Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-11-15
iowa NEWS CONDENSED

State Sabbath School Association,
returned from the state endeavor con-
vention very i'll, and is now at her
home in Shenandoah dangerously sick
with pneumonia. II is feared she will
not recover.
A fve-year-old son of Samuel Green,
residing in Lyons, was killed. He was
playing about a load of coal which his
father was hauling and in some way
fell under the wheels. The loaded
wagon passed over his body, killing
him instantly.
Peter Gibc, brakeman on the
Northwestern, was killed at Clinton.
His body was found on raft of logs
under the bridge across the Mississippi
river, and it is supposed he was
knocked from the top of the cars by
the overhead work on the bridge.
Some time ago the statement was
published in the state papers that Miss
Lucia b Griffin, the gifted elocutionlst,
had created a sensation at Abba by
appearing ON the street in knicker-
bocl1ers. This statement is now
denied, the fact having been elected
that they were only boomers.
Charles Pingar, a Dubuque barber,
was convicted by jury in Justice Muir
phys court of violating the Sunday
law by keeping his barber shop open.
The prosecution was brought by the
barbers' union. Piugar paid his fine
rather than go to jail. This is some
thing novel for Dubuque.
An Iowa Falls dispatch says the
officers have lost all cluea to the
whereab bouts of the unknown man who
assaulted Brakeman Babbitt. of the
Central, with a knife. He was tracked
out of town, when the trail was lost.
The supposition is that he walked to
some adjoining town and then boarded
a train.
When the south-bound freight train
on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids &c
Northern road reached point between
Spirit Lake and Superior, it was found
necessary to double over grade. In
returning for the second half of the
train the locomotive crashed into the
cars, wrecking three of them. Brake
man King was Instantly killed. and
Engineer Preston. Fireman Shoemaker
and brakeman MatticO were badly
injured.
A frightful accident occurred on the
Char I'll
Taylor and Pearl II. Lutz, section men
at work at the west end of the bridge,
stepped from the main line to allow
freight train to pass, and stepped in
front of train coming from the
opposite direction on the Kansas City
branch. Lutz was thrown from the
bridge and Taylor was crushed under
the wheels. Both died within few
hours.
John Peek, well known young man
living in Waterloo has disappeared.
He was last seen on the 9th, and it is
believed that he has become insane
and is supposed to have gone to Chi
cago. He is 81 years old, blonde and
smooth shaven. He wore dark suit,
blush overcoat and plush cap. His
friends are greatly alarmed over his
disappearance, and have offered 500
reward for his discovery.
There appears TO be little doubt that
the town of Lohrville is the center of
q rich deposit of coal. Parties who
have been prospecting upon the farm
of H. Walrod have struck several
stratas of coal and all the evidences in
the way of earth formation usually
found previous to coming upon a vein
of coal. The specimens of coal thus
far unearthed are of a superior quality
and property owners in that section
will not sell at any price
Five weeks ago Will w. Carver
escorted a young lady home from So
cial gathering at Burlington and then
disappeared completely, and has never
been seen since. The country was
secured for weeks. and every possible
effort made to find him. He was final
ly given up for dead. A few nights
ago his brother received telegram
saying: 81 am at Elmwood Ill. How
did get here? Your brother, WILL"
When last seen he was in evening
dress.
The Harrison county grand jury has
found indictments in the charge of
perjury against w. A. Smith, of Cal
ifornia Junction, and John A. McKcen,
of Blair, Neb. The prominence of the
men makes it the talk of the day. The
alleged offense grew out of suit
brought by Cyrus Audt. of Missouri
Valley. against these men over the
Kelley institute at Sioux Falls, S. d.
The evidence produced before the
grand jury is largely documentary,
Robbers cracked the safe of Hardesty
& Mccullough, at Kirkville, and got
81, 700 in cash and securities.
At Atlantic recently Mrs. Anna Gal
liant was pouring kerosene from an oil
can into the stove to make the fire
burn better, when the oil in the can
exploded, and the burning oil was
thrown all over the unfortunate wo-
man. She ran out doors and the neigh