Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

Francis Dunn, aged II years. Is in
the county jail at Atlantic charged
with murder as the result of shooting
and killing his stepfather, T. ]. Nc
Entry, with a shotgun at the home
two miles south of Marine. The man
was beating the boys mother and he
shot him through the heart, the man
dying in few minutes. McEniry was
AS years old and of q quarrelsome dis
position. 1t is said he had been very
abusive to the woman since their mar
riage in 1905. The lad does not deny
the shooting. p .s5&s n5z& zEsi ST.
1 Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Henton Of Corn
ing buried their son, Alvah D. Hen
ton, aged seventeen, who died from
gunshot wound resulting from an
accident Two Henton boys were
starting on a hunt, when the gun In
the hands of the dead lad caught on
the door and was discharged, the
charge entering the cheek and tear
ing hole through the head to the
top About one year ago another son,
Frank Henton,. fell from a tree and
was injured so badly. he died.
Fourteen horses were burned in the
7 fire which totally destroyed the barns
[of the Iowa Falls bus and transfer
line, entailing a loss of over $4,000.
The origin OF the fire is unknown. The
absence of wind and the good work
of the fire department saved the cleo
trio light plant which adjoins the
barns. All the vehicles were saved
but fourteen tons Of hay, harness,
grain and buildings are completely
destroyed. :, T..
Upon the body Of a well dressed
and finely featured man who had
frozen to death in haystack near
Council Bluffs was found campaign
card bearing the name OF M. A. Mar
tin, candidate for sheriff Of Webster
county All the printing had been
erased and the name y. A. Osborne,
Fort Dodge" written thereon.
One Of the best known of the Ger
man-American pioneers of Davenport,
Mrs. Marie Petersen, died aged 80. She
was the mother of Adolph and Ger
hardt Petersen, publishers Of the
Iowa Reform, German newspaper,
and Of Albert Petersen, veteran Dav'
export musical director. II. 4:
Fire completely, destroyed the Col
umbia hall at Lamotte, used AZ the
local opera house. The fire started
from over heated stoves with which
the building was heated. The build
ing was owned by several Lamotte
business men and their loss will run
between $1,000 and $1,000. st.&}#
The German Methodist Episcopal
church OF Mason City has been reded1'
Gated. The services WERE in charge
OF the Rev. L. j. Bremen, district su.
perintendent of the Charles City dis
trict. The church has just spent 81.
500: in remodeling and rebuilding the
structure. IL 4 4 f,ttsE /.
Farmers in Jones county are agitat'
ing the question of organizing q co
operative packing plant. A meeting
was held for the purpose Of discussing
the matter and a committee was ap.
pointed to Investigate the: question
thoroughly and report in meeting
to be held at a later date. ,:5.'z ':
The |Thirty-five Anamosa reforma'
tory convicts who were stationed at
the Ames road camp all summer have
gone back to prison. The men as
signed to the camp were the pick OF
the 639 inmates Of the state reform
atory. IN H.. n. II II ~ 4, 4 Il ",
Plymouth county; which has been
dry, with the exception of the county
seat, LIE Mars, for the last year, re-
Joined the ranks of the vets when the
board OF supervisors declared the pc
tition OF consent presented was SUM-
cient. ..,.-
Complaints as to the law against
the use OF tobacco by public school
students may. be attacked as to consti'
nationality The state board OF pub
lie instruction has had many com
plants against it from many parts Of
the state. s3&t,, $55# r&,,, NJ 5
Tom Turner Of Portsmouth was the
first hunting accident victim In that
vicinity. While sleighing with a par
ty OF boys shot fred by an unknown
hunter struck Tom near the eye. Al
though the wound is not serious II
was a narrow escape. lE;E%ii3 !
At least 100000 is to be spent N
l"sprucing up" one side OF single
block OF Walnut street during the
next year, and when the work Is com
pleted another tremendous improve
ment will have been made In the ap
pearance OF the downtown section.
jerks Holston, who farms the w
n Remington farm, claims the bumper
corn crop in the vicinity OF Mondamin
He harvested 10000 bushels from Isl
acres. This land is part Of the swamp
tract that was reclaimed there BY
ditching a few years ago. .5iS sas.
= A new enumeration Of Jefferson
Greene county, shows that the city
has increased $50 in population. The
last census gave the city 4,077. Hardin
township which had a population o.
614 at the last census shows an In
crease of twenty-five. s'f - e.
The keepers Of two butcher shops
and four grocery stores of Hampton
/ were charged by Chris Ottoson, state
inspector, with improperly exposing
food products. Four OF the number
paid the nominal sum assessed as
fine, but two will fight the case.
Albert Ruba Of LIE Mars, aged IL
while hunting rabbits was terribly IN
jured when the gun he was carrying
in a buggy was accidentally discharg
ed. The contents lodged in his breast
penetrating his lungs. ss,
! There was renewed celebration II
Iowa Wesleyan chapel when in the
midst Of rejoicing over the. new chap
ell organ, which is expected to be
ready for the initial recital by March
1, came the report Of the deciding te
the college of an annuity by Joseph A
David Of fine farm of 1875 acres al
Cincinnati, Ia. ~
The continued zero weather has
frozen the Mississippi river to a SUM
Client depth at Muscatine and other
points to permit of the annual ice
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