Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-09

Col. George G. Poisall is dead at Ken.
sett. He was a prominent newspaper
man and at the time of his death was
postmaster of that city.
Sixty cutters in the pearl button factory
of Teichmiller Brothers at Muscatine left
their saws on account of new schedules
posted reducing their earnings.
w. H. Mcleod, a large grain dealer
and member of the firm of Mcleod &
Jones of Williamsburg, was found dead
on the Iowa river. Apparently it was
an accidental death.
Earl Covert, the young convict wanted
for larceny, and who was captured and
turned over to the Cedar Rapids mar
shall, and escaped, has been recaptured
this time Mt Pittsburg, Pa.
The artesian wells of Dubuque are one
after another giving out, and it will be
only question of time until all are ex-
hausted. The water works Is drawing
portion of its supply from the river and
the quality is deteriorating.
Gen. James A. Guest OF Burlington has
written to Adjt. Gen. Byers, refusing to
oulISuueE Ills CUlutlllbSlOu dS DElkuuleI
general. The Supreme Court held that
Guest holds the commission illegally, and
that the place belongs to Gen. John r.
Prime of Des Moines.
Bill Walker, confined In Jail ut Toledo
on years sentence for aggravated as
sault, planned to escape. He had key
to his cell. He was also provided with
n new suit of clothes and considerable
amount in cash. A quarrel with n fellow
prisoner developed the plot.
The date for the State convention of
the Iowa Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has been set for Oct. 4, and q.
The convention promises to be one Of the
most successful in the history OF the
State and between 300 and 400 delegates
are expected at Des Moines.
Rose Adell Comstock, II years old,
daughter of Captain and Mrs. A. j. Com
stock, committed suicide at Oskaloosa by
taking strychnine. Her parents object
ed to her marrying the man of her choice.
She left letters explaining why she killed
herself. Captain Comstock is a well-to-
do farmer.
DIR. f. r. P. Edwards Of Iowa City
has been appointed to subject all cattle
sent into the State OF Illinois from the
Second district to the tuberculin test.
One such inspector Is to be appointed In
each congressional district, to meet the
requirements of the law recently enacted
in Illinois.
Attorney General Remley holds that the
estate of Benjamin r. Sheldon of Rock
ford, ILL.,, SO far as it is in the jurisdic-
tion Of Iowa authorities, is subject to the
Iowa collateral inheritance tax. The es-
tate holds large number Of notes given
by Iowa people and secured by mortgages
on Iowa real estate.
Clyde Wood was drowned in Dabney's
pond, two mile swest of Winterset. He
about the same age. They rowed out in
to the pond and upset the boat. Young
Wood was not able to swim, and drown
ed in spite OF the efforts Of his young
friends to save his life.
John Stockdale, an aged blacksmith of
Muscatine, committed suicide. He had
been ailing Tor some time and suffering
from a severe illness. Growing despon-
dent and giving up all hope of recovery,
he placed revolver to his head and pull
ed the trigger. The bullet tore its way
through the brain, leaving an ugly
WOuuu. he Qleu instantly.
The first fatality from drowning in that
section this season occurred at Cross
Ford, southeast of Iowa Falls. Oswald
Hall went bathing with company Of
companions and got beyond his depth and
sank. He was rescued and revived and
physician sent for, but he died shortly at
ter from hemorrhage caused by stran-
gulation, which burst blood vessel in his
breast.
The Attorney General has begun suit
in Harrison County to enjoin the drain
age of Noble lake. w. A. Smith is the
defendant. He has commenced building
ditch to drain the lake into the Mis-
souri,. The Attorney General will make
the case a test to prove whether the
State can protect its lakes. Many of
them have been drained in recent years
and the policy of the State is to vigor-
ously oppose such action. The lake in
cludes about 600 acres and is from five to
twenty feet deep.
Gov. Shaw has determined that the
State will pay rejected volunteers for
the Spanish war. When the Federal call
was made for troops the four regiments
of Iowa militia were offered in a body
and modified in Des Moines. They
were held there several weeks before the
Government surgeons examined them. A
considerable proportion of the men were
rejected for physical reasons. The Fed
eral Government refused to pay the re-
jected men for the time they We're in the
State camp. About $4,000 will be re
quired to pay these claims.
Ernest A. Lawrence and Simon Han
berg, Chicago real estate dealers, were
brought to Keokuk by Sheriff Kinney
and lodged in jail. They were extra
ditcd from Chicago on an indictment
found at Keokuk charging them with de-
frauding G. Hills and wife of $500 in
the purchase of farm, giving in pay
ment mortgage or trust deed for that
sum signed by Bertha Swart2 and made
payable to the Chicago Title and Trust
Company and representing it to be a first
lien on the property, when it was but a
second mortgage and wholly worthless.
During race between horses owned BY
George Jacobs and Martheney, both Of
Emeline, most disastrous accident oc-
Cured. A mile of road in the timber
was chosen for the course, and after con-
siderable scoring the word was given and
the race was on; but as the horses were
at the top Of their speed and the mile al
most run, two other men came down the
road from opposite direction seemingly
testing the speed of their own horses The
road at this place making little bend,
the four horses unayoidably collided, kill
ing one of them instantly and breaking
another's leg, while the riders were more
or less injured Jacobs had his right leg
broken III three places and Martheny re-
ceived a broken hip and spine injury.
A boy named Pruitt was accidentally
killed at Siding by the pile driver which
was being used by the Illinois Central
werkmen Mt the overhead crossing on the
@, 4 N. w. line falling on him. He was
engaged us water carrier and his people
live at Loreland.
While Mrs. Hugh Beggs was preparing
breakfast at her home Mt Ogdensbuyg,
lamp exploded, enveloping her in flames.
She rushed from the house to the barn.