Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-09

AAotAlAtlOuS III AON GTOte, were ulAue
defendants in damage suit involv'
Ing $22,550 by an answer filed by
johnson Bros, the attorneys for Lee
Grant. Baxter Bros. & Co. brought
suit to collect on promissory note
given the bank by Grant. Grant be.
came involved in a real estate deal
made in Kansas and to protect him.
self and the bank, he claims he gave
tthe bank deed signed by his wife
and himself, but with no description
of property or consideration therein.
Later the deed was reported lost by
the bank. but had been recorded with
Baxter's name entered in the blank
space. Grant AYERS in his answer
that he never gave any one authority
to make the transfer. :. e. s.7e'
The recent rains we're so heavy that
railroad lines lost many hundred feet
OF track. Tie Rock Island had 300
feet washed out at Minden, the Great
Western has bridge out near Min
den, tracks on the Illinois Central are
soft near Denison,, the Northwestern
had trouble near; Wood'bine but was
able to care for the trains OF other
lines entirely, put out. The loss from
live stock killed and damage to crops
was heavy, the greatest being to corn
being covered with mud, requiring
replanting. ~. ,5s33Js = y
A new corporation has been organ
tied in Creston for the purpose OF
constructing a railroad from Creston
to Arispe. The. incorporators have
filed their articles with the county
recorder, designating the name of the
new corporation as the Creston Con-
Meeting Railway company. The CAPT
tai stock authorized is $4,000. fully
paid up when issued.
An unidentified man was killed un-
der a Northwestern train along the
right of way near Lamoille. Parts of
his body were found strewn along the
track by train crew giving rise to
the belief that the man fell from a
freight train on which he was steal
Ing a ride Because OF the mangled
condition OF the body, an accurate
description Is impossible. III ss.s
T. !. All the farm buildings on the Hen
~ Miller farm of Arcadia township
near Manning were burned at loss
OF SIC, 900, with perhaps an insurance
OF one-fourth OF that amount. The
cause of the fire ia unknown. The
property destroyed was all new, hav-
ing been built since a cyclone de-
stroyed other buildings two years, ago.
I; Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Maddy Of Knox
vile celebrated their 60th wedding
anniversary. They were married in
1855 at the home Of her parents In
Marion county. Among the guests
were five children, 26 grandchildren
and five great grandchildren. Mr.. Mad
dy is "a and his wife 80. W. s. >.s%$
& Usage is a prosperous town in spite
of the effect Of the war on other
places. There il not vacant house
in town and thorty-two new dwellings
are In the course OF construction.
Fifty blocks are to be macadamized,
contract for the crushed rock having
been let.
m Conditions that have not been equal
ed in twenty years existed In Council
Bluffs when between eight hundred
and one thousand homes wer.: with
out lights. The recent storm was the
cause and the electric company was
overwhelmed, q. 8. .j.
Southern Iowa and northern Mis-
souri, suffered from a severe wind
and electrical storm. Thus far one life
lis reported lost. Lee Nixon, OF Stock.
port, while aiding his father to hitch
a team, was instantly killed by light.
ming and the father was shocked. X.
\. Mrs Herman Buschbom. living near
5Lamoille, died from kick of the fam
lily horse. When Mrs. Buschbom
alighted from the buggy, the horse
became. frightened and kicked her
in the stomach, the rupture OF three
!, arteries resulting! !,
\ The auto owners Of Wapello county
recently met at Ottumwa and organ
lied county auto club. H. B. Pat
terson, a member Of the board of su-
3'pervisors, was elected president. Vice
presidents for, the several townships
were also chosen. ssi Z " 49sgs ri IA
81 Nine townships In Muscatine county
will have new culverts, according to
tentative action authorized by the
county board Of supervisors. s The
approximate cost Of the concrete lay
ing is $7042.30. NJ f.''ssss E n.
The body OF; . drowned man about
80 years old was picked up in the
river near Greene. It was dressed In
farmers clothing and was In bad
condition. It is being held for the
coroner's inquest unidentified. trs
Falling suddenly in faint while
playing with her husband and chill
dren recently Mrs. Annie Douty OF
Davenport struck her head against .
coal chute and broke her neck, dying
instantly. t:} - +
j Iowa City received news from Bat
tie Creek, Mich, of the death OF g.
F. Ranck. former state senator from
that district, who passed away at .
sanitarium there. 49,. ss%l,s ,si=.
I z The s year. old daughter OF Thur
man Ward, living nine miles west OF
Knoxville was severely scalded when
she fell into tub Of scalding NOT
water. ..E T. z .53 s K Ma 1t'. !.
xulOIludtlOn: o6AAASSa AAAAAASA
Of, Waterloo, acting deputy game war
den and others, has been filed In JUS
tice court It charged Illegal fishing.
Goodell pleaded guilty and was lined.
When some OF the people at York
town refused to vaccinate, the mayor,
C. w. Mitchell, ordered the women
to keep in their own homes as q
precautionary measure to stop the
spread Of smallpox. OF which there
are three cases.. :. ~ e, f:31s !
4 Sioux City has given up hope OF
securing 10000. So far the count
stands at $1,000 and the census takers
do not believe another 1000 names
can be added to the list. ~
Mrs. Kate Heimanway, and two Ia
borers at Clio, Wayne county, were
severely injured in cyclone which