Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-02-04

destroyed by fire which burned bust
ness buildings to the extent of 100000
: j. S. Ross, publisher of the Eldora
Herald, has brought suit against Har-
din county for 81, 200, alleged to be due
him for publishing the board proceed
ings during years passed. He con-
tends that the bills presented by him
were below the compensation for such
work allowed by statute. The case is
an outgrowth of the fight over the
county printing.
The preliminary hearing of Frank
Hodges, who was arrested recently for
the alleged abduction of Lille Ross,
occurred at Rippey, and resulted in
his being held to the grand jury on the
charge of seduction. 1t was shown at
the trial that the girl was nearly 16
years old, instead of 13, as first
reported, and both she and Hodges
expressed themselves as willing to be
married, but her parents objected.
The petition in what promises to be
highly sensational suit was filed in
the clerks Office at Eldora few days
ago. Margaret C. Lyndon sued Fred
f. Esser for SANDER in the sum of
$1,000. Both parties live at Ackley,
and it is said until recently have been
the best of friends. The plaintiff is
the wife of John f. Lyndon, special
agent for the well known firm of Full
Ter, Johnson & Co., implement dealers,
and the defendant is well known
young business man of Ackley.
John II. Griffith, adjuster for the
British American Fire Insurance Com
pany, caused search warrants to be
issued with which constables invaded
the premises of the proprietors of the
A. b. c. department store, recently
burned out at Dubuque, with the object
of finding sequestered goods. None
were found. Later a warrant was
issued for the arrest of the adjuster on
the charge of righteousness. Griffith
is out of town, but will be arrested on
arrival. The firm will press the matter
to a conclusion.
The whereabouts of Edward Kirsen-
bonn, the popular treasurer of Plymouth
county, have been a mystery to his
friends since the 10Th. The cause of
his flight became apparent when the
board of supervisors became very un-
easy over his non-appearance. They
had expected him to file the proper
bond to the amount of 100000 on the
10th for the ensuing two years, he hav-
ing been reelected to the office last
fall; but heowas not prepared with his
bond, but promised to have it ready
the following day. He boarded a
train for Sioux City at 1870 that even
ing, and has not been seen since in
LeMars. An investigation of his ac-
counts shows him to be about $1,000
short.
Miss Katie Hartnick, a pastry cook
at the Garretson hotel in Sioux City,
has left for Cripple Greek, Colo, to
marry young man who worked last
summer with her in the kitchen at w.
III. Dildine's Ute Park hotel. Miss
Hartnick and the young man lost their
hearts to each other and over the fry
ing pan they plighted their troth.
Promising to be true and looking for
ward to the day which would see them
united, they parted, Miss Hartnick
returning to Sioux City and her lover
going to Cripple Creek. He plunged
into the mining district, digging for
nuggets and thinking of Katie. A few
days ago she received letter enclosing
deposit check for $4,000. He told
her to come on the first train.
The defense in the Boatman- Gum
abortion case at Oskaloosa will attempt
to prove that it was another doctor
and another man who are guilty
of numbering Miss Irene Severt.
They claim the ante-mortem statement
of the girl, fastening the guilt upon
Quinn and Boatman, was written by
the other physician and signed by
witnesses to clear him. 1t is also
alleged that the other man had been
seen in the doc; ors office a number of
times just before the death of the girl,
and had had numerous secret interviews
with him. 1t is further alleged that
two weeks before her death prescrip-
ton was presented at drug store in
Fremont, calling for three of the
strongest abortives known, and signed
by the physician the defense will try
to shift the murder upon. The clerk
refused to fill it.
A probably fatal shooting affray
occurred at the farm of one John
Brown, about twelve miles northeast
of Grand Junction. A neighbor of
Brown, Flecll by name, claimed that
Brown had accused him of stealing his
chickens. Fleck and his 17-year-old
son went over to Browns at about Z
o'clock p m. with guns loaded. They
met Brown and his son, % years old,
and, it is charged commenced firing at
them. The Browns, having no guns to
defend themselves, made use of clubs
or anything they could get hold Of
Young Brown wrenched the gun from
Fleck, but not until he had received
serious, if not fatal, wound in the
breast, and turned it upon its owner