Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-08
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H. D. Alvord, aged SS, pioneer
settler of Fort Dodge, and a native Of
New York State. is dead.
5 One million dollars worth OF build
ings have been contracted for in Dav-
export since the first Of the present
year.
The State game warden has CON-
tracted for 5000 pairs of Hungarian
cartridges to be distributed over tho
State.
D. Davenport, F. d. Ball and P. c..
Winters of Creston have purchased
the controlling interest in the Citizens
Bank Of Alton.
Chambers In a most violent form
has broken out among the horses at
Carterville. State Veterinarian Kota
will make a fight on the disease.
The contract for the new $4,000
Congregational church at Charles City
was given to E. F. Reimer of Marshall
town. Work is to start at once.
NJ. S. Smarter of Iowa City. an aged
veteran. has received notice from the
adjutant general of Ohio that his war
claim, forty-eight years old. has been
allowed.
There has been fled with. the Secre-
tary of State the articles of incorpora-
ton of the Jackson Township Thresh-
ing Company of Benton county, with
$4,000 capital.
Judgment in the amount of $4,000
is asked by John Faulkner, who filed
a petition in the district court, alleg-
ing injuries received at the Leo Hirsch
button factory in Muscatine.
Poisoned through the use of con-
densed milk child of John Chatter
ton of Fairport died of convulsions
The mother deserted the family last
fall and eloped with Mexican section
hand
Company NJ Of the Fifty-fourth Iowa
National Guard, is to have new
homes at, Fairfield, an armory that will
cost, when completed, something like
100000. The site for the new armory
is on East Broadway, one block east of
the square.
Love was the cause Of an attempted
murder in Keokuk, when Beatrice
Keys, colored, fired revolver bullet
into the abdomen of William Carter,
colored. Carter is in the hospital at
the point of death and the Keys wom-
an is In jail.
Fire which originated from, an incu-
bator that was being operated in the
cellar, destroyed the home of Mrs.
Maggie E. Bell Of Floyd. and came
near fatally burning Mrs. Bell, who
tried to save some Of her effects. The
loss is $4,000.
With six divorced husbands already
at large, Mrs. Matte spellings- Collins
Johnson Lindquist Davidson Albert
son Of Des Moines. has filed informa-
ton against Fred Sterling, husband
No. Z, charging him with desertion
and non:support. Il
Charles veitzen, go. died the other
night and Frank Hutter. 35, is under
arrest for murder. The men worked
together in the Dubuque lumber yards
and two weeks ago became involved
In fight In which veitzen was hurt
about the head. e
Petty thieves and maliciouslyl and
viciously inclined night hawks are
arousing the indignation and wrath OF
Fort Dodge citizens by their crimes
Not less than dozen dogs have died
within q week, after eating poison
placed within their reach.
Twenty-three young women received
white wells and habit in the Order OF
{ st. Francis at Dubuque, Dean Heer
\ ofneiating. The ceremonies were Inn
posing. The order; is devoted to the
care Of orphans and the homes for
working women principally. 3
Al the home Of Henry Fakkirs,
. southwest Of Thornton. Mrs. Fakkirs
gave birth to triplets, one boy, weigh
Ing 8 pounds and two girls Weighing
and 8 pounds respectively. The
mother and children are doing nicely
John Reed of Tacoma, Wash, who
pleaded guilty to the murder OF "A. W.
Lundgren. Clinton bridge tender. was
sentenced to thirty five years impris-
onment at Fort Madison penitentiary.
Reed killed Lundgren while intoxi-
Gated to escape the payment of cents
toll
Grandma Bronson, who lives with
her daughter, Mrs. A. B. Craven, of
Kellogg. remembers seeing Halley's
comet in 1885. Her father came home
late one evening and had the children
get out of bed to see the wanderer in
the sky. Mrs. Bronson was then
years old and remembers the event
we'll. 81
Joseph Schaad, aged As, was killed
and George Mcbride was slightly in
jured when wagon in which they
were coming to Davenport was hit by
a large observation street car going in
the same direction on the government
bridge. The wagon was lifted up and
thrown upside down ON the pave-
ment.
Judge Mcpherson in the federal
court at Des Moines rendered a, de-
cision in the involuntary bankruptcy
proceedings against j. w. Ogie, Story
county stock raiser, taking the case
away from the jury and holding that
the defendant was a farmer and there.
fore not liable under the provisions OF
the bankruptcy law.
Patrick Barnett. a young man liv-
ing three miles west Of NcGregor,
near the st. Paul railway tracks, wan
instantly killed while walking along
the track on his way home, by being
struck by a hill engine.
Making q long reach to recover a
bottle of beer which was swerved from
his hand, Frank Scott of Muscatine
plunged headlong over the bow of the
steamer Helen Blair and was drowned
at a point about six miles above Mus
catine.
Crops are looking fine. The recent
rains have brought all small grain
right to the front, and while it came q
little too late for the grass crop 1t