Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-02

Barney has an epidemic of smallpox.
Petty thieves are numerous at Allan
tic.
The Patton NJ. L. Church will be en-
larsed.
The Alton district fair has been ADAM
,doned.
w. II. sanborn, Fort Dodge pioneer,
is dead.
A fine new brick block will be erected
at Abba.
A $4,000 sanitarium will be erected at
Hamburg.
Clarion Mct!.odists will erect an $751;
600 church.
The Bigler cattle sale at Victor footed
up over $4,000.
A class of forty-two graduated from
the Clinton high school.
Fiftythree students graduated from
Iowa College at Grinnell.
A. S. Hazelton has been appointed
postmaster at Council Bluffs.
A company has been formed at Mason
City to manufacture sewer pipe.
Crops in the ncighborhool of Clear
field were BADLY damaged by hail.
The rainy weather interfered with the
attendance ut the Dewitt street fair
Work has begun on the Great West
ems Install roundhouse at Clarion.
A class of forty-eight have finished
the high school course at Oskaloosa.
w. NJ. Dawson, who disappeared from
Albion some time ago, has returned.
The question of incorporating the vii
lage of Charlotte was lost by two votes
s. II. Hagen has been appointed post
master at Pickering, vice L. G. Fell. re-
signed.
Dan McNally of Mason City, Mil
waukce brakeman, lost Il foot while coup
ling ears.
Mt. Ayr United Presbyterians will re-
place their old structure with n new
$4,000 edifice.
James j. Carey of Lyons has been APP
pointed inspector of boilers at Dubuque
at n salary of $1,000 year.
DIR. Vim. McClelland Washington's
Oldest physician, is dead. He had been
a practitioner over fifty years.
Clarence Meyer, 5-year-old Burling-
ton boy, died of lockiaw, the result of
running a. splinter into his foot.
Iowa has 5,441 Sunday schools with an
enrolment of 4T5,6 600, who are under the
care of $500 teachers and officers.
Gov. Cummins has paroled Charles
Davis, who was sent up for nine years
for holding up n Dies Moines street car.
The Des Mones, Iowa Falls and North,
ern may build southwest from Des
Mones in the direction of Madison and
Adair counties.
Application has been made to the board
of railroad commissioners by the Chi
cago Great Western Railroad for the
condemnation of additional depot grounds
and yard room at Oelwein, depot grounds
at Marshalltown and for double track
from Oelwein to Stanley.
The following postoflices will he do
mestic money order offices from July /:
Bidwell, Boyer, Cleveland, Cottonwood.
-Four Corners, Gruver, Hayes, Holy
Cross, Kassten, Max, Prole, Robertson.
Saint Dnatus, Shueyville, Straham.
| leeds, Varina, Wicks, Williamson and
Yeomans.
George L. Hise, secretary of the Des
Moines Musical Union, was elected vice
president of the American Federation of
Musicians, Which held its annual con-
vention in Buffalo, n. Y.
The 0-year-old son of G. A. Carlstrom.
| living near Muscatine, was killed by the
accidental discharge of shotgun with
which he was playing. He had secured
the gun during the absence of other
members of the family.
| Chas. Beaver was found dead in Il
corn field. three miles northeast of Tai
madgc. He was subject to fits and il is
evident the cultivator overturned with
him and an iron rod struck him over the
heart and caused instant death.
A number of the 'drugless healers" of
the State met in Des Moincs and organ
| lied the Association of Natural Heaters
of Iowa.
Col. Mollison, the new commander of
| the Sons of Veterans. will make an eff.
fort to increase the membership in the
State. He will put paid organizer in
the field at once.
A can of gasoline exploded in the base.
ment of Rapson & Moyle's store at Grin,
nell. Fortunately water foot deep in
the cellar saved the building. On the
way to the FIRE team and hose cart ran
over Hi Browns 12-year.old boy, break
Ing his leg and perhaps injuripg him In
tsraally,
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