Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-11
The home of Joe Bigger. at Creston
WINS rohhad Of Com nnsh

WIS EODueO OF $[UU cash.
The Pocahontas postoffice thieves Sc
cured $160 In cash and $425 in stamps,
The tax levy for Dubuque for the com.
ing year will be II mills on the dollar.
The Congregational Church Mt Prairie
City has just been remodeled and reded-
icated.
Construction work on the Newton and
Northwestern Railway is progressing
rapidly.
John A. Knott has been appointed
postmaster at Lucas, vice ]. ID. Knott,
resigned.
Mud lake, near Webster City, is be-
ing drained, and will be converted into
farm land.
An effort is being made at Dough
erty to organize farmers cooperative
association.
Rev. j. T. Meloy has resigned the pas
torate of the United Presbyterian Church
at Davenport.
George Carr, for fifty years resi-
dent Of Scott County, is dead at LIE
Claire, aged 95,
Despondent over i'll health, Albert
Schultze of Davenport committed sui
eide by shooting
Ames has let the contract for a two
mile sewer system and septic sewer
plant; cost $24,2s7.
Fire Of unknown origin did considera-
BILE damage in the Kennedy buggy fac
tory at Manchester.
Mrs. George l.. Fort OF Marshalltown
was seriously burned by the explosion
of gasoline stove.
James Mcdonald OF Mingo was reliev-
ed of $1S by pickpocket at the Des
Moines Union depot.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Manning Of Bat
tie Greek have just celebrated their gold
EN- wedding anniversary.
Miss Lille Cole, aged 81, and an cpl
leptic, jumped into the river at Des
Moines and was drowned.
The residence of William Booth Of
Mystic was destroyed by fire. Loss $3,-
600, with small insurance.
| Miss Jennie Lyman of Mason City
was seriously injured by being thrown
from buggy in runaway.
| 7. H. Moss, well-known farmer of
Pottawattamie County, died us the re-
suit of carbolic acid poisoning.
The capital stock of the Rath Pack
ing Company at Waterloo is to be in
creased from $4,000 to 100000.
Ernest Foreman, mule driver in Des
MONIES mine, was fatally injured by q
fall of slate. His back was broken.
Mrs. William Penney Of Mason City,
aged a years, fell and broke her shout
der bone. Her condition Is serious.
After forty years of effort the colored
Baptists Of Burlington have cleared the
long standing debt against their prop
erty.
Adolph Bits, Mississippi river clam.
digger, committed suicide by hanging
himself on Dergman's island, near Nc
GFegor.
The Dubuque City Council will pass
an ordinance preventing the indiscrimi-
nate distribution of patent medicine
samples.
A four-club baseball league, composed
Of Quincy, ILL.,, Hannibal, Mo-, Keokuk
and Burlington, Iowa, is suggested for
next year.
Fire destroyed big barn Of I. w.
Creese shear Atalisa with loss OF &c.
600. One horse and considerable grain
were destroyed.
Mrs. Lucy E. Shorthil, widow of the
late A. 3. Shorthil, and one of the best
known and wealthiest women i'll Mar
shalltown, is dead,
G.. w. Fellows Of Gfeston has sued
the G., B.& Q. for $25, 900 for the death
Of his son, a mail clerk, who was killed
lin Illinois recently.
| SscretarySand Treasurer G.. p. Clark
otS tho IsufS all Carriers Association
81 Iowa is planning an insurance fea-
ture for the members.
Frank Dossrk 81 Lamont, was Sc
verely injured by the accidental discharge
OF shotgun. He was hit in the right
arm. shattering it badly.
Miscreants broke large plate win
dow in the store of G. G. Hillman Of
Grand Junction by heaving brick
through it. They escaped.
A Burlington boy fell from a chair
md nearly bit his tongue in two, it be-
ing necessary to take number Of
stitches to close the wound.
Oskaloosa is in hopes that the Bnrling-
ton and the Rock Island railways are to
erect new passenger station there to
be used Jointly by the two ronds
Game Warden Lincoln is keeping close
| tab on the hunters in northern and north
| western Iowa, who are killing ducks In
greater number than for many years.
Mr.. Lincoln reports that there are mill
ions OF ducks in the northern portion Of
the State, the fight of game being al
most unprecedented.
Homer Daley, prosperous farmer
but unhappy husband Of near River
Junction. cut his throat three months ago
and SO intense was his desire to die that
he resisted all efforts of the physicians
to keep him alive. Finally, however. he
relente1 and after lowering between life
and death for many weeks In Hershey's
hospital Mt Muscatine, recovered. The
timber tree fell on him and injured him
fatally. After his attempt at suicide his
wife secured divorce from him.
| The Prouty Bowler soap factory In
Des Moines, which has been constructed
but few weeks, collapsed with cir
cumstanoes which indicate the use Of dy-
Mantle. The building and contents were
valued at $4,000, covered by insurance.
Henry Atwood, night Waterman, had n
marvellous escape from being buried
alive. He stood in the center of the
building when the crash came. A piece
of roofing caught his hand and pinned
him down, but the arch formed by the
falling timber prevented the brick from
crushing him.
Farmers in the vicinity of Underwood
and Persia contemplate the straighten-
ing Of Mosquito creek. Several thousand
acres of land would be reclaimed.
The report of the county superintend-
ent of schools of Polk County shows
600 less children OF school age in Des
Moines this year than last. The report
shows an increase of ISL for the county.
Hog cholera is destroying thousands
of dollars worth of hogs in Jones Coun-
| ty. N. +. Clark is one of the heaviest
losers. Hogs valued ut $1,50O have al
ready succumbed to the disease on his
farm.
Joseph Parker, who has been superin-