Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-08-18
THE NEWS IN IOWA

EDWARD MURPHY and Miss Mary
Kinnie, of Boone, eloped and were
married.
Andrew Scott was drowned in a
reservoir at the Evans coal mines
while bathing.
Hans Rosendale, an old and highly
respected citizen of New Albion, com
United suicide by drowning.
A Sioux City photographer shot
several boys with shotgun while
shooting at rabbit, as he claims.
The boys are now suing for damages.
Willie Auxier and joe Enright, At
lantic boyS aged about ten years,
were drowned in Troublesome Creek
while in bathing. Enright tried to
save his drowning comrade.
The Polk County Medical Society has
discovered that the heart of Edward
Eliot, driver aged %, is on his right
side, and at a recent meeting heard a
lecture on the subject.
Chief Engineer Titus. of the Man
itoba & Gulf railroad, has started to
survey the route between Atlantic and
Angus. The expenses, aggregating
81 900. win be paid by f. H. Whitney,
of Atlantic.
Charles Eaton, a boy of IA years, and
son of j b. Eaton, was drowned in
the forbay at the mill at Lowell. He,
it is supposed, took the cramps. The
body was recovered Immediately, but
too late to save him.
At meeting of the Creston city
council the new water rate ordinance
passed it's first reading. The ordinance,
if it finally passes, will cut down the
price paid the Creston Water Company
from 81, 800 to 5000 per year.
A severe epidemic of diphtheria has
broken out in the town of Nicola and
over dozen cases have been repor ted
there during the past few weeks. So
far five families have been stricken
and many more cases are expected to
be developed. Two deaths have
resulted.
Oskaloosa seems to be a Mecca for
burglars. For two weeks past no less
than dozen houses have been
entered. The hardware store of
Terrell & Mcclure was broken into
and the entire contents of large
show case were stolen. The loss will
be over 500.
LA na nrf ri H1lftnn
Company has filed articles of incor-
poration with the secretary of state.
The capitalof the concern, which will
manufacture and sell pearl buttons, is
$40. 900. f. CT. Rodler. j. G. Schricker,
c. w. Schricl1er and Frank Mattusch
are the incorporators.
Guy Rambo and Harvey Rambo, Of
RichIand township, Keokuk county,
were bitten by mad dog. They at
once went to Oskaloosa to have a mad
stone applied to their wounds. The
stone adhered several hours in each
case. The dog was killed before any
further damage was done.
A young man living just south of
Newton, by the name of Carl
Hendricks, was drowned in Skunk
river at place known as Four Forks.
He was about II years old. This place
is a treacherous one and there have
been others drowned there. At last
accounts the body was not yet
recovered.
Mrs. Peter Freeze, of Cedar Rapids,
because her husband would not give
her so cents with which to buy liquor,
took "a revolver and attempted TO com
NIT suicide. Her aim was poor and
she shot herself through the hand,
inHicting bad injury and one which
perhaps will result in the amputation
of the hand.
The five men who were recently
arrested, tried and released for break
ing into a railroad car at Oskaloosa,
have each filed suit for $4,000 against
the Iowa Central Railroad Company.
The men came TO Iowa from Peoria
and are Archie f. Dunforth, Fred
Alberts. John Schults, John Kearns
and Pat Kelly.
John T.. Barnes, brakeman on the
Rock Island railway, was instantly
killed in the yards at Brooklyn. He
was walking ahead of car that was
being showed back to make "A coupling,
and in some way unknown fell across
the tracks. The wheels entirely
severed his head from the body and
cut off both legs.
Conductor NJ. C.. Etheredge, one of
the oldest freight men of the Burling-
ton. was run down by a construction
train at Murray few evenings since.
His right leg was horribly mangled.
He was taken TO Creston and placed in
Cottage hospital, where he now lies in
a critical condition. He is married
and lives at Ottumwa.
The plant Of the Iowa Pipe and Tilel
Company, ut Des Moines, was almost
destroyed by fire, the'loss aggregating
,noarlyt$3o 900. 81 rna "<d
Hollis EaSs: the l9iyear.old. son Of
H. II. Cass, two and half miles east
of Bristow. was cleaning his % calibre
magazine rifle, and while leaning oven