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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10
H0meseekers' Excursions

On March 10th, April 7th and 2lst and
May 9Th, to points as usual on C. M. e.
st. T. Ry. To all other points as on
previous Homeseekers' Excursions.
Stop overs allowed on going trip after
reaching first excursion point. Rate
is one way fare plus $500. Lowest rate
charged is 500 for round trip. For
Kansas City and beyond, no lay over
at Marion. 2-2 s. v. POTTER, Agt.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Notice Of ate appointment Of Executors Of ne
estate Of Il. Il. Medder, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the subscribers
nave been duly appointed Executors of the es-
tate OF Il. +. Meader, late of Hesper Township,
In the county OF Winneshiek, State of Iowa,
deceased, intestate. All persons having de,
mands upon the estate of the said deceased are
required TO exhibit the same; and persons in
depted 10 the said estate are called upon to
make payment 10 LYDIA A. MEADER,
Il. g. MEADER,
AUGUSTUS Ii. MEADER
Executors.
Dated at Decorah, Iowa, March 3, 1896.
r. +. Ii. PoRTMANl
G.. w. ADAMS Atty's for Estate "a
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice Of The appointment of Administrator of
me Estate Of Richard Gripmdn, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the subscriber
has been duly appointed administrator to the
estate OF Richard Gripman, late of Canoe
Township, in the County OF Winneshiek, State
or Iowa, deceased, intestate, and has taken
upon himself that trust by giving bonds as
the law directs. All persons having demands
upon the estate OF the said deceased are re-
CURED TO exhibit the same; and persons In
debted to the said estate are called upon to
make payment 10 SILAS GRIPMAN,
Administrators.
Dated at Decorah Iowa. March Z, 1896.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice ofHe appointment Of administrator OF
The estate Of C7iristtana Gibbs, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the subscriber
has been duly appointed Administrator TO the
estate of Christiana Gibbs. late of DEBORAH
Township, in the County of Winneshiek, State
OF Iowa, deceased, interstate, and has taken up
on himself that trust by giving bonds as the
law directs. All persons having demands up
on the estate of the said deceased are required
70 exhibit the same; and persons indebted to
the said estate are called upon to make pay.
mentto l.. H. GIBBS,
Administrator
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa. Feb'y %. 1896
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10

IT is now announced by member
of the cabinet that Secretary Carlisle
will be the Cleveland candidate for the
democratic nomination; at least, the
New York Herald, which was lately
booming Cleveland for another nomi-
nation, says so. If Carlisle is the can
didate he will certainly be bolted by
the silver democrats, even of his own
state.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10

The man who says there are no wise
democrats overlooks the gentlemen
who have declined to allow the use of
their names as candidates for the
democratic Presidential nomination.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10

Ex-SPEAKER Crisp must feel very
confidant or he would not have put
"Senator or nothing" on his flag. He
might be able to make living practic-
ing law, but he has never done so. He
has practiced office-holding right along
and now he wants the Georgia demo-
Gratis to give him six years more of it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10

THE great prosperity of the country,
about which some democratic editors
write, is evidenced by such things as
the appointment of receivers for the
b. Il o. r. r., once one of the most
prosperous lines in the country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10

WHAT is one mans meat is an
others poison" The action of Con-
gress on the Cuban question was right
from the patriotic American point of
view, but entirely wrong from the
Spanish point of view.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10

THERE is one thing to be said in
favor of legislative deadlocks; they
prove that votes in legislatures are not
bought by Senatorial candidates with
the frequency some people have
supposed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10

SENATOR HILL and ex-Gov. Camp
bell both feel that they have had their
full share of the honors attached to
leading political forlorn hope, and
desire no more i'm that line.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10

WHAT a pity that piece of cold
iron - cold enough to freeze-cannot
be brought into contact with every
human tongue used to blacken an
innocent PERSONS character.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10
{. M. & st. p. Excursions.

