Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-30

highway commission. Hills are being
cut, cement culverts and bridges in
stalled, and work OF the better class
Is. being done all along the county
highway system; and what is quite as
Important, a thorough organization for
dragging has been effected.
/. Wolves are causing much trouble
among the sheep in the northeast
part Of Appanoose county, about
Unionville. Some big herds are own
ed in that part Of the county. Farmers
are organizing wolf hunts these rainy
days to drive the menace to the fiocks
away. In a recent chase the hounds
ran down a fox. Wolves have been
seen among the flocks, but none has
been captured yet. 800 ~
Hampton will soon be one Of the
few in the state to receive correct
time signals direct from Springfield,
ILL.,, and Arlington, Va. c. H. Haney
has had an aerial wire. installed ex-
tending from the top OF the standpipe
to the tower of the court house and
thence to the roof Of the Rule block,
and wire will lead from there to an
instrument in his store, enabling him
to get the time by wireless direct.
"a Lee O'Connor, whose home is ut
Fort Dodge. landed in the county jail
at Denison charged with passing
worthless checks. O'Connor is said
to have come to Denison during the
fremen's festival and to have writ
ten checks amounting to $26 on q
Dunlap bank, cashing them at a To-
cal cafe. .*s ~ sfe + v ~
Over twenty years ago Mrs. John
Bowling OF Mt. Ayr lost her gold we'd
ding ring and found it when carpen-
ters were remodeling the house. 1t
was beneath the stills safely lodged
in niche in the foundation. She
had looked for it afteh every. rain
along the. path where she thought
she lost it. -
Miss Marion Duncan, who died at
Clear Lake, had probably taught more
years in one school than any other
teacher in the state. For forty-eight
years she had been a teacher and for
thirty years in uninterrupted success
sion she taught grade four in the Gen.
trail school Of Mason City.
+ Muscatins people rubbed their eyes
in some dismay when ]. they beheld
some forty persons riding on an en-
CINE and tender. The scene which
suggested the Chicago railway strike
was due to a wreck on the Wilton
branch OF the Rock Island road.
Three coaches went into the ditch.
& c. L. Voss and Frank Woolston OF
Denison have purchased an 800 acre
tract Of swamp land just south OF
Wall Lake town, well known as Goose
pond. The deal was made with Can
adam owners, and . plan Is on foot
to drain the land under direction OF
an expert from the .Ames state college.
The old Indian legend that lorna
does would never strike Sioux City
was smashed when q twister visited
Morningside, the college suburb, blew
down several buildings, uprooted
trees and felled wires, but caused no
loss Of life. i, /.
The i'll fated launch which capsized
and drowned Joe Schaffner and Burt
Faulkner Of Mt. Pleasant was raised
unintured, but no trace of the bodies
has yet been found Scores Of Mt.
Pleasant people are assisting In the
search for the bodies. .. = ~ =, :. {.
Excavation Is under way for Ames'
new. city hall and fire station. The
Tusant company has let the excaVat-
ing contract to the Bowers grading
outfit OF that city, and at the present
rate, work on the foundation may be
expected to start very soon. RI. \ &c
Vinton has completed its census,
which shows a population of 1904.
Norway has q population OF 491. All
other towns already reported. This
gives the county a population of 24,-
537-a gain Of 1881 in the past five
years. rs 2. .:5 a y 1.
IA young man about -, giving his
name as Joyce, is said to have forged
a check on the Hawkeye Motor COM
:pany OF 4 Fl. Dodge for $445. The
young man is alleged to have given
the check In payment for a car. ...
To celebrate their golden wedding,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert A. Brown OF
Marengo took their children and
grandchildren in several autos for
tour OF the PALISADES Of the Cedar
river near MT. Vernon. S.s 5,%, \. =
w. w. Patty. principal Of the high
school at Iowa Falls, has resigned his
position to become superintendent Of
schools at Adair. Miss Bessie Gtgler,
for the past three years head OF the
English department, succeeds him.
Edward p. Cochrane, serving thir.
ty-fve year sentence in the peniten-
tiary at Fort Madison for killing .
man in Clinton county, died in the
prison hospital following an opera
ton for appendicitis and peritonitis.
District Highway Engineer Morrison
for the southeastern part OF Iowa has
announced that every county in that
region has lost from two to five
bridges because of the unprecedented
high water. Il I'LL
Twenty-Five head of cattle belong
ing to William Wright were killed
by a stroke Of lightning in a field
northeast OF Iowa City. The bolt
went through a fence around which.
they were grouped. 5..,....
Walter w. Corners, son OF w N.
Connors of Mason City, has just dis
posed Of his patent for a gasoline en-
CINE for $S6,250, annually, according
to reports reaching that city. The
engine uses double piston and VIII
develope double the power tor the
same weight Of engine and also uses
less fuel. 5s,1is
Robert Bloom, seven years old, Of
Waterloo, was killed by the accidental
discharge of a shotgun. The young
lad with another was inspecting the
gun when the shell exploded. The
shot passed into the left eye and
through the brain. ri !, n
Following closely upon the heels OF
the, injunctions of the drug stores
at Manchester with reference to the
sale Of intoxicants, comes q still
more drastic measure by the officers
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