Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-29

Fort Dodge printers have formed IL
union.
Nfuscntine ministers are advocating
simpler funerals.
West Point citizens want an interur-
ban line between that city and Burling-
ton.
John Tredway, president of the Tired
way Hardware Company, is dead at Du-
buque.
Davenport grade teachers have petit
toned the school board for raise in
wages.
Blackhawk County claims the most
highly moral set of officials in the State
Eleven of the sixteen use neither liquor
nor tobacco.
Albert Storm, farm hand, was
iieeced ont of 1925 OH Northwestern
train near Sioux City by a cople of three
card monte men.
The strike of Rock Island baggage
men and truckmen at Eldon has been
ended by the company granting the men
the concessions asked for.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Randall of Riv-
erton, are the parents of triplets, three
pOyS- MTs. lkuUuHIl. OHu given
birth to twin boys in 1898.
Judge l.. C.. Blanchard. of Oskaloosa
Is recovering from an illness of three
months. At one time fatal termination
of the disease was feared.
After winters silence the Creston
City Council has ordered the curfew bell
to be rung at y o'clock to warn children
under lG to get off the streets.
Alfred Hilton, of Fort Dodge, became
suddenly insane ut Des Moines and ran
ten miles across the country, stark naked,
before he could be apprehended.
a shortage has been discovered in the
accounts of exTreasurer II. II. McIlen-
ncy, of Harrison County. the amount of
the shortage being placed at S2.768.
Rev. w. ii. Nugent, of Lester, has
been called to Chicago to become assist
ant pastor to Bishop Fallows. of the st.
Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church.
1t is announced that two regiments of
the Iowa National Guard will be per
mitted to go to Fort Riley, Kan, next
fall to participate in the army maneu-
vers.
The proposed union of the Congresa-
tional and Presbyterian churches of Mus
catinc has failed A meeting of the
committees was held, but they failed to
agree and the matter was abandoned.
The Burlington Humane Society has
secured the appointment of special
officer in that city. and all persons guilty
of cruelty to animals will be summarily
dealt with.
Roy Hazen, of .Avoca. was the success.
full candidate for entrance to the Annap-
oils naval academy from the Ninth Dis
| trict as the result of the competitive ex.
animation at Red Oak.
The promoters of the proposed Du-
bnque-St. Louis Road, recently incor.
poratcd. announce that the line will sure.
~ he built. They say the necessary cap.
ital has already been assured.
Iowa pearl button manufacturers are
complaining of the alleged excessive
freight rate charged for the transpor.
tation of shells from the river beds of
Arkansas and Mississippi.
\ Jack the Window Smasher" is in
evidence at Marshalltown In one night
the windows in nearly dozen residences
were smashed by an unknown miscre.
ant. who threw rocks through them.
A. Il. Minear for the past year and a
half assistant secretary of the Ottumwn
| y. NJ. G. a., has rendered his resicna.
ton to take effect June 1, and has ac.
cepted the position of assistant State
secretary in charge of the college and
boys work in Iowa.
The Supreme Court of Iowa affirmed
the sentence of ten years against Jerome
Hoot, Of Waterloo, who was convicted
of sending all Internal machine to his
wife.
In a shooting ARRAY at Evans between
two colored miners named Scott and
Williams, the former was shot in the
mouth. Williams escaped and is still al
large.
In 1862. the number of ungraled
schools in Iowa was 5,S95, and in 1901
1923. There were no graded school.
in 1860, while in 1901 there were ISIS
| The number Of male teachers has increos
ed from 1878 to 4,I57, and the numbel
Of female teachers from 4,ls7 to 24.Oss