The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-01
NOTES OF INTEREST.

Considerable stir has been caused 10y
a statement made 10y Judge Stout III adj
dressing the jury in DoyleStown. Pa, III
the MCtarty gambling ease IN the Buck
county court. According To the state
ment made by the judge practically ev'
cry society woman in Doylcstuwu is liza.
BILE to be convicted for gambling. Judge
Stout. during bis address 10 the jury
said:
While many apparently overlook the
fact. under the laws of the state every
game played for stake is gambling,
whether it is progressive euchre, bridge
whist, domluOes, checkers or dice, Is Il
violation of the laws. and the partici-
pants are liable TO be indicted and com
PEELED to face Il jury"
Considerable mcrrimeut was caused nj
the close of the address to the jury 10y
the attorney for the defense, Howard |,
James of Bristol, stepping to the bar
and handing To the judge Il copy of To-
cal newspaper containing an account al
n bridge whist at which the judge : Wlie
had won q prize, The laughter spread
over the room. and the judge himself
was even compelled to joint in the merrl'
ment.
Denis Richard, who lives in EmmctS-
burg, la.. is III years of age, and I'M
douhtedly is the oldest man in Iowa.
He was born in Dublin, Hill of llUath,
Ireland March :, lI9S. He was one
of nine children. lie came to Iowa thIr-
~ years ago, and lived with NJ. j. No
laud of Emmett Sburg twenty seven years.
He followed the sen for forty years, ANA
was shipwreckcd and cast away for
three months at one time. He has fol-
lowed farming Ill Iowa. He has meyer
been sick and never called doctor. lie
uses liquor only sparingly, but smokes
Il great deal. In his time he has been a
crack wood sawyer, Saving wood with
Il bucksaw being his hobby. He is a
great walker also. lie is II Democrat,
He cut wood for Abraham Lincoln, but
may not have voted for him. The only
photograph ever taken of him was taken
by William w. Stone ON April >, 1909,
and Il copyright has been applied Tor 10y
Mr.. Stone, who is a photographer at En-
mctsburg.
Inside safe bought ut public sale
over thirty years ago, cN-CurOncr Ma
thauicl Conway of Sussex county. Del,
has found a fortune. At the time of the
purchase Conway carted the safe to his
stable and left it unopened. He decld.
ed recently to examine the contents, and
with hammers and other tools broke the
lock. Gold coins of various dcnOmua.
tons rolled ont on the floor. The noise
attracted Il crowd. and spectators look
ing through the windows say Conway
could lac seen gathering the gold from
the floor and putting it in bags When
interviewed Conway refused 10 say now
much gold the safe contained, hut de.
clarcd he could live the rest of his days
in luxury.
Several engineers were ON the plat.
form of the Union depot in Kansas city
Mo, waiting for the time To take their
trains out rs they talked they began
To discuss animals.
Il used To be on the Missouri Pacific,
running southwest out of Wichita one
engineer said. My train ran through a
pasture about fifteen miles out on the
run. The first day out the fireman point
ed to Jack rabbit sitting in the pasture,
about ten rods from the tracks. lie
said he believed the rabbit came there to
hear the train rs it went by.
The next day when we went out |
looked for the rabbit. lie was sitting in
the same place, twitching his ears, rs if
trying To catch every sound. lie was
there fer the next day, and the next. |
was on that run for two years, and the
rabbit never missed n day. ! asked the
other engineers on the line if they ever
noticed the rabbit in the pasture, but it
seemed that my train was the only one
that made the noise that suited him. |
do not think it was the train, exactly.
but the way | ran the engine, that he
liked.
after | quit that road | told the next
engineer 10 look ont for my Jack rabbit.
He saw the rabbit. but instead of its
twitchng his ears and pricking them up
he laid them flat on his back, MS If
frightened. by the end of the week L.
failed To appear in the pasture
The efforts and voices Of teachers,
druggist and Il physician
failed to arouse little Max Lewis of
Trenton, y. j.. from the trance into
which he fell while attending school, but
tn" moment his molhcr spoke to him the
little fellow was wide awake. The boy
fell into deep sleep during n study hour
in school. His teacher tried 10 awaken
him, but failed Then some of his
schoolmates shook him ami called him
by name, but still he slept. \ clcri,
from Il near 10y drug store was called in,
and was unable 10 break the spell Dr.
James j. Mcguire responded to call
and could not arouse the child. Taking
him in his arms the doctor drove his
automobile To- his home, on Union street.
Mrs. Lewis met them at the door. and
at the first word from his mother David
fects from the trance.
Railroad handcars used by section men
and equipped with gigantic sails are the
latest and most effective method used by
Oklahoma outlaws for escaping To the
Businesses of the Usage hills. west OF
Battlesville, Ok, with their loot from,
banks along the Kansas border. The
wreckage of one of the equlpages found
at Dewey, three miles north gave the
secret away. On board the vehicle at
the time ii left the rails were two men
who were escaping with $500 of the
funds of the Havana (kauD bank, which
they dynamited shortly before 3 O'Clock
in the morning. The men escaped out
of the city on an early train, after over
pOwering policeman who tried TO arrest
them. James VI. Parker, ten miles north
saw what appeared 70 be a mammoth
Sailhoat flying down the railroad track
AS IT passed with the speed Of II pasScn
ger train he saw II was haudcar with
II large sail attached Two men were
on board. \ few minutes later rs the
car swung around a curve at Dewey II
was blown from the track The men
escaped and He'd with their plumber 10 u
Missouri. Kansas X Texas train. which
they had been making such haste Il
catch at Dewey, They were seen on the
baggage ear here ana ordered TO get off
They covered the policeman with their
revovers until the train started ant
again escaped.
\ man of West Chester. Pa, who's,
name is withheld by the police, was dis
covered hidden in a closet ut the home oI
&. Ross Darlington the other night, anC
was captured at the point of revolver
in the hands OF Mr.. Darlington. Tn,
intruder had been fastened in the close
by Mrs. Darlington, who, hearing