Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29

his retirement from politics and will en-
gasc i'll business in that city
Chas. Winsche, aged Il, was gored to
death by n bull near Nfuscatine, while
bringing cattle from pasture
The faculty of Tabor College has de-
cided to make chapel attendance compul-
sorry on the part of the students.
A small sack containing 1O5 letters for
Waterloo fell under C. G. w. train ut
Marshalltown and was ground to pieces
Pleasant Pruitt, former well-known
citizen of Iowa City, committed suicide
at Indianapolis, after numbering his wife.
Experiments to test the value Of soft
corn as food for stock will be conducted
ut the experiment station Mt Ames this
fall
The poultrymen of jackson County
have formed an association for the pur-
pose of giving an exhibition in the near
future.
Henry Eberhardt, IL Gladbrook farmer,
suffered the loss of his left hand while
assisting in the operation of threshing
machine.
Albert Mckinney, who shot Rev. Lo.
mack at Des AIoines, has been found
guilty of assault with intent to kill. Both
are colored.
In an alteration over the price of
meal Dot Wells, restaurant keeper Mt
North McGregor, struck John Gleason a
blow which resulted in his death.
Will Mitchell, who stabbed Charley
Owen during n family row at Waverly
over year ago and who escaped ut the
time, has just been arrested at Waterloo.
Waterloo physicians are agitating the
formation Of a stock company having for
its object the erection of hospital with
facilities commensurate with the needs
of that city.
w. NJ. WEIGH & Co., manufacturers of
school supplies, will remove from Chicago
to Anamosa. The company has a capital
ization of 100000. and will employ
large number of men.
The Supreme Court. following the con-
.struction of the collateral inheritance tax
law given in n former case, has ruled that
there is no exemption when the value of
the estate, after payment of debts, is
more than $1,000.
Owen o. Ball, aged 1S, the son of re.
spectacle parents in Marshalltown, vas
arrested for robbery. One hundred and
fifty dollars worth of stolen goods were
found and recovered. The articles We're
identified us from three different and re-
cent burglaries.
Robert Morris. convicted of an at
tempt to murder Bert Nefey at Ingersoll
Park, Des Moines, last June, by stabbing
him with a knife, was sentenced TO six
years in the penitentiary. Judge Holmes
said he made the sentence heavy to dis
courage the promiscuous use of knucklcs
and pistols in Des Moincs.
Charges of conspiracy for the purpose
of looting the Otto bank and wrecking the
institution are made in n petition Of in
PREVENTION which has been filed in the
District Court by the Holstein Savings
Sank. The petitioner demands the re-
moval of the receiver, John B. Knudson,
who was appointed by the court upon
the application Of John 7. Willett, and
the appointment of another person as
receiver. A hard fight is to be made
not only over the assets of the bank, but
over the individual property of the own
ers.
The restaurant in the State house at
Des Moines has been forced to move out,
the room being needed for storage of doc
uments
The Democrats of the Seventh judicial
district in session at Davenport, indors-
ed the nominees of the Bar Association
Of the district.
The board of health has been advised
that but one case of leprosy exists in the
State. Some days ago the board was
advised there We're two cases, but in
reality there were two reports on the
same case. The patient is Norwegian
young woman living near Humboldt.
Rev. Ficke. pastor of immaculate
Church mt Dubuque, has just celebrated
the thirty-fourth anniversary of his pas
torate at that place.
Lewis Snyder, n tramp. was probably
fatally shot by Officer Ruddenberg of
Oskaloosa, who attempted to arrest him.
Snyder resisted arrest and assaulted tie
officer, threatening to kill him, when Rud-
denberg shot him in the abdomen.
The robbery of several stores at Albion
has been cleared up by the arrest of
George Twombley and Roy Ol1nstead,
both aged 1S. Olmstead has confessed.
About $50 worth of goods have been re-
covered. Will Grandon, an accomplish
of the two arrested, has disappeared.
Only the non-appcarance of his wife.
daughter and her husband prevented
Thomas Doherty. a blacksmith of Ottum-
wa, from exterminating his entire family
while he was in a drunken rage He
waited at the head of the stairs ut his
residence to pick them off with gun as
they came up. They fled to neighbours,
and later, when they rcappeared, Doherty
opened FIRE. The shots went wild, and,
having but one bullet left, he fatally shot
himself.
At Clinton, John Hagberg, who sued
c. Lamb & Sons for $1,000 for damage
for injuries received while in their en-
ploy, was given verdict of $1,000 in
District Court.