Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-03

shops at Dubuque.
Fire partially destroyed the livery
barn of S. NJ. Linn at State Center.
Loss, $500; insured.
Dubuque teachers will make deter
mined effort to break up flirting among
high school children.
An anti-spitting ordinance is under
consideration in the Nevada City Coun-
Gil and will be passed.
John Smalley, veteran business man
of Burlington, is dead, aged 80. He
came to Iowa in 1899.
1t is estimated that fifty tons of coal
per week are stolen from the railroad
yards i'll Council Bluffs.
Conrad will hold special election on
the question of giving franchise to the
Marshalltown interurban.
Fort Dodge property owners have BIS
notified that all alleys must be cleared
of rubbish within ten days.
The fine of 5000 imposed OIL Grant
Hoon. the Stanwood druggist, has been
RENTED by the Governor.
The stock of the d. S. Good Grocery
Company at Marshalltown was badly
damaged by fire and smoke.
Mrs. Frank Benedict, who was shot
by her husband at Burlington Jan. 4.
following quarrel, is dead.
1t has been definitely decided that
Marshalltown will have Chautauqua
assembly the coming summer.
The johnson County Telephone Com
MOI &c N lnf N tIa mfr Of
automatic phones in Iowa City.
The 2-year-old child of d. I. Dale
of Lehigh was seriously scalded by fall
ing into pan of boiling water.
1t is announced that Anumosa is to
have creamery to take the product of
the hand separators in that region.
sl.f6 two druggists at Winfield have
surrendered their permits to sell intoxi-
eating liquors for medicinal purposes.
Counterfeit silver dollars in large num-
bers are being circulated in Ottumwa.
The spurious coins have the date 1882.
Eastern capitalists are promoting n
company for the development of zinc and
lead mines in the vicinity of Dubuque.
Frank Yak, whose home was at Ok
ford Junction, was run down by pas
senger train in Clinton and died an hour
later.
: Al G. Bowen, Council Bluffs plumb
er, was struck by freight train in the
Missouri Valley yards and instantly
killed.
The various societies of the Kings
Daughters in the> State are taking I'M
oat;yo ,,o rt in tha nopn, / az, oyo;nSt child
labor.
Earl Shaw, son of Secretary Shaw,
has left for Japan. where lie will act us
> war correspondent in the event Of hos
tilities.
Armour & Co. have acquired the paper
mill plant at Tnma, and it will be opera
ted in connection with their packing
business.
Waterloo is TO have a new bank. j.
D. Eaton, formerly president of the
Waterloo National Bank, is ut the head
Of the enterprise.
Monona County Supervisors turned
down the proposition to dig big drain
age ditch proposed to drain number of
lakes in that county.
Twenty-six counties in the State ex-
ported over n million pounds of butter
each in 1903. Woodbury. led with more
than four million pounds.
Jack Evans of Keokuk, conductor on
tue X, st. L. & N. w. road, will sue
the lroquois Tleater management. His
wife was among the victims.
BY the bursting of n circular saw
which lie was assisting to operate, Bert
Craig, young farmer south of Mitchell
vile, was seriously If not fatally injured.
A piece of the saw struck him between
the eyes, splitting his skull.
The contract for the construction of
the new postofiice building at Iowa City
has been awarded to Butler Bros. of st.
Paul, Mimi, at $42,5OO The work is
to be completed by May 1, 1905.
The Dubuque Bar Association. thor
oughly Disguised with the practice of
many of its members of garnishing the
wages of clients who fail to pay or are
unable to pay for legal services, has
named committee to hear grievances of
clients, and IL it is found that the lat
ter are being imposed upon the unscru-
pulous barristers will be dropped from
membership in the association.
Andrew Kretzinger of Coon Rapids,
whose skull was broken by being struck
by the tumbling rod OH wood saving
machine. is dead of his injuries.
The Northwestern Road has bargained
with the town of Lowden for its supply
of water at that point. Its tank will be
connected with the town mains.
\ gang of young men, charged with
breaking into cars, has been rounded
up Mt Davenport. Two of them have
been bound over to the grand jury.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Winters of Fort
Madison celebrated their golden wedding.
Seven children have been born to them.
They have sixteen grandchildren and
three great-grandcliildren
Jos. Kale of LeMars captured burg
lar whom he caught robbing his store and
escorted the culprit, at the point Of an
empty revolver to the police station.
Louis Albright of Kossuth County
thinks he is the Oldest early settler of
the State. He came to Dubuque with
his parents in 1893. He is 70 years old.
Another definite step has been taken
looking toward the construction of n
branch of the Chicago and Northwest
crn Railway from Anamosa to Waterloo.
by the filing of articles of incorporation
in the office of the county recorder in
Dubuque, for 100000, for the Chicago,
Anamosa aud Northwestern Railway
Company.