Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-18
CONDENSED ITEMS.

Two cases of leprosy have been
reported to Gov. Jackson, though their
location is kept secret.
At Belle PLANE few days ago John
Seerbe, Is years old, was buried in
16-foot we'll. He was removing the
old brick curbing and the sides caved
in, about feet of earth falling upon
him. When :ound he was standing
upright, but was stone dead. He had
been in the we'll for nearly an hour
and half.
Recently four men we"'rc '""sLs
over their faces came to the &C; derco
of Fred Tiedmanns, who lIes .aorJ
distance south of Burlington. Two of.
them entered carrying revolvers, and
while one of them stood guard over
Mr.. and Mrs Tiedemanns, the other
went through the house and took all
the loose money and jewelry on the
premises. The other two stood on the
outside guarding the approaches to
to the house. When they had COM
pleted their work they took a hurried
departure, leaving no clew to their
identity.
Rolfe Dispatch: The deadlock in
the republican representative conven-
ton has finally adjourned without
making a nomination. The convention
first met July 16 aud has been in ses-
sion off and on since. Pocahontas
county voted for several Humboldt
county men except Finch, but Hum
boldt was bound to have Finch. The
total number of ballots taken was 1877.
A petition has been circulated and
Hon. James Mercer. of Fonda will be
the candidate from Pocahontas county
1t is reported that Humboldt county
has nominated Finch by petition. thus
making an independent candidate from
each county.
A few evenings since Joseph Seller
murdered John c. Otto in cold blood
and then committed suicide. The
double tragedy occurred in the little
village of Low Moor, ten miles west of
Clinton, on the Northwestern railroad.
Otto was sitting in the rear of his
residence, milking a cow, when Seller
crawled up on low shed near by,
and, leaning over the gable, fred a
bullet into Otto's head. The shot did
not produce instant death, and the
victim staggered to the fence and fell
over it. Seller followed him up, and
leaning over the PROSTATE form, shot
Otto again in the head. Seller then
crawled back upon the roof of the
shed and fred two bullets into his
breast, one of them penetrating the
heart and causing instant death. Otto
was 40 years of age and leaves a wife
and seven children. Seller was 40 and
had wife and three children. The
tragedy was caused by domestic
difficulties, Seller accusing Otto of
having estranged his wife from him.
Bad blood had existed between the
two men for the past two years, and
Seller had many times threatened to
take Otto's life. Otto was well-to-do
store keeper Seller was retired.
Frederick Runge, Jr., while out nut
ting with several companions near
burlington recently, was thrown from
a wagon and both wheels passed over
his abdomen, crushing him fearfully.
lie died in "A few minutes.
At Burlington few days ago Charles
Lenger, temporarily insane, caught
his wife by the throat, choking her
nearly to death. He then chased his
mother-in-law off the premises and
compelled his wife to watch him
while he cut his throat with u razor.
He ran around the rooms until
exhausted, blood squirting over every
thing.