Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10
within Our Border,.


Spencer, is dead. aged GO.
Another Episcopal Church organization
is being formed at Des Moines.
The necessary funds have been raised
to insure Chautauqua for Ames.
John johnson was fined 500 at Des
NLoines for selling liquor on Sunday.
Twelve Des Moines laundries have
combined, with total capital of $4,000.
Tie residence of I. ]. Starry at New
Sharouwas damaged by fire. Loss $500.
Them. e. Church at Larrabee was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss $1,000; insurance
$500.
Conrad voted, 67 to IL, to grant fran
rhise to tne Marshalltown interurban
company.
The NJ. e.. Church at Larrabee was
destroyed by ire. Loss $1,000; insur-
ance $500.
Henry Putzneer has been appointed
postmaster at Houghton, vice James s.
Kelly, resigned.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Simmons of Grin
nell have celebrated their iiftieth we'd
ding anniversary.
A fire at Tacoma destroyed w. F.. Will
sons large dry goods store and the res
taurant next door. AZ
John H. Rowlsby, n detective of Des
Moines, committed suicide because he
was baffled i'll murder case.
Mrs. WIN. Mosbarger of Mt Ayr was
probably fatally injured by the discharge
Of revolver that dropped from her sons
pocket.
Leo Murdoch, lovelorn youth of
Davenport, sought to gain surcease from
sorrow by the laudanum route. He will
recover.
Judge A. J. McCrary of Keokuk has
been appointed a delegate to. the worlds
legal convention at st. Louis by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
A telephone exchange will be estab-
lished at Glare.
Frank Calhoun of lie Mars is serving
4 thirty-day Jail sentence because he
thrashed young man who was making
love to his daughter.
The Odd Fellows building in Victor,
occupied by Friedman's general store,
was damaged by fire to the extent of $5,-
900. Fully insured.
The stock of dry goods of the Syn
dicate Trading Company Mt Council
Bluffs was destroyed by fire. Loss about
S15 900, partially insured. The adjoin-
ing stores of Culver & Woodbury., Stew
art Bros. and Pearson Bros. suffered
slight damage.
Fire at Redfeld did $1,000 damage to
Maulsby & Sons general store and for
time threatened the entire business Sec
tion.
Justin Huntley McCarthy's two novels,
1.-THE Proud Prince" and "If I Were
King" have been debarred from the
Iowa City public library because Of their
alleged immortality.
While starting fire in the cook stoye,
presumably to get dinner, Mrs. Fred
Abraham, wife of travelling man, was
fatally burned in Washington by her
hair catching fire. Her hair was all
burned off and all her clothing to her
waist. She ran screaming into the yard
and the house did not catch fire.
Two grand juries having condemned
the county Jail at Waterloo as unsani-
tary, the Blackhawk County Board of
Supervisors has ordered the bastile plac-
ed In proper condition.
Patents granted Iowans: w. ]. Cook,
Dexter, threshing machine tooth; A. F.
Dunn, Mower, hook; H. H. Gantz, Abba,
sprayer for dental polishing aud grinding
Instruments; j. e. Gill, Jefferson, win
dow shade bracket; NJ. E. Layne, Rock
Rapids, well mechanism and wire wind
Ing tool; ]. A. Norton, Odebolt, expan
sive fluid motor; F. l.. Orr Thurman, au.
tomato electric pump; @. w. Smith, Buff
falo Center, manure spreader; w. II
yess, Davenport, mechanical movement