Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-06-09
THE NEWS IN IOWA

Millions of worms are destroying
corn in Cass county. A Creighton
college scientist pronounces them army
worms.
Ed Pulliam, of Jefferson. who was
gored by bull few days ago, has
died from the effects of injuries
received
Oliver Humphrey has been received
at the Anamosa prison under forty
year sentence for the heinous crime of
rape and incest.
The clothing store of NJ. and J. RI
Hakes at Laurens was burglarized and
from $500 to $500 worth of clothing was
taken. A reward is offered.
June Ridenour has been arrested at
Jefferson on the charge of breaking
INTO Northwestern freight car and
stealing quantity of whisky.
Frank L. Campbell, ex-railroad com
missioner, has been announced as a
candidate before the republican state
convention for a second term.
Mike Coleman, who has just served a
four years sentence in the Wisconsin
prison for burglarizlng the postoffice
at Lancaster, has been brought to
Dubuque to stand trial for the New
Albion. Iowa, inh.
Inc estimated damage '0y the recenc
flood TO the town of Cascade is SIG, 900.
The narrow gauge line from Cascade
IN hos
there has been no train for a week.
The Chicago, Milwaukee 81 st. Paul
railway will lose $50, O00 No fatalities
w. p. Collins, of Alton, has created
sensation by instituting a suit
against Robert Botleman for $4,000,
accusing him of alternating his wife's
affections. Botelman was county
recorder for six years and is popular
The prominence of the parties has
intensified interest in the case.
Paul. the 3-year-old son of Rev. and
Mrs. X. c. Roberts, of Marshalltown.
met an untimely death. The boy was
playing with collar button, and it is
supposed that he put it in his mouth
and accidentally swallowed it, the
button probably lodging in his wind
pipe. He was seen to be choking and
within a few minutes expired. The
blood streamed from his mouth and
nostrils.
A few mornings since early risers in
the Fifth ward of Clinton found the
body of perfectly formed child of
Premature birth in the street at the
end of the Street car track. 1t was
taken into a store near by, where
shoppers were viewing it, when sud-
denly some one spirited it away.
Neither the body of the child nor the
person who left it in the street have
been found.
Trackrnen on the Chicago e. North
western road, near Ogden, found the
terribly mutilated body of man who
had been run over in the night. 1t was
found that the dead man was Thomas
Robinson, farmer, aged 90. He had
attempted to walk home on the rail
way track from Ogden when he was
intoxicated and had been struck by
some train. His body was ground and
cut into small pieces.
The city of Cedar Rapids has COM
menced suit in the district court
against ex-City Treasurer Stoddard
and his bondsmen, J. j. Snouffer, John |
w. Henderson, George w. Bever and |
George Williams, to recover $11 ,5S2, |
the amount of the alleged shortage of |
Mr.. Stoddard at the time of his retire |
ment from office, after having served |
the city in that capacity for about
fifteen years.
TIE supreme court has overruled,the
application for rehearing in the case
of j. G. Yetzer, president of the Cass
County bank at Atlantic, which became
financially involved two years ago.
The bank received funds after it was
insolvent, and Yetzer solicited deposits
knowing the institution to be in an
unstable condition and unable TO pay
its depositors the amount due them.
Yetzer will spend five years in one of
the state institutions.
Geo. Stailey died at his home, south
east of Jefferson, recently from the
effects of stroke of paralysis suffered
week previous He was Go years of
age and had been resident of that
county for the past thirty years, and,
strange TO say, had been TO town
but once during the past twenty years
He was an old bachelor and a wealthy
farmer, owning 500 acres of well inn
proved land. His wealth is estimated
at $50, 900, which he leaves to a young
lady, Miss Simonson, whom he adopted
about year ago. Miss Simonson is a
pretty blonde, IS years old, and to
further show the old mans peculiar
tiles. the will stipulates that she shall
not marry until she is 80 years old.
John Emerson was run over by a
passenger train at Jefferson and his
leg was mashed. 1t had to be
During a school performance at
The opera house at Belmond, large
amp suspended from the ceiling fell
rom It's holdings, striking on Miss
ELLA Finch's head, scattering oil over