Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-23
THE NEWS in IOWA

closed on an injunction. Judge Sloan
| grants the decree on the ground that
| signatures To the statement of consent
are illegal.
State Veterinary Gibson condo mned
sixteen cows belonging to 5. w.
Baer's herd at Cedar Rapids for tuber-
culosis, and they were slaughtered
under his direction.
AZ VIM. Croaks' saloon in Clinton,
four men. named Delaney, Rush, Law
Ter and Foley, were playing cards.
They became intoxicated and began
TO fight, and as result Foley had his
jugular vein cut and may die.
Prof. James Wilson makes the an
nouncement that the Iowa experiment
station, of Ames. will distribute beet
| seeds TO the farmers of Iowa on con-
dition that they grow it according to
directions and report for analysis.
In the district court OF Polk county
in the case of Brown VS. Frazier, in
| which Brown sued Frazier for $1,000
| damages for election and the alleged
consequent death of his daughter, the
| judge directed a verdict for defendant.
Some Que with good deal of devil
| ishness in their makeup wedged "a
switch on the railroad at Alta, with
| the evident intention of wrecking "a
train. The flyer east was the first
train due and it so happened that it
stopped at the depot and consequently
was not running fast when the switch
was reached. Fortunately the train
remained upon the track and was
brought to "a stop before the rear
! sleeper struck the switch.
In recent decision the supreme
| court hollis that the mulct law does
| not effect cities under special cha rters
and that those cities are subject TO the
| prohibitorv law The cities TO which
the decision will apply are Dubuque,
| Davenport, Cedar Rapids. Keokuk,
| Pennington, Glenwood, Comanche and
| Winterset. The legislature, through
an oversight, failed to make ,provision
| for these cities as was necessary. 1t
is believed the law will be amended
this session.
The churches of Eldora have com
menced "a war on the board of trade,
| or bucket shop. which has been
| operating in that place for the last
four months. They claim that it is
run in violation of the law and they
will attempt to close it up. On the
other hand. the managers of the con-
| Germ say that the business is run in
strict accordance with the law and
| that they cannot be moleste6 II will
probably be brought up for the courts
| TO settle in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Long, parents of the
young lady who died near Hampton a
year ago last summer of strychnine
poisoning under suspicious cIrcum-
stances. have been indicted for murder
i'll the first degree. Miss Long died
very suddenly and the parents are
said TO have hushed up the matter.
Neighbors demanded an investigation,
the body was exhumed and an inquest
held. The stomach was sent to Des
MONIES chemist, who found strychnine
in it, which he declared had been ad-
ministered in a single strawberry.
Lacy Bobo, of Oxford. has been ar
rested on a ceroner's warrant charging
him with the murder of Miss Belle
Sutliff, a school teacher. Miss Sutlif
made dying statement charging DIR.
Bobo with the double crime of NAL
practice and being father of her un.
born child. The coroner impanelied
jury, who found in accordance with
the statement made by Miss Sutlitf.
and the arrest followed. The defend
ant denies both charges. DIR. Bobo is
married man and prominent in
church and social affairs.
The auditor of state a few days ago
issued his semi-annual statement of
the condition of the banks of Iowa.
The report shows that the banks are
in good condition, but that their bust
ness has decreased considerably dur
ing the past six months. The deposits
have increased nearly two millions.
The cash reserve, however. is over
$4,000 larger than it was six months
ago, when the deposits were two mil
lion larger, so that il is easily to be
seen that they are in good condition
for taking care of their business
The Mcintyre Brothers e Wilson
dry goods house, of Oskaloosa. was
forced to make an assignment few
days ago owing TO the failure Of Reek,
Mcintyre Il Company's store at Rock
Island. Mr.. Mcintyre was interested
in both stores, and the failure at
Oskaloosa would not have occurred
had the Rock Island store weathered
the storm. 1t is more than likely that
the creditors will agree on plan that
will enable the store to continue under
its present management. The assets
are fully SAC. 900, the liabilities being
$50, 7jo.
The trial at Clinton OF Chris. Ecker
lebe for the murder of Nina Keil last
July ended few days ago, and the
case was given TO the jury. The jury