Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-05-19

was the plea.
Governor Drake has issued a procla-
nation recommending that the 30th
day of May be fttingly observed as
Memorial day.
A man named Deck was thrown out
of his buggy by a runaway horse at
Oskaloosa, receiving fractured limb
above the ankle.
Jasper w. Boyd, father of w. r.
Boyd, editor of the Cedar Rapids Re-
publican, dropped dead at Cedar
Rapids few days ago of heart disease.
+. d. Griffin, an Iowa Central brake
man. sustained serious injuries while
coupling a car to an engine in the
yards at Oskaloosa. The doctors am
putated several fingers.
Mrs. Waddle, of Beacon, while IN
Oskaloosa, suddenly became over
powered by the excessive heat and
despite the attention of physicians she
expired few hours later.
The smallest baby in Iowa is at
Foster. 1t is week old, well
developed, perfect baby, and weighs
two and one-half pounds. 1t is well
and the doctors say it will live.
]. p. Staur, of Independence, recently
sold the bay mare Onoqua, 2:0S4, by
Keller Frank Ellis, of Philadelphia,
is the purchaser. John Turner will
be the future trainer. Price $4,000.
John Horbin, one of the oldest. set
tiers and one of the wealthiest men in
Clark county, died a few days ago. 1t
is understood that his death was
caused by dose of morphine, admin
istered by his physician to alleviate
his sufferings, but which proved to be
an overdose.
Louis +. Rogers, residing six miles
north of Clinton, was found dead in
bed a few mornings since. He was
one of the Oldest pioneers of Clinton;
born in Whiby, Canada, in 1916; came
to Clinton county in 1915. He has
lived oil the same farm since 1s47. He
| leaves wife and seven children.
Louis Glenn, who was convicted at
Creston for larceny for robbing store
at Shannon City, was recently re-
arrested for robbery. Glenn is the
| young man who made fake comics sion
and shortly afterward broke Jail. He
was recaptured the following day and
| incarcerated He will be tried on
| several charges before the law gets
| through with him.
Mayor Duffy's charge that ex-Mayor
Olinger, of Dubuque, sold permits to
peddlers and kept the fees has been
| supplemented before the councils
committee of investigation by the
testimony of butchers, transfers and
expressmen doing business without
license that Olinger sold them permits
at the cost of licenses, and by the dis
! closure that Olinger last March re-
ceived SIS for lamp posts to neighbor-
! ing town, and following this disclosure
! Olinger's friends paid the S5s into the
city treasury.
| The direct ors of the State Agricul'
| ural society propose to celebrate the
semi-centennial of the state and city
of Des Moines during the fair. One day
will be called semi-centennial day, and
| a committee of directors has been ap'
pointed to confer with prominent citi.
zens of Des Moines with view of pre-.
pairing an elaborate program; arrange
for the decoration of the city, with
perhaps a revival of the Semi ON Sed
splendors, pyrotechnics and street
parades of a few years ago. The di
rectors want the hearty cooperation
of the citizens of Des Moines and
promise to give celebration of the
two events which will be equal, oil
superior, to the Burlington cele bration
A. j. Vanlandngham, who pleaded
guilty at Keokuk to making a falss
application for pension, was sen
fenced few days ago. This is the
man who deserted his first wife ant
children at the close of the war, and
coming to Iowa, married again. Hi
daughter by his second wife, wht
visited him once before during thi'
term OF court, was present when hel
father was sentenced. She was almos
FRUSTRATED, and when j. II. Anderson
speaking in Vanlandingham's behalf
addressed the court, pleading fol
mercy, she cried as if her heart would
break The defendant sat during thu
proceedings with his head bowed. The
sentence was one year in the county
Jail at hard labor.
The Des Moines Leader says edi
torially: Conventions have been hello
in So of the 90 counties IN the state. Il
select delegates to the democratic
state convention. which viii be held II
Dubuque. May 20. Omitting Wood
bury and Blackhawk counties. il
which contesting delegations were
selected, the vote of the remaining 81
counties is as follows: For free silvel
and the selection of Horace Boies Il
head the state delegation to Chicago
351 against free silver, 1877; doubtful
2. The same counties at the Marshall
town state democratic convention il
1895 voted as follows: For free silver,
265: against free silver, 3lS. These
returns insure the complete control o
IL