Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-06-19

The new electric light plant at CORNING
is in operation.
A farm at Centerville has just been
sold for $4,000.
The new Catholic church at Orient has
been formally dedicated.
The appointment of a police matron is
being urged in Burlington.
Lincoln township has voted to CONSOLE
date its schools at VOORHEES,.
ST. Patrick's, the new Catholic church
| at Tama, has been dedicated.
Drought and worms are working havoc
among crops in Davis County.
The threshermen of Washington Coun-
ty met established prices.
The postofice at st. Paul has been dis
continued; mail to West Point.
Authority has been given to organize
n new signal corps in Des Moines.
A million dollar beet sugar company
has been organized at Missouri Valley.
A telephone company with capital of
$4,000 is being organized Mt Grinhell.
The c., B. & Q. is engaged in construct
ing long side track at Fort Madison.
Lewis Williams, aged 20, miner at
Oskaloosa, was killed by fall of slate.
The Hillman Hotel at Lorimer has been
burned to the ground. Loss about $4,000
John Groin, aged 10. was struck by
freight train at Wilton and instantly kill
| ed.
The canning factory Mt waverly is be-
ing enlarged and new machinery INSTALL
| ed.
Operations have commenced on the
three rural delivery routes at Washing
| ton.
The regimental band of the Fiftieth
/. y. G. will not be removed from Keo-
kuk
Graders are at work on the Des
Moines, Iowa Falls and Northern Rail
road.
Thirty citizens of this State were dis
charged from bankruptcy in one recent
week.
G. Stormsf a Clinton man, has fallen
heir to S11, 900 through the death of an
uncle.
Mart Fouts of Ottumwa was fined $50
for allowing minors to gamble in his
house.
Woodbury. County has contracted with
tax ferrets to investigate its delinquent
taxes.
Burglars entered the residence of Geo.
Ward at Plymouth and stole S74 and
watch.
The G. & n. w. has opened its new
ticket and freight headquarters in Des
Moines.
Henry Packard, farm laborer near
Des Moines. dropped dead while engaged
in blowing.
Bids are being received for the heating
apparatus for the new public building ut
| Oskaloosa.
John Cronin, son of section man at
Wilton, was struck by an engine and in
stantly killed.
The residence of Isaac Tucker at Iowa
Falls was looted by burglars during the
family's absence.
The expenses connected with the small
pox cases in Henry County will aggre-
gate about $1,000
The Council at Grinnell is taking active
measures to improve the sanitary cond-
ton of that city.
Fire destroyed the residence of Frank
Smith, near Pleasant Grove, together
with the contents.
The Plymouth Congregational Church
in Des Moines has contracted for new
$4,000 pipe organ.
The 1S-months-old child of P. Glue,
near Pierson, was run over by run
away team and killed.
The increase in the deposits of the
banks of Iowa during the. past eleven
months total S21 100000.
The elevator at Stanhope is to be re-
built and enlarged. 1t will have Gu
pacity of $4,000 bushels.
T. II. Osborne escaped from the jail
at Winterset with the aid of rope manu-
featured out of his bed clothes.
A railroad agent Mt Rathbun has been
arrested charged with receiving and keep
Ing liquor not marked as such.
Real estate transfers and building per-
mits recorded in Des Moines during May
aggregate half a million dollars.
The Second Presbyterian Church Mt
Keokuk has extended call to the Rev.
James A. Dodds of Pewankee. Wis.
A Dubuque policeman was arrested be-
cause he purchased ready-made coat
instead of having 1t made by tailor.
About $4,000 worth of modern elec-
trical apparatus will be installed in the
new street railway power house in Des
Moines.
Julia Alice Stead, the 3-year-old child
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Stead, died at
| Waterloo us the result OF being run over
| an hour before by wagon loaded with
iron.
| During hailstorm near Littleton light
ming struck the schoolhouse and fatally
| injured Paul Roberts, pupil, and the
teacher, Miss Jane Harvey. Seven other
pupils were burned.
Philip H. Schlapp. an old soldier, aged
65, who had been sick two years. hanged
himself in his barn with clothesine. He
was one of the early and prominent bust
ness men of Davenport.
An accident occurred in Dewitt which
resulted in the death of the 7-year-old
son of George NJ Smith Mr. Smith had
driven to the gravel pit for load of
gravel, accompanied by his little son. and
n couple of other hoys. On the way back
from the pit the little Smith boy. un-
noticed by his father, climbed to the top
of the gravel, and, in some manner, lost
his balance and fell to the ground. in such
manner that one of the rear wheels of
the vehicle passed over his body. The
boys shoulder was broken. and several
of his ribs were broken, the ends pene-
trating one of his lungs. and causing
hemorrhage, from the effects of which he
died fifteen minutes after the accident.
The National Guard company at Os-
kaloosa has been transferred to the Fifty
first regiment, and Charlton to the Fifth
eth, these being their original positions.
G. G. Wright, n train dispatcher in the
employ of the G., B. & q. Railway. COM
mitted suicide by plunging headlong into
the Mississippi from the Burlington
bridge.