will be trebled Immediately.
Fire at Earlham destroyed block of
buildings in the business section, with
contents, causing $4,000 loss, partly in
sured.
Harlan McChesney on wager swan
from Otter Island. in the Mississippi
river, to Burlington, five miles, in two
hours.
The Prohibition party of the State is
making an effort to swing the State meet
ing of the Good Templars into line for
their organization.
The construction company which is do
ing the work on the Milwaukee cutoff
out OF Muscntine. will within week be
employing 5000 men.
The insurance companies of the State
are talking Of raising the rates in tile
small towns, on account of the number
OF recent heavy losses.
John Miller, the Snowman WHO was so
terribly injured by the explosion of u
cannon at Dubuque some time ago, is i'm
proving and will recover.
Il. L.. Thomas, Northwestern switch
man, aged "a, committed suicide at Clin-
ton by shooting himself in tile head. He
had been Respondent for weeks.
Burglars entered the office of the Rick
err g. Branobcr Lumber Company ut
Stout, and blew open the safe. Dynamite
was used and the heavy door of the safe
was blown through the side of the build
ing, demolishing the structure. There was
no money in the snfe, but the burglars
stole some papers from one of the draw
ers and gold watch belonging to Her
man Schuck, the manager Of the lumber
yard. No trace has been found OF the
perpetrators of the deed.
Capitalists of Keokuk and Hamilton
ILL.,, aided by Chicago engineer, hope
to make the Mississippi river do the work
of hundreds of big steam engines and to
develop Mt Keokuk manufacturing cen.
ter like Lowell Mass, or Minneapolis
The Keokuk ana Hamilton Water Pow.
er Company, an association Of business
men of the two towns, has undertaken
the work. The company intends to de.
velop the power progressively us 1t may
be needed and the plans have been mad.
to allow of this without costly changes.
Mrs. Edward straub Of North Man
chester was struck by lightning few
days ago and was badly injured.
The Mayor of Fort Dodge, on the
ground that NIL things else have risen in
price, will advance the usual fines for
DRINKS and disorderlies.
Mrs. Eta Kitchen of Batavia fell down
stairs in faint after being told by hel
father that railroad engine had strucl,
his COW, killing the animal. She recov.
cred and walked to where the animal lay
but In very short time was seized with
n hemorrhage. Grave doubts are express
cd Of her recovery.
"Booaing too much OF late and becom
ing tired of it is the explanation Of at
tempted suicide given by Newton Ed
wards of Muscatine after five cents
worth of strychnine had been pumped oui
Of him.
Another attempt to burglarize the Say
ings bank of Alton was made tho othel
night. This time they went on top O.
the building, cut a hole in the roof oyel
the vault and took one layer Of brick of
n space large enough to let MAI
through, and were then frightened AVA,
by some one passing, or voluntarily CAV,
1t up Us too big an undertaking, for Their,
would have been two or three feet O
brick and mortar to go through.
The heroic act of Waterloo woman
may have saved the life of the lO-year
old son of J.. B. Palmer. The boy wal
bitten on the knee by snake. I'll,
wound was instantly covered by the lip,
| of the lady, who drew the poison from 4
by suction.
Miss Jennie Swaziland, who reside
two miles east of Goldfeld, was strucl
by lightning. She was lying on coucl
near an open window. The lIghtnin,
came in the window aud struck her ii
the hips, following her limbs, tore on,
shoe all to pieces and took both shoes Of
her feet. She never lost cons -iousnes
and is doing well, although her feet wer,
badly burned,