Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-26

was struck by a ''Q'' train while
walking along the track at Ottumwa
! and instantly killed.
Thomas Carey, postmaster at Modale,
was recently discovered to be short in
! his accounts in the sum of S20S. The
bondsmen fixed the matter and Carey
! went on protracted drunk. The
| United States authorities got after him
and he was brought before Commits
( sioner Steadman at Council Bluffs to
answer to the charge of embezzlement.
! He entered plea of guilty, declaring
| that he used the money to buy med
| icine for his sick family when he had
no money of his own.
! William Friend has been incarcerated
at Bedford on the charge of numbering
/ his wife, who died at their farm house
near Siam, on January 2, of strychnine
! poisoning. 1t is said Friend went to
Hopkins and got some strychnine for
/ rats. He also secured some headache
capsules for his wife. 1t is supposed
| that he removed the contents of the
| capsules and inserted strychnine, for
Mrs Friend died shortly after taking
one of the capsules. The coroner's
jury decided it was case of suicide.
Sheriff Morgan arrived at Council
Bluffs few days ago, having in charge
the man who is supposed to be j. j.
( Refill y, one of the famous Griswold
bank robbers, and the desperate crook
who shot and nearly killed Nick
O'Bricn. There now appears to be
considera BILE doubt whether the pris-
oner is the much wanted bank robber
and would-be murderer. The prisoner
himself stoutly maintains that he is
not Kelley and that he was never in
Council Bluffs before. There are
several circumstances which seem to
corroborate his assertion.
Daniel O'Hcarne, who resided near
Clare, recently lost his life at the
hands of his youngest son, purely by
accident, but none the less horrible.
1t appears that the son was pre-
pairing or had prepared to go rabbit
hunting. He finished loading his gun
and started out to the fields. AS he
passed through the door the gun
caught and was discharged. The en-
tire load struck his father in the
breast, tearing it's way through his
lungs, killing him almost Instantly
| Medical aid, being summoned at once,
proved unavailing. The son and fam
lily are Frustrated over the terrible ac-
cident.
Schlosser VS.. Wise is the title of a
sensational case which occupied the
entire time of the Dallas county dis
trict court last week. The defendant,
Dallas Center. secretary of the Farm
ers' Mutual Insurance company, of
Dallas county. He was sued for $4,000
by Adeline Schlosser for seduction and
breach of promise, the prosecution
claiming the offense was committed
October 81. 1895. A 3-months-old babe,
which many aver is the very picture of
the defendant, appeared with the
unhappy mother in court. The jury
returned verdict giving the plaintiff
damages in the sum of 81, 500.
! At Harrisburg, Pa, few days ago
Governor Hastings and Attorney
General Mccormick heard the argu-
ments in the requisition case of j. j..
Riley, who is wanted in Council Bluffs
for bank robbery and attempted
murder. Riley was in the Allentown
Jail on minor charges. and his term
was about to expire. In Council
Bluffs, when Deputy Sheriff OBrien
tried to arrest Riley, the latter shot
him. The argument hinged on
whether O'Brien was really the man
wanted. o. Brien swore positively
! Riley was the man who shot him. On
the strength of this the governor
granted the requisition and O'Brien
started at once for Council Bluffs.
State Auditor Mccarthy few days
ago issued ID statement of the finances
of the state, on which he has been at
work for several weeks. 1t was pre-
pared at the request of the governor,
and will be a leading part of the gov
ernor's message to the Legislature
The message will deal with very few
questions outside of code and finances,
and will be brief Auditor McCarthy's
conclusions, summarized, amount to
this: The state had on January 2,
1897 $500, 450 of warrants outstanding
and $10G. 1888 cash in it's treasury, leav-
ing net deficit of S397 ,075. The esti-
mated receipts for 1897 from all
sources, taxes, fees of state officers,
etc, are 81, 139,445. Add to this the
amount of cash in hand, and the total
resources are S.. 1913, s29. The total
estimated warrants to be issued in 1897
is fixed at So, 243, O72. Adding this to
the amount already outstanding, gives
81. SOC, 53l that will have been issued
by January 1 next. The estimated
deficit January /, 1898, is thus placed
at S5O2,7 02. But this estimate does
not include any of the expense of the
extra session, the appropriation which
will doubtless be made to complete