Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21
Local and Aeighborhood News

A gang OF boy robbers has been
mearthed in Des Moincs. Three of
them, ranging in age from IA to IL
years, when arrested, confessed they
had robbed Numerous houses in that
city lately.
Because he changed letter in
the spelling of his name, Richard
Refer of Des Moines, may lose title
to an estate 10 which he has fallen
heir in Prussia. When Refer
was naturalized he changed the
spelling from Keller to Kefer.
The honest old hen, says an ex-
change, encouraged by mild wealth
er, has not taken her customary va.
cation, and is getting even with the
cold storage man who has given her
a bad name by selling musty old
eggs as freshly laid, by working ov-
er time. AS result there has been
Il big slump in the egg market all
over the state. Dealers are now
forced to let loose of their eggs at
from II TO Is cents dozen. A year
ago at this time they were selling at
from 30 to 40 cents, and there were
few good ones, even at that price.
3 -Four trials without ever going to
the supreme court have been held in
the $4,000 libel case of A. A. Dorm
and j. E. McGinty against Geo. L.
Cooper at Council Bluffs, which has
Just resulted in It's last hearing in a
verdict Of 81 for the plaintiffs. 1t
is believed this eclipses all records
of the kind in Iowa. The fact that
only nominal damages were allowed
throws the costs on Dorm and Nc
Ginty, as Cooper had offered to pay
Sc in settlement. Original issues.
which arose over an advertisement
published by Cooper in paper at
Nicola, where all three live, have
been lost sight of in the question of
WHO shall pay the costs, amounting
al This time to nearly Sl,O0O.-EN.
"A tragedy equal to that of the
dcWilliams' was narrowly averted
when a Mr.. Sorenson, formerly an
inmate OF the insane hospital at In
dependence, threatened to kill his
.vife and two small children at his
home, east of Prairie Center, on
Tuesday night, February LIST, but
lor some reason he told his wife of
his intentions and she coaxed him
TO wait until the next evening which
he consented to do. The following
afternoon a neighbor visited the
home to buy some cattle and Soren-
son told him of his intentions. The
alarm was quickly spread and J. A.
Follmer. Mr.. Arnold, John Mahoney
and Frank Hannah persuaded him
TO accompany them to Independence
where he was turned over to the Of
fcers and placed in sale Keeping
Hazelton Advance.
This is the season when the far
mers Of Delaware county spend the
largest share Of their time at their
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etc. We are glad to state that The
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