Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-17
Burlington wants garbage crematory
a $4,000 hotel will be built Mt Cald

A $4,000 tile plant is to be erected at
Gowrie.
Marshalltown postoflicc clerks are now
| uniformed
LATE Young will deliver the Fourth of
| July Grafton Mt Ottumwa.
Frank Jordan of Camanche found a
$1,000 pearl in the Mississippi.
Keokuk retail merchants have formed
an organization to help their trade.
st. Marks Episcopal parish at Water
loo is to he revived and a pastor secured.
/ Burglars stole 5000 watch from the
home of James O'Neill at Council Bluffs.
Next years convention of the Iowa
| Episcopal diocese will be held in Des
| Moines.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Van Scoy of Belle
PLANE celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary.
A new edfice to cost $4,000 will take
the place of the present st. Columbkill's
Church at Dubuque.
John Noonan, nm aged resident of Len
OK. was seriously injured by the explo-
sion of IL gasoline lamp.
Michael Majerus, farmer, was struck
by Great Western train at Graf sta
ton and instantly killed.
Matt Williams, Jackson County
farmer, was drowned while attempting
to ford swollen stream.
burlington street car conductors have
received orders to eject from their ears
all persons who spit on the floors.
! The commencement exercises of the
| I'ptr.rett,- nSI H. hold ;,,
capable of seating nearly 5000 people.
Mrs. Bauman, the grass widow accus-
cd of stealing S125 church money, was
found not guilty by n jury at Keokuk.
Work has begun on the grading for the
| Illinois and Iowa inter-urban line. to be
built between Davenport and Clinton.
| The railroad laborer killed in the rail
road yards at Davenport has been iden-
tilted as Con Mullane of East st. Louis.
William Troah went to sleep on rail-
road track in the Des Moines yards and
was run over and killed He was inte-
icated.
Two thugs attempted to hold UP Frank
Farrell at Council Bluffs. but were SO
badly whipped they were glad to beat a
retreat.
| William Hale, farmer living near
Fort Dodge. was struck by lightning. He
suffered from commissions for some time,
but will recover.
The body of Abe Langford, who was
drowned at Davenport Jan. 81 by falling
through the Ice, las just been recovered
from the Mississippi.
r. P. Dickerson, the Clinton travelling
/ nn ,,.hn chnt 81
with suicidal intent. is dead as a result
of the injuries inflicted.
A number of cases of CHAMBERS have
been discovered among horses in the
neighborhood of Ackley. The affected
animals have been killed.
According to the figures just complet-
ed by the County Clerk there were sol
births, 210 marriages and 40 deaths in
Sioux County during 1902.
The State board of control will ask
the executive council for $4,000 to tenn
porarily repair the buildings damaged by
the recent storm at Glenwood.
A number of free delivery routes in
Buena Vista County may be abandoned
because the patrons have failed to live
up to their promise of better roads.
Major ]. a. Hull. son of Congressman
Hull. has been promoted In the United
States army service and now ranks as
lieutenant colonel, with the salary and
perquisites.
Walter Schoonover of Des Moines was
shot i'll the abdomen by friend named
Lohre. He will probably recover. The
boys were fishing aud were carelessly
handling the gun.
The Toledo schools closed without any
graduates. owing to the fact that the
school board last year added one year
to the high school course, making it four
years instead of three.
Lightning tore hole in the roof of
the Utica clothing store at Des Moines.
The upper story was flooded by heavy
rain that followed and the stock of goods
damaged to the extent of $1,000.
AT Atlantic, the Nishnabotna river is
the highest it has been for twenty years
and thousands of dollars worth of dam
age has been DONE The Atlantic Can
ming Company alone estimates its loss at
$4,000. nearly 125 acres of their grow
ing pea crop having been ruined by the
flood.
At Des Moines, the damage suit of
Carpenter VS.. the Rock Island Railroad
ended in the District Court in verdict
directed for the defense on the ground
that the person killed had entered upon
the tracks at his own risk and that he
knew of the danger. The case was for
$4,000 damages by Margaret Carpen-
ter for the death of her husband, who
was killed on the Rock Island tracks at
DeSoto last December.
The committee of Congregational min
listers who have been hearing the trial of
Rev. ]. l.. Countermine at Carson have
arrived at an understanding and Mr.
Countermine was dismissed from the
church. Rev. Countermine was pastor
of the church at Carson for two years
and recently left for Colorado. 1t was
then discovered that he had borrowed
money Unfortunately about town and
left without making any arrangement fol-
payment.
The Colonial Danes of Iowa held theil
annual meeting at Davenport. half a hun
| bred delegates being entertained al
luncheon by Miss Alice French OCTAVE
Thaneb. State president. The election
Of officers resulted: President. Miss Alice
French. Davenport; vice-presidents, Mrs
NuSuuSs bCS AhpihSes anu thi .
w. c. Wadsworth, Davenport: board OF
managers. Miss II. Van Duzee, Du
r buque; Miss r. Graham. Cedar Falls
Miss Elizabeth Putnam and Mrs. S. f
Smith, Davenport.
President John Gordon of Tabor Col
lege, elected to the presidency of How
ard University. Washington, d. c., ha!
resigned and has notified the trustees O
: Howard University that he will accep
E their offer.
A 10 o'clock rule for callers is to b,
put into effect for the State Universit,
goods beginning next fall. This is thu
y announcement made by Dean Alic
= Young. The goods have accepted til,
! rule without complaint and have prom
/ ised that it will be strictly observed
: Exceptions will not be made to the op
Grafton of the rule.
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