Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-03

Fort, Dodge Masons soon will be 90.
cupying their fine new temple. At .
meeting Of the stockholders of the
Masonic Temple association, reports
showed that when all Of the subscrip-
tions are paid, but $4,000 will remain
to be subscribed. The building II 80
arranged that two or more Masonic
bodies may put on, their work without
interference. Fine club rooms are .
feature Of the building. The structure
will cost about $4,000. - ss,:s-r
jDorcas .Brazzell7 Of Dubuque. found
guilty OF murder in the second degree.
charged with causing the death Of her
husband, Charles Brazzell, has been
ordered liberated by the supreme
court OF Iowa. The court ruled that
the evidence was ,circumstantial and
not sufficient to warrant conviction.
Brazzell was a street car motorman.
When found his skull was fractured
and he had received other injuries.
John A. Thomas OF Des Modnes was
elected president Of the'Iowa State
Master Plum bers' association at the
closing session Of the convention Mt
| Davenport. The next convention
goes to Clinton. The other officers
are James M. Wilson of Washington.
vice, president; Sidney c.. Smith Of
Waterloo, secretary; w. D. Hagan of
Sioux City, treasurer. s%
The supreme court in an opinion
handed down recently decided that
one-third the amount collected is SUI
| ficent pay for an attorney, in ordinary
circumstances. The case decided was
that of the estate OF Travers D. Nun
ger, who was killed in railroad &C.
cident two years ago. The lawyers
had collected $1,875.35 and took half
| as fee. %,
| The program committee for tho
eleventh annual Farmers and Grain
Dealers association OF Iowa conven-
tion to be held in Mason City Febru-
AIRY 8, 8, and 10, has issued an anti
booze sedict. All secretaries and
! chambers Of commerce are warned
| against turning their hotel rooms in
to barrooms for prospective shippers.
r. According to q census by the coun-
| ty superintendent Of schools, Audubon
county has 4.20S children In the pub
r lie schools Of the county This num-
Der represents 92. per. cent sot all the
children between: the ages of. 6 and
20 in the county. ST: s y ~
The >, Methodist church people Of
Rockwell City are: delighted over the
fact that Andrew Carnegie has signi-
fed a willingness to donate $3.50 to-
ward the, purchase of q pipe organ for
the church to- cost not les than 81
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4 The date for 1 the national ride
matches has been fixed for Oct. Is.
Major Brookhart expects to call .
meeting soon Of the officers Of tho
Iowa small arms practice department
to plan 1owa's preparation for the
matches. y EE zss: H. ;$.5, ). :
In dense fog freight No ee on the
Minneapolis & St. Louis, struck
switch engine No. EOS In the yards at
Mason City Sunday morning. Both
engines were completely wrecked.
The engine crews, jumped. ;ft$s
Pensions recently granted to
Iowans are: Sarah A. Brown, Center
Point, $12; Elmira Cutler, Whiting,
312; Phemia Judson, Onawa, 81;
Hannah E. Goodrich, Lima, $12, and
Magdalena dinner, McGregor, $12.
! Fire destroyed a portion ola block
in the business district of MARSHALL
town, entailtng loss estimated at
100000, The greatest loss fell upon
J. Levin dry goods store destroyed.
Loss $4,000 fully insured. !; ,;s...g I.
The contract for the building of 4
dam at the lower end OF Goose lake
has been let by the mana ging com
mtttee 81 the Bever Island Hunting
and Fishing club. This will facilitate
the fishing. possibilities. .tS
The Methodist church Of Mason City
IL to start an innovation January ~
and will make q break into what
might be called an institutional
church. A gymnasium is to be INSTALL
ed in the basement. x S3 sg.55 5
John Leber, the 8 year old son Of
George Leber OF Fort Madison, who
was struck BY an automobile while on
his way to school. died at Sacred
Heart hospital two days later without
regaining consciousness. Il:
The depositors of the failed Arst
National bank OF this city are finally
to be paid dividend. They will get
80 cents on the dollar for their de-
posts after months Of exasperating
delays. & Z Tx g. .3g5s + 4S ta
The parole department made its re-
port to the governor showing nifty
one paroles issued during the year
and suspension of jail sentences In
fifty.nine cases. There were four
pardons granted. ~ ~
Mrs. Laura E. Pike dropped dead
at Ottumwa while at work at a wash
tub in the cellar of her home. The
coroner said she died from natural
causes. .Ss5 d s5gii,
James Shunka, an employe Of the
college of medicine at. the University
Of Iowa, fell down; the stairway OF
the medical building and died In
stantly. ~ R;Ss i II Y; !. NJ :,
| The Morrell Packing company, at
i Ottumwa will begin the erection OF a
modern hog cholera serum plant at
the packing house within . few
weeks. o.. z, ST, 81 T. +sEE
| Mrs. Abraham Nygaard OF near
Hanlontown attempted to light fire
in the range, and used kerosene for q
quickener. Her burns were fatal.
The Shorthorn sale at the. Plumb
Brothers pavilion was largely attend
ed, several hundred farmers and
stock, buyers being present. Sixty.
FIVE head were sold to different buy
ers from seven states. q. The top price
for males was $155 and forS females
$3.50, while the entire lot averaged
$50. s'5 US i: !. Ii: ts2rs,3 =. Y.
NJ Maud Ashby, II, daughter Of r. M.
Ashby, Of Whitebreast township, Lu-