Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-05-13
Within Our Border.


brunei. The loss is $4,000.
j. P. Doohler has been appointed post
master Mt 1onia, in place of Miss Mary
f. Mcdonald, resigned.
The little 9-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. II. E. Vanhorn of Washington
township was burned to death.
Fire which started from the explosion
of lamp completely destroyed the resi-
dence of f. Rodebuch at Eldon.
John Ross has been arrested at Cres-
ton on the charge of embezzling funds
belonging to st. Joseph rug firm.
The Iowa Republican State committee
met at Des Moines and fixed the date
of the State convention for July !.
A baseball league has been organized
among the high schools of Grundy Coun.
ty and other towns in that vicinity.
There is scarcity of rural school
ma'ams in Buena Vista. more than a
dozen schools being without teachers.
While assisting in moving n house,
Col. Lane, resident of Lewis. was
crushed.
Council Bluffs is prepared to strenu-
ously resist the proposal of Des Moines
to move the school for the deaf to the
latter city.
The Davenport City Council has under
consideration an ordinance making a
moderate reduction in the rates to water
consumers.
1t is considered probable that the Mus.
catine North and South Railway, lately
ordered sold, will be purchased by the
Milwaukee.
Revenue Clerk Wall of the State all.
ditor's department, states that the total
receipts for the State tax levy of 1902
will aggregate $2.294, 0S6.44
Surveyors are at work OH the proposed
cutoff of the Rock Island near Avoca
1t Is proposed to shorten the line abou,
ten miles between Atlantic and Avoca.
An application for pardon in the case
of William Tool, sent up from Sac
County for murder, has been made tc
Gov. Cummins, 1t is claimed that Too
is dying of consumption. His sentence
was for life.
The State auditor has authorized the
Eastern Iowa Mutual Hail Association
to do business with headquarters at De
Witt. 1t is confined to three or -four
counties.
U. Spinden, pioneer of johnson
County, Is dead at his home near New
port. He was So years of age and haG
been resident of the county for ovel
fifty years.
The home of John When, an Ottumwi
mechanic, was badly damaged by fire
During the excitement someone carried
away from the building gold watch ant
pocketbook containing 5000.
John Elkins, who ran away from hi.
home in Ottumwa few weeks ago, wa!
killed at Foster while attempting tt
board moving freight train. He wa,
II years old.
A company formed at Des Moines t.
manufacture Damascus steel, the inven
ton of S. II. Dawson of that city, ha.
purchased n working steel plant Mt New
Brighton, Pa. Dawson will be the SUI
perintendent of the plant.
1t is considered probable that the mill
tary department of the State Norma
School will be abolished and that Majo
Olmstead, the commandant, will be trans
ferred to Des Moines and detailed a
Inspector of the Iowa National Guard.
The S-yeariold daughter of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Waugh, residing near GAINESVILLE
was frightfully burned by falling int,
Il tub of scalding water. The child ha
chance for recovery.
Florence Perry, aged II, of Webste
City, and Isaac Gates eloped. Miss Per
ry is the daughter of prominent farm
er. Gates is farm hand. There wa
parental objection to the match.
A resident of Rockford is the fathe
of seventeen children; ]. f. Lattner o
Waterloo. an old newspaper man, blu
now In the life insurance business, is 4
member of family of seventeen chill
dren, and grandchildren % numerous a
10 be beyond count,