Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09

been organized at Dubuque.
( Burglars failed in an attempt to blow
the postofice safe Mt Gushing.
The remodeled Presbyterian Church at
Bellevue has been re-dedicated.
j. NJ. Thomas, Iowa's foremost negro
Odd Fellow, is dead Mt Fort Madison.
Des Moines claims population of
Dc GOO, the result OF directory census.
The country home Of Walter Cops,
near Creston, was destroyed by fire. Loss
$1,000. 2
A number of Mason City's industries
are temporarily idle us result Of coal
shortage.
The Iiiad block at Des Moines was
damaged by fire to the extent of 81 1000;
partially insured.
The calls that are answered daily
through the Creston Mutual telephone
Office average 6,000.
The Iowa Humane Society will ask to
be made State bureau at the coming
session of the Legislature.
LIE Grand will have special election
Dec. 81 to vite on the question of grant
Ing mn interurban franchise.
Conrad Fritz, IN old settler Of central
Iowa, died at Boies after a residence in
Black Hawk County for forty-tive years.
It is now said that the Rock Island
will again assume control of the Des
Moines>and Fort Dodge line and later
absorb the property.
Representative e. II. English of Polk
County is preparing primary election
law which he will introduce into the
Legislature this winter.
Sixteen convicted murderers have filed
applications with the Governor for
transmission to the Legislature, asking
for unconditional pardons.
( The Sunday closing question at Daven-
port has been compromised by the butch
ers agreeing to make no Sunday deliv-
cries and to close after 10 a. m. until
April 1.
Postmasters have been appointed as
follows: Scotch Grove, Ernest l.. Himen-
baugh, vice d. o. Sinclair, resigned;
Toddyille, H. tanning, vice F. A. Small,
resigned.
The Adams County board of super
visors are having some difficulty in dis
posing of the $50, 600 county bonds owing
to the tightness of the money market.
The bonds draw per cent.
The Allamakee County grand Jury rec
commended that the board of supervisors
take steps to get the tax ferrets at work
In that county, believing that the field is
ripe for their line of work.
A family living near Strawberry Point
by the name of Strong are having sad
time with typhoid fever. Seven in all
have had it and the mother and two sons
are dead. In August one son had his
foot taken off in u corn cutting machine.
One son living near Oelwein has dyph-
iberia.
Orders have been issued from army
headquarters for the removal Of Com
panies @ and l, now stationed at Fort
Niobrara, to Fort Des AIoines. They
will relieve the detachment of the
Fourth and Eighth cavalry now on duty
at Fort Des Moines and will garrison
the new post until the arrival at that
place of the Eleventh infantry.
There will be no prosecution of Henry
yanderpool, who shot and almost In
stantly killed Frank WATSON in the for
mer's restaurant in Lineville. The cor
oner's jury declared it was case of
justifabie homicide. Frank WATSON had
entered the restaurant with two other
men and had eaten some oysters. Was
son was drunk md became boisterous
and started to throw the furniture out.
The waiter ran upstairs and called Van
derpool, who was asleep. He went down
md got WATSON auieted for a time, but
later he became boisterous and fight
followed. WATSON shot at Vanderpool
and the latter fred three shots into Was
son and killed him,