To Stuttgart, Arkansas on March
10th, at cheap rate and through con-
nections. Inquire of
S. V. Potter, Agent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10

COMPTROLLER Eckels has put his
talking apparatus to work again.
Just give him banquet; he does the
rest.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10

THE "War Cry" the organ of the
Salvation Army, is properly named
now if it never was before.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10

Mail orders promptly filled.
Samples furnished on application.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30
PITH OF THE NEWS.
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN a
CONDENSED FORM.
General Resume of the Most Inns
portnnt News of the Week, From
all Parts of the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged in Com
venient Form for Rapid Per.
usal by Busy People.
washington Talk.

"A bill to prevent the adulteration Of
beer and incidentally raise the price Of
barley is to be introduced in congress.
The railroads Of the country and the
interstate commerce commission are
said to have made deal that will rev.
olutionize the transportation business
President Cleveland has taken up
his abode at Woodley for the spring
months. Mrs Cleveland and the chill
dren have already been installed there
for two weeks past.
The ways and means committee Of
the house favorably reported the bill
introduced by Mr.. Washington to per-
NIT the enty free Of duty on exhibits
and laborers for the Nashville, Tenn,
exposition.
A clerk in the redemption division
Of the treasury department who has
been making an investigation Of the
subject, has discovered that the "clean-
est paper money in circulation is that
which circulates in Washington, while.
the dirtiest is that which comes from
Chicago for redemption.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30
miscellaneous.

Charles Husche Of Chicago, manu-
facturer Of picture frames and mould
ings, assigned.
The failure of G. Schroeder has been
announced on the New York cotton ex-
change.
The long expected distribution Of
Columbian's worlds fair diplomas and
medals has begun at last.
A meeting of pottery manufacturers
Of the United States is being held at
Pittsburg to discuss the forma ton Of
a more compact organization.
The Mason & Davis company, man
ufacturers Of stoves and ranges, failed
at Chicago, and John J. Whirl was
made assignee. Assets, $4,000; iabili-
ties, $1O7, 900.
In settling up the estate of two mem
bers Of a large wholesale liquor house,
both deceased, a sale Of old whisky,
involving 100000, was made in Chi
cago to a Louisville house.
Paderewski, the pianist, has placed
in the hands Of William Mason Of New
York and Col. II. L. Higginson Of Bos-
ton as trustees $4,000 for the purpose
Of establishing triennial prizes for COM
poSerS Of American birth.
Perry S. Heath, who for over two
years has been president and general
manager of the Commercials Gazette at
Cincinnati, has sold his interests in
that company, and has, resigned and
retired from the directory and man
agement.
At a meeting in Boston, two weeks
ago the formation of a trust taking
in the fourteen shovel factories in the
United States was begun, and it was
completed at Anderson, Ind. The out
put determined upon will not be over
4O0, 900 dozen per annum.
q. w. Morse, for seven years master
mechanic of the Eastern division OF
the Wabash, with headquarters at
Fort Wayne, Ind, has resigned, to ac-
cept the Office Of superintendent OF
motive power Of the entire Grand
Trunk system.
Henry s. Rozenkranz, formerly a
wealthy man Of Lansing. Mich, was
found dead on the floor of his resi-
dence He had evidently been dead q
nullber of days, the absence of lis
family accounting for the failure to
discover the death earlier.
Another wonderful result Tesla. the
New York scientist, has obtained is
that by the use of a type OF fuorescent
screen devised in his laboratory, he has
been able to greatly increase the
sharpness of the outlines IN q shadow
son the screen and to actually see the
human heart
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30
People In Print.

