Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-12-15
THE NEWS IN IOWA

Mike Cohen, convicted of setting the
fire which almost wiped out the little
CITY of LaPorte last March, was SEN
senced at Waterloo to three years in
the penitentiary.
Fritz Jackson, who uttered n forged
instrument in Marine last December
for $17, using the name of sH. Fulton,
q wealthy farmer of Washington town
ship, and received the money from A.
Lastine at Marine, pleaded guilty in
the district court of Cass county. At
the time of the offense he skipped out
and was captured less than six weeks
ago near Boone by Sheriff j. A. Card.
The dead body of Sheriff Heron, of
Plymouth county, was found by the
railway right of way fence about
mile north of Merrill. 1t is believed
that he boarded train at the crossing
OF the Illinois Central and Sioux City
81 Northern roads and rode to the
point where his body was found, when
he fell from the train and was so badly
injured that he froze to death before
help arrived.
A lost bullet in the hand of Harry
Bits, boy residing at Iowa Falls,
has been located by Professor Elmer
Clifford, of Penn College, Oskaloosa,
by means of the X ray. The bali,
which the surgeons were unable to
locate by probing at the time of the
accident, which occurred several years
ago, could be easily seen and was
located between two bones of the
feshy part of the hand.
A sensation was created at Creston
by the arrest Of Attorney Ed. Wright.
The grand jury had indicted him for
embezzlement, the sum being SIS. He
had been IN Missouri, but had just
returned home. He is said to have
collected the amount mentioned and
applied it to his own use. Wright
recently married an estimable lady of
iKlum, S. d., moved in good society
and was quite prominent He gave
bonds.
While talking to friend on the
street at Davenport, County Supervisor
Henry Korn was hit on the head by
pair of pliers accidentally dropped by
lineman working on pole thirty
five feet above where Korn was stand
ing. Mr.. Korn was rendered uncon-
scious, and the extent of his injuries
cannot yet be told. He is one of the
most prominent and highly esteemed
German citizens of Scott county, and
has held many public offices.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter pub
fishes each week a list of shipments of
boots and shoes. The issue of Novem-
Der &c shows total for the preceding
week of 67,966 cases shipped; the cor
responding week of last year showed
90, S25 cases. Only five houses in the
United States had larger number of
cases shipped to them than did Bentley
& Olmsted, of Des Moines, who had
little more than twice as many as all
of the other dealers in Iowa.
William E. Curtis, in dispatch to
the Chicago Record, says: Senator
Allison might be invited into the
family circle if there was any prob
ability of his acceptance, but President
Mckinley is not offering cabinet
portfolios as souvenirs If there
should be the slightest intimation from
Mr.. Allison that he would consider
favorably an invitation to become
secretary of state or secretary of the
treasury, something might happen.
A distressing accident occurred a
Cromwell, on the Burlington road, to
Brakeman C. III. Ohler. He went to
get off the engine to get the orders
from the operator and in doing so fell
under the train, the wheels passing
over his right foot and right hand.
He was picked up and taken to Cottage
hospital at Creston. His iured limbs
were amputated. He is married
man. The physicians think he will
recover.
An attempt was made to wreck
passenger train on the Iowa Central
near Latimer An iron rail was laid
across the track on "A curve where it
would not be seen until the train
Nodit NC Ncp meat W sup an
freight happened along ahead of the
passenger train. which alone saved the
latter A posse is looking for three
suspicious looking characters who have
been lettering around the vicinity.
Robbery is supposed to be the motive.
In an effort to hurry slow fire,
Mrs. George Settle, of Osllaloosa,
poured some kerosene out of can
into the stove. An explosion followed,
igniting her clothing and setting fire
to the carpet and furniture. Though
there were several persons near her
they were unable TO rescue her in time
To save her, and she was fatally
burned. She was about 60 years old
She leaves four children. Her hus-
band is an employee of the Iowa
Central railroad.
While DR.. +. T. Brown and wife of
Primghar, were at the bedside OF a
dying brother of the doctors their
residence, with all the furniture, was
totally destroyed by fire, leaving them
only the clothing they had on them.
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