Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-10

been in the habit of catching wolf
cubs and keeping them till full grown,
when they can claim the $50 Tor them.
Handsome profits are reported to have
been reaped BY this method. rs 4. F;' =,
The question as to whether q, rail-
road company, is exempt from. liabil-
tty where one Of its employees meets
death while riding on q: pass has
been raised in the SIC, 600: suit started
at Sioux City against the Great
Northern railroad by M. J. Hogan. ad-
ministrator Of the estateSoi William
Moroney. Is. T. J.. ~. II; s; ;st,. x,
Commissioner Barney ID getting aft
er the short weight hay sellers. He
states that the practice OF selling rs
pound bales for 100 must cease Or,
there will be some heavy fines to- pay.
a bale Of hay comes under the de-
scription Of food in package in form.
and must be labeled, says the commits
sioner. !y1 E& " :','+ "a t+{3 &F12E
The school board of Jefferson has
passed a resolution to submit to the
voters the question Of building new
high school. Avote will be taken on
the issuance Of bonds in the sum of
$50, 000. at the annual meeting March
the 8th. .,
Mrs. Edith Pfeifer. Of Algona at
tempted to commit suicide on the
grave Of Vivian Maudain, her former
sweetheart. She shot herself in the
breast, the bullet passing an inch
above her heart. Mrs Pfeifer il .
divorcee and has two children.
d: Alonzo Ellis, a colored man who
shot and killed George Oscars, anoth-
er negro, at Perry, several weeks ago,
has been sentenced by Judge Hays
OF the district court to serve a life
term in the penitentiary at Fort Madi-
son. ~ 10 - ..gg.: 5tqss
Charles F. Davis, a Negro living
at Council Bluffs, shot and killed his
wife, fatally wounded his son, shot
q roomer an dthen committed suicide.
Davis had been. in the hospital for
the insane at Carinda, but was be-
lieved to have recovered. y. sS +"
y John Atwood, aged 6s. for thirty
years resident of keMars, Is dead.
He conducted a market garden and
florist establishment. He was lead
er in the Baptist church and highly
esteemed in the community. & ;S'f,g:
E. L. Embertson, who, with his two
brothers, all bachelors, has been con-
Quoting large farm nine miles north
Of Elkader, fell from q silo and re-
ceived injuries from which he died q
few hours later. sfs .s7, i, Il. slsS
Cracksmen blew the safe Of the
Sheldahl postonice and made a haul
Of %$444.7S in stamps, and escaped in
an auto. Federal officers assisted in
the hunt for the yeggmen, no trace
Of whom has been discovered.
Miss Ida Thompson, aged 60 years.
passed away in California. She had
been former teacher in the public
schools of Waukon for a period Of
over rs years, and sister OF Justice
Thompson OF Waukon.,s vs.. ~ w. .$st
A. R. Barnes, former editor Of the
Abba Union, died at his home in Al
bia. Mr.. Barnes was 76 years old and
a veteran .sof the civil war, having
served in 4 the Eighth i Wisconsin,
known as the Live Eagle" regiment.
Gun toting would be less popular II
Judge Chas. A. Dudley's example were
more often followed: He sentenced
Charles White, negro, 81 years old.
Of fDesS Moines, to twofyearsf in thu
penitentiary for the otfense. FsE
John Taylor, engineer of Charlton.
employed on the new Rock Island
short line, struck his head on q Bur
linzton bridge support while looking
backwards from his cab window. His
skull was crushed at the base. sy..y
Two paroled convicts were return
ed to the reformatory. at Anamosa
last week. This brings the total num-
Der Of guests at that institution up
to 667. n ID ss. ..t,. i i:.j
william Tiecke, aged 81, was crush
ed to death when caught in an eleyat-
or shaft OF !. a Muscatine hotel. His
head was almost severed from the
body. 4. :5l.s. Ia. 5. ss. TX
According to announcement made
there will be established at once
jitney bus line in Council Bluffs ex-
tending from the center OF the city
to Omaha. sTg93,as st.. .'15s,.H
The path of the Iowa bootlegger 10
becoming rocky one. Recently, Will
liam Farrell was fined $500 at Coun-
Gil Bluffs for selling contraband whis'
Ky. He now says never again. i
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hasseltine
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary at Washington. This brio
al couple were united in marriage at
Osceola, Ia, half century ago. j
Harry Riggs Of Clinton suffered on
" a ruined suit Of clothes and few
minor bruises when he was run over
by an engine and tender in the raik
road yards In Clinton. tE% -. r. !
Nose Levich, the bankrupt pawn
broker of Des Moines, has fled his
schedule in the district court. 1t
shows Levich's assets to be $147,-
563 AZ and his liabilities 1854, 777:17.
Plans have been completed for the
erection of a new hotel at Bellevue.
The new structure is to cost $4,000
and is to. be built on a site overlook
ing the Mississippi, river.
In honor Of his rs years as parish
priest, Rev. Thomas Dullard, pastor
of the Holy Name Catholic church IN
Rock Rapids, was presented with
s1,40O purse at the Knights OF Column
bus hall there. 49, .. ..-.'
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Glade OF
Horton township, Osceola county
have celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary. Their twelve children.
t1tty-fve grandchildren and one great
grandchild were present. ....-
Belgian relief day in Keokuk was
a decided success, over $20S in cash
being contributed, besides large
quantities of provisions.
Crossing the Mississippi river be-
low Muscatine in pursuit OF two men
believed to be irebugs, Carter Boise,
a farmer. aged "a, was drowned when