Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-02

DaLh1ng Oeach there. Inc war de
partment communication incloses {
copy Of a letter purporting to come
& from one, Lafayette Daily, OF, South
Ottumwa in which he charges the city
commissioners and park board with
8 obstructing the river from navigation
and with operating the bathing beacl
for selfish profit. q X s.j.8 n. 5 4
Thomas Thomas, a farmer residing
near Leclalre, together with his three
i daughters. Dorothy, aged 21;. Eliza
4 beth aged II !, and Katherine, aged IL
4 were drowned in the Mississippi river
while on a picnic at the I. & I. park
north OF Leclaire. Thomas and his
y two daughters Elizabeth and Rather
inc attempted to. save Dorothy from
I drowning when she waded over a
step-off into deep water. The hodies
of the Tour victims we're recovered. a
Charley {. Chuck'')$ Burge. former
Ames football star, has been removed
4 from st. Luke's hospital at$Cedar Rap.
n Ids to his home in, Mount Vernon. He
was thrown from a motorcycle 9
week ago having been unconscious
most 1ofs the time since. He expected
L to leave soon for California, where
4 he has been given place on >the
faculty OF the State Agricultural col
lsge. n VI 81 N 5
William Gritten lost his life In an
automobile accident. He was visiting
his UNCLE, George Gritten. on the farm
northwest Of. Greenyille, and With his
xnot, - j. IN ~, ECponcor 70 cot q q m {,
Ice cream for a picnic. On the wsy
the driver, q lad Of is, lost control Of
Il the car, which turned turtle. pinning
Gritten ID beneath It. He was taken out
OF the wreck unconscious and died al
most Immediately. Al 81 B, ..3 ".
The session at the Methodist con-
ference to be held :at$Atlantic Septem-
Z Der will:be Of unusual interest ow-
h ing to the fact that two new district
superintendent are to be- appointed.
SUCCESSORS to Dr. G. l.. Baxter OF the
Council Bluffs district and DR.. A.! r.
B Collins OF the Creston district are to
be chosen, This probably will result
.sin&a, great number Of changes of pas
Z torateS in the various districts. i: Il
Des I'M ONES gets the next conven-
ton or county officers who have Just
closed their meeting at Cedar Rapids.
"a committee was named to draft a
B bill to present to- the legislature; au-
thorizlng counties to come under: the
commission plan: p H. q Martin Of
Polk county was named president of
the treasurers. GA %s5J5
$f{$< The new Methodist church ut Colfax
which was to have been dedicated on
4 Aug. 80, ! will y not be dedicated until
the pipe organ 10 Installed. The
4 building is beautiful structure. built
4 OF brick. trimmed in white stone. The
\ cost whenEcompleted viii be about
1920 600 III |s N
S Il Z. w. p oNock, a Cedar. Rapids auto,
liveryman,8 was robbed Of $50 and his
seven passenger touring car stolen on
i road near town. The thief eluded
4 officers who pursued him in another
/ car, though numerous shots were fred
at him. (: E I'D 5s III
II Floyd county has let the contract
for handsome new 1921 so concrete
filled spandrel type Of arch bridge.
4 The price on the concrete work aver.
ages 1858 per: cubic yard. The bridge.
will span the Rock river at Marble
Rock. ST i !, 5 SF.s
There is plenty Of work in hand Just
now for the inmates OF the Iowa.
state prison at Fort Madison. Practi-
cally no odd Jobs are being done for
there are several small contracts to,
+ be filled. These call for work near
the institution. gl8s II ;3s s!5s
8 John Marshall, referee In the Hen.
ming NJ. Schmidt estate, has sold 9
{ quarter section, with improvements,
located close to the village OF Battle
Creek, Ida county, for $275 per acre,
and an 80 acre tract across the road
for 5000 per acre. III
Jasper G. Bennett, editor. and pub.
Usher OF the Carlisle Optimist. filed8a
petition in the federal court asking
that he be adjud ged bankrupt He
lists his liabilities at $s,679.42;;@ as
sets 81, 7s9. SO. 81
George Cobb. dairyman of Ida
Grove. aged so. died from the effects
/ Of being gored by his Holstein hull.
The animal short time ago attacked
Lyman Tenney, farm hand.
Z AS the result Of having been tram,
pied BY a COW q few days ago. Wi liam.
II. Driesbach. aged 81; well to do
farmer OF Marshall county, died at .
hospital in Marshalltown.
At a special election at Sioux Rap,
Ids the proposition to float SEQ. 900 in
bonds to erect anew consolidated
school house was carried by vote OF
.es. ~ ,s..S /. b 4 M
More than $50 delegates from thir.E
ty-five lodges over the state attended
the special session OF the /. Q. o. F.
grand lodge at Winterset. More tha~
100 were, given degrees. 5*S
&A most peculiar state OF affairs was
found by Sheriff J. G. Edgar Of Mar.
shall county when he reached Sidney,
Fremont county, and found that the
Mrs. Greek Beatson arrested on his
order was not Il he, Mrs. Greek Beatson
wanted at Marshalltown for passing
q worthless heck and forgery. The
Mrs: Beatsonof Sidney Is a highly re-
spected young woman Of good family.
Bishop Bristol Of the Methodist
Episcopal church has not yet recover
ed from his illness and subsequent
operation, and at present Is at his
summer home atLake Okoboji,$ under
the care Of a physician.
> IA four weeks stand for a thresh-
ing crew on one farm lis unusual in
Iowa, where small farms are the I
rule. A crew just finished threshins
the $50 acres, of wheat on the farm OF
&C. E. Kick, near Glidden and they
were four weeks on the job. The
wheat averaged Is bushels to the
acre. s:5 II, s.5 ss:sz.s .F 8.$z
& Il. p. Wallace. through consen of
the A. B. Wallace heirs, sold the old
home farm of 3aS acres on the road
between Battle Creek and Holstein, in
Ida county, for $4,000. The purchas-
~. a 5fSs IA ni1hol1 IpN II