Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-11-12

lington policeman.
Ed Medhus has been appointed post
master at Dunbar.
Ground has been broken for the new
I. NJ. c. a. building at Muscatine.
The Windsor Hotel Mt I.emars burned,
guests barely escaping with their lives.
In a runaway accident at I,eando Miss
Pearl Miller received possibly fatal in
juries.
Two sons of Ed Noel of Ainsworth,
aged II and 10, have disappeared from
lone.
Earl Burk, 14-year-old newsboy, was
killed by n Rock Island train at Council
Bluffs.
y Marslalltown infant has been hap
tized with water from the river Jordan
in Palestine
The postotlice at Competine has been
moved nearly two miles west of its for
mer location.
Boys with air rifles are becoming a nui-
sance at Des Aloines. One young girl has
been seriously injured.
The East Des Moines schools are ar
ranging TO make an extensive exhibit at
the st. Louis exposition.
Joseph Schrcckengost, n well-known
Iowa railroad man, was killed by train
in the yards at Ottumwa.
Burlington butchers have notified their
customers that all business must be done
on Il cash basis after Jan. /.
The Conrad Presbyterian Church has
been improved and remodeled, the re-
pairs aggregating about $1,000.
Muscatine Elks are losers to the extent
of $500 as the result of promoting two
recent race meets in that city.
Preston White. member of the Simp-
son College football team, suffered a
broken collar bone in n recent game.
Des Moines Pythians are contemplate
ing the erection of n handsome club
house Oh the river front in that city.
The Waterloo Emergency hospital is
unable to care for all the patients that
seek ndmittance for medical treatment.
c. L. Roberts of Twin Lakes shot mn
American eagle that measured nearly
seven feet from tip to tip of its wings.
Bert Perry, foreman in the Office of the
Alton Enterprise, was seriously injured
by the explosion of gasoline engine.
The Dubuque Carnival Co. has bal
ance on hand of about SIS after paying
the expenses of the recent event in that
city.
Day & Co.. restaurant keepers ut At
lantic, have assigned for the benefit of
their creditors. Liabilities $1,000, assets
nothing.
Dubuque hears rumors that the ILL
nois Central will soon have double
track in operation between that city and
Chicago.
Florence McLcnnan, an 1S-year old
Des Moines girl, has disappeared. Her
parents are Mt loss to account for her
departure.
The Des Moines Fanciers Association
will give poultry show the last week in
November. About $1,000 In prizes will
be offered.
John Ray of Cincinnati lost foot at
Ottumwa. lie attempted to board II Bur
lington switch engine in the yards of
that city.
August Carlson, an employe at Lamb
x Sons factory at Clinton, was instantly
killed while crossing the tracks in the
c. Il n. w. yards.
y charter has been issued to the Bailey
State Bank of Correctionville. The cap
ital stock is 100000. 1t succeeds the
Sioux Valley Bank.
There are J13 pensioners in the Sol
dicrs' Home mt Marshalltown, and the
amount of bounty paid them for the past
quarter amounted to Sl5. 1896.
Extensive improvements are being
planned for the Dubuque pearl button
factory. When completed an additional
force of 300 men will be employed.
At the annual meeting of the Tri City
Railway Company ut Davenport the cap
ital stock of the company was raised to
S1,5O0.000, an increase of 100000.
Two school boys, George Kelly and
Harry Pashby. aged 10. quarrelcd Mt the
Dean school house, near Waterloo and
Kelly almost fatally stabbed Pashby.
Fred " Hetzcl's hardware store in
Avoca was burglarized. The money
drawer was broken open with spade
and between two and three hundred dol
lars taken.
William McCollum. Dallas County
farmer, is reported to have fallen heir
to an immense fortune in Scotland, and
will go to investigate the correctness Of
the rumor.
Burglars entered the home of Nj. J.
Pagan in Davenport and carried off So
600 worth of jewelry and sealskins, most
of which belonged to Mr.. and Mrs. A.
III. Arnold of Chicago, who were visit
ing.
e. II. Hibben, past grand master of
In ..t,n Ill
of the Knights of Iythias. and grand rep
dead ut Marshalltown. ApopleSy was the
cause.
The dead body of Randall Arnold, a
painter from Galesburg. ILL.,, was found
in well near Creston, where he lad
been visiting relatives. 1t is supposed
he committed suicide while temporarily
insane.
]. II. McCabc, n well-known Dcs
Moines furrier. has been indicted on the
charge of receiving and disposing of
stolen property. Seven sealskin garments
that passed through his hands have been
identified ms having been stolen from the
Grossman store Mt Clinton May 80 last,
when nearly $4,000 worth of valuable
furs We're carried away.
lightning struck the large barn of the
Iowa Soldiers Home at Marshalltown,
setting it on fire and burning the struc-
ture to the ground. The building was
filled with hay and grain and thirteen
head of horses, all property of the State,
We're destroyed. But one animal was
saved The loss on the barn and con-
tents will amount to about $4,000.
Mrs. Sarah Robley, aged GO, was killed
in n runaway on the public square at
Centerville. her skull being fractured and
neck broken. She lived thirty minutes.
The Supreme Court has granted a
rehenring in the case of Jack Phillips
of Eldon. convicted in the Wapello
County Court of manslaughter and sem
fenced to two years in State prison.
State Superintendent of Schools Bar
rett, who has just returned from two
weeks trip through the East, declares
that Iowa school buildings are the equal