Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-08

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gin at once and be completed this
fall. The watershed that will be drain
ed is 1920 acres, which is small for
the size or the ditch and will make
the average assessment above $50
per acre. az E
Chairman Reed OF the democratic
state central committee. has announc.
ed the following temporary organiza-
tion for the state convention to be
held at Council Bluffs, July %. Chair.
man-Congressman Maurice Connolly,
of Dubuque; reading clerks-john H.
Gillespie. of Creston. and c.. G. Gloeck.
Ter. OF Mt. Pleasant; secretaries-John
De Mar. Of Des Moines and j.. H. Crib
ben, OF Newton: sergeant.at,arms--J.
J.Lanin. OF New Hampton; chief door.
keeper-Louis Eckhardt, Of Dayen.
port; chaplain-Dr. G. a. Buxton, OF
Council Bluffs. n
An old bell with a history was re.
Gently removed from the belfry OF st.
.Mary's Catholic church at Hamburg,
Iowa, and shipped to q new church re-
Gently established at Fort Madison.
The bell is considerably over a CEN
fury old. IT was once used IS q sig
nal on the steamer Osprey which vas
owned by the Mormon prophet; Joseph
Smith. 1t sassthe first church bell in
use in the Mfssissippi.valley and also
has Del service IS Q fre bell.
Roy McCurrn. aged IS. was drowned
At Blue lake. three miles west of On
ava. He was one OF large pleasure
party VINO went to Blue lake to spend
the day. He and several others went
over to the swimming hole across the
lake. In a row boat. While over there
he Owed into, about twelve feet Of
water, from the end ofIthe boat and
became entangled in some weeds at
the bottom.
Hunters are very much pleased with
the results of the new game laws,
which r already showing their: effect.
Several huntersgwho recently spent a
day fishing in the waterways3of Mus
.catine Island, state that wild fowlar
abundant on the island and that ducks,
q bird which formerly was seldom seen
there at this time Of year, are there
in abundance. s
There is smashing of teeth on the
part OF twenty.one saloon keepers at
Dubuque who by decree OF the city
fathers will be out OF business on July
J.. On January 1, 1915, the number Of
saloons will be down to the regula-
ton basis--.thirty-eight. Twenty-one
more will be put out OF business Jan.
nary i.
M. G.. Norton. Winona. MINI, mil
.lionaire lumber merchant; has sent
his check for $1,000 to, his: cousins,
Mrs.&SA. M. Hummel and T. A.y#Black,
residing at Waterloo. The b%enehciar.
les are children OF Thomas s. Black
OF Lewisburg. Pa, who risked $4,000
OF his own funds to give the SWinona
millionaire his start in life.
DR.. Ralph E. Heilman, recently pro.
NOTED to the position of associate pro
tfessor in the department OF home
economics at the University OF Iowa,
has resigned and will becomea profes-
sorl in the school OF commerce at the
University OF Illinois. st
AT the meeting Of the Iowa League
Of Nursing Education recently held at
Boone Miss Luellaa Bristol OF Boone
was elected president; Miss Martha
Cakes OF Davenport4vice.president, and
Miss Amy Beers OF Fairfield secretary
treasurer.
Mrs. A. M. Mclaughlin Of Schaller.
aged ss3, has recently completed a knit
bed spread which contains 756 pieces
OF, blocks. She has donefthis work all
by hand since Jan. ], using fifty:nine
balls OF knitting cotton in Its con
struction.
The resignation is announced OF P
p. Crafts, general manager OF the
Davenport and Muscatine and the Iowa
and Illinois interurbans. who has &C.
cepted the general management of the
Mobile. Ala, Light and Railway com.
pany.
Mrs. A. O,Brien has sold 100 acres
unimproved land northwest OF Barnum
to w. L. Condor for $3.50 per acre.
Two years ago the O'Brien brothers
bought this same piece Of land for
$3.50 per acre: sS% r.
y. c.. Cox, aged 53.a track inspector
for the Union Pacific, died in a hos
pital att Council Bluffs three hours
after being hit by a Milwaukee train
while he was inspecting the track near
the Missouri river bridge.
The 32d annual meeting Of the
SheriHs' Association of the State Of
Iowa will be@held on July s, 8 andE10
at Oskaloosa. A large attendance is
expected at this meeting as Legislative
matters will be given official attention,
William A: A. Cadter, aged so, has
passed away at his home in Hancock.
He was the oldest living resident OF
the town and had resided there forty
years. q u
The Charlton District Epworth
League convention met at Russell with
l25 delegates present from other
towns. s% &,
Charles Witt. the ~15-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Witt. who live on
the Watkins farm near Bonaparte, was
drowned while swimming in a pond.
Augustine Fiorscae, aged 80, n OF
sixty men employed near Nicola by the
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Rock Island in rebuilding tracks,
sought relief from the heat; and made
q bed for himself under the bunk cars.
"A train of gravel cars was showed in
on the side track and Fiorscae was
decapitated.
Walter Plinsky. Harry Otto and Law:
renee Otto, all young farmers Of near
iOnawa. were hurt In a motorcycle &C
cident. Plinsky crashed into the ma.
chine of,the Otto boys upon which both
were riding. They were thrown
against a fence. All received broken
bones and internal injuries.
The senate has confirmed E. r,
Moore as marshal of northern Iowa.
The vote was 1870 SO. Several demo-
Gratis who were against him were
absent and only M democrat voted
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