Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-11-16
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John +. Peterson, a Swede farmer
living in Swca township, Kossuth
county, was killed few days ago
by bull which he had in his feed lot.
Mr.. Peterson formerly lived near
Marcus.
At Il meeting of the Oskaloosa
board of health few days ago in
con junction with the city council an
order was passed closing all of the
five ward school buildings on account
OF fear of diphtheria, no death from
which has occurred.
The grand jury of Dubuque county
indicted eX-Aldermen Cullen, Haipin,
Shea. Vogler. Sculte, Crawford. Bauer
and Kaufman for raising their own
salaries in 1895. Judge Waterman sus
tanned demurrers to the original in
dictments, but the supreme court
ovcrruled him. Ex-Strect Commits
sioner Hagerty and exCommittec
| Clerk O'Connell were indicted for
stuffing the street commissioner pay
roll for April.
A few days ago in response to
a query from the auditor of state as to
whether the section of the code re-
ducing the salary of the railroad com
missioners from $4,000 TO 5000
annually Is 10 be construed lis taking
effect with the code on October last
or at the beginning of the next terms
Of the commissioners, Attorney Gen
eral Remley submitted an opinion
that the change contemplated was to
take effect on October /.
1t has developed that Iowa railway
companies must provide all their roll
ing stock with safety, automatic
brakes and safely couplers not later
than January l. 1898, or he held in
contempt of law passed by tho last
general assembly. This requirement.
long the subject Of agitation was
made by the last legislature without
the extension of time to 1900 that was
in the minds of some. The twenty
fourth general assembly passed Il law
giving the railroad commissioners
authority to extend the time to 1900 if
they thought such action necessary,
but the extension did not get into the
law. Heavy penalties are attached to
violations of the statute.
Dies Moines dispatch: Negligence on
the part OF the last legislative assem-
bly, has left the state capitol in an odd
condition. No funds were provided
to buy certain small necessaries, and
as Il result there is much confusion
among state house employees. A re-
cent examination of the code shows no
way of getting funds for towels in the
toilet rooms, and when IL pane Of glass
is broken it has to remain so till some
one volunteers the cash and is willing
to wait till the next assembly makes
IN appropriation to repay him. A
I large pane of glass WIS recently
broken out of the door of the ieuten-
ant governor 5 room and was boarded
| up because there was no way to make
repairs out OF state funds. 1t is as
summed that all these annoyances are
the result of oversight on the part of
the legislature.
A peculiar fatality occurred a few
days ago at Walnut Grove, about
Ave miles east o. Long Grove.
John Maggie, we'll known farmer
living there, while out hunting near
his home with four companions, acct
dentally shot and killed himself. The
party was in Nagle's pasture at the
time, and the body was taken 10 the
/ house and the coroner was summoned.
A physician states that the accident
was peculiar one, and it cannot be
understood how the gun was dis
charged to make the wound in the
place that it did.