Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-02-18
Waterloo retail clerks have formed

The office of tile Daily Herald at New.
ton was slightly damaged by fire.
Seventeen new rural routes will soon
be established in the Ninth District.
Iowa Scandinavians are contemplating
the erection of hospital at Des Moines
A number of Perry school boys were
arrested for carrying concealed weapons
A movement is on foot at Stuart for
the location of big Adventist school
there.
The new opera house to be erected at
Waterloo will have seating capacity of
$500
Prof. l. Il. johnson, superintendent Of
schools Of Cass County, is dead ut At
lantic.
c. c. Lennett. Des Moines miner,
was probably fatally injured by fall
of slate.
James II. Wise has been appointed
postmaster at Raymond, vice w. w.
Scott resigned.
The Waterloo Creamery Building
company has been organized with cap
ital of $4,000.
Sixty eight doctors graduated froIa
Still College of osteopathy at Des
Moines recently.
The Congregational Church of Water
loo has voted to extend call to Rev.
G. II. Secombe of Ames.
Il. j. McVay. prominent banker of
Cascade, is dead. He had been in poor
health for several years.
Fire at Sand Springs destroyed the
! Lea. - \
ing was also the postoffice.
| A 14-year-old Burlington girl was ar
rested for stealing five cents worth of
coal from railroad company.
The will Of the late Mrs. Sarah Link
of Waterloo contained n bequest of So
600 for the Universalist Church of that
city.
! Leonard Meeker, the S-year-old son Of
Nelson Mceker, who lives near Let's,
was accidentally, shot and killed by an
older brother.
| A triple wedding occurred at the home
of Deter Wilmer, near Dubuque. One
son and two daughters were married at
the same time.
An unknown thug entered the home of
Mrs. Henry Bauer Mt Burlington and
robbed the house after brutally assault
ing Mrs. Bauer.
st. Patrick's Catholic Church, erected
at Nevada at n cost of $4,000, is near
ing completion and will be dedicated
within few weeks.
What is to be known MS the Northwest
Independent Telephone Association has
been formed at Emmetsburg. 1t will
take in twenty companies.
Found guilty of uttering forged note,
Al Sleeves of Keosauqua was sentenced
to serve eight months in the penitentiary
Mt hard labor. and to pay fine of 500.
Frank Williams is on trial at Ottnm-
wa for the murder of William Slater.
Both We're colored miners employed In a
Keb mine and Quarreled over woman.
Missouri Valley is hesitating between
blowing in its money for the support of
library which Carnegie will be asked
to donate or for digging drainage ditch.
y citizen of Shell Rock tried to see
how close he could put his nose to n
| buzz saw without getting hurt. He still
retains n portion of his nose MS SOU
vtnir.
Through the instrumentality of the Y.
49, " 49, tiit So'iilE NOlllel euplOSGu
Dubuque manufacturing houses have
formed Il factory club with a large men,
bership.
1t is estimated by tile Herald that os-
kaloosa people dropped about $4,000 In
the recent slump in corn, having intrust-
ed this amount to "get rich quick
bucket shop.
a movement is on foot to form Gen.
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plan is to form an organization for the
purpose of putting on driving contests at
Nutwood park.
~ Lansing clam digger after working
through 200 pounds of shells which he
had forked up through the ice, found n
pearl in one of them weighing thirty
nine grains. 1t Is of perfect shape and
a beautiful color.
A large number of Dubuque business
men paid $50 each to one Andrews for
membership in an alleged Commercial
agency" for the collection of bad ac-
counts. The fellow is ahead about 81 500
and the subscribers are holding the
sack"
The jury in the case of Mrs. Nellie
Williams, who sued the Fort Dodge
Park Association for 100000 damages
for injuries received by being struck On
the head by beer bottle thrown from
the grand stand, returned a verdict for
defendant.
The case of Easton against the State
of Iowa was decided by the United States
Supreme Court in favor of Easton thus
reversing the Supreme Court of the
State. Easton was president of n ma
tional bank at DEBORAH and sentenced to
prison under the State law for accepting
Il deposit of 500 when he knew his bank
TO be insolvent. The decision was de-
livered by Justice Shiras, who said that
State laws for the regulation of State
banks do not extend to banks iucorporat-
ed under an act Of Congress
Several students of Drake University
at Des Moines have been suspended be-
cause they forcibly trimmed the hair of
two of their college mates. Among those
suspended are two members of last wears
football team and one of the members
of the baseball team. The two students
whose hair was clipped are Post and
Olander. The hazers objected to their
long hair, and they had been warned fire.
qucntly that they had better visit the col
lege barber shop. These warnings were
not needed, however, and their locks were
cut with pair of horse clippers.
Jake Carbenir. farmer residing near
Marble Rock, went to Clinton, bet 3d.
600 OH a fixed foot race, lost the money
and complained to the officials A spe-
cial grand jury was summoned to in
vestigate the case. a gang of conid ,ncc
men has been for months working such
fakes.
Pearl Rombo, the 5OO-pound child won
der of Council Bluffs. who disappeared
from her home some time ago and who
has been sought for by her father in all
parts of the country, has been located at
Jacksonville, Fla. She is the star at
traction in a travelling freak show.
Death could not part Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Kleinweischede of Burlington,