Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-29
state News In Brief.

\ new pnrochial school will be built
Mt Dubuque.
The Dubuque hospitals are crowded
with patients.
Jacob Geiger's shoe store at AIinden
wns looted by burglars.
Fire destroyed the residence of Mrs.
N. Elder at Eddyville; insured.
The Keokuk independent ball team is
In financial straits and will disband.
William Crawford of Packwood was
badly gored by an Infatuated bull.
Mrs. F. r. Morse of Grinnell was Sc
riously injured in runaway accident.
Guy Parker, aged q, was killed by e
fall of slate in mine at Des Moiree.
A pressed brick display is planned at
the st. Louis fair by Iowa brick makers
Telephone wires in the business dis
trict at Burlington will be placed under
ground.
~ landslide on the new Milwaukee cut
of near Washington destroyed 200 feet
of track.
Newton claims more automobiles than
any town in the State in proportion to
population.
The Modern Telephone Company of
Burlington has Incorporated; capital
100000.
Rev. l. NJ. NIerlinjones has resigned
the passionate of Christ Episcopal Church
at Waterloo,
A 14-year-oM boy named Doran wns
drowned in the river mt Des Moines. He
was in bathing.
Polo Sclllensen, Bennett lad, was
run over by team and wagon and in
ttantly killed.
There has been unusual mortality
among children in and about Council
Bluffs this year.
Bernard Beget. nm oskaloosa miner,
was terribly crushed by fall of slate.
He may recover.
-Four DRINKS confined in the Wellsburg
Jail set fire to their prison and narrowly
escaped cremation.
The Socialist party expects to have
1900 votes this year, three times the
number polled last year.
A horse and buggy recently stolen Mt
Waterloo has been located at Davenport,
but the thief has vanished
Iowa G. A. II. posts have contributed
about 500 for Kansas flood sufferers,
and more is being collected.
A Baxter couple who were married at
Waterloo few days ago were respec-
lively 40 and 35 years of age.
Joshua Luckey, hurt in runaway ac-
cident at Columbus Junction, is dead.
His wife will probably die also.
Millie Bilstead of Webster County,
who was injured in a wreck on the
Northwestern in, Dakota last year, has
just been paid $4,000 by the company.
While Ed Ansbcrry, near Guthrie Cen
ter, was blowing corn, bolt of light.
ming from mn almost clear sky killed his
team and knocked him insensible. He
was resuscitated with difIlculty.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Howe of Marshalltown
Mrs. w. H. Bailey of Des Moines and
Mrs. II. e. Deemcr of Red Oak have
been named as the ladies' auxiliary com.
mittee to the Iowa worlds fair commits.
sion.
Fifty telephone girls at Des Moines
have decided to ask for nSraise in wages
and may strike if their request is moi
granted.
a Lutheran High School and College
Association has been formed at Elkhorn
An academy will be built and main
tanned.
Chris Smith, employed as farm hand
near Dewitt, skipped with fine horse
belonging to his employer. He was 10
Gated nenr Clinton and arrested.
While shooting frecrackers that had
been left over from the Fourth, Grace
White. n Young Creston girl, was prob
ably fatally burned by her clothing catch
ing fire.
The new barn belonging to John vii
liams Mt Columbus Junction was destroy
ed by fire. The loss will amount to abou
$1,000.
Improvements aggregating 100000
are needed at Clarinda State hospital
according to. the biennial report of tina
institution to the board of control.
Mrs. Dennis Brown of Washington
widely known In Washington and Louis,
counties, is dead from burns received
two weeks ago when the Brown resi-
dence was destroyed by fire. At thu
time Mrs. Brown was lighting gasolin,
stove which exploded Mrs, Brown.
clothing was burned of her body and til,
flesh badly scorched,