King Humbert of Italy is an amateur
cook Of no mean skill.
Stanley J. Weyman, the novelist, is
a direct descendant of the elder Du-
mas.
Mrs. Sarah Mercur, widow Of the
late Chief Justice Mercur, died at her
home in Towanda, Pa.
F.. G.. Selous, the great hunter and
South African leader, is A. years Of
age.
Capt. James Mercur, professor of
civil and military engineering in the
military academy at West Point, died
suddenly at Fortress Monroe.
Gen. Maceo, leader of the Cuban in
surgents, has captured % towns, 1884
stands Of arms and 314, 900 rounds of
ammunition.
Hon. Francis Jewett, ex-mayor Of
Lowell, Mass. who had served three
terms, died suddenly Of heart disease
He was Is years old.
A. X. Butterfield is dead at Green's
burg, Md. He was wounded in the
Mexican war and lost leg in the civil
war. He was so years old.
Samuel Messer, aged So, superintend-
CuC VI IuS 1lttuACy -Luu1UcT COuDuuy
a wealthy citizen, dropped dead in the
Methodist church at Akron, Ohio, from
heart failure. $50
Charles S. Osborn of Brimfeld, Ind,
will contest the will of the late Mrs.
William Lockwood, a centenarlan, who
died at Newburg, N. Y, leaving an es-
tate worth 100000. .--
aunt Sally Crane, as she was fa-
miliarly called, is dead in Morgan
county, Ill. She was the oldest native
of Morgan county and had lived there
eighty years.
Gen. E. L. Jeffries, veteran of the
late war and we'll known to public
men as counsel for the Alaska Fur
Seal company, which long controlled
tine 6erins sea seal business, died in
Washington. ---.-
Gilbert L. Elliott is dead at South
Bend, Ind, aged SO. Mr. Elliott had
been one Of the most trusted officials
Of the Michigan Central railroad for
thirty years. He was born in India,
his father having command of an Eng
lish regiment there. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

Gen. Guznan Blanco says that the
promise to submit the Venezuelan
boundary question, made to him by
1, Lord Granville, was one of two prom
Uses made by that minister, the other
being an agreement with Russia.
When Lord Salisbury came into pow
Ter, soon after, he refused to be bound
by the compact with regard to Vene-
.zuela, although he held himself ac-
countable for the Russian promise.
$50 far as Salisbury is concerned, the
case seems to be one Of those in which
might is ruled to be rigb"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

The suggestion of sending power
from Niagara to London has brought
to the ancient Seneca's conceit of the
world as one vast continent. But so
dong as there are six days of the blue,
the fresh, the ever-free, between New
York and Liverpool, there will be peo7
pie who will regard the unity of terra
,firma as a theory, not condition.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

A number Of American physicians
who have been experimenting with the
,Roentgen ray, express the belief that
it will cure some of the most serious
diseases. They say the magnetic ray
passes directly into the system, set
;ting up electrclysis. This liberates
oxygen to generate ozone, which is
sure death to bacilli. The new form of
treatment is at least interesting, and
not likely to do any harm.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

The penny-in-the-slot gas meters are
such a success in London that one.
company is taking in over ton of
pennies a day and is behind in it's or
ders to the extent of 10000 machines.
The consumer pays in advance, and is
satisfied that he gets the worth of his
money, and the company does cash
business with very light expense.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

q 5S
Ten miles west OF Eufahla, I. r.. il,
an unsuccessful raid on the house 81
e. j. Brashnear, a farmer, Brashnear
was seriously and Tom Brooks, one Of
the outlaws, mortally wounded.
James Payne, colored, Of Chicago,
has been held, in default Of 500 bonds,
at Pittsburg, Pa, on a charge of rob,
bing chewing gum slot machines at
railway stations. u III
"A. *. Ward the noted forger, was
granted bail in the sum of $25,OUO at
Memphis, Tenn. Ward has been in the
hospital for several weeks, and may
never be brought to trial before an
earthly court.
Unknown persons made an attempt
to wreck a passenger train on the
Michigan Central railroad, near Mag
ara Falls. A freight train ran upon
the ties, which had been placed upon
the track, thus averting catastrophe.
Edla Stinguist, the former servant
of |. Townsend Burden, who was ar
rested in New York, charged with
completely in the celebrated diamond
robbery, has pleaded not guilty, with
leave to withdraw the plea. She re-,
fuses to discuss the case. 0
Ethel Ormond Thompson, wife Of
Manager Frank Thompson, of the
'"Old Homestead company, and an
actress in the company, assaulted Car
RE Ashley Clark during the progress
of the play at Portsmouth, Ohio, and
was arrested and fined. Mrs. Yhonp-
son is Ethel Ormond, Of ''Black Crook
fame.
Leo Hirth, a we'll known and wealthy
German citizen of Indianapolis, who
conducted a large grocery business and
who for years has had a presentiment
that he would meet death at the hands
of burglars, was instantly killed by
two masked men, who were discovered
in his bed room and whom he pursued
into the rear part of the house. .
Edward Holthusen, a 19-year-old boy
at Elgin, ILL.,, attempted to commit sui
eide recently by shooting himself in
the head. The bullet was probed for
and found lodged at the base of the
brain, but could not be removed with
out causing death. The boy is around
enjoying the best Of health and appar-
emily suffers no inconvenience from
the bullet in his head. &
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30
From Foreign Shores.


