Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09

Cu AEeSS OF OeWar naQ MS right
hand crushed in corn husking machine.
P. P. Harp, for sixty years n resi-
dent of Marion County, is dead ut Mon
roe.
Salem Morse, postmaster at Volga
City under Cleveland's administration, is
dend.
An agitation for narrower streets and
wider parkings has been started at Wat
erloo.
G. II. Carter has been appointed post
master at Pekin, vice 7. d. Cuddy, re-
signed.
Thomas Holm of Harlan was run
down by Rock Island train and instant
~ killed.
Mrs. Chas. Dahl of Waterloo fell down
a cellar stairway and was possibly fatal
ly injured.
Mrs. Hattie Allen Of Denison, vic
tim of unrequited love, committed suicide
in Omaha.
A ten-acre tract of land mile east
of Washington has Just been sold for
$500 per acre.
A deer is reported to have been seen
in the vicinity Of Clemens within the
past few days.
The Waterloo Y. w. g. A. is planning
the establishment Of boarding home
for young women.
The Methodists Of the State are plan
ming to hold big missionary rally in
Des Moines in February.
Chester Crull Of Davenport was killed
by falling derrick in the new Rock
Island shops at Moline.
The general store Of Peterson Bros,
near Winfield, was destroyed by fire, orig
mating from an oil stove.
A postoffice at Iveyvile, Adams Coun-
u. has been established, with Charles
w. Harlow as postmaster.
The preliminary survey for the Iowa
City, Kalona and Washington interurban
railway has been completed.
The residence of Fred Schafer at Fort
Dodge was totally destroyed by fire;
origin unknown. Loss $1,000.
Fire, of supposed incendiary origin, de-
stroyed large barn of William Ruth,
near Princeton. Loss $1,000.
The home of M. e. Cowan of Lori
mer was completely destroyed by fire.
Loss $4,000; insurance, $500.
Jefferson County's poor house is said
to he in the worst condition of any insti-
tuition of the kind in the State.
The Clinton County grand jury has re-
turned two more indictments against
Mike Conroy, the convicted burglar.
James s. Merrill, at the age of, SO, is
dead near Whiting. He was one of the
pioneer residents of Monona County.
Ii 4Iax zsas. noiee 3. n,e.op. wa.
held up near his home and = b.,
$3.50 by an unknown high eIadS ~ 20
1t has been found nece1 t., :; til
en- court terms in Webster = ." IL
weeks, because of the heaS I'D aef.irw $
A Dubuque policeman Nj "a, 9
for assaulting bill COLLECTOR 81 10 am
plea of guilty he was fined 500 k's'ilw 81
The Eastern Iowa Poultry SHym Cd :
Stock Association Of Davenport VIM suc
its next annual poultry show Jan. &1Et
and 8. a
Geo. Kuehfuss, Burlington harnesS
maker, has disappeared. His wife thinks
he has gone to Germany. He had $500
when he disappeared.
Two men were arrested Mt Davenport
the other evening for holding dog fight
on a public street without the consent
of the Mayor.
The smallpox scare at Arlington is sub.
siding and the State board of health an.
nounces that no further spread of the
disease Is feared
Auditor of State Carroll has decided
that commuted policies Of insurance can.
not be issued in Iowa and the question
has gone to the Attorney General.
The Burlington road has reached ar
agreement with its engineers, whereby
no objection will be made to the engi
neers entering the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers.
Jerry Beakley, well.known farmer
residing near Humeston, shot aud killed
himself because Of dependency growing
out Of domestic troubles. Several weeks
ago Mrs. Beakley applied for divorce
The prospective separation from his wife
so preyed upon Beakley's mind that he
suicided.
R. .. Babcock, postmaster Mt the lit
tic town Of Denver, has left for parts
unknown, and investigation showed thai
he had taken his goods and left the city
how, it is not known. The condition OF
the funds III the postofice is not known
but there Is some money in the cash
box. The department has been notified
Capt. w. L. Clark, for seventy years
u resident of Scott County, and its Oldest
pioneer settler, has just celebrated his
SGD birthday.
At Washington jury awarded F. NJ
Swisher of Brighton $1,000 damages
against Contractor T. L. Emry. Swishel
was injured while at work in stone
quarry and sued for $4,000.
Some small boys at Stuart found {
newly born infant on the tracks near thai
city. The infant, a girl, was entirely
nude, but was seemingly uninjured by The
exposure and will live. There is. NJ
clue to its parentage
A little girl 8 years old, the daughter
of d. NJ. Hooker, farmer living sever
miles northeast Of Mason City, narrowl,
escaped being devoured by the hogs. Sh,
fell into the pen, broke her arm in two
places, and was rescued from the hog.
by a heroic fight by her older sister.
An estate consisting of twenty-foul
acres of good land and lying in DeeI
Rivers has recently reverted to. the Stat,
of Iowa. james Keefe of Deep Rive
died in 1885 and no heirs could be found
although Frank Bechly, in whose hands
the matter was placed, exhausted all tn,
means in his power, and the land wa
sold and the proceeds, $1O75.3S, wer
turned over to the State. $50
State Superintendent of Schools Bar
rett has compiled n list of the new super
intendents of schools in Iowa, recent,
elected. The list shows an UNUSUAL,
small number of new superintendent
Ordinarily, from forty to fifty new mel
are elected, but this year there were onl,
thirty-three. The number of womel
superintendent has been lessened b,
the loss of three; last year there wer
twenty-one women superintendent, an,
this year there are only eighteen.
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