Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-21
All Over the state,

SOio SathOHcS VIII pullu AlD,tOu
church.
A brass band has been organized ut
Sigourney.
Fort Dodge Swedish Lutherans have
organized Il church society.
Sister Mary Agatha. for sixty years
a nun, is dead at Dubuque.
George Wray of Bloomfield was seri-
ously injured by vicious COW.
The Eagle Point high bridge at Du-
buque has been opened to traffic.
II. T. Andrews home. near Lchish
was DESTROYED by fire. Loss $1,000.
Two Dcs Moines police officers were
dismissed for attempted blackmail.
The St Anthony Savings Bank. with
capital of $4,000. has Incorporated.
B. a. Lantlers of Dcs Moines was prob
ably fatally injured in Il bicycle accident.
Fort Dodge may make an effort to Sc
cure the State G. A. Il. encampnent for
1903.
Walter Taylor, well-known stock
dealer of Wayland. has succumbcd to the
measles.
Robert Orris has been appointed post
master at Brushy, vice w. A. Martin,
removed.
Fort Dodge may secure factory for
farm machinery.
Lace making is Il new industry among
the inmates of the feeble-mindcd insti-
tuition at Glenwood.
The personal property valuation in
Council Bluffs has increased over $780,
600 in the past year.
Workmen in the Illinois Central shops
now want shorter hours.
Waterloo is in n fine financial condi-
ton. Twenty thousand dollars in bonds
will soon be paid off, and only $4,000
will remain.
The Creston-Winterset interurbun line
is rapidly nearing Il reality. Grading
has commenced on the route of the pro-
posed system.
The State board of examiners for mine
foremen and hosting engineers will con-
duet its next examination at Ottumwa
on June is and 10.
In Keokuk County the question OF Il
new court house is being agitntcd. The
old one has seen service for many years
and is in very dilapidated condition.
Leonard Bcckman, II farmer living
south of DEBORAH. was found dead in
bed; heart disease the cause.
Postmastcrs appointed: Ford, w. A.
Dillon. vice A. Mycrick, resigned. Hins-
dale, Daisy Bell, vice Arvilla Tecl, re-
signed.
A gas tank on Milwaukee coach cx-
ploded while IL train was standing at the
depot in Mason City. No one WAS in
jured.
The house of Nathan Woten. near I'm
ionyiile, was destroyed by fire. which is
thought TO have been of incendiary or
isin.
Gowrie is making substantial street i'm.
provements. Brick sidewalks and cross
ings are being laid by the authorities to
take the place of old plank crossings and
walks. which have been condemned,
Marshalltown has just let contract
for the erection of fire station in that
city. Complete apparatus has been pur-
chased and rs soon as the station is COM
pleted paid fire department will be in
stalled.
acquisitions have been issued by the
Governor for the return of William and
Josephine Edwards TO Jefferson County.
They are wanted on charges of horse
stealing. They have been arrested in
Mercer County, Illinois.
The Chicago Great Western railroad
is putting In a new tank well at Gowrie.
While the workmen We're down twenty
three feet butternut log or stump was
eNcayated some twelve or thirteen inches
in diameter. A well preserved butter.
nut was also found.
One of the boldest robberies ever at
tempted in Waterloo occurred at the NJ.
Kicker home. Unknown parties gained
entrance to the residence by prying open
window on the front porch or the resi-,
ience. within thirty feet of the side.
walk where people We're althost con,
tinuously passing, secured about s15,
worth of iewelry and made sSh without
anyone being the wiser. u