Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-07-21
THE NEWS IN IOWA

while in fit of dependency. He will
probably die.
Samuel HORNE, "a years DID, one of
the early settlers of Guthrie county,
dropped dead while moving in his
orchard near Bagley.
Calvin Scripture, an old and esteemed
resident of Dubuque county, died at
his home in Usbury, aged 20 years.
lie was one of the pioneers of Dubuque.
The Iowa College OF Law, at Des
Moines, seems to be growing faster
than any other law school, and is to
catalogues have been prepared by the
secretary, Prof. Z. S. McNutt.
Charles Nelson, young Swedish
clerk, was shot by Caleb Townsend, an
old soldier, at Boone, and will probably
die. The shooting occurred at Town
send S home and is supposed to have
been caused by the old man thinking
the young man had insulted his young
quite childish. His wife is young
woman whom he married last winter.
She has bad reputation and is sup
posed to have encouraged Nelson's
attentions.
1t appears now that the Rev. G. f.
Scott, pastor of the First NJ. E. church
at Waterloo, who disappeared on the
9Th. eloped with Daisy Dorian, the 10
year-old daughter of p. 5. Dorian.
The girls parents are among the oldest
residents, are well-to-do and no pains
were spared to give her an education.
She was a member of Mr.. Scott's
church and has attended services
regularly. Pastor Scott is married
and has been in the ministry twenty
years. Scott had 81, 500 in cash when
he left Waterloo and he is said to be
wealthy. His wife and the girls
parents are Frustrated.
Word has been received from Lawson,
Mo, of the capture of Ely, the train
robber, for whom tie Burlington
secret service officers md Pinkertons
have been searching fo-a year and q
half. In company with Frank Bate
man, Ely held up a burlington pas
senger train in the suburbs of Ottumwa
about 6 o'clock on the evening of
February 90, 1895. The robbers
secured over S. 900 in cash and
escaped. Bateman was captured
shortly after at Moberly and was
sentenced to the penitentiary for five
years. Ely escaped to Mexico, and
this is the first that has since been
heard from him.
A Sioux City dispatch says: A report
having been circulated by Charles
Allen, barkeeper at the Hotel Garrett
son in this city, to the effect that
drinks have frequently been sent to
the room of Rev. NJ. B. Williams, u
guest at the house and the evangelist
in charge of the revival services now
in progress here, Mr.. Williams,
through his attorney, compelled Allen
TO sign a paper admitting having
circulated the SANDER and characteriz-
ing it as willful falsehood. The read.
ing of the confession in open meeting
created a sensation fully equaling that
caused by the barkeeper's original
charges.
William Gray, horse buyer for
Crandall & Co., of East Buffalo, N Y,
was sandbagged at Williamsburg and
robbed of s., 500 in cash and gold
watch and chain. He came from
Preston to Williamsburg on a night
passenger train about IL o'clock. As
he got off the train he was accosted by
man, whose features he could not
discern in the dark. AS he turned to
answer the man he was struck in the
back of the neck with some hard
instrument. When he recovered con-
sciousness his watch, chain and money
were gone, with the exception of $40
in one pocket, which the thieves over
looked Gray is badly hurt. Areward
of $500 has been offered for the appre-
hension of the robbers.
A disastrous fire visited Rippey
few nights ago. 1t was first discov-
cred in the oil room in the rear of
Irwin * Harmon's drug store. Six
buildings were burned, all frame
structures, very dry and in solid
row, not over three feet apart. All
were burning in twenty minutes after
the first alarm was given. Although
plenty of water was at hand
and effective work was done, yet as
closely as the buildings were situated
any wind at all would have swept the
entire business part of town. Every
building in the block was emptied of
contents and much damage was
occasioned by rough handling and
water. The heat was intense on the
opposite side OF the street and badly
scorched the buildings of Il. S. Osborn,
Malon Head, Mrs. Wellington and j.
II. Brakeman. The loss will reach
about $1,000.
In the accident on the Northwestern
near Logan, twenty-nine persons were
killed and fifty-one were injured, some
of whom will die.
Mabel Thompson, the 20-year-old
daughter of Orion Thompson, the we'll
known river DilOt of Rock Island