The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-01-19

Heavy forgcrirs have been recently
brought 10 light In Do~tnn, and from In
vrAtigAtions made II has lecil found that
the operators belonged to New York.
On dec. 8 mnn about Six fccf in
Ii, light, with sandy hair and light com.
plcxion, called Al Tho of!icr ri Mavericks,
Stephens \ CO., cngraveis, Fulton
street, Now York, and, implying that he
camr from Tho First National Bank ~
Lowell, MAae.. requested to Hcc some
blanks for checks. Hc selected de-
sign. and ordered crsirin number Of
cl,rcAs 10 bc ready, bound In : hook, on
tho afternoon of Tho 7th. Shortly bc.
fore the closing of tho oifIcc on that
evening, after tin members of the ilrm
bad loft for tho day, tue raan appeared.
took the parcel from the crrand buy,
left the money, mud hurried away. HH
course of action excited suspicion IN tho
mind II Mr. Maverick, who next day
sent il duplicate VI the bill ~ tho hank
nj lowell. and received information that
no checks hMt been ordered hy thu
lank. Mr. Mavericks action, however,
gave tho bnnk warning uf tho intended
flnnd. Although the check.h0ok had
been obtained over month ago. moth.
ing war heard or aorn of tho falre checks
until u few days ago, whom $4,000
worth were heard ~, five u them, ot
tho value of 5000 each, leing re-
ccivcd mt tho First National BANK of
Boston. A telegram from tho Fir-t
National Bank uf Montgomery. Ala,
from which place they were ncnt, hah
proceeded them, however. declaring
them forgericr, nnl anking that tllcy l,e
returned. Five checks, amounting IN
o25, ono In value, were also rcculvtL Rl
the clearing. houre Ut Boston, mud, like
tha other signature of the cashier oi tho
First National bank, Lowell, we're forged.
Tho parties concerned III this Irregular.
" claimed 10 be Massachusetts, cotton
buyers, and tho persons who sold them
cotton will probably bc losers by this
carefully contrived scheme.
4 Remarkable Case VI AneMrisns.
A large protnbcrNncc on tho breast of
Jacob Seilhcimer, of la First avenue.
burst on Friday afternoon, nnd blood
poured ont. HI died within Ave min.
uteH. Deputy Coroner 0oldschmcidt,
who made tho rnHt mortem, said last
evening .'Hcilhciincr died 0f Mncur-
lam oi the heart. Nowhere In thu mcsli.
cal authorities, according to my knowi-
edge, n there record of mn nneuriam
nearly 40 remarkable. Two years ago
small, pnlsAting tumor appeared littlr
10 the right vi his breast bone. II gruw
larger, until recently u broke through
tho breast bone and attained tho sisc Of
Al infants licad. Then II burst, and hts
life-bl. od poured out. There waa d
hole four inches In diameter In the
breast bone. learned that Hcilhcimcr
was temperate aud industrious, working
as \ cigarmakcr until tho pain resulting
from his diseases became almost intolcr-
able. Hc did not consult q physician
until within the past week. The physi
cian, diagnosing tho anenrism N ma.
lignnnt cancer, advised keilhcimer 70
enter 4 hospital aud have Il cut OH.
which, uf course, would have caused
nlmost instant death. An Anenri.m of
the air. II 4 hens cgg has hitherto bSn
regarded ~ exceptionally lnvre. - Nm
York Ann.
The Importance Ut Improving The
llridyts.
Nothing that railroad comApnies CAN
,lo will restore confidence IN tLese iron
bridges. lhc only question thAt tho
public will nsk IL, what minute will the
n.x one %, There In no doubt but that
ti,ese companies can mnka tho pAasage of
rayin.s M 1 wAser.cunrHrs absolutely ~.
cnro bcyond any possibility 81 danger.
Culyerts, with embankmenta properly
mad. and properly settled, aro nAfc. 6tih
h,tt.r, yinanuts III H0lil masonry will
al ID the end of time. No amount III
weight aud no Htrain or shock of any Dc.
scliption cam affect them. Nothing but
an earthquake can distnrb them. They
an IN rfuu,ly and permanently saie. Is
Il not time that thu law .lnakcrs giyu sosne
attention ID thu bridge business. and not
leave Il clI lIDirrly III tie hands VI railroad
cneinesr4. = fhirdUo Tribune.
4 lsr,sr QMarrel.
Hen. l,.r.na ana Elihn Kuut, twp
New York lawyers, have beun punished
fur m ignohe little quarrel, bs having
II spread hrf,re thc public, purhapH not
~iil. tlie best IL motives. Icing nn ~.
rosie siias " n .ase, tlioy exchanged
Iri.f.. Glen. Harlow aft.rwArd hsnt ~
Mr.. Npt ~ recover hir N WI, when Itus,t
.lcmhrrs,l "a it, surrender, allr9ing that,
ac4nr..ing Ia custom, h. hsd Indicated
his count. ca~ along thu mnrein. Daf.
low. in lrllv, threatened r'iit u rcrlny.
IN. Root, III tutu, cautioned him not Il,
!. make MI ii In oi hinsalf. 1Ariow
replied with Il challenge ~ A iuol, or
proposed u rllnut At nislli On tho si"cct,
ut have II otis ~ I'm private otfics.
Root Il friends appealed ~ tha plrtrisL
Atlunav, liz tu Ju,lg. i'avis. Dtsi~ ~
Barlow, who vpwa /. ~as all l"ka
Huge disgnst of NIL r,r,s.p, and ihs gcn
oral convection III thu liability .. nan 4,
make III nsx II. iiinr.i
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