Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-02-25

farmer paid $3.50 for the material.
The City Council Of Clarion is ar
ranging to put iii a complete system Of
water works during the coming summer.
The Davenport y. NJ. G.. A. is in a
bad way financially. and special effort
will be made to place it on its feet
again.
Rev. w. r: .Sawhill of Stanhope has
accepted call to the pastoratc of the
Second Presbyterian Church at Wash
ington.
Fort Dodge painters and papcrhang-
ers want shorter hours and more pay,
and may strike if their demands are not
acceded to.
The Des Moines, Iowa Falls and
Northern announces that it will donate
sites for church editices in all the towns
along its line.
Iowa labor unions have designated the
first Sunday in June as memorial day
on which to honor the memory of deccas-
| ed members.
Gov. Cummins has issued a rcluisi
| ton for w. u. Strog, who is wanted Mt
Glenwood for forgery and has been ar
rested in Denver.
The Methodist, Baptist and Christian
churches at Arion have merged and the
combined organization will be a Consre-
gational Church.
| Waterloo is looking forward TO Il ban
ner year in building operations. in spite
of the advance in the price of labor rnd
building material.
Because she alleges Her husband COM
PEELED her to sit on Il red hot stove. l3lis-
abcth Ellen Abbott of Des Moines wants
a decree of divorce.
Harrison County farmers are raising,
by subscription, a fund to assist in the
building of the proposed drainage ditch
through their lands.
Mrs. Patrick Kelley, who resides near
kinross, has given birth 10 two girls
and one boy The family is reported to
be getting along nicely.
Clifford Nonstein and Frank Roberts,
12-ycar old Fort Dodge boys. suffered
painful injuries by the explosion Of the
boiler of toy steam engine;
The Great Western las asked for bids
for its new $4,000 passenger depot to
tc built in Council Bluffs. The, struc-
tire will be of brick and 119 feet Long.
The little town of Pioneer. with ouls
100 population, is proud because during
the past year over so carloads of grain
and stock were shipped from that point.
Augustus Ross committed suicide at
Washington by shooting himself through
the head. He was veteran of the
| Civil War and schoolmate of Gen Law
| ton.
1t is announced that the Ryan Pack
| ing plant Mt Dubuque will he again OPP
Grated, Chicago capitalists having or
ganized stock company for that pur-
pose.
The ]. c. Beecher residence at Oska-
loosa was Quilted by fire. 1t was ocru.
pied by number of families, who lost
all their belongings. There was little
insurance.
Daniel Flygstad, living near Jewel
was beaten to death by his son Damkie
Flygstad came home in n quarrelsomc
mood and was probably killed by his son
i'll self-defense.
The Comptroller of the Currency las
approved the application of the State
Bank of Kenmore to convert into the
First National Bank of Kenmore witt
a capital of $4,000.
Fire badly damaged the public schoo
building at Hudson. The blaze was
caused by a defective hue. School was
in session, but the students were march
ed out III good order.
II. r. and Paul Grabill of Des Moines
and John Shambaugh of Madison Coun
ty have been commissioned by the Gov
ernor to investigate the agricultural ans
mineral resources of Mexico.
Word has been received of tho dealt
Mt Salt Lake City, Utah, of the widow
of Bishop Henry Washington Lee, til,
first bishop of the Episcopal Church il
Iowa. The remains were returned t.
Davenport and inferred in the cemeter!
there. by the side of Mrs. Lees husband
The Iowa State Dairy Association, il
session at Cedar Rapids, adopted reso
luton asking Secretary Wilson to dis
charge Henry u. Alvord, chief of tn,
dairy division of the bureau of animal in
dustry.. for alleged incompetency.
AT q o'clock the other morning Ion,
bandit. supposedly n tramp, entered til,
c. & n. w. depot at Stanwood, compel
ed the Young man employed as night Op
orator to hand over the keys to III,
money drawer. from which he secure,
about S24. and made his escape. TIL
safe, which also contained some money
was not disturbed
Leon Shipley, chief dispatcher for TIL
Chicago Great Western in Des AIoinas
has been appointed trainmaster for tn
northern division. embracing that portion
of the line from Des MONIES to Oelwcin
Mrs. Emma Fryer of Davenport oh
tanned divorce from her hsuband, "a
seph Fryer, on the grounds of cruel an
inhuman treatment. The court held tina
pullipy hair was an act constituting til
charge.
The board of control has issued notice
for sealed proposals on the new build
ings that will be erected at the State in
situations this year. The total that wi
be put in new buildings this year will b
100000.
The six rural routes running out 0
Waterloo handled 80. 140 letters, newspj
pers. circulars and packages during III
month of January. The carriers ais
gathered up $3.50 pieces.
Il Fred White OF, Waverly was serious
Ily injured by the explosion of a dyna
mite cartridge. 1t was found necessar
to amputate portion of one hand, an
the other hand was also badly lacerated
A Fort Didge merchant recently re
, ceiyed letter containing two 81 bill
from a woman in Wisconsin towI
She stated that she owed him the money
but he dida't know it. 1t is supposed sill
, stole something from the store aud no,
seeks to make the deal right