Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10
THE NEWS In IOWA


has assigned; assets, SEA, 200; liabilities,
$4,000.
John V. Crum, Iowa's famous
sprinter, has been elected city attorney
of Bedford.
Irving st. Clair, of lie Grande, was
instantly killed by the bursting of
saw while saving wood.
During the month of February sixty
men were discharged in the Santa Fe
railroad shops at FIT. Madison on
account of slack work.
Davenport dispatch: The trial of
the DIR. Reid case for alleged abortion
or Mrs. j. L. Carney, of Iowa City, is
now in progress. The defense is max
ing a good fight and the indications are
the state will not convict.
Ed Williams narrowly escaped the
loss of hand while feeding buzz
saw at Iowa Falls. One finger was
severed and two others badly cut.
The surgeon who dressed the hand
thinks he will lose but one finger.
Cedar Rapids dispatch: 1t has been
discovered that a number of fellows
have been in the habit of hauling
cholera hogs into the city and selling
them at the packing houses. 1t has
not been learned what disposal is made
of them.
The county supervisors have intro
duced mounted police into Scott county.
Sixteen stations with telephone con-
nections with Davenport have been
established, each beat being twenty
five miles per day. The syste IN takes
effect in April.
S. r. Dawson, the murderer of
Walter Scott at Des Moines, was ar
raigned in police court to answer to
the charge of murder. He pleaded not
guilty. The date of his hearing has
not yet been fixed.
In the special election in Linn county
to elect a successor to the late DIR.
McClelland, the contest in Cedar
Rapids was sharp, both republicans
and democrats driving carriages
through binding snow storm. David
Brant, republican, carried seven pre-
cincts of the city with 800 majority
outside His plurality in the county
will probably be about 600.
Mrs George Emerson, of Creston,
alleges that she is being prosecuted by
unknown enemies. She says she can
not leave home but what something is
taken or destroyed. A few days ago
she left the house, and during her
absence someone dropped lighted
match in box containing jug of coal
oil. A neighbor put the blaze out
before any damage was done.
Frank Peltz, German cigar dealer,
was held to the grand jury at Cedar
Rapids in the sum of 81 900 on a charge
of assault with intent to commit
murder. He went to the Odd Fellows
hall, and, calling George Murphy out,
attempted TO shoot him. Peltz had
been notified by Murphy to appear and
stand trial for beng an habitual
drunlard and for misconduct.
Amos Wymans, workman in the
Cudahy packing house at Sioux City
was killed by getting his clothes caught
in rapidly revolving shaft of the ele-
vator. His vest caught and then his
suspenders, and he was drawn to the
shaft, which was about two feet from
a brick wall. His feet were cut off
almost instantly, and in a few minutes
he was beaten to death. When the
shaft was stopped, his lifeless body fell
TO the floor thirty feet below.
At Clinton few days ago Thomas
Mcnamara, an engineer of the Chicago
& Northwestern railway, dropped dead
of heart disease as he was talking to
friend. He was a member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and prominent in railroad circles. He
was held in high esteem by all who
knew him. He had been in the employ
of the Chicago & Northwestern for
many years. He was about 40 years Of
age He had no relatives.
The project long contemplated to
build monument to Julien Dubuque,
the founder of the city of Dubuque,
has at last materialized in the forming
ofan Incorporated company, capitalized
at $4,000, and the work will now begin
in earnest. Dubuque was the first
white man to settle in Iowa, coming
here in 1883 and remaining till his
death in 1910. He was buried on
bluff overlooking the river, but the
cedar cross which marked it has long
since disappeared.
A frightfully serious and nearly
fatal accident occurred at Patton.
While II. S. Gardiner was moving some
of his household goods to the residence
of his brother-in-law, c. L. Pemble, he
brought among other things a %
target rife, containing forgotten
load, and while the older persons were
carrying in the furniture GARDENERS
little 4-year-old son got the rifle and
shot little 3-year-old Marie Pemble,
the ball entering the middle of the
back and passing out in front of the
left side. At last accounts the little
one was resting well and hopes were