Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-12-08
THE NEWS IN IOWA

Des Moines is discussing the advls-
ability of building municipal electric
lighting plant.
The jury in the Krekel murder case
at Burlington brought in verdict of
murder in the second degree. Young
Krellel will probably get life SEN
tence.
The contract for the structural work
of the new insane asylum to be built
at Cherokee has been awarded to the
Butler-Ryan Company, of st. Paul
The bid was S295,173.
Ed Turner, an Oskaloosa tough, is in
trouble again. This time he brutally
assaulted Van Hale and bit one of his
ears off. He was held to the grand
jury under $500 bonds.
r. T. Little, a wealthy farmer re-.
siding near Reasoner, dropped dead in
the road while helping his son drive
some hogs to town. 1t is supposed
heart failure was the cause.
An unknown man was run over by a
Milwaukee train at Dubuque and his
head was crushed. His name is sup
posed to have been Steinmiller. His
left leg was artificial, from the knee.
Hon. j. K. Graves, of Dubuque, met
with a serious accident few days ago
while attempting to board a train. He
was thrown face down on pile of
cinders. His nose was split and he
NAV be permanently dsfirured.
The Oskaloosa Daily and weekly
Herald has been sold by Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Swain to Charles V. and Phil
Hoffman. The new proprietors have
been connected with the Herald on
and off for the past twenty years, and
are young men well qualified to carry
forth the paper in successful way.
The consideration was $4,000.
The Des Moines Daily News offers
solid gold watch (Elgin movemenD to
the most popular lady in every county
IN Iowa, 90 in all, the lady in each
county sending in the most yearly sub
scriptions for the Daily News at 81 a
year receiving watch. Any
lady desiring to contest for one of
them should write at once to the News,
Des Moines, Iowa.
Judge House, Of the district court,
has granted change of venue from
Jackson to Clinton county in the case
of Christian Eckerlebe, accused of the
murder of Nina Keil on the afternoon
of July 5. Her badly mutilated body
was found in pasture near Bellevue.
: 1t was first thought to be case of
accidental death, but it was murder.
Circumstantial evidence is strong
against Eckerlebe.
A man claiming to be royal prince
and that his father is Soudanese
king was convicted of grand larceny
at Burlington few days ago. He
claims TO have been brought to Eng
land by Henry M. Stanley, and that he
afterwards made his way TO America,
where he joined the United States
cavalry He has recently led rather
tough life, but says he is going TO
return to the Soudan.
Mason City sustained fire loss of |
SIS, 600 few nights ago. The Emsley |
block, containing the postoffice and |
Gale 81 Bradley's grocery store, was |
completely destroyed with the entire
contents. A large amount of mail |
matter was consumed. The Odd Eel |
lows and McMorrow & Stanberry |
blocks were damaged. Whites dry |
goods store sustained a heavy loss.
The insurance Will amount to about |
$4,000.
Thomas j. Stone, who was president
of the First National Bank, of Sioux
City, started for New York few DAYS |
ago to complete arrangements for the
reorganization of the bank An entire
new set of officers will be elected and |
the capital will be increased three
fold. The creditors have been holding
meetings to agree upon a plan of
operation and it is believed the bank
will have no trouble in securing
extensions
A five-inch section of sealed and
fused gas-pipe was a few days ago
found on the steps of the magnificent
Wapello county court house at Ottum-
wa. The officials were absolutely
afraid 10 make thorough examina-
ton Of the supposed bomb, and threw
it carefully into the Des Moines river
instead. The occupants of the build
ing stampeded on the finding of the
mysterious machine.
Kate sullivan has brought suit for
$4,000 against the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railway in the dis
trict court at Iowa City. She alleges
that she injured herself in hole in
walk left by the culpa bic negligence
OF the company. George w. Douglass
asks for 81, 99l.24 from the same COM
pany, on the ground that sparks from
an engine started fire that DESTROYED
his feed and planning mills and much
other property.
Louis Osborn and Jimmie Maloy.
aged Is and 10, were drowned in the
Wapsipinicon river at Independence a
few days ago. They were skating.