Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-29

| pany, asking $4,000 Tor injuries SuS-
tanned while working for said com.
pany.
j. H. Wiley, editor of the Independ-
Gnce Bulletin-J Journal, was attacked a
| few days ago by Bert Dewald in a
most villainous manner. Without
warning, Wiley was knocked to the
ground and pounded to insensibility.
He is still in a very critical condition.
A political article caused the affair.
Dewald and two others have been
| indicted for the crime.
The Atlantic Canning Company has
| just completed their seasons pack of
| peas and corn, having canned ], AGO, 900
cans of corn and 24O, 900 cans of peas
| The seasons output has been consid-
erably short of what was expected,
the late corn having been badly
damaged by wind storms. Almost
their entire pea pack has been sold,
| with the exception of few cars of the
lowest grade.
The banking house of S. III. Watson
81 Sons, established at Vinton some
forty years ago, has made general
| assignment TO Mat Gaasch for the ben
eft of all creditors. The liabilities
are estimated at $25O,000 and the
assets at S35O,0O0. All depositors and
other creditors will be paid in full.
The assignment caused considerable
excitement but will not effect other
banks in Vinton.
Cracksmen deceived the police de-
partment at Sioux City few nights
ago, sending them on a wild-goose
chase in an obscure part of town to
look after pretended burglary. Dur
ing the absence OF the officials the
thieves blew open a safe in the w. c.
Forbes hidehouse. Only cents were
secured, but a valuable safe was
wrecked and the Office furniture
ruined by the explosion.
Judge Towner, of Creston, pro-
nounced sentence upon three criminals
who had confessed their crimes in the
Union county court. Chas. Conley, a
burglar who has been at large for
three years, was sentenced to serve
five years at hard labor; Geo. Jones, a
bigamist, will inhabit the prison for
four years, and c. w. White, guilty of
uttering forged paper by wholesale,
will serve four years. All go to Fort
Madison.
News has been received of the
suicide, or attempted murder, or acct
dental death of Miss Mary Mcdowell,
at San Francisco. She was born and
brought up at Fairfield, living with
her grandparents, her father and
mother having separated. She was a
nurse at the Drake Sanitarium at Des
Moines for two or three years and was
in San Francisco for year or two.
She was found in the water off a pier
there drowning. Suicide was sus-
pected, but afterwards it was discov-
cred that man had been seen hurry
ing from the spot and her jewelry was
missing, indicating attempt at muir
der. She was taken to hospital and
there died from eating poisoned candy,
which she may not have known to be
poisoned. Miss Mcdowell was a
blonde and petite.
A Clarinda dispatch says: The jury
in the case of Thomas Flanagan, for
the murder of Henry Carmine, brought
in verdict of murder in the second
degree. The murder occurred at
Blanchard, little station near here,
July 90. Carmine had lived for some
time in the lower part of Flanagan's
house. Flanagan brought snit to Sc
cure immediate pos session, and was
defeated, the court ruling that he
must give the customary 80 days
notice. This angered Flanagan be-
You'd all reason. Flanagan lived in
the upper part of the house and seeing
Carmine returning from the well with
a bucket of water, raised the window
and fired twice, one shot taking effect
in the stomach and one in the face.
He died almost instantly. When Mrs.
Carmine heard the shots she rushed
out to see what had happened, and
Flanagan emptled his gun at her, the
shot taking effect in the side. She
recovered.
Unless matters are settled before the
converting of the next tern of the
Kossuth county district court, ex-
mayor p p. Cuplin, of West Bend,
promises to figure in breach of prom
Use suit for SIC, 200, and will be the de-
PENDANT therein. Damage to affe c.
tions is claimed by Miss Matte Miner,
of Charles City, at present attending
school at Cedar Falls. Miss Miner af-
firms that while a teacher in the
schools of West Bend she became ac-
quainted with Mr.. Cuplin and an en-
gagement followed, and that the de-
PENDANT wanted her to go east and
finish her musical studies. as he was
very solicitous that her musical edu-
cation be complete. While in the east
Miss Miner learned that Mr.. Cuplin
was married to his present wife and
the suit is the result. The plaintiff is
a highly accomplished young lady and
well respected wherever known. Mr..
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