Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-03-10

threshermen this year will be at tie
Wellington. hotel, and the meetings
will be held at the Auditorium. May
or Hanna will make the address of
welcome to the threshermen Tuesday
night, March 8, and on Wednesday
morning Governor Clarke will speak
and on Wednesday \ night Attorney
General Cosson will speak.
| Michael Conan, who recently died
at Rockwell City, was an example of
| what thrift. will do. 1t was found
that he left to>his wife a deed to H..
26O acres OF the best Cerro Gordo
county land, valued. at 5000 per acre,
! and with this a large sum Of cash
or convertible paper. In 1887 Michael
Conran was section foreman on the
old Iowa Central railroad, with no
money to speak Of and no credit. He
| saved from a meager earning and In
| vested wisely and at the time Of his
death close to 100000 was left to
his wife, which will later go to his
| children &1t ia - ~ = - Sy53:@r%s g
| At the annual conference of the
| Augustana Synod of the Lutheran
church, which was recently held at
! Stanton, there were fifty ministers
and eighty laymen present. Eighty
congregations are members Of the
synod, with membership Of about
! $4,000. @a The election of officers re-
| suited as follows: President, j. G.
| Ryzebeck of Gowrie; vice-president.
Rev. Theodore Pearson of Stone City;
| secretary, c.. 0. Morland Of Madrid;
| treasurer, S. H. Newman of Burn
side. ,"er5-5 ~ sE,e ID al & Az ,ss.1E
| Sunday closing is the order for
Carroll from this time forth. The
| edict has been issued by the mayor.
His order is to the effect that no bust
ness can be done on Sunday. The
action of the mayor in applying the
| old blue laws in Carroll Is probably
due to the enforced closing of the
skating rink and other amusement
| places on the Sabbath. .@s,; 4 Il s
John :Kurta gets $1,000 from the
Lehigh Portland Cement company Of
Mason City for the loss of an arm. He
sued for 100000 The present com.
pensstion law would have allowed him
| 1880. = Had he been injured on July
6 instead OF May 6, the above amount
would have been all that he could
have secured. .l~.,..t L$s. G'
| G. F. sRinehart, who conducted a
democratic weekly in Des Mojnes
about eight years ago and who led the
Arizona prohibition fight, will conduct
a. campaign against saloons in Chi
cago. Rinehart is also known a.
Newton, where he was a publisher OF
the Herald. ~ 50 F 4 Il.
| Lenox is being stirred as never be-
fore by series of reyivals under the
auspices of Rev. Beniah Pratt OF Kan
sas City. The four churches Of the
town are united in the movement and
. tabernacle seating 1000 which has
been erected is filled to overfowing
every night. sss5
United States Commissioner Enoch
ordered A. E. Faulkner held to Judge
| Walter /. Smith at Council Bluffs
March 9. Faulkner was arrested at
Fairfield charged with having multi
| ated bank notes and stealing from .
| railroad car in interstate transit at
| Brennan, Tex. in 1913.i 4 -.
E. H.rBuston, veteran OF, the Civil
war, dropped dead In movie picture
show at Deep River. Mr. Buston ap-
peared in good health and was joking
with friends a moment before he died.
He was formerly an English soldier
having served in the Crimean war be-
fore emigrating t. this country.
Ia Y. NJ. &C. A. club house for TT.
Madison now seems assured. The
proposed building is expected to cost
$50, 900 and subscriptions for It havs
been opened. Mayor Brown wss the
first subscriber donating $1,000 TO-
\ ward the fund. ~ * ~ f
+ The Jury in the trial of Alva Shell.
ley for burglary at Ottumwa returned
a verdict of not guilty. Shelley faces
a trial on two other cases on
charge OF breaking and entering, hav-
ing been indicted on three counts BY
the grand jury in special session.
& According to a recent order issued
| by DR.. j. w. Joss, federal veterinary
| at Davenport, Muscatine, Louisa and
1 Washington counties are placed IN
der quarantine because OF the preva-
lence Of foot and mouth disease.
Rev. F. P. Quick, pastor Of the
! Methodist Episcopal church Of lnwo"d.
. has organized a Lincoln boys club.
! Plans are being formed for the build
| ing of club house to cost about 49,
900. S5, (, /: 4. y, .t,..E 40.
! An epidemic Of mumps which mas
/ invaded the student ranks OF s!n'p-
son college at 1ndianola Is keenlng
I everybody guessing, but physicians
believe they have the contagion under
control.
The stumbling of horse on the
| Clinton high bridge caused runaway
which resulted in, Mrs. Albert Sells,
aged 3d. being thrown onto the rail-
road track at the Iowa end OF the
bridge. Her neck was broken
The Wapello county farmers grange
| is raising stock subscriptions to start
{ bank in Ottumwa. More than half
of the $1,000 capital stock has been
subscribed and two locations are IN
view for the housing of the new bank.
/ Mrs. J. l.. Pauley. resident OF
Benton county for GO years, died at
the home of her daughter in Vlnton.
| Mrs, Pauley went to that county with
her husband in 1854, settling In Har-
rison, where they resided till 1892,
when they removed to Vinton.
Thirty.four head Of cattle ana y
head of hogs at total value OF ~
700, were slaughtered on the 7Otto
Broessel farm in Dubuque county BE-
cause of foot and mouth disease.
1 clay car struck N. J. MacCor-
mick an employe at the Mason City
Brick and Tile company's plant, KILL
ing him instantly. tsgi.
Harry Harms, a farmer from LIE
Mars, Ia, stepped from Northwest,
! ern passenger train while 1t was
\ standing on bridge over the CEDAR
! river near Sterling and was drowned.
His body was not recovered. d"