Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-03
Waterloo has offered a site for the bro.

Waterloo has offered site for the pro.
posed Presbyt rian State hospital.
Miss Jennie Keith was elected record
er of Wright County by 1,400 majority.
At sale of Abcrdeen-Angns cattle at
Stuart, forty-three head sold II S., ID2.
The monster shops of the Bsttenaorf
Axle works, Lear Davenport, are nearing
completion.
Injunctions have been issued closing up
all the notorious Whitechapel dens in
Des Moines.
The Anti-Saloon League is planning
crusade against the mulct establishments
of Waterloo.
Forty-two Blackhawk County schools
are now provided with libraries, as re-
quired by law.
Free delivery service will be cstab-
lished on Dec. at Washington, with
three carriers.
The Burlington road has just placed an
order for $50 new engines, which will be
used on its lines.
Jacob Frank, the Waterloo farmer
who was so terribly injured in n runaway,
died of his wounds.
About 1900 new books will be added
to the State library Mt Des Moines dur
ing the current month.
The Pine Wilder murder case is slated
for trial ut the present term of the
Franklin County Court.
The old dam at Waterloo will he re-
placed with a new one, to be constructed
of either stone or cement.
The Des Moines commercial exchange
ak of aSta l,1i rl,i n
river front park in that city.
The flour house of d. w. Goodwin at
Coon Rapids was robbed of large guam
tity of merchandise; no clue.
| G. A. Young, postmaster at Madrid,
died suddenly in his office. He was
pioneer settler of Boone County.
C. C. Bigler & Sons, extensive stock
raisers of Marshalltown, have assigned.
Liabilities 100000, assets not known.
Since the establishment of the State
soldiers home at Marshalltow1. 474
deaths have occurred in the institution.
II. C. Roark. postmaster at Quarry,
was held up at the point of a revolver
by masked men and robbed of 5000. No
clue.
Fireman W. A. Shaffer is dead and En-
SiuceE ID. ~. squire peIiups lutuiiy huhe
i'll a collision on the Great Western road
at Benton.
Brakeman Bird suffered the loss of one
leg and portion of the other foot by
falling under a moving freight train near
Washington.
The safe in the postoffice Mt White
Elm was blown open. An unknown
quantity of money orders, stamps and
money was taken.
Boar1man Brothers of Nevada, one of
the largest commission houses in the
.:tstc, have assigned, with liabilities and
essets each about S150,000.
The government building at Atlantic
is now assured, the contending elements
ha,ing come to an agreement as TO site,
the money for which is almost raised.
James McCarvel farm hand, at
tractcd by the pretty face of Waterloo
young lady, kissed her as he passed her
on the street. He was arrested aud
fined $500.
The lumber mills at Dubuque and
other river cities are preparing to close
down for the season. Hundreds of men
will have to seek other occupations dur
ing the winter or remain idle.
John Dougherty, young man working
on the Shannon stock farm near Thrall,
was killed by the fall of n big feed
trough. He was struck on the head and
pinned down by the heavy timbers.
Whitelaw l. Gardner, proprietors of
the Boston Store of Council Bluffs, have
assigned. Liabilities sal, 900. assets $685.
600. A member of the J. V. Farwcll
| Company of Chicago has been named as
| trustee.
John Movingo aged IS, shot md in
stantly killed his brother. Lacey IL
years old, at the home of his sister, r;eur
Pulaski. He playfully pointed the wea
pom and pulled the trigger, not knowing
l. was loaded.
The jury in the case of the State of
Iowa VS.. Curtis and Cloc Bradford, who
| were tried in the District Court for an
4 assault with intent to rob Postmaster
Fulton, of Bentonsport, returned YER
diet of not guilty.
Tbifsy-two business houses and dwell
| ings in the tsqaxn of Eikhart will beff66y-
ed to the line Of ms ms -Des Mai1Rees Iowa
Falls and Northern, two miles distant,
some time this month. The town was
missed in the survey.
Waldo MILLER, ticket agent and opera
| tor in the East Waterloo Great Western
| depot, has gone away, leaving no word or
trace MS to his destination. Friends are
worried over his disappearance. 1t is
believed his accounts are straight.
The capture of Fletcher Franklin in
Ottumwa on charges of horse stealing
and murder reveals the existence of Il
,rnn nf hnrSo fhiaynS with hao o,.f.,
in that city, that has been operating in
southern Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.
State Labor Commissioner Brigham
reports that many children in Muscntinc
who should be in school are employed in
the pearl button factories and that the
city has not complied with the State
law requiring the appointment of n tru-
ant officer.
The railroad commissioners have been
! notified by the majority of the railroad
companies that they are comply nth
the new law i'll regard to the posta of
train bulletins i'll the depots and passen-
ger stations of the roads. At first some
of the companies were disposed to ignore
the law entirely.
At Fort Dodge the jury i'll the case of
Mary O'Erien vs.. the Northwestern Rail
road Company gave a verdict of $4,000
for the plaintiff. The jury was out four
hours. The case was brought for $780,
ooO by Mary O'Brien, executor of the
estate of her husband, who was killed in
a wreck. The famous Kate Shelly was
n witness for the plaintiff.
Robert Ewart, who disappeared shortly
after the failure of Ewart Bros, has been
seen recently by several people who were
in Grinnell attending the bankruptcy
hearing and it is believed he is now at
his farm home near Ewart. Where lie
has been cannot be learned.
The seventy-eight county fairs that
reported to the secretary of til, depart
ment of Agriculture this year make
better showing of business than the total
of the eighty-four that reported last
year The total receipts Were S241,-