Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-20
The NEWS IN IOWA

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The man who robbed the Bank of
Hardy, Humboldt county, on the 9th,
of $500, has been reported captured by
the marshal at Eagle Grove.
Mrs. Myers, aged 70, of Williams
burg, fell into cellar, completely
Scalping herself and fracturing the
base of her brain, from which injuries
she died twenty-four hours later
She was conscious up to the time OF
snr death.
NJ. A. Carr, aged is, son of Mr.. Carr.
the proprietor of the hotel at Hardy,
eight miles west of Goldfeld, while
working in the elevator, went to the
top to look after some of the machin-
cry, fell into the chute and was smooth
cred to death. He was Il member Of
the Modern Woodmen.
At Charter Oak two men entered the
home Of O. NJ. Criswell, republican
nominee for recorder, and awoke him.
They covered him with revolvers and
demanded to know where his money
was. They got IS in cash, a gold
watch and two gold rings and
departed. The authorities Immediately
secured bloodhounds and set them on
the track of the robbers.
AS the Vanderbilt special train was
passing through Dunlap a few days
ago William Tietsort and Charles
4 Il,
railroad track in front of the train,
with fatal results. William T;etsort
was instantly killed and Charles
McEvers was considerably bruised, but
not seriously injured. Both horses
were killed. They are both farmers
and were driving home from Dunlap.
A. strange malady is affecting the
people in the southern part of Black
Hawk county. The sufferers are
attacked with symptoms strongly
resembling hog cholera, and at present
there are three cases. Two of the
sufferers are Mrs Gus Kohn and her
son, who have been doctoring diseas ed
hogs. The victims are dangerously i'll.
A neighbor, named Waller, is also
suffering from the strange disease,
and is in precarious condition. Hogs
are dying by the hundreds.
A very serious accident occurred in
Rock Creek township, Jasper county,
whereby Charles Rice was terribly
injured and came near losing his life.
He was running threshing machine
engine and separator along the road.
In going down hill he lost control of
the engine and jumped from it to save
himself, missed his footing and was
run over by the wheels of the separator.
Some of his ribs were broken.
Another series of burglaries were
committed in Iowa Falls and there is
no clew TO the gang. At the home of
A. NJ. Lyman they secured $1,000 in
cash and in the home of r. w. Strother
gold watch and chain and So. The
house of +. E. Foster was entered and
the burglars secured gold watch and
chain and $1.5O in money. In the two
latter places they secured an entrance
by turning the keys in the door locks
with tools, while at Lyman's an
entrance was made through the cellar
window.
The Farmers bank, of Melbourne,
which is a branch of the Rhodes bank.
was entered a few nights ago by
burglars, large hole drilled in the
vault and the safe rifed of all the
cash on hand, which, through lucky
circumstance, amounted at the time
to only about S17O. Entrance was
effected by the rear door The robbers
then drilled hole through the brick
vault large enough to admit man.
The large iron safe which the vault
contained was blown almost to frag-
ments. The previous evening the
cashier had received $500 by express,
but AS it was after banking hours he
took it to his residence. The robbers
probably knew of the shipment, but
did not know where the money was.
A dispatch from Jefferson says: The
cigarette law III Iowa has Decn III
operation three months and if its work
in this town is any criterion, it can
hardly be regarded as a success. The
young men and boys who formerly
used the cigarette, still may be seen at
any hour of the day putting the little
coffin nails. and still smaller sets OF
boys are rapidly becoming veterans in
smoking. How the vile sticks are
obtained is not known, as the boys
decline to tell where they get them.
and the fact that they are prohibited
appears to make the boys even more
keen to smoke. They have also heard
that the law prohibiting the sale of
cigarettes is unconstitutional and
boldly assert that the state dare not
prosecute the retailers. More cigarettes
are smoked in tins town than prior to
July /.
Fire in the Pullman house, at Cedar
Rapids, originating from defective
fiue, caused a loss of about $1,000,
good portion OF the loss being
occasioned by water. Fully insured.
Franklin IL. Whitney died few
days ago at Atlantic, after months
illness He had lived in Cass county