Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-06
SNEWsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS oF@;THE STATE.
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u NEWsYa ITEMS GATHERED FROM
Buried under ten feet Of water n
5s5a drainage ditch north of Humboldt, Is
big ive-passenger touring car bs.
Il longing to Dr.. G.. T. Nc Caulif Of Wsb-i
}s ster City. It lies there as grim re-
\ III: nder of narrow escape in an acS
ciSent that nearly cost three lives
Il While returning home from Algona IN
II Ii, Il car at night, DR.. McC aulitf, a
4 nurse and Roy Crouth amel, a nlecian-j
Il i,.ian, plunged into drainage ditch
containing about fifteen feet Of water.
Twice beaten by q mysterious enc
4 my, Mrs; Carl M eyer. "a bride of less
& than year, lies at her home in Alvord
almost at the point Of death. About
SIX months ago Mrs. Meyers was at
q tackled one night and struck over the
head with a buggy spoke. This time
6 she was beaten until completely un-$
conscious. Neither Mr.. or Mrs. Mey--
II er can imagine who has such enmity
h toward them or what is the reason Of
X the attacks & Il Y 5st
Illinois Central trainmen report
u the narrow escape OF Baggagemaster;
81 Hurlburt of Fort Dodge from death in
the coils Of q boa onstrictor twelve
1, feet long which escaped from cage
\ at Fonda. Conductor Nugent and 9TH
ers came to Hurlburt's assistance and.
released him. The snake had cooled
itself "a bout Hurlburt's legs and was
trying to wrap itself about his body
4 when the aid came. Z. \ b.
w. H. Holland Of Abba, manager sof
We the aple coal mine Of that place, has
been appoint ted \ state mine inspector
4 BY Governor Clarke. Holland succeers
p. Jeffreys Of Buxton. His term
will end July 8. rs II, " Mr.. Jeffrey's
Clarke some time ago. He becomes
"a manager Of the Consolidated Coal
company Of Buxton s,!s ss.5s 5$
While seated by the side II of his
bride Sof a week, Il. j. Allen, proprie-
Il tor Of a New Virginia meat market,
Il was shot and killed The shooting.
took place In q train bound for Osce.s
ola. where Mr. and Mrs. Allen were
II goin to spend the day. w. l. shet-
terly, former husband OF Mrs. Allen,
was taken to Osceola, charged with
the murder. . III M
The striking by well drillers of an
Vi air cave, which belched forth like a
small volcano, caused 3 q report at
y Sioux City that natural gas had been,
B struck. The farm on which the drill
sslers were at work Is about four miles
north Of that city. The drills were
" blown out and rocks: as large as q
Y mans head were thrown up. a. 81.
n What was done with the report OF
Ii the Iowa tax commission and what
should have been done with it, will be
Il themes Of discussion a ), the anruai
a session Of the State iA.icitors' assoc!
I II: On, which colvellas in Council
y Bluffs Aug. "A to IS The program
was announced by G. p. Frost, secre.
/ ta1ys OF the association. ID sSEs
Fire OF unknown origin DESTROYED
TIE Burlington depot and freight house
I at Hamburg. This as the second time
within q year that q fire has destroy
3 ed the station building In that CITY,
b The buildings are some distance from
\ the town and the fremen were 5tun-
q able to make q good fight against the
flames. q Ill, Al III 81 III
Mrs. s. strand, aged 80. wife Of .
farmer living near Thomp son, was
thrown from q hay wagon and instant
+ " killed at her home when swarm
20f bees attacked the horses and caus-
4 ed them to plunge. The wheel of the
y wagon passed over the woman's head
crushing 1T. & ssa
Mrs: Oscar Magnusen committed
\ suicide by drowning in cistern at
JEFFERSON. When found there was
4 about a. foot of water in the cistern
I and the supposition is that Mrs. lag
nusen Sdived Into the cistern head
FIRST, 53iss
s3 A large delegation Of relatives and
/ friends from Usage, Marble Rock,
4 Rockford and Cedar Falls we're at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. "A. Fullerton In
Mason City in honor of their fiftieth
wedding anniversary s.yss
Fire, caused by children playing
with matches, destroyed the large
4 barn on the farm Of s. s.. Critchf1eld
4 near. Woodburn, together with the con.
tents. The loss is $3.50 /; ~
AO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 6SA VI - AOA4d0
White, a farmer living near Williams
4 burg, IS dead, drowned in a water tank
while the mother went to the house
& for a few moments.
u The city council Of New London
has passed an ordinance = to issue
bonds Of $4,000 for water works, in
accordance with the election held
3 April 2. Fl. Il
The body of a hobo was found near
L Creston badly mangled. A track walk.
er discovered the body. There was
E nothing to identify it,
Claus Claussen, a farmer near Ban.
croft, committed suicide by shooting
himself. The cause was dependency.
Casio Price of Oskaloosa accident
ally killed himself in the woods near
Buxton. He was hunting rabbits. He
leaned against his target rife, which
was discharged and the bullet pierced
4 his heart.
Hanging by halter Joseph Black,
4 farmer near Fairfield. aged rs, was
1 found by his crippled son. In his
pockets were found three notes tell
ing of the plans for his rash act.
g5 More than 800 master house painters
and decorators attended the third an.
nual convention of the organization
held at Sioux City.
G. F. Weiss, travelling salesman for
the Easy Fit Manufacturing company,
was arrested at Grinnell on charge
aof obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. He is held under bond Of
5000.
Three Usage grocery stores we're
entered by yeggs and property in con-
siderable amount was stolen. Water
loo bloodhounds were secured, but
they seemed to take no interest.
At special election at Tenant, |