Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-17
The home of ]. L. Hackett, nea, New
burned,

Keokuk Hotel, at Keokuk
| Arrangements are being made to start
new bank in What Cheer.
| West Grove Methodists have just ded-
icated new $1,000 church.
The congressional primaries at Des
Moincs will be held Feb. 20.
A cavalry squadron will be stationed
at Fort Des Moines in March.
| Marshalltown socialists will nominate
ticket for municipal officers.
William Morehead, n Cedar County
pioneer, is dead at Springdale, aged 80.
One Independence firm has shipped
$4,000 worth of poultry this winter.
Geo. c. Vim, n veteran and resi-
dent of Muscatinc since 1s47, is dead.
III. p. Myron has been appointed post
master at Roland, vice j. J. Stoke, re-
moved.
The town of Walnut will spend S14,-
900 in installing an electric lighting
plant.
Fire destroyed the residence of s. w.
Myers, near La Noble. Loss $500; in
sured.
The residence of Henry Timpke at
| Davenport was destroyed by fire. Loss
$4,000.
| Dubuque wants the next meeting Of
the Northwestern Iowa Teachers Asso-
| citation.
Adam Wombacher, one of the Oldest
pioneers of Washington County, is dead,
aged so.
The estate of the late Major Hoyt
Sherman is said to be valued at about
100000.
A stock company is being formed at
Waterloo to build $4,000 fireproof
playhouse.
a postotiice has been. established at
McClelland, with Luther II. Bolton as
postmaster.
The town of Milford is being stirred
| from center to circumference by two lady
evangelists.
Michael Appel, poor Dubuque cob
bier, received $1,000 from the estate of
relative in Germany.
Mrs. w. w. Wightman, for sixty years
resident of Burlington, dropped dead
at her home, aged so.
j. z. Wenks, Dcs Moines barber,
was fined 81 and costs for keeping his
shop open on Sunday.
The button industry will probably be
displayed at the St. Louis exposition by
the factories of Muscatine
Bruce harrington, wanted at Chatta-
nooga for forgery, was arrested as he
stepped from train ut Burlington.
Bursting water pipes caused the flood
ing of the Commercial block at Mason
City. The damage will aggregate ST.
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| Mrs. Peter Christensen, mother of the
| five children who persisted i'll their burn
ed home in Council Bluffs, died as re-
suit of her burns.
Dubuque is going after some of the
great chorus prizes at the st. Louis ex-
| position, and is securing the best talent
in the city for its choir.
Charles Henry Spencer, who died Mt
Spencer Grove the other day. enjoyed the
| distinction of walking across the 18TH
| mus of Panama in 1852, on return from
California.
The repair shops of the Kansas City
branch of the Burlington road at Coun-
Gil Bluffs, have been abandoned, the en-
ployes either being discharged or trans
ferred to other points.
Thieves secured $40 in cash from the
| Rock Island depot in Eddyville. II. j.
Wing, the agent, was absent but half all
hour, during which time the thieves broke
| a-p;A sses,r --.sd did the work -.----,sa..ss
/ Roy Price, aged IS, of IibertyvilIe,
persuaded his father >i~.. him have
$500, saying he desired zhA uIru, and
make his fortune. He then elopeu with
n grass widow, the couple Guiding officers
sent in pursuit.
A bulletin has been posted by Illinois
Central officials stating that no adver-
| tisements over two feet square, or COW
ering in any way the number or initial
of the car, would be allowed on any car
carried over the Illinois Central system.
Henry Flick, who lived northwest of
Bristow, met with fatal accident. With
number of neighbors he was hauling
| corn to Dumont, and on high grade the
wagon and all its contents were upset
by sudden lurch. The driver was buried
beneath the load and as he was the last
| in the long line of wagons, the accident
was not discovered until farmer in
neighboring house noticed the team
standing still by the overturned wagon.
He investigated the affair at once, but
was too late to render any aid to Mr..
Flick, whose life had been crushed out.
The jury mt Waterloo in the case of
Burk VS.. the Creamery Package Manu-
featuring Co. returned sealed verdict in
which it is understood they found for the
plaintiff in the sum of SLIGO, $500 be-
ing the amount prayed for in the petit
tion Last ISnrly v,i11y
hauler from the County Line creamery,
coming in off his route, picked up jug
which he supposed contained buttermilk.
Before he could be warned he drank
quantity of the contents, Which proved
to be an acid preparation put up by the
Creamery Package Manufacturing Co.
for cleaning and cleansing churns and
creamery machinery. From the effects
OF the poison the young man died in ter
rible agony few hours later. His faith
err, Henry Burk, was appointed admin
istrator of his estate and he filed two
suits against the defendant company for
damages. The principal suit is for $780,
600 and it will be tried In the United
States Court ut Cedar Rapids. The sec
ond suit was for $500 and it is this
suit which has just been completed in
the Black Hawk County Court.
About $500 is yet needed to defray
the cost of the new w. G. r. u build
ing at Ottumwa, according to the report
of the finance committee. An effort is
being made to raise the amount.
DIR. e. A. Waggoner, one of the ablest
surgeons in Burlington, attempted to
shoot the proprietor of restaurant who
had ordered him from his place because
of his abusiveness. A police officer ar
rested the doctor after fierce struggle,
in which he was repeatedly hit and
threatened with death. 1t is believed DIR.
Waggoner had become insane from ill
ness.
Over S25OOOO in cash real estate md