Herr Ingerseley, the minister of pub
lie works of Sweden, is dead.
Nine Russian war ships are now at
Nagasaki, awaiting the arrival Of six
others.
Detachments of Kings Royal Rifles,
stationed at Dover, and the Irish
Rifles, quartered at Brighton, have
been ordered to hold themselves in
readiness to proceed to South Africa.
A dispatch from Mitchellstown, near
Cork, Ireland, announces the death Of
the Fenian leader, J. S. Casey, who
was one of the originators Of the Land
League.
The German reichstag unanimously
adopted Herr Adt's motion calling upon
the federal government to energetic
power, the illegal practice Of duelling.
The marquis Of Bath died at Venice.
He was born in 1881. He was lord
lieutenant Of Willis, trustee Of the
British museum and the national por-
trait gallery and honorary colonel Of
the Wits yoemanry.
s Pere Hyacinthe, the distinguished
protesting priest, formerly Able
Charles Loyson, will marry Laura, 4
daughter Of the late William Bucknell,
an American, at Paris. Pere Hya-
cinthe is sixty-eight years old.
Sir Mackenzie Bowel, the Canadian
premier, has announced that the resig-
nation of the ministers will be handed
in in few days. It is expected that
Sir Charles Upper will be the new
premier.
The Japanese envoy in Corea has
been instructed to request that Rus
sian troops be detailed to guard the
Corean palace and also that Russia
appoint advisers to the Corean govern
ment and military instructors for the
Corean army. - s&9
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

The state of affairs, as now reported.
at Buluwayo, appears more serious
than at any time since the trouble bel
gan. A genuine massacre Of whites
by savages at that point would not
only be shocking and a deplorable
thing, but it would almost certainly
precipitate affairs in South Africa at
an undesirable rate.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

The usual style Of domestic trage-
dy, whereing the husband first kills
his family and then himself, has BEEN
varied by sensitive citizen, who went
off and committed suicide upon the
suggestion of: his wife, who told HIM
she was tired Of him and that was
what he had better do.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

Every telegraph pole in the remote
districts OF Norway has to be continu-
ally watched on account Of the bears,
which have a mania for climbing the
poles and sitting on he cross-beams,
swaying backward and forward until
the pole finally falls. !
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

Berlioz prepared symphony before
the attained the age of sixteen, and
ten years later it was produced almost
unchanged, giving great satisfaction.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

At China Spring, Tex, Julian Evans
and Henry Wilson, farmers, fought a
duel with Winchesters, and both were
Killed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

Buttons are the jewelry Of China.
The manufacture was originally intro
duced to Canton by foreigners, but it
has been allowed to pass almost en-
tirely into native hands, and last year,
over 100000 pounds of brass buttonsI
were actually exported by the Can,
tOneSe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30
and Christians Fig

Athens, April PA serious conflict
between Christians and Turks has oc-
Cured at Episkopi, in the Island of
Crete. There were two days fighting,
and so persons are reported killed and
wounded. The Cretans have appealed
to Greece for aid.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

Our globe now contains 1,47O, 729, 900
inhabitants, according to the latest
statistics. More than half of this num-
Der are claimed by Asia alone.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

