Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

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| A large number of rattlesnakes are
being killed this summer in Van Burel
County.
Rolla Porter of Northboro was bitten
with hydrophobia.
A laborer ON the Milwaukee cutoff
near Cone was overcome by the heat and
died few hours later.
8. @. Davidson, a .Mndrid merchant,
has filed petition in bankruptcy. Liza
bilitles $1,000; assets $1,000.
Archbishop Keane of Dubuque is sug.
gested as the successor of the late Arch
bishop Katzer of Milwaukee.
Ten-ycar-old Oryille Barton, living
near Ottumwa, fell from tree, breaking
the bones'in both of his arms.
G.. e. Clifton, aged 10, of Waterloo,
who ran away together with George
Chotheld, aged 10, has returned.
Stone & Perrin, hardware merchants
of Fairfield. have filed petition in bank
ruptcy; assets $1,000, liabilities $2,400.
Lawrence Keppler, aged 10, son of O.
Keppler of Pennington, was drowned at
Wiconda, Mo-, while swimming in the
Santa Fe reservoir.
Peter Burk, who stabbed Reel Summit
ut Council Bluffs, has been held under
$4,000 bonds to await the outcome of
his victims injuries.
Unknown parties left month old girl
on the doorstep at the home of Farmer
Adams, near Fayette. The family will
adopt the youngster.
The Iowa worlds fair commissioners
announce that merit will rule in all ap-
pointments under their Jurisdiction. The
person with pull" need not apply.
Iowa has twice as many hogs as any
other State in the Union, numbering
I,43S,655, with an average value of $S.97
per head, or total value of $68,274,T 36.
Six or seven Italian workmen were
killed at Devon in wreck on the Great
Western Railway. A freight train broke
in two and ran backward into a gravel
train.
j. a. Colby, who was supposed to have
disappeared from Fort Dodge, has re-
turned and declares he had no intention
of disappearing. He was visiting in the
country.
A variety of photographic stone suitable
for commercial use has been found in
Mitchell County. AT present 90 per cent
of this stone used in this country comes
from Germany.
1t Is said that Archbishop Keane of
Dubuque does not want to be transfer
red to Milwaukee as the successor of the
late Archbishop Katzer, as suggested in
certain. quarters.
An effort is being made to induce cap
italists to finance water works COM
pany at Charlton. The, town has no
water works system and its fire protec-
tion is inadequate.
G. w. Hayes, Rock Island engineer
living at Valley Junction, is dead az the
result of the excessive drinking of ice
water. He was seized with cramps and
died in few hours.
The thief who stole team Of horses
from VIM. Wyatt, near Charlton, recent
~, was arrested at Trenton, Mo-, and re-
turned to Charlton, where he was bound
over to the grand jury.
Fire, which originated in an empty box
car on the Great Western Railroad
tracks, destroyed the elevator at Va
lcria and twenty freight cars, mourning
loss of about $4,000.
Work on the Davenport and Musca-
tine interurban, the capital stock of
which was recently increased from $780,
900 TO 81, 00O,0O will probably be begun
within the next two weeks.
Mrs. DIR. Fisk and son of Keokuk were
cori0ncly hurnoH hx, no nf -
patent sadiron. The iron elf-heating)
contained small tank for gasoline,
which caused the explosion.
Andrew Gustafson, farmer living one
mile east of Hnvelock, committed sui
eide by hanging. He had been acting
strangely for couple of weeks. He
leaves wife and four children.
| A 12.year-old Fort Dodge boy. rail
road torpedo and brick formed COM
hination that resulted in disastrous ex-
plosion in which the boy was seriously in
jured. He will probably recover.
Prof Henry w. Matlock, musical di,
rector of Iowa College school of music,
| Grinnell, has resigned his connection with
Iowa College to accept position with
Lyon & Healy, Chicago, as inspector of
horgans.
/ Leslie e. Switzer of Iowa City has
successfully passed wireless telegraphy
examination for the government service.
and will leave next week for Norfolk.
va, to take his place on the training ship
FRANKLIN.
There will probably be no regatta of
the state Rowing Association this year.
SO far but two clubs-those of Sioux
City and Council Biulfs-have signified
their intention of entering should re-
satta be held.
Frank Paar of Dubuque bent his wife
so brutaliy that a crowd OF fifty men sur
rounded MS mouse anu talked OF lynch
inc: Paar was saved ny the police VINO
arrived win the patrol wagon, and he
was Locked up.
IN he midst OF the street carnival at
s.aars, Tue ari'ns.on -, ho.el t9ok ,r nre