Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12
THE NEWS IN IOWA

He'll Pratt, a brakeman, had both
legs cut off while coupling a train at
Maxwell. He Wilde.
Fire at Atlantic destroyed the barns
of Silas Wilson and DR.. w. L. Graham.
Loss, about $1,000; partially covered
by insurance.
Bert Ross, who confessed to shoot
ing his wife in Des Moines' White
Chapel with intent to commit
murder, was sentenced to serve three
years at Fort Madison penltentiary
and taken there by a deputy sheriff.
The corn crop in northwestern Iowa
is said to be safe beyond a question.
Reports from farmers indicate that
the crop is good one, and that the
yield will be from thirty to forty five
bushels per acre of good, sound corn.
Freight train No. -, going east on
the Chicago, Minneapolis & st. Paul,
was wrecked near Floyd crossing.
Twenty cars, loaded with grain, were
piled up. The wreck was caused by
the breaking of a draw-bar. Passen-
ger - pdNlly
w. +. karron, now imprisoned in
the county Jail at San Francisco,
charged with embezzlement, has fallen
heir to $3.50. 600. James karron, the
prisoners uncle, who was prominent
mining operator in Montana and
Nevada, died recently at Austin, Iowa,
leaving him fortune.
Frank Williams, u well-to-do and
prosperous farmer living north of
Woodward, committed suicide by
hanging II has had serious trouble
with his wife. She had recently sued
for divorce and 500 alimony. and 1T
is thought that the trouble growing
out Of this situation drove him to the
deed.
In the district court of Polk county.
Judge w. A. Spurrier signed an order
TO Clerk Jordan directing the issue OF
:. writ of certiorari addressed to the
state election board, which will open
up in court the contest between the
factions of the peoples party for the
nse of the party name on the ballot
this fall.
At a social party seven miles from
Odebolt, Nelson Nc Donnough, n young
farmer, was shot in the neck by
another farmer, Frank Rivers. The
cause of the dispute was in regard to
decision in wrestling match. Me-
Donnough is alive, but the bullet is
still in his neck. Rivers took a bicycle
and started north.
Census enumerators have made q
report to the city council of Atlantic,
showing population of $500 in the
city. Petitions will be circulated al
once and if the signatures Of over 50
per cent of the voters of the city who
voted at last falls election can be
secured, mulct saloons will be estab-
lished.
stock train en- route from Tracey
10 Chicago via the Abba and De'
Moines branch of the so caught fire
near Bussey from a spark in the straw
bedding and car of seventeen steers
was consumed. Another car was par
TALLY burned The fields caught fir,
and fences, straw and hay stacks were
consumed. The cattle belonged I,
Louis Converse, of Tracey.
In drunken row at Hawley Xek'
Kinnard received fourteen stabs from
knife IN the hands of Sam Simpson
Some of the wounds are of a danger
Gus character, one near the hear
being three and one-half inches lonl
and one and one-half inches deep. A
last accounts he was still alive. Their
were four in the party-Kinnard
Simpson, Carter and Robinett. Kin
nard claims that Carter and Simpson
is the one who used the knife. Simp
son was arrested at once, but wa
released on bail.
Conrad May, a man who figured in
divorce suit at Dubuque. acknowledg
ed in court that he had buried $40, 90
on his farm in Wisconsin to save pay
ing alimony to his wife. He refuse,
TO say where it was buried. A fey
. dSO 10 W do oiSSONSiCb ny a ldl
er who was hunting squirrels. III
was crossing Nays land when his do
ran gopher into his hole. The farm
er began to dig for the gopher and wa
astonished to come across a number O
shot sacks containing gold, silver an
paper 1t was in fact Mays burie
treasure. May heard of the find an
claimed the. money, which was pal
over to him by the finder, in all owe
$4,000.
The fusion populists have filed i
the Polk county district court a pet
ton for "a writ of certiorari, whic
shall be directed to the election boart
commanding them to bring into coui
transcripts OF the records of the recer
hearing before them regarding the MS
of the peoples party name. If til
writ is issued, the state board and I'll
two contending parties of populis'
will appear in court and go over I'll
same ground as was traversed befor,
TO have the court determine whethe
as claimed by the fusion populists, til
board acted illegally and beyond i
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