Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-22
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Some townships Of Johnson county
were surprised when they were re-,
fused the auto tax money collected
for the year within their borders.
The reason for the refusal Ia that
the townships did not make the i'm.
j proveme1ts on their roads required
q by the law. Any township thus neg
q Letting to spend this tax none FOR
4 roadtimprovements cannot receive the
proceeds Of the auto tax according to
1 the new law passed by the last legis.
& lat,lre. Il I.
@i5; An advance OF $65 an acre for. a
4 farm in Marshall county in four
years time was shown ina sale made
by Thomas Thirdly. -Four years ago
4 Mr.. Thirdly bought a 275 acre farm
& four miles north OF Marshalltown for
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he bought he sold ninety-flve acres OF
the tract at $l45 an acre. The re
manning 1870 acres have Just been sold
]. to D. B. Wyatt OF Polk county for
I $4,000. or 3l75 an acre. profit OF
Sl1.7so 4: 4: Y u
Miss Helen Green, Of Gilman, will
y receive within thirty days the largest
CT , In ~ >.
\ shall county for personal injury
& The Iowa Central will present Miss
Green with 81 800. according to q
stipulation OF settlement filed In the
district court. Miss Green was hurt
i three years ago when she tripped
4 over mail sack on the station plat
form at Gilman.
An outfit known as the Iowa tatlors
canvassed Jefferson County and took
many orders for men and women's
clothing. with a deposit in cash on
ssths orders Some OF @the clothing
+ was delivered, but there are a large
number Of certificates OF deposit still
being held BY people who are now
1 looking for their suits. ss5i
The thirty-sfxth annual convention
a OF the grand chapter OF the Order OF
the Eastern Star will a be held nj
$sCoMncil Bluffs Oct. 90 to Is. The
4 grand chapter OF the order in Iow:,
met in that city last In the year 1881
when the membership In the state
was only about 500 now 1t Is over
& &c. 600.
The highest price ever obtained for
8 Q Marion county farm was $3.50 an
4 acre orr SO, 600 for, a 25-acre tract
n which was sold by the Knoxville
Land company to Charles Smith Of
4 Monroe county. New York. The tract
adjoins Knoxville and has been
known as the John "A. Crozier fruit
farm. 4 & MI 4 9s5
An action for divorce In which the
# amount OF aIimony asked ia I $40, 000
y has been assigned for hearing in the
!. Keokuk county district court at Sig
i Quincy. The ~plaintiff. Eliza Mcclure
1 alleges cruel and inhuman treatment
h She also AYERS that the defendant
Alexander Mcclure. is worth 1000
According to the, report OF an ex.
Z pert engineer. engaged .by the city
council at Perry TO 60 over the water
4 plant. owned by the city. It will take
n $4,000 to pnt it In running order.
The engineer suggests the rebuilding
Of the entire plant, and the pur:
chase OF much additional machinery.
Two youths have been arrested and
ii another from Washington township
G is sought by Officers at Centeryille
q on charges OF having conspired to- as
4 sault crimfnally a young girl. It y
claimed one OF the young men acted
as her escort home from church after
"A the assault had been prearranged.
Judge Kelley In the district court
at Mason City sentenced Louis Pres
colt. who shot and killed his wife al
Clear Lake on June ], to the peniten.
stiary. for life. He was found guilty
! Of d rider In the; second degree.
vi json Pral "a years OF age, one
81 OF tile pioneers OF Cass county, and
one OF its largest landholders and
1 most successful farmers died recent.
ly Of pneumonia. Mr.. Prail had lived
Z in that county for sixty years.
s55 Mrs. Mercy L: Starr. Tabor's Oldest
I citizen. is dead at the home OF her
4 son. o. c. Starr. She was In her
ninetieth year and is survived by
seven children, the Oldest being 73
years old and the youngest IS.
William Hesse. who has been on
trial at Abba. was found guilty Of
manslaughter for the death of Mrs.
John Carson near Lovilia ON Decem-
her ~. 1912. The testimony was en-,
tirely circumstantial. Reese Griffin,
who was Jointly indicted with Hesse,
will be tried later. ~ ss8 81
Commissioner Of Pensions. C.. NJ.
Saltzgaber. has officially notified DR..
4 ]. Bean and Dr.. l.. D. James. mem.
Z bers of the local board of pension ex.
] aminers. OF the termination of their
services as members of the board, II
Postmasters IN Iowa recently ap,
8 pointed are Craig, Plymouth county.
Y Henrietta S. Johnson. vice O. 1.
Brooks. resigned: Nemaha, Sac coun-
". Fred W: Mack. vice y. Cash Fuller.
resigned
Thirty-eight fat cattle, raised on
{. the farm Of r, H. Della. near Perry.
brought the owner the top, price, The
cattle average 1,5:l pounds each ana
brought total OF $4,000, or sl3l .65
7 each. Ali ;.3i a,
The fifty.nintb annual convention
/ OF the Evangelical Lutheran synod Of
Iowa takes place in Des Moines be-
ginning Oct. l6 and continuing until
!: Oct. 20. SIS N
Charles E. Robinson, OF Coralviile,
i for fifty-five years a resident Of John
son county. died recently, aged 81
years. ssH &
Herman Schierholtz, for flfty-hve
years a president Of Allamakee county.
died at his home at Lansing. recent
D ". He was veteran Of the civil
war and is survived by his wife and
one sister,