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

The spring term of the Iowa State
Normal School will end June 5. The
commencement exercises will occur June
40.
Physical Director Smith, of the Wa
terloo Y. NJ. c. A., has resigned and
will go East to engage in mercantile pur,
suits.
Plans have been completed for $4O,-
OOO Elks' club house at Des Moines
The building will be three stories and
basement.
The Blackhawk County supervisors
will probably issue bonds in the sum OF
$65,OOO to redeem outstanding warrants
to that amount.
Fire destroyed the cabin boat occu
pied by Reuben Burtlow and family N
Burlington. and 7-ycar-old child wa.
fatally burned.
Mrs. ]. A. Lemon, CT Glare, submit
ted to the extraction of seventeen teeth
at one sitting in dentists chair, with
out the use of anesthetics.
In the oratorical contest Mt the Mt
Vernon academy, first place was accord;
ed q. b. Sherman. of Shellsburg; second
place to Jay l.. Tenant, of Rockwell
City, aud third to Lulu NJ. Bolts, OF
North Yakima. Wash.
Two young girls. aged IA, who es
capped from the Soldiers Orphans HON,
at Davenport, and left, saying the.
wanted to go on the stage, were found a
small station east of Moline and re
| turned to the institution. ~
Two bandits ATTEMPTED To bold d
ItFank~aoneycut, n restaurant clerk n
Ames. He answered the demand to hold
up his hands by sending five bullets in
the direction of the thugs. who lost nc
time in taking to their heels.
The two brothers, Joseph and Charles
Raphael, were convicted in the District
Court at Waterloo of burglary. The mer
We're tracked by the bloodhounds to theil
home, where some of the stolen property
was located in their possession.
The body of the man found in the Mis-
sissippi at Davenport day or so age
proves to be that of Momme Petersen
who disappeared from that city some
months ago. A letter found upon the
body showed that he had committed sui
eide.
Des Moines has been chosen MS the
place for holding the next annual con
vention of the State Teachers Associa
ton. The dates fixed for the convention
are Dec. 20, 80 and 81. Dec. IS will be
the date of the meeting of the cduca
tional council.
Frank Beebe, aged 81, is dead at Char
lotte rs the result of a strange accident
He was driving team of mules and wa.
thrown out over the dashboard Hi.
foot caught in the wheel, the leg beins
mangled and nearly torn from the socket
The member was amputated, but he dice
from the shock.
Evelyn O'Connell, aged years, i.
dead as a result of burns received while
she was playing around bonfire il
Dubuque. Her clothing became ignitec
| and her body was terribly burned befor,
| the flames were extinguished. Hel
S-year-old brother was seriously burned
in his frantic efforts to save his sister.
Mrs. katherine Barrett, aged III
years, the Oldest person in Iowa, diet
at her home, eight miles south of Water
loo. She had suffered a stroke of paraly
sis few weeks previous to her death
Mrs. Barrett retained her faculties full,
up to few months ago. When she wa!
more than 100 years of age she was EN-
ployed as lnundress at hotel in l.,
Porte City. She was borne on the Isl,
of Wight Nov. 1. 17S6. She had beer
twice married, her first marriage occur
ring over ninety years ago.
John Blagge, 12-year-oll Alton boy
struck his thumb with hammer Will,
cndeavoring to drive nail. He imme
diatcly tainted. and died two hours latel
without rcgaining consciousness. Dealt
is supposed to have been produced by
nervous shock.
| An attorney named Reilly. of Chicago
brought to Clinton to assist Attorne,
julius Pingel, of Clinton, in prosecution
against local saloons, was leaving til,
court house when he and Pingel wer,
assaulted by saloonist sympathizers ant
badly beaten. The lawyers put up a goo,
defense. The plaintiff is woman.
| During n fierce electrical storm til,
new and large barn of 9. o. Plumley
near Waubeek, was struck by lightnin,
and burned, with all of its contents, in
GLIDING six head Of valuable horses.
Adjutant General Byers has issued al
order for the inspection of the Nationa
Guard at such dates as may be desig
mated by the inspecting officer of tn
army as provided in orders from Wash
| ington.
Robert Collins is under arrest at Dav
export charged with cruelty to his fam
lily. 1t was shown that he had beel
in the habit of sending his 6-year-ol,
boy two miles after beer in the middl
of the night.
Norman Beckwitb. who disappeare
twenty-five years ago and was suppose
to be dead. has been returned to Maj
shalltown through an advertisement. II
is one of the heirs to the estate whic
owns land on which the new government
building is to be erected.
Cracksmen blew open the safe of tn
postotiice Mt Ireton and stole $50 an
$50 worth of stamps. They got all thei
tools but their drill from Henry Braak'
blacksmith shop. About midnight tw
men were arrested by Marshal Thackei
ay, of Hudson, s. D., after fight. The
were locked up, set fire to the Jail an
were rescued with difficulty. The
threatened to kill the marshal,
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