Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-03
Henry Stoessell, prominent young


will sail directly for ST. Michaers and
up the Yukon river to the gold fields.
A number of others are talking of go
ing from Ottumwa, and a stock COM
is being formed to raise capital enough
to send five men there to prospect.
A recent storm was disastrous in
Benton county and vicinity, where the
crops were severely damaged. J. r.
Wallace's loss on stock and buildings
amounted to $4,000. At Springville
many buildings were blown down, the
corn was badly damaged, and Daniel
Doom was killed. Three and three
quarters inches of rain fell at Traer,
corn suffered badly, and the hay crop
was almost totally ruined. Near
Reinbeck seven large barns were
struck by lightning and burned,
number of head of stock perishiug in
the flames. The electrical display a.
midnight was as grand as it was
destructive.
Jake Fromm, the 15-year-old son Of
Max Fromm, living six miles north
west of Eldora, was. kicked in the
head by horse, and two bones in the
side of the head were broken. Jake
and a companion were on their way to
Hughes, when three or four boys on
horseback came up behind them, run
ming their horses. Jake stepped out
| to the side of the road to let them
pass, but it appears that the horses
had been pulled ont to go around
instead of keeping the road. The
horses ran over Jake, and one~of them
kicked him. The boy is in a precarious
condition, but it is believed he will
recover.
Barnum & Bailey's greatest show
on earth is making few stops in
Iowa and will be in Des Moines on
July 30. Wherever 1t has exhibited
the unanimous opinion is that it is
better than ever before. The show
travels in four special trains of sixty
four cars, and represents an invest
ment of SO, 100000. The daily EXPENSES
are 1900. Among the many leading
features of the show are Peter the
Small, who weighs only 614 pounds,
and an enormous giantess nearly nine
feet tall. The Orissa twins, who rival
the famous Siamese twins, are also a
great drawing card. All railroads
have granted reduced rates to Des
Moipes on the Goth.
The life was probably trampled out
of Jockey Douglass at the opening
meet of the Driving Park club at
Webster City. AS the horses were
leaving the track at the gate after the
second heat of the running race,
Douglass was thrown in the crush
riding, and trampled under foot by at
least a dozen of the nervous race
horses. A large crowd witnessed the
accident, but all were powerless to
assist him. His condition is critical
and it is not believed he can survive.
Douglass's home is said to be near
Boone, and he has been riding Ruby
SO far this season. The horse is owned
by Mr.. Williams, who lives near
Boone.
The recent settlement of the rela-
tives OF T.. p. Stone, formerly cashier
of the Sioux City Savings bank, in his
behalf, by which $4,000 was paid the
receiver on condition that the indict-
ments against him be dismissed, has
not satisfied all who were interested
in the wrecking of that bank. The
indictments were dismissed on motion
of the county attorney at the request
Of those who brought them but three,
new warrants have been issued
against Stone. Two of them charge
him with fraudulent conversion of
money belonging to the Mutual Safe
and Deposit Company, and the other
was sworn out by depositor who was
not satisfied. Stone has not returned
to Sioux City and only his relatives
know his wherea bouts.
Mrs. Murdick A. Address, VINO lives
in Davenport, met with most painful
accident which has caused her the loss
of finger and an endless amount of
suffering. Mrs Address had been up
in the loft Of the barn in the rear of
the house, and she turned to descend
the ladder with her back TO it, The
floor was not high one and when
Mrs. Address was within step or two
of the bottom of the ladder she placed
her hand on the floor of the loft TO
steady herself for the last step or two
The ring which was on the middle fin
ger of her left hand caught on an old
nail, the head Of which protruded
from n plank. Mrs. Address had just
taken step and swung her weight off
one round of the ladder and this left
her dangling in the air by TIE ring on
her finger. Mrs. Address struggled
and screamed till her family came
from the house and relieved her from
her situation of most acute pain.
Doctors were summoned to attend the
woman. They found that in her strug-
giles the ring had slipped down over
the finger to the joint at the root of
the nail, taking the flesh clean as it
went. And it was by the first joint of