Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-23
M. J. McDermott, a we'll known farm

en-. the separator across and the other
equipment, andgsafter planking the
bridge started across with the big
tractor. Ralph. Finch, who was Q the
engine board with McDermoet. Jumped
and escaped injury.
Despite persistent efforts which are
being made to establish some trace OF
the party of ten Muscatine shelters
who disappeared en- route home from
Pearl Island near Dubuque, not q sin.
gle clue has been discovered. which
might give q suggestion as to their
fate. Several articles found along the
river bank near Davenport would in.
dictate that Q boat had sunk near there
but further than this no 'veriication
has been secured of the reported
drowning Of the ten. 'I%
Oscar Fetters at Washington, Ia,
shot and wounded Hugh. Dougal and
slightly wounded Douglas daughter,
Sarah, the bullet taking effect in the
girls left arm. Fetters is the son Of
Nj. and Mrs. George. Fetters, prom
inent country people Of that commune
ity. He had been paying attentions
to Miss Mary Dougal, a second daugh-
ter, but his attentions had been
spurned. S4E55s&Es
The new high school building erect
ed in Clarion at . cost OF $4,000 is
finished and ready for use. It IL cleo.
trio lighted, has . vacuum system, .
direct and indirect steam heating
plant and Is equipped with rooms for
each instructor, seventh and eighth
grade rooms used as An auditorium
with q seating capacity Of 900 persons.
Gardner Betterton, aged 81. the
earliest settler in Marion county, died
1T his home in Knoxville last week. He
has resided in Iowa territory and
state for. seventy-six years. Mr.. Bat
terton came from Indiana to "Dlaejk
Hawk territory" with his parents and
settled near the present city Of Agen.
cy on June 10, 1888.
Charles SAVOY OF Maquoketa was
instantly killed by . falling electric
light pole At Delmar. He was n
gagged in erecting poles for a new pow
er line to Delmar. One Of the poles
fell and struck him onSthe head. He
was Is years old and 7leavesta widow,
q son and three daughters.
Miss Amanda Hangel, a young WON
an of Fafrville. . small inland village
six miles west Of Fenton, has brought
suit for $4,000 damages for slandef
against w. c. Seamer. q prominent
citizen Of Fenton. She charges that
her character has been DETAINED and
reputation injured,
Francis Hotchkiss, who shot him.
self, is dead. Hotchkiss was Fl years
old, and had been drinking. He took
a shotgun from the house and walked
into a tent in the yard, where he
placed the gun barrel against his
breast and fred. He was a resident Of
Webster City. 5h
Rear Admiral Godfried B%locklinger.
United Stataes navy, retired, appear
ed in police court at {DubuQue$and paid
310.45 as the penalty for operating an
auto without a license. He had Just
purchased It. His official home Is
Washington, but he 10 . native Of Du-
buque.
Correctionville was visited BY the
worst flood in twenty-three years when
the Little Sioux river, under pressure
Of . ten inch rainfall, Inundated the
business district Of tho town and the
country surrounding. An immense
amount Of damage was done. H8
The herd Of the late Donald He.
Corkendale Of Odebolt, consisting h0f
246 Aberdeen Angus cattle, and nifty
Clydesdale horses will be sold Oct. II.
Mr.. M~cCorkendale was . noted breed
or OF hne stock. and the herd will be
sold to close the estate.
Fred Berry, sonFof3 Mr.. and,Mrs. T..
IN. Berry of Logan, has been offered
the command OF . United States ship
in&the AsiatFc waters In addition he
has beeh offered . post graduate
course at Annapolis, at the expense Q {
the government.
Readjustment Of the values Of live
stock for taxation In Iowa 40 ordered
By the state executive council, has
been completed. The equalization re-
suited in increasing the value Of live
stock from $23O.64 ,436 to 3242,703,5SG,
q raise OF 312,057,15o. 7Sz
The hrst Of the week section men
Of the Northwestern road found q thir-
ty-two gallon barrel of whisky. IN az
culvert Just east Of Traer., The barrel
Is in a warehouse under lock, and key
awaiting orders for its disposal.
Attorney General Cosson has ac-$
copied an invitation to speak before n
"The Gang"-the mems class Of the
Methodist Sunday school at Grand
Junction.
Allamakee county produces plenty
Of honey which commands the highest
market price. A buyer at Waukon
this week purchased nearly $4,000
pounds of honey for shipment.
William Myers, IS years old. a prom
inent member Of the Elks lodge, died
in a hospital at Creston of tubercu.
losis of the jaw, which developed 40
the result of an liberated tooth:
Iowa's principal grain crops this
year are valued at $357,S19,3O0, or u
$49, S5S, $40 greater than the crop OF +
1918 and $50, sol, 900 greater than the
crop Of 1912, according to figures pre-
pared by the Iowa department Of agri-
culture based upon the estimates for
1914 issued by the United States de
partment of agriculture.
One of the most successful evan
gelistic meetings ever held in Perry
has just been closed. The meetings
were held in a mammoth tent and
were in charge Of Evangelist Charles
Cullen Smith and Chorister A. c. v.
Gilmore.
Several days ago Harry and ClaR-
ence Weis, sons OF q farmer residing
two miles west Of Bellevue, discovered
q coffin containing the crushed. skull
and bones of a human being protrud-
ing from the bank Of a creek in which
they were watering their horses. The
discovery has caused considerable
discussion as a mystery surrounds the
identity OF the remains.
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