Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-04-07
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: A supreme court jury in Maine has
awarded $4,000 damages to Miss
Elizabeth sLeona Garmong, who sued
John y = Henderson, Jr.., OF Washing
ton, son Of former United States sen
ator from Missouri, John Brooks Hen
sderson, for breach Of promise. Hen
derson, Jr.,Y is = Harvard graduate,
class Of 1891. M Miss :.Garmong is =
Des Moines girl, and alleged Hender-
son agreed to%marry her in March.
| 1910, after the birth Of her child.
Laymen Of the Baptist, Methodist,
Presbyterian and German Methodist
! churches. Of Denison, have organized
to forward gospel teamwork with Of
| ficers as follows. W. c., Van Ness,
president; Emil Hugg, vice president;
w. ]. E. Terry, secretary, and NJ. E.
Jones, treasurer. An extensive relig-
ious work is proposed looking for
ward in the fall to the coming Of an
evangelist to Denison. r.
Depredations by chicken thieves in
the west end of Council Bluffs have
become unbearable and 4 Chicken
Vigilantes': association has been form
ed to deal with the miscreants. 84 The
members have armed themselves and
promise to kill or capture the nest
raiders Poisoning OF watch dogs is
another evil which the vigilantes will
attend to. ~ y 81 Fl
The city Of Washington. Ia, boasts
4 Real Son Of The Revolution" Mr..
Aaron Henry Guzman, who hopes to
reach his 9th! birthday May 2, Of this
year, is the youngest OF 21 children,
and the last Of his fathers family. A
sister, Mrs. Susannah Cobun, died in
1910 at the ripe age Of 101 years in
Morgantown, w. Va. {:
.Adjt.. Gen. Guy E. Logan has been
called into consultation by q promin-
emit Des Moines physician who is
working on a scheme to- manufacture
4 bomb to contain poisonous gas. If
/ the idea works as well as experiments;
indicate, it will prove Of great value
in waging war, the inventor claims.
Nearly $4,000 worth Of farm horses
from the country districts surround
ing Marshalltown were sold in one
day recently to foreign buyers. The,
horses are to be shipped to the Eng,
lish and French governments. The
buyers paid as high as $3.50 per head,
and as low as $40. ss%x e
3 Despite the fact that he IL Ss years
Of age, Jonas MONTE. Of Iowa county,
is not afraid to travel alone. This
was shown when Mi. MONTE. laden
with grip and leaning on q stout walk
Ing stick, stepped into a hotel at OF
tumwa after midnight having just
arrived from Kansas. S.S I, tS .f, ... zt
The second jury in the c. Hansen
murder case was discharedg without
reaching a5verdict. & Hansen, who il
a prominent implement dealer of Har-
Ian. is charged with causing the death
OF Lloyd Hamblin, - young Harlan
boy, on last Hallowe' en- night I'D
Louis Gourias is in q serious condi-i
ton owing to q cave-in which occur
red at the clay pit at the Mason City
cement plant. He was caught in the
avalanche and was completely COW
cred. He was badly crushed and re-
coVery is doubtful. s sEssf WIN SalE$
Y The state convention of the Wood.
men of the World is to be held in
Sioux City April 81. Local camps
are making great preparations for
the entertainment OF the numerous
visitors who are expected on that &C.
casion, :s..&. o..
II While walking on the railroad track
to his work George Beach Of Charles
City was struck by an engine. His
left heel was severed from the foot
and his leg fractured above the an
kle. 4 II, ssi Il 81 $ .,t. .: ~, Z .r,
William Hunenbeyer;; Of Brecken-
ridge, Mimi, was run down as Il, he
stepped lin front Of q passenger train
near Lampille, his body being badly
mangled. His death may have been
4 suicide. 5$ ..a "a. /. n
After horse owned by 5$S James
Lawson ! a farmer Of near Clarinda
had lain apparently dead for three
days, the animal came to life as It
was being dragged by the neck to a
hole that had been dug to bury it.. =,
The customs house In Des Moines
shows the effects Of the European
war. According to Collector Oscar ".
Stone the receipts of the Office for
Iowa show falling of of Is per cent
since that conflict began. =
Emory Corbett, 10 years old, was
drowned in the river at Spencer when
he lost his balance and tumbled from
q bank. The stream was at flood
stage and the lad was playing on the
edge of the bank when he slipped in.
Il John Wesley Millisack. resident
Of Wapello county, for sixty-threeS
years, died. ut the age Of, 81 at the
home of his daughter north Of OF
tumwa. &&1.. ~. ~
The state convention Of the Wood
men OF the World is to b. held in.
Sioux City April OF. Great prepara-'
lions Eare being made for the enter,
tainment. Of the visitors.
~ The trial OF the case OF Francis
Dunn, the 17-year-old lad, who shot
and killed his stepfather, r. J. Nc
Entry, last December, on the McEniry
place west of Atlantic, because Nc
Entry was beating the boys mother,
is set for, April ~ in the district
court. Judge Rockafellow will pre-
side. +, ee-g
The coroner's inquest at Burling-
ton over the body of Garry Turner
rendered verdict holding Truman
Pond responsible for Turner's death.
He was shot at the residence Of Pond
and Pond claims the shooting was the
result of an accident.
Because he was asked to put the
lid Oh gambling, Mayor G. M. Ander-
son of Inwood resigned. He was
asked by Rev F. P. Quick pastor of