Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-02-04
Xithin Our Rorder.

w. j. Martin. cl .tling merchant at
Schlawig, has assigned.
Osteopaths of central Iowa met Mt
Iowa Falls and formed an association.
Stuart Congregationalists are planning
to build AN $1,000 church in the spring.
Waterloo United Presbyterians will
soon begin the erection of new church.
Th- residence of Rev. c. Springer,
near Libertyville, was destroyed by fire.
Mrs. Jaguar, one of the French pio-
neers of Iowa, is dead at Hamburg, aged
%.
William Smith was badly crushed by
fall of slate in mine at Ottumwa. He
may die.
The improvements contemplated on the
State fair grounds the coming year ag-
Gresate $4,000.
An old ladies' home, to be under the
control of the Sisters of Mercy, will be
built ut Burlington.
Mrs. Benjamin Drake, nm aged Des
Moines lady, was run down by deliv-
cry wagon and seriously injured
Miss Mary McPheeley of Dubuque,
whose skull was crushed by being struck
By an iron pump handle, is dead.
Waterloo is figuring OH securing big
factory for the manufacture of steel
bridges and structural iron work.
Albert Bean, school teacher at Quar-
~, was fined IS and costs, n total of $780,
for whipping n pupil too severely.
Clarence Stanford of Fairfield, aged 1G.
may lose an arm ms a result of the MEM
Der being mangled in corn shredder.
1t is proposed at Council Bluffs to or
ganize a stock company for the erection
of combined auditorium and nrmory.
William Clyde. young Washington
farmer, was killed by being thrown from
his wagon by his team running away.
W. B. Martin has offered to erect n
$50, 1000 opera house mt Fort Dodge pro-
vidcd the city donate the site for the
same.
G. II. Smith of Fort Dodge made n
score of 300 in recent bowling contest.
This is the third time that an Iowa man
has made perfect score.
a freight train wreck OIL the 20" near
Charlton resulted in heavy property dam
age and delayed traffic for several hours.
The top works and machinery of the
Des Moines Coal and Mining Company.
| at Des Moines. were destroyed, resulting
In $4,000 loss.
Plans have been drawn for masonic
temple to be built Mt Marshalltown this
spring. 1t will be five-story building
and will cost $4,000.
An unknown person, supposed to be a
personal enemy, threw carbolic acid in
the face of Miss Kate Booz of Ottumwa.
She was badly burned.
| The new Odd Fellows hall Mt Will.
Jams. just completed at cost of $1,000
has been dedicated with appropriate Ger.
emonies.
]. r. Hutchcroft. Mediapolis butch.
er. aged 45. and single, killed himself
by taking laudanum; drink and despon
dency the cause.
Louis Larson died at his home in
Moingona. He was one of the pioneers
OF Iowa and had passed his eighty-sec
ond birthday.
Work on the Oskaloosa-Tracy branch
of the Burlington is nearly completed
This branch completes the line between
! Burlington and Des Mqines.
fort Dodge Is organizing stron. IN
dependent baseball team for the coming
season. The city has declined prop
osition to enter the Iowa-South Dakota
! League.
The Dubuque School Board, having
ascertained that many children are en-
ployed in factories in that city, will un
dertake a radical enforcement of the
compulsory education law.
The 10-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
George Monleaux, who was arrested Al
Newton for desertion from the army, la,
been turned over to the Federal author
tiles The youth was given ten -da.
furlough, but extended it in order thai
he might visit hla parents.