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as now developed also show that the bank was trying to carry too many weak concerns that had become heavily indebted to it. The second report of Assignee C. M. Thomas has been recently made to the court, which together with the first report, covers all assets. The report shows overdrafts due the bank to the enormous amount of $100,898.40. One of the heaviest losers is Dr. Davis, of Canton, who lost about $17.000. A Mr. O'Meara. residing a short distancé from town. together with different 18 embers of his family, lost sums as legating $15,000. One maiden lad: lost $7,200. and another, a washer oman, lost $700. Several lost sums ranging from $2,000 to $3,500. Many lost their entire savings, which though smaller in amount, meant greater deprivation and mental suffering than in many instances where the losses reached into the thousands. A man named King Steear, a shoemaker, by trade, left Maquoketa twenty years ago and went to Lincoln, Neb. Becoming tired of the country and yearning for the haunts of former days, he recently returned to spend here his remaining days in peace and comfort. He rented a room and fitted it up for a shop, paying a month's rent in advance. Then taking the remainder of his cash, $1,800, he deposited it in the Exchange bank. It is there now, somewhere under the wreck, and the old man has lost heart. Local financiers believe that all available and collectible assets as published in the reports, will not exceed 5 to 10 per cent on the liabilities. The assets now reported aggregate about $176,000, on which there may possibly be realized $30,000 or $40,000. The total liabilities have not yet been scheduled, but, should they amount to $225,000, as many believe they will, the dividend for depositors is likely to run below 15 per cent.
