Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19


! state Legislature as successor to n.
A. Merrell, recently deceased.
A deaf mute son of Joshua Bantz,
living near Otterville, four miles north
north of Independence, was seriously
injured while hunting rabbits. A
cartridge exploded in his face, which
will result in destroying his eyesight,
if not more serious injuries are sus-
| tanned.
A man named Fred Faulk was
attacked and killed by hogs few days
| ago in the heavy timber about fifteen
miles northeast of Atlantic. Faulk
was hunting rabbits and accidentally
wounded one of the hogs, whose cries
attracted several other hogs, and they
all attacked him and literally chewed
him to death. The hogs had escaped
from farmers living in that locality
and were virtually wild. The sur
roundings betokened hard fight, as
faulk's gun was broken in pieces and
the underbrush beaten down for rods
in his vain struggle for life.
The treasurer of Humboldt county,
j. w. S. Lindley, is short in his ac-
counts with the county about $4,000
and unable to make settlement.
Lindley has been n resident of Hum
| boldt for about twelve years. He was
| elected three years ago to the position
he now holds, and as twenty-four good
men are on his bonds the county can
not lose anything by his shortage.
| His bondsmen are mostly farmers scat
tered throughout the co unity. Lind
| ley was a dealer in cattle, and claims
to have lost the money in his business
deals, but it is expected that board of
trade speculations caused the trouble.
The recent sleet storm has been
peculiarly disastrous to the inhabitants
| of Russell, town of 500, west on the
Burlington. Jacob Wheel, promi-
nent resident, is dead, and five are
badly hurt, the result of falls on icy
| sidewalks. wheel slipped and fell,
sustained internal injuries and died in
few hours. 7. A. Hockey has his
right arm broken, Isaac Hockey two
ribs broken, NJ. Arnold, collar bone
broken, Samuel Vannice, fingers
broken, Mrs. John Threlkeld left arm
broken. A strange feature is that all
the injured and the dead man were
members of the same Presby terian
church.
In the Polk county court recently
Judge Spurrier decided the Prime
Guest case in favor of John r. Prime.
He has ordered i. NJ. Earle, attorney
for Prime, to prepare the order in
mandamus, commanding the governor
to issue a commission to Prime, as
brigadier general of the First brigade,
/. n. q. The decision means a clash
between the courts and the executive
department of the state. There may
be lively times, if the governor deems
it prudent to take issue with the courts
and carries out the threat made by
Attorney General Remley, that the
governor would refuse to obey the
order of court, in case the decision was
against him. 1t is possible trouble
will be averted by an immediate APP
peal TO the supreme court.
Daniel Pittman, a well-known ana
well-to-do farmer residing in Greene
comfy, has been compelled to dispose
of his hogs because of peculiar and
unheard-of malady that has had pos
session of them. They seem to hav
all the symptoms of a thing of life
possessed of devils, rushing about their
pens and the enclosure, biting and
attacking each other in most blood
thirsty fashion. Several that were
seriously injured this way died and
their companions at once turned in
and finished them, save the bones.
Rather than have them all DESTROYED.
Mr.. Pittman sold them. Farmers
report having heard of no such mania
getting hold of swine heretofore, and
no one appears to understand it or TO
know what measures to take for it's
remedy or prevention
The Farmers Institute at Rockwell
recently was favored with the presence
of Frank Baumgartner, of Peotine, H.,
Division Freight Agent Cleaems, of
Dubuque, and District Agent Calkins,
the two latter representatives of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road.
Mr.. Baumgartner addressed the
convention and declared that hog
cholera is neither infective nor con-
tagious and was produced by injudi-
cious feeding, causing what he calls
break" He does not call the disease
cholera, but malaria, typhoid fever or
appendicitis. He is backed by the
Chicago, Milwaukee g. ST. Paul road,
and a commission from the agricultural
department will visit him in few days
He has made three public exhibitions
SO far, in Dubuque, West Union and
McGregor. He went into sick herds
and cured them. He has gone into
well herds and produced the cholera,
allowing one hog to die and curing the
others. Under directions of the
Chicago, Milwaukee q st. Paul road
he will now make exhibitions at Mason
City, Emmetsburg and Algona.