Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-22
within Our Border,.

Woodward merchants offer to contrib
ute $1,000 for good roads improvements.
One bolt Of lightning killed seven head
Of horses for Frank Ludlow, near Gill
man.
Iowa florists have formed IN associa-
ton with John l.. Temple of Des Moines
president
James WEIGH has been appointed post
master ut Elwell, vice e. d. Flickinger,
resigned.
8. w. Hicks has been appointed post
master at Hicks, vice $. $. Burbaker,
resigned.
A bi-monthly musical journal will be
published by the Society of Music Teach
ers of Iowa.
John Hastings, Fairfield machinist,
was probably fatally injured by a pulley
falling on hfs,head.
+. A. Laverty Of Laurel was severely
stung by a swarm of bees that persist
ed in alighting on him.
Mrs. Frank Fliss of Milford is dead
Us result of being kicked by vicious
horse. Her skull was fractured.
An injunction Is asked against the sa-
looms of Vincent, the claim being made
that they are run in violation of the law.
A hail storm did some damage to
crops at Rock Valley. Some of the stones
measured five to nine inches in circunl-
ference.
John Franklin Ford, Des Moines real
estate dealer, has filed petition in bank
ruptcy. His liabilities are sol 900, as
sets nothing.
The Comptroller Of the Currency has
approved the application to organize the
First National Bank Of Fayette with q
capital of $4,000.
Rev. C. w. McCleary, who went from
Charlottesville to Africa as mission
airy few years ago, has just died nj
Eliot Station, West Africa.
Charles Heg. young farmer, wat
drowned in Willow creek, east of LIE
mars. He was bathing and got out OF
his depth, and before his companions
could rescue him sunk. He was "a years
and unmarried.
H. q. Hunt, aged S3 years, died al
Burlington after few days illness. HI
was known as ''the showman's friend
and probably was known to every circus
man of any prominence in the Unitet
States. He was wealthy and never fail
ed to entertain lavishly the managers
and prominent actors of every circu.
that cnme to the city.
Two st. Paul freight trains came int,
collision near Amana the other night
Both engines and seventeen cars wer,
were killed and two injured.
The proposed plan of building larg,
sAles barn and esta bliahing perma
nent live stock market at Waterloo ha:
materialixed, and company has beef
organized with capital stock Of 500,
600.
In street fight which occurred jus
outside of Ahrweiler's saloon in Abb,
Robert Roe of Hooking was probnbl.
fatally injured by either William Cob
ley or William II. Fuller, also of Hook
ing. The cause of the fight is not known
Harry King, farmer living In Mt
Vernon township, was arrested by tn
authorities charged with cruelty to dunn
animals, the complaint being entered b,
the Humane Society. Three charges o
extreme cruelty were entered agains
King. In one instance he beat coy
with p1tchfork and prodded her almos
to death. Another, that he used crue
prod on the end Of a stick for the pur
pose of driving his horses, abusing then
in a shameful manner. Still anothe
case was cited where in an effort to cate
a horse he became enraged and secure
a gun and fred charge Of bird sho
into the animal, He was fined go an
eosts.