Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-04-23
Brief STATE Rappeninr,.

Dubuque sports have organized a CUR
club.
The Eldon City Council is making wal
on slot machines.
The grocery store of A. d. Randell al
Ottumwa was destroyed by fire.
Mrs. Nels Nelson of Elkhorn suiciied
by hanging. Dependency the cause.
George Jensen, Fort Dodge carpen-
ter, lost portion of one hand in wood.
working machine.
Webster County veterans are agitat
ing the erection Of soldiers monument
or memorial hall.
Des Moines has new detention hos
pital. Its cost complete was in the neigh
borhood of $4,000.
University of Iowa defeated the Uni
versity of Wisconsin in the annual de.
bate held at Iowa City.
Company NJ of the Fifty-first regiment
was given a mark of 100 per cent at the
annual inspection just held.
S. NJ. Walick, an elderly and highly es.
teemed citizen of Shambaugh, was kick
ed to death by a vicious horse.
uOLluS NOOu al IliuOu
died as the result of the bursting of q
blood vessel during violent fit of cough.
ing.
1t is rumored that the Burlington and
Western narrow gauge railway in south
eastern Iowa will be made standard
gauge.
The strike of the employees of the
Boone brick and tile works has been
settled and the employees have returned
to work.
Mrs. Sweezy of Lehigh is suffering
from peculiar malady that battles ply.
sicans. 1t has some OF the appearances
of leprosy.
A 13-year-old boy, whose parents were
emigrants bound for Minnesota. fell
from train near Humboldt. He escap.
ed without scratch.
The body of Jochim Steffen, aged 20
who disappeared from his home in Dav
export last August, has just been found
in the Mississippi river.
Bird Utterback of Haysville fell from
a Milwaukee passenger train near thai
town and was killed. His body was found
near the track by bridge men.
Rev. S. II. ]. Hoyt of Iowa was elect
ed chaplain general of the newly organ
lied association of service men of the
Spanish war, recently held at Springfield
Ill.
The burglars who robbed Burlington
saloonkeeper of $50 in cash and $500 IL
checks returned the checks with note
asking him to be thankful for receiving
the papers.
James Harris of Burlington started
across the Mississippi in rowboat. Lat
err the boat was found, but there is nc
trace Of Harris, and it is feared he was
drowned.
Rev. ]. B. Stanwood, who has beer
pastor of the Glenwood Congregations
Church for the past year, has accepted
call to the Congregational Church al
Cromwell.
AT the conference of the Latter Day
Saints being held in Lamont PROPOSE
ton to ask Carnegie for assistance fol
Graceland College and the Saints Home
was voted down.
Judge Paul Carpenter, son Of the fam
GUS Matt Carpenter, has been secured tt
deliver the annual address before til,
Iowa State Bar Association meeting a
Dubuque July Is.
The annual congress of the Disciple.
of Christ wip be held in Des Moines mex
March. This is the ruling body of thu
Christian Church, and will bring to thai
city the leaders of the Christian churche.
in the United States.
Ex-Labor Commissioner Wennerstrun
was given banquet by the Scandinavian
Republican Club of Des Moines prio
to his departure as commissioner to Swe
den, Norway and Denmark for the Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition.
Owing to the fact that the State en-
campment of the Grand Army of the Re
public is to be held during the same weel
as that which had been selected for til,
convention of the Congregations
churches Of Iowa, the date for the con
vention has been changed, and it will b,
held In Des Moines June 8 to 6.
The formal dedication of the new Ply
mouth Congregational Church at De!
Moines will occur on June 5. The frs
services in the new church building vii
be held on Sunday, May A. On the da,
of formal dedication delegates from al
the congregational churches in the Stat,
will be present. The church is fast near
ing completion. ~