Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-03-09

has been held to the grand jury under
S., 900 bonds by Justice Mcmillan at
Wyoming. Bobo is charged with caus-
ing the death of Miss Belle Suttliff, an
Oxford Junction school teacher with
whom he had been intimate, by a
criminal operation.
At Glidden few days ago freight
and passenger train were approaching
crossing from different directions.
A teamster saw the freight and know
ing he had time to cross before it, he
drove on the track, despite the warn
ing cries of those who witnessed the
affair. The passenger train struck his
wagon and injured him to such an
extent that he may not recover.
A few days ago Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Stafford and Mr.. and Mrs. David
Barnes, farmers, living near Carbon
dale, went to Oskaloosa and by default
in district court procured divorces on
the grounds of adultery. They made
the trip in the same wagon and are
apparently good friends. Before leav-
ing town Mr.. Barnes and the divorced
Mrs. Stafford procured license to
marry. Mr.. Stafford swearing to the
affidavit. 1t is understood that Mr..
Stafford and Mrs. Barnes are also to
be married, and that the whole pro-
cedure has been by mutual agreement
all around. This caps the climax of
all the varied divorce business for
which Mahaska county is already
famous
s An Indianola dispatch says: A new
mode of haZing has appeared in Simp-
son College circles, though ''hazing" is
perhaps too strong term. 1t appears
that there has been in attendance
student who was thought by number
of his fellow students not to keep HIM
self as clean and tidy as his own health
and associations required. Conse-
quently some twenty or thirty boys
waited on him few evenings ago
with soap and water, towels, scrub
brushes and all the necessary articles
and proceeded to treat the young gen.
tleman TO a first-clasS scrubbing. No
violence was used, but heroic bath,
which is such an one as every healthy
body ought occasionally to receive.
But not satisfied with such irregular
proceedings, the faculty has instituted
a star chamber investigation to ascer-
tain the offenders.
A dispatch from Des Moines says: A
revenue bill has CT last been agreed
upon by the committee on ways and
means of the two houses and been
reported to both houses. Although
not satisfactory in every respect, it is
quite likely that it will go through
both houses in gallop. 1t provides
for cash valuation of property, but
the levy shall be made on n 33M per
cent basis. The soldiers homestead
exemption is raised from $500 to $500,
and professional libraries to the value
of $500 are exempted. The possibility
of overtaxation is absolutely provided
against. Grain and coal dealers, cor
porations of every description and
charact and all other classes hither-
attention in the new law. Tax dodg-
ing is made expensive by the imposing
of fine upon conviction thereof.
A dispatch from Payne, small town
on the Iowa side of the Missouri river,
forty miles south of Omaha. announces
the fatal shooting of Ernest Hern,
nephew of Millionaire Moses u. Payne,
and up to the present time manager of
the extensive ranch owned by his
uncle. quarrel took place between
Hern and farmer named Den Chap
man over some sighting remarks the
latter had made regarding Miss Jennie
Nix, school teacher, with whom
Hern had been keeping company.
Chapman reiterated the remarks he
had already made, and refused To
make the apology demanded. Hern
became angry and reached Cor his
revolver, but Chapman was too quick,
and, divining what Hern's intentions
were, grabbed his own gun, took aim
and fred, sending a bullet into the
head of his would-be assailant. Hern
died shortly afterwards. Chapman
Immediately surrendered to the
authorities.
Trial notice has been fled In the
federal court at Council Bluffs i'm the
case of Deere, Wells & Co. against the
Chicago, Milwaukee q St. Paul rail
way company. The railroad company
is one of the defendants in da mage
suit brought by Deere, Wells e. Co. for
destruction of their warehouses at
Council Bluffs by fire two years ago.
The implement company alleges that
the fire was started through the care
lessness of some of the employees of the
railway company while burning lot
of waste paper on their premises on
the opposite side of the street 1t was
a very windy evening, and it is con-
tended that the railway employees per-
mitted the wind to carry blazing
paper across the street, lodge beneath
the platform of the plaintiffs building
and start fire that destroyed nearly
$50, 900 worth of property The suit