Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-05-19
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NEWS
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One hundred and fifty feet Of track
on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad, two miles south of McGreg-
or, is covered with earth and rocks
piled twenty feet high as the result
Of landslide which occurred recent
w.. Traffic on that section was sus-
pended and all trains were detoured
over the Burlington road. 1t is the
largest landslide recorded in that
section OF the country in years. =
= Mayor. A. A. Smith OF Sioux City
will 60 before the district court grand
Jury and attempt to have the Rev.
Wallace M. Hamilton. pastor OF the
First Presbyterian church, indicted
for criminal libel a. result Of .
sermon preached by the Rev. Mr..
Hamilton In which he referred to the
mayor and John Dineen, head Of the
public safety department., in q "par-
able Of l1nebriety." "'-,
One OF the saddest tragedies that
has occurred in Nevada for years was
tho suicide OF Mrs. Oliver Batman.
Mrs. Batman used razor for the deed
and died about an hour later. The
husband went into her room to call
her and found her lying on the bed.
bleeding copiously from the wound.
A man, giving his name as c. E..
Dean was picked up at Mason City by
the sheriff in connection with the rob-
berry of the general merchandise store
- O. of tWonkv
miles east OF there. It is reported
that about $500 in cash was secured
from the safe.
No trace has been found of the
large Glide automobile that was stol-
en- from Henry Geiger's garage In
Conroy, although the sheriff has been
busily engaged in the search. The
machine was brand new, having been
out Of the factory less than a week,
and was valued at $1,000. e., g. ~. go.
The city council of, Mason City is
considering an ordinance to regulate
the jitney busses It. calls for q IL
cense ranging from SIS to 1925 year,
a specified route, an indemnity bond
of $4,000 and. licensed drivers who
have passed an examination and new
or take drink. ~ -
. Ernest Ksrby, a young farmer re-
siding near Farrar, took his life by
shooting himself on a public highway
two miles north Of Farrar. Andrew
Knopp, who notified the sheriff, de-
clared that the case was purely sui
eide. TX ..
DIR. Samuel Druet, q former citizen
OF Marion county, state senator from
the Marion-Monroe district in the
Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh gen
eral assemblies, and physician at the
state reformatory from 1898 to 1910,
died at Anamosa. -
The Cedar county Jail at Upton 10
quarantined as q result of the illness
with smallpox OF prisoner brought
there from Lowden. His condition Is
not serious and so far none Of the
other prisoners are affected.
Deta,is were received at Clinton
of the death of n. S. Mailman, q for
NOR resident of Lyons. He dropped in
to Puget Sound from height Of s..
900 feet while trying out new aero
plane of which he was part inventor.
The Delaware County Temperance
association filed = petition asking the
district court to issue temporary and
permanent injunctions against eleven
druggists of the county for selling in
roxicating liquors under permits.
Sam johnson, who was shot by
Fletcher Thomas, colored, at Floyd,
using q shotgun, died from blood pois-
oninE. Thomas IL in jail charged
with murder in the first degree. !:
Fred Ford, . member Of the Boone
militia company and well known, was
killed ut Buffalo Center. A ditch in
which he was working caved in and
smothered him. ,.... 3, ..a.g:....'
The .Jeffreys restaurant ct Buxton
was burned by q IRE starting when
Z cook tried to start the fire with oil
and used gasoline instead. The loss
will DO about $4,000. ]. s.
| Thousands of dollars Of damage was
done to buildings, fruit trees and
crops at Salix and vicinity when q
wind storm OF cyclonic proportions
came up from the southwest.
Small grain throughout the vicinity
of Manchester and in the northwest.
ern part Of Delaware county has been
making an excellent growth, although
rains are badly needed. +
A Sheldon construction company
has signed the contract to erect si1
new brick store buildings in the town
Of Paullina. These new buildings
are to replace an old wooden row.
It has been practically decided to
hold race meeting at Nashua June
1910. A committee has been solicit
ing the business houses Tor funds and
has met with success.
According to information received
John Coffman, aged 20, Of Magnolia
attempted to end his life at Yorkshire
by taking poison.
The commencement exercises OF
the Walnut High school will be held
the first week in June. The class this
year will consist of nine members.
Charles Dorland, farmer living In
the east part OF Audubon county, was
seriously injured by the kick Of a
horse while doing his morning chores.
The horses hoof struck him, In the
head just over the left temple and
fractured. the skull.
T. E. Brents Of Dubuque. special
officer in Indian service. charged with
accepting bribe relative to the Wa
terloo saloon cases, was found guilty
in the federal court there. a e,
The consolidated district around
Linn Grove voted to build new $48,'
600 school building. Out Of $50 votes
only 40 were, against the proposition
Garth McGhee Of Palmer took a
tablet OF bichloride Of mercury by
mistake while suffering from appen'
dicitis. Since the poison works Sc
slowly, it is not known whether Mr.
McGhee will recover.
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