Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-25
AMONG OUR Nr1oHpons.

brick school house which will be ready
for occupancy by Aug. /.
W. P. Lockwood, an iron worker,
died in the Cedar Rapids city Jail of
acute alcoholism. His home is in
Ohio.
AS a result of blood poisoning.
caused by running silver into his
hand. F. Peterson, of Harrison Grove,
is In very critical condition.
Rev. Walter S. Harmon, of Drake
University. has closed very success
full evangelistic meeting at the Howard
street Christian church at Colfax.
The home of Rev. M. S. Murphy at
Castle Grove was destroyed by fire.
The loss is $500. Neighbors saved
the adjoining church by heroic work.
Four carloads of Italians, who were
regarding the Great Northern Road
across Sioux County, have been quar-
antined at Sioux Center for diphthe-
ria.
Custer proceedings. under the Cos
son law were started against Mayor
7. ]. Phillips, of Ottumwa He is
charged with drunkenness while in Of
flee.
John A. Emmert, 81, prominent citi-
zen of Dewitt, committed suicide at
the home of his son by hanging him
self to his bed post. He had been de-
spondent for some time.
A resolution to draw up articles Of
incorporation and to solicit stock for
a $4,000 or $4,000 hotel at Logan.
was introduced and carried at the
Commercial Club meeting.
Prior to starting on European
trip of two months, G. L. Voss and
wife of Denison made public that they
would present the Methodist Episcopal
Church with pipe organ to cost
$500.
The Luxembourg Brotherhood of
America, with membership of $4,000.
held its annual convention In Du-
buque. 1t has members in Iowa, Illi-
notss Wisconsin. Michigan and through
the east.
William Neal. aged 10 years, and
Jasper Bowie, his pal, aged 20 years,
indicted at Newton. pleaded guilty in
court at Newton and were sentenced
to ten years each in the Anamosa re-
formatory.
To build and to equip an interurban
line between Logan and Magnolia was
proposition discussed in favorable
manner at Logan at the joint meeting
Of the Logan and Magnolia CONNER
cial clubs.
Miss Belle Classen, of Green Noun
tain, daughter of ex-senator John B.
Classen, of Marshall County, has been
elected supervisor of manual training
of the Ackley High School for the
coming year.
Knocked down by a runaway. team
attached to a harrow, Mrs. William
Williams, near Rockwell. was proba-
bly, fatally hurt. The team and har-
row passed over her ribs and her skull
was crushed.
Despite vigorous protest of more
than 500 patrons of the Des Moines
public schools, the Board Of Education
at its regular meeting decided to
lengthen by two weeks the public
school year.
A valuable team of driving horses
was stolen from Lige Harper near
Givin. The robbers took the team,
harness and buggy from the barn and
drove south. They were apprehended
at Unionville.
Prof. Percy Bordwell, B. L. LII. B.,
LII. NJ. Phi. D., professor of constitu-
tional law in the University of Missou-
ri, has been elected professor of law
in the University of Iowa to succeed
Prof. Samuel Hayes, retired.
Second Lieut.. Percy Van Nostrand
has been elected first lieutenant by
company I, 1. N. G., at Iowa City, to
succeed Lieut.. L. P. Elliott, recently
chosen captain. Lou. E. Clark. pri-
vate has been elected to fill the sec
ond lieutenant vacancy.
Ernest Briggs, wanted at Mason
City for grand larceny, who was ar
rested Monday at Soldiers Grove,
Wis, will be brought back. Sheriff
Holdren had chased Briggs in an
auto, beating the train on which
Briggs was passenger across the
State.
While the automobile has been put
to a variety of uses, from churning
butter and saving wood to threshing
grain, a new sphere was opened up
for the machine when o. C.. Berg OF
Northwood hitched his thirty-horse
power automobile to a large building
and moved OFF with it.
Captured by Chicago police officers
just as they arrived at a Blue Island
livery barn with stolen horse, be.
longing to Tim Russell, of Wilton,
two men giving their names as C. H
York and Glenn Windel the two al.
legged horse thieves are now lodged
safely in the Muscatine County jail.
D. F. o. Cuttell, of Spencer, has
been corresponding for many months
with the war department endeavoring
to secure cannon from one of the
arsenals. He received notice last week
that they had located one at Arsino
Cal. and that it was en- route to
Spencer. 1t is 24-pounder and
weighs 1900 pounds.
Prof. Fred E. Cram, head of the
normal department of Memorial Uni.
versity, at Mason City, rendered his
resignation to take effect at the end
of the school year. He will be sue.
ceeded by Prof. Harma De Graft, head
Of the public schools of Ossian.
The academy site and building at
Washington were sold to the school
board, and the building will be used
for central grammar school. The
building will be remodeled and will
be used for the seventh and eighth
grades. The price paid was $4,000.
The congregation of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Emerson, under
the leadership of the pastor, Rev. E.
R. Kelley, has inaugurated campaign
for the remodeling of their church.