Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-02

urer of Humboldt county. pleaded
guilty to embezzlement of $1,000 and
sentenced to pay fine of that amount
and to imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for II term of four years. His time
will expire under the good behavior
rules in three years and two months.
A dispatch from Des Moines states
that an amendment to the penal
statutes will soon be introduced in the
legislature, by which it will be made
crime for any state officer, supreme or
district judge, member of the legis-
, lature, or attache of the legislature TO
ask, solicit, or receive any railway
mileage. pass, ticket or other free
transportation; or any telegraph or
express franks or other favors at the
hands of corporations of public
character.
Hamilton county. Iowa. has won
the first grand sweepstakes prize at the
National Butter Makers Association
in session at Owatonna, Mimi. Butter
from the creamery at Randall. just
south of Webster City, scored 9s14 per
cent in competition with products
from all parts of the United States,
and congratuiatory kilograms have
been pouring in on II. n. Miller, the
successful butter maker, by the dozen
for the past two days. The same
creamery won the grand sweepstakes
at the last state convention.
Two cases of $4,000 each against
the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha railroad company We're settled
and dismissed in the Plymouth county
district court. The railroad company
paid 81 900 in each case to compromise.
The cases were brought by the estates
of Ernest and Clara Hiidebrande, man
and wife, who were killed at LeMars
on the night of May 20, 1896. Hide
brande and his wife We're hotel EN-
ployes. They bought tickets to Sioux
City and got on board the midnight
freight. The train was thrown from
the track and both were killed.
The Mahaska county grand jury has
returned a bill against George Meter
| field. of Wayland for the murder of
George Golightly. The cases against
the Eddyville boys, Abe Lafferty and
Arthur Epperson. were taken directly
TO the grand jury. without prelimi-
nary trial, and an indictment found
| against them. Abe Lafferty, the de-
PENDANT mentioned above, is at present
| laid up from the effects of the burns
| he received while attempting to save
| the life of Miss Criswell from burning
the other evening. Notwithstanding
the criticism heaped upon him for his
| connection with the rape case, he is
looked upon as quite hero for his
! gallant work of rescue.
The entire Goldberg block, consisting
of big department store, tn rec big
| rooms on one floor with the Julian
| hotel to the rear and upstairs and
everything in the hotel went up in
flames at Hamburg recently. The
guests got out safely with everything
that belonged to them, except in the
case of Charles Goulding, who was in
Shenandoah, and who lost about $500
worth of clothes and valuab Gold
berg's department store and the
Julian hotel were fully insured. Mrs.
Goldberg's millinery store and con-
tents. worth about $4,000, were
burned. No insurance. The fire
started in the basement of the Gold
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to be incendiary. All the glass fronts
| across the streets are a total loss.
The farm house of Albert Griswold,
living three miles northeast of Scion,
was visited by tramp. who asked
Mrs. Griswold for something TO eat.
Mr.. Griswold had just got out of bed
and entered the kitchen. and enquired
| of the tramp where he slept the pre-
vious night. TO this the tramp replied
| that it was none of his business. Hot
words passed between the two men.
which finally ended by Griswold order
| ing the int ruder to get out of the
house. The wandering Willie"
seized chair and was going to hurl
4 III al Lne IdT1ucr DcaO, When brlSWOi0
| got his gun and followed the tramp
| out of the house. Shots were exchanged
| on both sides, but only the tramp
received injuries, judging by his limp
ing on his way to the next farm house.
| Griswold escaped without a scratch.
Charles Lloyd Barney, the Iowa
strong man, who discovered his
strength in Des Moines about year
ago when some of his friends who had
accompanied him to slaughter house,
remarked at the ease with which he
dispatched a veal calf by using his
fists instead Of butchers maui, set
new record for strong men a few DAYS
ago in the presence of several hun
| dred people at Drake University, Des
Moines. Barney has signed contract
TO play the season with Ringing Bros
circus and gave d farewell performance
| to the students of Drake. of whose
athletic work he has had charge.
Incidentally he announced his inten-