Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-04-28
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Is One OF the most important iega
battles ever waged in the courts o
Humboldt county is now on which
will determine the mental competenc!
Of Mrs. Ellen c.. Colby to make I
will. Mrs. Colby died leaving th'
bulk of her. fortune, estimated a
$150,00O, to her housekeeper and com
panion. Since her death eight distan
relatives have appeared from Kansas
Illinois, Iowa and Arkansas, all t
contest the will. 49,
4 Raymond Burgess Of Marshalltown
charged with completely with Owet
Ball in recent burglaries at For
Dodge, and George Murphy of Bel
mond, held for bootlegging, escaped
from the Webster county jail, ant
have not been rearrested. The,
struggled file into jail and escaped
to the skylight and thence to unoccu
pied sheriff's quarters where they
reached the fire escape. -<& 3
Work has been begun by the county
board of supervisors of Marshal
county, looking toward the, improve
ment of the Lincoln highway in con
temptation OF heavy traffic over the
route to San Francisco exposition this
summer. The highway west Is already
in good shape, as result of last sea
sons extensive work. The eastern
half Of the route through the county
will be put in shape at once.
Judge J. J., Clark will have hi.
hands full when he convenes court
at Usage. The principal case. up fol
trial is that Of the Cedar Rapids Ma
tional bank against some 10 of the
leading farmers Of the county. It Is
alleged that these farmers gave notes
for gas lighting machines before they
were delivered and when they were
brought to the farms for acceptance
they were refused. - =
For the first time in 26 years,
Frank and Nathan Rainsbargers heve
been permitted to leave prison walls
at Anamosa and visit the scenes OF
their youth. The brothers were re-
leased for a short time for. the pur.
pose Of visiting their sister, Mrs. Hen.
.ry Johns at Abbott, who is critically
and perhaps fatally i'll.
While coming to Dewitt from Dav.
export on, the Milwaukee Alvin Mills
was stricken with paralysis. His con.
dition was not noticed until the train
had passed through Dewitt, and at
Welton he was assisted from the
train and placed on the southbound
freight, which brought him back to
Dewitt, = re - %'" i. ~,
! Louis Stebiner OF TT. Madison was
made an heir to \ fortune of $4,000
through the death Of a sister, Miss
Louise stebinger, a linotype operator,
who dropped dead on a bridge in
Menominee, Mich. On her person, a
bank book showing deposits to the
amount OF $4,000 in a Chicago bank
was found. 4 49,, ,,.sce..<.t .5f#.
Dan La Bar was found guilty of
swindling Ed. W. Coyle Of Mason City
out Of $4,000 and while Coyle gets no
part Of the money back he Is highly
gratifed at the result OF the trial.
He was induced to bite by a certainty
of winning and he put almost every
dollar he had on earth into The game.
q River Improvement work will be
kept up throughout the coming sea-
son, with the $4,000 made avail
able by the last congress for the up
per river. The first work has started
with the construction Of wing dams
and riprapping near, Montpelier. Ss&
The lid is on in Perry, and, ac-
cording to- Mayor Jack Bruce, it is
on to stay. The campaign Of Mr..
Bruce a short time ago was made
on a strictly dry platform and he has
started@to rid the city Of every boot
logger. @ 80 .t svst 4
I Thus far in Iowa eighty-three towns
haxe experimental with oil to lay dust
on their streets. The results have
been good, bad and Indifferent. Hum
boldt, like many other Iowa towns,
is now studying the oiling process,
with likelihood OF its being tried. 81
d. @. Wilson, aged 16 years, of Mar
shalltown, in attempting to get of a
c. a. Wv. freight train,. struck a
signal post and was thrown under
the; wheels OF the car and both legs
cut of just below the knees. @5
The change of postmasters in the
Boone postoffice has been made. The
new postmaster, John R. Heron, TAX
ing charge and S. G. Goldthwaite. edi-
tor .ot the Boone News-Republican,
retiring, s55a- %. ~
Z The county treasurer OF DEBORAH
has received a check from the state
treasurer for $S,440 as Winneshiek's
share OF the automobile tax. This
is the largest check the county ever
received s5 4. II, 2! ,-s..5s-. .. ~. 49,.
The court house at Council Bluffs
Is closed for fumigation. A member
OF the janitor's family living in the
basement Of the building was discov-
cred with a we'll developed case of
smallpox. i 5i.# &
The trial of Francis Dunn for kill
ing his stepfather was begun at At
lantic and will take some time.
United States Marshal Baker went
to Mason City to take Ray Collins to
Fort Dodge, where he is to answer to
the charge Of receiving and selling
drugs contrary to the law. Collins
was taken into custody some time
ago., and is alleged to have received
drugs at nearby towns through the
mails. v,,;;. ... : III y. 's'' 5
The combined membership of the
four Protestant churches of Clearf1eld
is greater than the population Of the
town, being in excess of 200. while
the people number 649. The Sunday
school attcpdancs on April II was So
per cent 81 the population. ~
g Acting upon evidence presented dur
ing its recent meeting at Manchester,
the grand jury returned true bill
against Charles Haigh of Earlville,
charged with giving liquor to the 1S
year old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Derr of that place. Haigh was arrest
ed and gave bond for his appearance
in court later. -. s's"s q "a ..
Tim Taylor, pioneer, cigar mer.
chant and travelling salesman and g.