Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-25


Dodge under the direction of Mrs. J. P.
Dolliver.
A flowing well near Lanesboro, that
throws water twelve feet into the air,
will be made use of by the Chicago Great
Western.
The telegraph messenger boys of Dav.
export went out on strike for 81 day
and an eight-hour day with full hour
for dinner.
-Four members of the Egenbright fam
lily living near Winterset, have died of
typhoid fever within a month and four
others are i'll.
The Anti-Saloon League managers
have decided to make campaign of
education rather than one Of law-enforce-
ment, next year.
A number of Wellman boys who de-
stroycd property on Halloween have kept
themselves out of Jail by paying for all
damages wrought.
The First Christian Church of Keokuk
has extended call to Rev. j. w. Kill
bourn of Washburn, ILL.,, and the call
has been accepted.
The jury at Cedar Rapids, in the case
of Joseph Usher, charged with the MUIR
der Of William Clarity, returned YER
dict of granddaughter.
Lake Goats, nged "a, victim of rheu-
matism, committed suicide by shooting
at Ladora. Dependency over his physi-
cal condition the cause.
The Waterloo Board of Trade an
nounces that it has secured another fac
tory for that city-a plant for the manu-
facture of hot air registers.
The Chickasaw County Agricultural
Society has gone to the wall with debt
of $3,40O. The Cerro Gordo County AS
ISOLATION is also in trouble.
Thieves at wedding parties is the lat
est at Des Moines. At number of re.
cent nuptials the good things were stolen
while the ceremony was being performed.
John Brady, Buchanan County pion-
eer, is dead at Brandon. He served a
number Of years in the English navy
and later Joined the United States navy.
ID. w. Stradley has sued the plaster
ers' union at Des Moines for $1,000 dam
ages, alleging that he lost his Job at the
instance of the union and without just
cause.
The Dubuque branch of the Needle.
work Guild of America has just complet-
ed the preparation and giving away of
more than 1900 garments of all sorts
to the poor Of Dubuque.
A stranger suffering from an attack
of mental affliction was found on the
railroad track, near Olin. He was taken
TO Anamosa, adjudged insane and sent
to the Independence hospital
Leon De Eta, who pleaded guilty to
manslaughter in connection with the
death at Fort Dodge on July of Clara
Rasmussen, the slide for life" girl, has
been sentenced to six months imprisou-
ment.
The Marshalltown Pottery Company's
plant will not become the property Of
the pottery trust. The deal for the merg-
ing of the interests Of the local COM
pany with like concerns in Illinois has
fallen through.
The Supreme Court has directed that
in making UP the docket for the January
term of the court all cases shall be in
cluded which We're filed prior to Aug.
last. This shows that the court has been
making progress i'll gaining OH its work
Joe Walkenheimer, an aged bachelor
living in a hovel in suburb of Des
Moines, was found dead in his bed. He
was supposed to be pauper, but when
his place was searched $4,000 in cash
was found. Relatives live in st. Louis
Mrs. Fred Crombit, aged 81, attempt
ed suicide in Marshalltown with a re-
volver. She shot herself in the ear and
cannot recover. She leaves three small
children. Temporary arrangement was
the cause. She was recently brought
back from the State insane asylum.
Kate Van Der Kieft, the Belle PLANE
girl whose whereabouts were unknown,
has been located in Des Moines home,
where she was employed us servant.
Lieut. Beecher, the naval officer nc
cidentally killed on the battleship III
diana, was native of Fort Dodge, and
entered Annapolis academy after gradu-
ating from the schools of that city.
The John U. May interests in the pro-
posed interurban line between Clinton
and Davenport have been transferred to
the Iowa and Illinois Railway Company.
This ends n long standing controversy
and the line will soon be constructed.
Jerome La Barge. who recently died
in Pittsburg, confessed to murder COM
mitted by him in Eddyville over forty
years ago. La Barge and man named
Button are supposed to have murdered
n fellow gold miner, severed and burned
the head to prevent recognition and to
have buried the trunk.
The farmers of Dougherty have form
ed cooperative association and will
begin fight for site on the North
western. They will endeavor to get a
bill through the Legislature compelling
the railroads to furnish ground for ele-
vators. The Northwestern has an ele-
va..r at Dougherty now, and declares
that another would be unnecessary.
Rev. L. Murphy, pastor of the Grace
English Lutheran Church of Muscatine,
has been appointed chairman of the Iowa
committee to help raise million dol.
lars for Lutheran educational institu.
tons. He is now making preparations
for this work.
The new smokestack of the State Nor.
NAL School heating plant has just been
completed ut n cost of nearly $500. II
is 80 feet high; 100000 common brick
were used in its construction on the in.
side walls, and 21,O00 tile were used in
the inside wall. Forty-two cords Of wood
were used in the foundation. The stack
is ten feet in diameter and has q seven
foot fge,