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

LlHseeu Odke kOll meal does not only
keep your stock in good order, but is a
great flesh producer and is now as
cheap as corn. Write Des Moines
Linseed Oil Works for pamphlets and
prices.
Two sticks of dynamite were recently
found in the railway yards at Cedar
Rapids. An investigation has been in
progress but it cannot be learned
whether the dynamite was placed in
the yards with the intention of blow
ing up trains.
Mart Woods was arrested at Cedar
Rapids, having been indicted by the
Muscatine county grand jury for
completely in the dynamite outrages at
Muscatine three years ago, when the
houses of Messrs. Mahin, Kessinger
and Rosenberger were blown up with
dynamite. George Crippen, Mus
catine saloonkeeper, has also been
indicted on the same charge.
Fire at Independence destroyed the
Sherwood & McGowen blocks. 1t
Originated in badly constructed
chimney. The firms suffering a total
and partial loss: Electric light, Bak-
ing Powder Company, McGowan's
implement house, Miller's steam
laundry, Humans billiard hail and
bowling alley, and a restaurant. The
totalsloss will be over $4,000, nearly
covered by insurance.
The health officer of Creston has
given out the information that here,
after parties violating quarantine laws
will be prosecuted. Several instances
have occurred where families have been
quarantined that the cards have been
removed and the parents mingled
among other neighbors and citizens.
The parties who have violated the
moral and state laws have been warned
not to repeat their acts.
A party from "Growler's Gulch'' ap,
peared at store in Lima, a village OF
Fayette county, and wanted some coal
oil. While the storekeeper went down
cellar to get it and one of them held q
lamp for him the others loaded up s.
sled with clothing and robbed the till
of SIS. The storekeeper soon discov-
cred the loss and Sheriff bookings was
soon in pursuit The robbers were
overtaken near the gulch and all cap,
tured except one. The stolen goods
We're in their possession.
John Bryant was sent to Jail at Des
Moines for thirty days for stealing a
wagon from George Noet. Noet saw
him take the wagon from the yard and
start down the street with it. He
followed and at the Rock Island
crossing, when the wagon got stuck in
the mud, Bryant asked Noet, whom he
did not know, to help him pull it over
the track. Noet put his shoulder to
the wheel and helped the wagon over
the track and then summoned police
man and had Bryant arrested.
One year ago Messrs. Hesen,
Campbell, Piersoll, Currin, Cline, and
Jack and David Crawford voted
illegally in the municipal election at
Ottumwa. They were indicted by the
grand jury. Currin was tried at the
last term of court and found guilty
Cline was next tried and hung jury
resulted. A few days ago the second
jury which heard his case, hung,
standing for thirty-six hours IL to for
conviction. County Attorney Siberell
weakened and voted TO dismiss all the
remaining cases. Judge Eichelberger
so ruled. The evidence was very
strong against the defendant, but the
fault was 1.-The jury"
Levi Skinner, young married man
living south of Ottumwa, was giving
testimony in the district court in an
action against a relation of his who
was under indictment for stealing
vast variety of meat from smoke
house. Skinner had testified before
the grand jury some weeks since, but
since then had changed his mind, and
would not corroborate what he had
formerly said. Judge Eichelberger
asked him TO explain, when he frankly
said he had told the grand jury a
deliberate lie. On the judges order
he was taken TO jail. He will be tried
at the next term of court and be sent
up for the full limit.
DR.. Geo. w. Magoun, ex-president of
Iowa college, died at his home in Grin
nell on the morning of the 3Oth. Dr.
Magoun was Il pioneer minister of the
Congregational church and for many
years was president of Iowa college
His acquaintance was state wide; his
influence was always for good He
had been i'll some time and his death
was not unexpected. DR.. Magoun was
a member of the famous Iowa Band
of Congregational clergymen who came
to the state more than forty years ago
He was prolific writer for the press
and was the author of book entitled,
"Asa Turner and His Times" which
gave history of the Iowa Band
An unidentified stranger, well
dressed, about 35 years old, was found
dead by the side of the Burlington
track near Ottumwa. He is supposed
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