Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-04-07

tAat OF Earl Hlley, or decatur, VINO Is
charged with the murder of Willis
Woodland of the same town on April
20, 1919. 1t is admitted that Riley
shot and killed Woodland on that date,
but it is claimed that the shooting
was done in self-defense.2 This is the
third time this case has been up for
trial, each previous time the Jury fail
ing to agree upon verdict.
Asking for two chickens and peck
of potatoes; Charles Mcdonald of
Mason City, who had; one leg cut of
in an accident, PROPOSES to get busy
and earn his own living. A letter is
being sent out to about every farm
er in the county, asking them to loan
him the two, hens and peck of po-
tatoes. he proposing to return them
or their equivalent just as quickly as
providence. smiles upon him. ps1
Z Completion of the farm manage
ment survey Of Scott county will be
effected this week. There remain, 25
farmers whose places will be visited
by Prof. S. H. Thompson, of Ames,
and G. R. Bliss, agriculturalist Of the
Scott County Farm Improvement
league. ~, S,,Ss5
Mrs. Katherine specht OF Dubuque,
mother of several children, although
OF late not living with her husband,
pleaded guilty to manslaughter in
having ,smothered her new born baby
several months ago. She was given
an indeterminate sentence at the
Anamosa reformatory. -:Etss 5,
The annual state meeting Of the
mother-teachers' congress will I. be
held in Cedar Falls, April 8, g and
10. and large delegations are expect
ed. Some of the. meetings will be
held at state teachers college and
some in the high school auditorium.
"A splendid program will be given. (. /.
IS a Ave weeks evangelistic campaign
has just closed at Cedar; Falls with
94s converts. The evangelist was
Rev. Oscar Lowry Of Cedar Falls,
who has had wonderful success both
in the west and In the east. The tab
.ernacle seated 5000 people and was
crowded to its limit every service.
Albert Williams, the eight year old
son of Mr.; and Mrs. Arthur Williams,
was drowned in the Des Moines river.
at Estheryille. He. with his little
brother, was playing along the bank
when he slipped into the swift cur
rent. 10 az T., *2i: y fSSs Us " {; >. b III
]. C. Parks, a farmer living near.
Mondamin, who shot and killed his
wife last December, pleaded guilty to,
second degree murder, and was SEN
fenced to fifteen years Imprisonment.
Jealousy is said to have prompted the
crime. a@" x Hy I'M
The construction OF an interurban
railway between Muscatine and Iowa
City will be commenced before the
close Of the coming summer IL the
right Of way can be purchased at 4
proper figure. The financial aid neces-
sary to build the line Is pledged. @
The Instruments for a wireless sta
ton have been installed by the scis
ence department of the Shenandoah
High School. 1t is capable OF sending
messages a distance of from hfty to
one hundred miles and receiving from
nearly any Of the large stations r
Al q recent meeting OF the council
of staceyville bonds to the amount Iof
$1,000 were sold for the. purpose Of
putting in q ,newSwaterworks system.
Schanke and Company, Of Mason
City, were the successful bidders.
+ Stock breeders in the northern sec
Stion Of Iowa are planning to send
two train loads 81 blooded stock to
the Panama fair at San Francisco
some time In August. Sioux City has
been selected as the collecting point.
Soliciting for beer is not q profit
able job as has several times been
demonstrated in Mason City, Roy
Distal tried to make good as a repre-
sentative Of a Minneapolis liquor
house and was fined 500 and costs.
Thirty-three dollars was paid az
war tax when a deed was filed for the
transfer Of the William Link 100 near
Rock Rapids to George E. LETTERS.
The was $4,000.
Fire destroyed several buildings In
the heart OF the business district Of
Alden .entailing a loss of $35, 900. Will
liam Heating, who owned several Of
the buildings, is the heaviest loser.
I Working girls Of Clinton: have form
ed Federation of Women Workers.
They will apply for q charter in the
National Woman's Trade League Of
America. -,
!. Council Bluffs bank reports show
an encouraging sign. The three ma
stional banks show an increase in de-
posts OF 100000 during the past
three months.
w. j. Bennett, Of Primghar. recent
ly completed the sale of half Sec
ton farm to William Williams for
$4,000. The land is located four and
one-half miles southeast OF Primghar.
Frank J. Smith was awarded $500
damages against Henry Rice at Cher
okee for the alienation of his wife's
affections. The plaintiffs wife and
her alleged affinity are cousins. ~
SS st. Mary's parish is to erect hns
hall at Scion this summer costing in
the neighborhood of $4,000. 1t will
be used for social purposes and pos
sibly school may be started there.
~ Among recess appointments made
by President Wilson is that OF John
T. Heron to be postmaster at Boone,
Iowa. -. ,q,,tFrg 49,
Land is still on the boom in Ben
ton county. Frank Weichman has
just bought a 153-acre farm adjoining
the town OF Newhall on the south for
which he paid S5,200-or at the rate
of $3.50 per acre. 49,
The jitney truck has arrived at
Council Bluffs. 1t is u seated az
fair and is to run between that city
and Manawa and Big Lake during
the summer. e.
The revival being conducted at
Centerville by Rev. White and Sing
er shaul is proving a great success.