Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-01-16


doing business in Des Moines.
Twenty-eight persons have been quar-.
antined for smallpox ut Stratford.
So far the efforts to reopen the pack
ing plant at Des Moines have failed.
A Spencer horse dealer was swindled
out of Car of horses at Minneapolis.
The stock of the Farmers Savings
Bank at Roland has changed hands.
The coal chutes of the c., b. & @. at
Charlton We're badly damaged by fire.
A Jefferson farmer shipped $4,000
worth of cattle to Chicago the past year.
A. H. Weingarden of Pocahontas had
his left hand mangled in a corn shredder.
Fort Dodge is to have sanitarium for
consumptives, and plans have been COM
pleted.
Webster County has so far collected
over $1,000 back taxes discovered by
ferrets.
Abba, Winterset and Atlantic have Sc
cured companies in the Iowa National
Guard.
A pearl button company has been in
corporated at Lyons, with capital Of
$4,000.
The real estate and personal property
valuation of Iowa City is placed Mt &c.
1854 ops.
ne proposition TO consoi,oate rural
s .. o rs meeting WIZ. much oppos'tlon
Ut eeleSa'
Five hundred and twelve marriage IL
censes were issued in Woodbury. County
during l9OO.
The cost of new buildings and improve
ments at the. soldiers home at MARSHALL
town aggregated S25,OOO.
Miss Carrie n waeks Of Marine bos
been onno;ntoa saomstrass a. tho Sho.
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baliaysd that othar nomnt;as in The stoto
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on 1Ap ~ 20 lne o7yeaf-oia uaushter Oh
ueorse iaeh.y, n'ihg AT oto' met nor
floie dea.h ~ peing caught on smart
father has fled sniff in rho District
Court demanding damages to the extent
Of ST 600 from lanes Swain owner of
the min. which II is c,n;med 10 RIM nv
water mower The niece of moch;nerv
with which the child came in contact T.
described ne tbe tnmhl;ng rod which CON.
yevs fine mower to tho mochinerv and r.
is asserted in the net;t;on TINT this rod
was outside of the mill and was uncover
ed and unprotected and the child, while
playing, came in contact with it, causing
her to be horribly mangled and killed.
Fire Quilted two Of Rnrlinpton,s most
important wholesale buildings The Con-
nor Mercantile Comnany's establishment
was the first to 90. frozen hydrants in
terfering with the work of the firemen.
The building burned so rapidly that #
was impossible to save n thing and was
consumed in less than two hours. II
was thought Mt the time that the fire was
under control, but suddenly it burst ont
through the roof of the Schram,n &
Schmieg building next door, and in twen-
ty minutes the entire upper story was
furnace. Before the flames were check
ed here the entire building was thorough
ly soaked with water and the stock COM
pletely ruined. The loss ON the Schramm
& Schnlieg building and stock was $751;
600, with $54, 900 insurance, and that on
the Connor's building and stock $4,000
loss and $4,000 insurance. The flames
for while were so fierce that the big
Delano Hotel, one door away, was in
danger and the guests made preparations
to leave. Nopanic occurred, however.
The city Of Waterloo is made defend.
ant in n $4,000 damage su;t fled Inv
Pred jerks. a carpenter who alleges
that he was falsely imprisoned for four
days in the county Jail by Mayor Krap-