Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24

Five men. alleged to have been
& members OF the mob that shot ana
fsS fatally wounded an unknown negro
4 near Greeley two weeks ago. were ar
rested by Sheriff Hennessey, follow.
ing al report Of indictments by the:
II Delaware county grand jury Just adj
$journed The indictments, which are
against Ross Chase, Chester Willard,
\ Marshal HensIey and two others, OF
Greeley charge murder. Except Mar
Eshal Hen sleys all appeared In court,
pleaded not guilty. and were released
n ~ bond "a 5sI s. s,z: VI
The town OF Mount Vernon and
vs. Cornell college now have for the first
II time interurban connections with the
outside world The line under con-
Ss struction by the Iowa Power and
S Light company is sufficiently com
Il pleted so that the schedule of$passen.
ger service is being initiated and will
vi soon be regularly organized for every
hour come tions TO Cedar Rapids and
Il Iowa City: n; II
saS$a Trains entering the Union station
y at Cedar Rapids must refrain from
ai filling their drinking tanks with Ce-
\ dar Rapids city water, according to
Il orders received from division passen-
ger agents OF the Rock Il Island and
u Northwestern roads. The city gets
III it, water supply from the Cedar river.
$3 The order also affects all other towns
On the two roads that get their water
3s supply from the Cedar. NJ Il
ss,5$ One hundred dollars an acre, clear
4 Is the average annual profit of the ex-
rs pert apple grower in Iowa, according
s IN TO C. 3. Mincer Of Hamburg. Three
5s years ago. MI. Mincer bought a twelve
acre orchard Of Jonathans for $4,000.
q He sold the crop for $4,000. But he
doesn't do that well every year. Last
81 year the return vas only 3d. 500. Nj
a meeting Of the stockholders Of.
the Gypsum company at Centeryille
has been called to determine on fu-;
ture development OF the mine and
plant The shaft Is now completed.
# 5yedn thirteen feet thick having been
found. It is the purest deposit yet
found. d.
fsiT The gang OF railroad laborers that
\ was 1t Mount Ayr several weeks ago.
has returned and is doing extensive
1 ,work on the tracks. They have used
about 200 loads OF ,cincers and prob
II 1blyS will use that many more. The
entire crew will be in Mt Ayrafall
81 winter. n u Z. Isl, .5S q a a! Is43
The Sac City Commercial club Is:
4 hnding practical field for usefulness
4 "a Its renewed support OF the band
s5S,.stlich was organized last year. "A spe-3$;
I .Sial effort is being e made 81 to give
q preference in employment Of all
Il classes OF Workmen to men who are
hand musicians. @% N 7ss II IN I wv
The Union Mill company at Cedar
Falls has just completed a $4,000 i'm
prOvement to its water power plant.
Ri It now las what Is /, considered the
r hest headgates and race in that part
I 1T the country ZIG The Union Mill COM
4 y,any turns out 800 barrels OF flour \
day. AZ n! 35s l5 3 KS
The board OF II supervisors Of n Du-
buque county has completed the cam
sass OF the saloon consent petition
and find more than sew ty-six per
cent Of the voters signed. No sec.
h sion Of the county now wet will
I be# dry after Dec % when the old
& consent expires. s.S:: d.
In the damage case at Emmetsburg
4. NJ Mrs. N ID +. $ Carrigan against the
4 Minneapolis & st. Louis railroad, Mrs.
..arrigan was awarded $4,000. Her
y daughter, Miss Theresa Carrigan. a
school teacher, was killed at Ayrshire
Il year ago by a freight train. ,s.$
MOI Frank Sykes, section hand, was
& instantly killed when a hand car he
and Harry Buman. the section fore:
VI man, were attempting to remove from
the track at the Rock Island railway
bridge at Baskerville was struck by .
train y 81 n ss q IA A5 t554 %
The pumping station OF the city
water works at Garner was burned
and all the motors destroyed. The
n city is without fire protection except
4 Tor the water now in the stand pipe.
s8siI on instruction from the sherir Of
Il Blackhawk county =. Schermerhorn
u and ]. B. Hawkins, two claimed lodge
II organizers were arrested at Mason
City. II They are wanted in Waterloo.
The public library recently organic
& ed An Mount Ayr is proving a success.
More than $50 books have been con,
iributed and fifty books from the
\ travelling library have been received.
f r. Frederick paid 10000 for the
II eighty acre farm, of Patrick Needham
+ In Jefferson township near Waukon.
\ Land values u in q Allamakee county
II show no sign of decreasing.
The Degree Of Honor lodges of the
seventh district of Iowa held con.
vention in Charlton. Forty delegates
from Abba, ;Hiteman.} Centerville and
other points attended. s.
Charles Wetzel, farmer living near
Dubuque, committed suicide by cut
cling his throat with a pocket knife. A
widow and three children survive.
ES.5 !. S. Hoover, who has commenced
suit in&the district court of Ida coun.
I Ety to prove his heirship to Mrs. Alex
McHugh's estate, has been ordered to.
4 produce in court the family Bible
& that he claims to have in his posses
" sion proving that he is a grandson OF
the dead woman. 81 r.
1t has been announced by the state
Il highway commission that Mason City
II will be 4 the headquarters of the
northern Iowa road district. =ss IS
W. ONeil & Son Of Fairbault, Mimi,
/. have been awarded the contract for
the construction Of the public build
3 ing at Perry. Ia, at s50.159.
Robbers earned all the loot they
got when they entered four, business
houses in one night at Mason City.
Safes were broken open in all four
u stores but the total amount the burg
lars secured was less than 50.
The first agricultural short course
\ to be held in Clayton county will be
conducted at Elkader from Dec. 20 to
Jan. 8. A carload of prize winning
stock from the state college will be
used lin the course ri,
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