Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-10

Mems overcoats $l.90; Bear.
-Buyyour apples at Daubney's.
Take bath at Trzcinski's. 34-4
Apples by the barrel at Daubney's.
John Telling went to Cresco Sat-
urday.
&C. c. Bates transacted business
in st. Paul last week.
Mrs. H. G.. Goddard is visiting
friends at Des Moines.
Miss Belle Steine went up to Min
neapOlis last Tuesday.
Going on every day-the biggest
sale ever known at Bears.
L. J. Halse, of Bluffton, was trans
acting business i'm DEBORAH last Satur-
day.
Buy DR.. Topliff7s tooth powder. 1t
can be found at drug stores and can't
be beat. 25
The only complete line of artics
and warm footwear i'm the city at
Bears.
Mrs. w. ID. Collins, of New Hamp-
ton, has been visiting i'm town for
few days.
1t is pretty cold to husk corn with
out gloves; we have lots of them cheap
at Bears.
j. N. Topliff and John Van Pelt
went to Holyoke, Mimi, to spend a
few days hunting deer.
Mrs. Bohen and children, of
Thompson, sister of Mrs M. G.. Ripley,
is in town for few weeks visit.
PUBLIC OPINION from now until
January l, 1898, only $l.5O, the price
of one years subscription. Tell your
friends about it.
The newspapers report w. HI. Val
leau in precarious condition at his
home in Austin, near Chicago. He is
suffering from cancer.
The b., G. r. & n. Ry. still sells
Homeseekers excursion tickets. See
their advertisements i'm this issue for
dates and fare. G. S. RICE, Agt.
Call on M. C. Steyer & Son for
prices on all kinds of cut stone, etc.,
for building purposes, at 40 w. Water
street, opposite Lutheran Publishing
House. q
The bridge men of the G. NJ. & st.
p. Ry. Co. have constructed a new
platform at the freight depot, and are
repairing bridges on the DEBORAH
| branch.
Burglars again made their appear
ance in town, this time at the residence
of Henry Dayton last Sunday night,
though, strange to say, no one saw
them appear. They emptied all the
purses they could find, securing $50.
No clew to the thieves has yet been
found WdukOn Standard.
IF. c. Schanck's stage Office is at
the st. Cloud Hotel. Leave orders
there for the north. Stage leaves daily
at 800 p. M, for Burr Oak, Prosper,
Hesper and Mabel. Connects with
train going west on narrow gauge, and
makes drives to any place within %
miles of Burr Oak. Telephone him at
st. Cloud hotel or Rollins barn.
Some newspaper man started the
report that a Brookfield, N. j., girl
kneads bread with her gloves on. An
exchange answers: 1--WE also need
bread with our shoes on, with our
pants on and with clothes on. We
need it badly, too, and if our delin-
quents don't pay up we will need it
without ;ny pants at all. "-GoodeU
Journal.
Another cOmmendable act of ex-
Governor Larrabee has caused a bur-
den to be stricken from the shoulders
of a heart-broken mother. He had a
note of $500 against one Robert Gallon
for land rent. Upon hearing of the
latter's death while pursuing the late
bank robbers, and hearing that he was
the support of his mother, he made
Mrs. Gallon present of the note.
"A schoolboy's composition on 1.-The
Editor" ran as follows: "The editor is
one of the most happiest individuals
in the world. He can go to the circus
without paying nickel, also to in
quests and hangings. He has free
tickets to theatres, gets wedding cakes
sent him, and sometimes gets lickin',
but not often, for he can take things
back i'm the next issue, which he gen.
orally does While other folks have to
go to bed early, the editor can sit up
late and see all that's going on. When
Pm man L mean to be an editor so
that can stay out late at night, then
that will be jolly"
The discovery that an enamored
couple are a long-separated brother
and sister is one of the stock incidents
of the hack-novel writer. But in the
''little church around the corner in