Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-05-05
THE NEWS IN IOWA

HiIISS nclu d HleSIiiiS dG bSS NhoihSS
and decided to hold the state conven-
ton at Des Moines on July Is.
The revival meetings being held at
Waterloo by Evangelist M. Il. Williams
and Che rster Alexander have resulted
in the conversion of about 1000
people.
Walter Bishop and his brother-in-law,
Ed. Vance, farmers, near New London,
got into an alteration over dividing
farm implemen sand the former nearly
killed the latter.
A wind storm visited Cerro Gordo
and Worth counties, doing much dam
age to barns and outbuildings, and
moving the elevators at Manley, Rock
Falls and Plymouth from their
foundations.
Dick Lacy's store at Martelle was
burglarized and some fifty pairs OF
mems shoes taken. The same night
they went through Hoffman's store at
the same place and took twenty-five
pairs of pants and a lot of furnishings
Freddie Tyler, a 4-year-old boy OF
Sioux City, threw himself backward
from the nurses arms through a
Second-story window, striking his
head on the brick curbing of the
areaway below and inflicted fatal in
juries.
Lightning struck w. E. Gray's two
story building at Rockwell City and
set it on fire. Heroic work by a few
men present saved the building from
total loss. The grocery stock on the
on the ground floor is ruined. Build
ing and stock were well insured.
Albert Yetzer and John Laurenson
have been indicted by the Cass county
grand jury and placed under bonds OF
$500 each. This is the result of a
plethora OF sneak-thieving by gang
of young boys at Atlantic which was
getting too frequent to be borne any
longer.
John Valley, farmer living in the
north end of Hancock county, killed
one old wolf and eight young ones In
get his bounty, SOL The little ones
were evidently only few days old as
their eyes were not open and their wee
bodies about the size of a new born
pup.
A sixty-foot seine has just been taken
TO Webster City by the state fish com
missioner for the purpose of helping
- he Boone river dam. This
action of the kind by the
assioner, and he announces
lin the next month all the
principal dams in the state will be
visited and the fish given lift into
higher water
State Dairy Commissioner Boardman
has a plan which will result in the
killing of cows affected with tuber-
culosis The legislature did not give
him power to order the cows killed as
soon as discovered. but he has the
power to examine the milk from them.
This he will do, and when he discovers
the germs he Will report to the state
veterinary surgeon. who can order the
animals killed.
notice and copy of n petition were
served few days ago upon John W.
Clark, n leading druggist of Center
vile, which asks for a temporary
in Injunction against him for selling
Intoxicating liquors contrary to the
state law Clark now has n suit on
his hands brought by the Civic FEEDER
alton because of his alleged violation
of the law in regard to the sale of
liquors. The court is asked to revoke
his permit
The 4-year-old son of Fred Demel, a
prominent farmer of Big Grove, Ben
ton county, found gun behind a trunk
in an upstairs room, and IN trying to
get it out it was discharged. the heavy
load striking him in the head. blowing
the top completely off and killing him
instantly. The gun had been brought
from the barn just the day before and
had been hung up, but in cleaning the
room that day it was taken down and
placed behind the trunk.
DIR. Carl Engcl was assaulted on the
street at Minden and severely beaten
by Otto Ehler. both are prominent
men in the village. The trouble arose
out of law suit. Ehler sued Engel
for claim and the physician filed a
counter claim for professional services
rendered in Ehlers family. The claim
was allowed. Ehler met FL gel on the
street and assaulted him. He knocked
the physician down and then kicked
him in the stomach and abdomen. 1t
is said that Engle is severely hurt.
A man stepped into the saloon of Il.
Christensen, at Clinton, called for
drink, stepped out of sight into small
wine room, and in a moment the report
of a revolver was heard. He had shot
himself through the head with a 3s-
caliber revolver Although his head
was badly shattered, he sat up in
the patrol wagon on the way To the
hospital and talked 10 those about him.
He said he was William Gcrtzen, aged
o. of Riceyille Neh and intimated