Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-04-20
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Auburn has purchased Il steam fire en-
gine.
A -four mill will be built Mt Farkers-
burg.
In rat killing contest at Wright 400
rodents were slaughtered.
For the six months ended April
there were seventy-seven deaths in Iowa
City.
Rev. DIR. Yetter, NJ. e. pastor at Spen-
der, has accepted call TO hutchinson
Kan.
union men are taking the places
of strikers in the gypsum mills Mt Fort
Dodge.
The Burlington Driving Association is
considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of holding a
horse show. :
Mrs. w. B. Merriam, well-known
Sigourney pioneer, dropped dead at her
home in that city.
There are number of cases of spall-
poy at Hilton. Tive populous boarding
houses are under quarantine.
Waterloo's auditorium seems assured.
Three sites are proposed. The building
will sent more than 5000 people.
Tho Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad Company will open gravel
pit Mt Rockford in the near future.
The $4,000 Congregational Church at
Humboldt was dedicated free of debt,
$500 being raised on dedication day.
AT Hooking during drunken row. one
italian miner murdered another with a
club. The murderer is in Jail Mt Abba.
The dead body of new born infant
was taken from the Des Moines river Mt
Bonaparte. There is no clue to its par
ents.
Lee Richardson, alleged leader of the
gang that has been robbing freight cars
at Sanborn, has been arrested in Min
nesota.
The debate scheduled between the uni.
vcrsities Of Iowa and Nebraska has beeii
declared off. the result of disagreement
over payment a expenses.
In the new farm mechanics depart
tnent of the Iowa College 125 young men
Are learning how to build, manage and
take care of farm machinery.
Joe Buck. convicted Mt Des Moines of
robbing woman of her pockctbook in
broad daylight, was sentenced to three
and one-half years in State prison.
Peter Frantz. pioneer OF Johnson,
was found dcnd on his farm near Iowa
City, with his throat cut from ear to
ear. He leaves widSw and several
children. The cause is unknown.
Warden james Brendel of the Polk
County poor farm has been ordered dis.
charged from his office by the State
board of control. He is accused Of beat
ing and otherwise mistreating patients in
the insane wards.
Fire broke ont in the city hotel III
Delmnr. owned by Steve Coleman. de-
stroying the building. For time the
Davis general store was in danger. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Newton G. Rev, graduate of the
animal husbnndry department of Iowa
State College. hns received an appoint.
ement as head of the animal husbnndry
department of the Alabama State Col.
lcge. ut Auburn, Ala.
Contaminated milk sold by man
whose wife was lying i'll with typhoid
fever is alleged to have caused an cpl
demo OF typhoid on East Hill. suburb
Of Muscatine. Two are dead and thir.
ty-fve are under treatment for typhoid
Iowa miners are secretly organizing
a cooperative coal company. with n cap.
ital stock of 100000. and will open coal
yards at Des Moines md elsewhere. The
object IL to reduce the price of coal, re.
Gently advanced by the operators.
Nineteen members of the senior class
Of the Charlton high school class were
expelled by Superintendent Morris be
cause they refused to sign an agreement
to do as the school board desired In 70
gard to the delivering Of orations al
commencement time. It is tho climax Of
o fight between the seniors and the
school board as to whether they should
deliver oratous- or have . lecturer al
commencement