Alexander Bull, the violinist, isl
billed for a concert at Ryjavick, Ice
land, in July next, and has started
East, preparatory to going abroad
Well, if anyone really contemplates q
professional tour through Iceland, the
middle of July is very appropriate
time to take it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

The state dairy commissioner says
the quality of milk in nearly all Penn
sylvania cities has improved owing to
prosecutions Of rascally milkmen. !
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

Paris differs from London and other
large towns from the fact that its bet
ter class reside within the city and not
in the suburbs. (
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

At the battle Of AusterlitZ 10000
men were engaged. At Waterloo 49,
600 men fought and Of that number
$4,000 were killed or wounded.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

Most Of the numerous temples
throughout China are painted red;
everything lucky and pleasant among
the Chinese is Of vermilion color.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30
Badly Burned

Cleveland, April 25.-The wife of
Herman Scharnitzka, a wood carver, 4
living Oh Yonkers street, tried to build
q fire with coal oil. The oil can ex-
ploded, burning her and two of her
children, who were clinging to her
skirts, 50 badly that they will prob.
ably die in the course Of "a hours.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30
Sarrien Gfyes II -.

Paris, April q. IN. sarrien, minister
of the interior in the retiring Bour.
geois cabinet, who had been summoned
by President Faure, finds himself un.a
able to form q cancellation cabinet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30
state of Oklahoma

Washing ton, April 25.The house
committee on territories to-day de-
scided by vote Of 6 to 2 to report ia
vorably a bill to admit Oklahoma to
statehood
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

The Coliseum at Rome was built to-
accommodate 100000 spectators. IT
covers 81 acres of land and was 100
feet high.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30
Casualties.

Thirty-two buildings were washed
away at Three Rivers, Que, by the
floods.
The greater part Of the business por-
ton of the town of Woodruff, twenty
miles from Sparta Eburg, S. c., was de-
stroyed by fire.
Green & Bentley's wholesale drug
store, the bank building adjoining, La
goods store, burned at Omaha. Loss,
$6O,O0O; insurance, $4,000.
The British bark Republic, bound
from Newcastle, N. S. w., for San
Francisco with cargo of coal, has
shipping and insurance men believe
she is lost.
The countess Of Aberdeen had mar
row escape from death near Ottawa,
Ont. Her carriage horses plunged into
a deep pool beside the road and were
drowned. The countess was rescued
with difficulty.
The steamer Marsden collided with
the British bark Firth of Solway, Capt.
Kendrick, near Kish lightship, Glas-
gov, causing the latter to sink Thir-
teen men and the captains wife and
child were drowned.
Private George A. Parkhurst was
killed b ythe premature explosion of a
shell while his company, Battery f.,
United States artillery, was firing sa-
lutte at San Antonio, Texas. He was a
nephew of DR.. Parkhurst Of New
York.
A $50 fire at Toronto may cost two
lives. -Four fremen We're ordered into
the burning structure and were driven
out by the flames. The chief ordered
them in again, when the shep col
1apsed and the men were reviven with
great difficulty. Stevens had his skull
crushed and Collard was injured in
the spine.
A Louisville & Nashville fruit train
and an Evansville & Terre Haute pas
senger train collided at a crossing near
Mt. Vernon, Ind. Alex DriscoH, brake
man on the latter train, was killed,
while James Coyington, engineer, and
F. r Thompson, brakeman on the
freight train, were seriously injured.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30
Evil Doinss.

Trouble in the Eighteenth Street.
Baptist church at Detroit resulted in a
freeforall fight, and the police had to.
he summoned.
Robert Chambers, a negro charged
with robbing and burning a barnsWas
tied to a tree and shot to death by
mob ct Cranberry, N. G..
Cashier John A. Hight, Of the de-
funct Fifth Avenue Savings bank OF
Columbus, Ohio, was held to answer
for alleged embezzlemens
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-30

The Transvaa1 Beers speak a nor.
grel language, and very Jew Of the
middle-aged people can read or write
Dutch.