Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16

NEWS OF NORTH IOWA.
A Collection of News Items of a
General Nature Gathered from
the Press of Northern Iowa.
Reinbeck is agitating the electric
light question.
A business mems association has
been organized at Elma.
The Lady Foresters of Waukon net.
ted $50 at their recent Old Time Party.
A large Modern Woodmen banquet
will be held at Fayette on the oath inst.
Cedar Valley Seminary at Usage has
an enrolment of LIS students this win
ter.
Arlington expects more improve
ments this year than for several years
past.
Revival meetings at Mason City have
resulted in over two hundred CONVEX
sions
Manchester's city council will en-
deavor to redistrict the city wards of
that place.
Rev. c. V. Bently, of Epworth, Iowa,
has been engaged as pastor of the Fred
ericksburg Baptist church.
The Granville Farmers Mutual In
surance Company has over 81 ,000,0O0
worth of property in its books.
Bremen county has SO creameries
in operation this winter, and is only
lSX24 miles in size, says the Mdepead-
ent.
Three men were discovered in the at
tempt to rob Larson d Christensou's
shoe store at Waterloo and were cap
tured.
G. B. Meyers, an /. G. r. r. brake
man, whose parents live at Cedar
Falls, was run over by the cars and fa-
tally injured at Manchester.
Benton county people are excited
over probable find of a real flow of
coal oil. A stock company with 5000
capital is being formed to put down a
well.
Will Hanlon started on the road
Tuesday morning. He will sell Sar-
tors cigars to the retail trade. Hi
first trip was to Decorah.-OelaOein
Record
w. III. Cole, of Charles City, has in
vented gasoline motor wagon and APP
piled for patent on it. He expects
to attain speed of twenty-five miles
an hour with the wagon.
A team of diseased horses owned by
Mr. Ailer, of Aurora, were examined
by the state veterinarian, who pro-
nounced the disease the CHAMBERS, and
ordered the horses shot.
Thos. Stocks, of Nashua, was out
hunting recently and his gun was
discharged into his leg above the ankle
while he was climbing through the
fence Amputation was necessary.
A dog chain was found imbedded in
large oak log at Waverly by Henry
Woodring. 1t is thought that the
chain was stapled to the tree years ago
and that the tree swallowed it up in
its growth.
The Cedar Falls business mems as
ISOLATION has made up its mind that
it does not want that electric
street car line built between Cedar
Falls and Waterloo. They fear that
the latter city will get some of their
business.
Bowman Bros, of Waverly, will
have one of the largest stock sales ever
known in Iowa Feb. %, "A, %, at the
Lone Tree farm three miles northeast
of Waverly, 200 horses, 200 cows and
100 brood sows, all thoroughbred stock,
will be sold.
John Wilson met with very serious
accident last Monday while cutting
wood with circle saw. Three fingers
on the left hand were so badly mangled
that amputation was necessary, leav-
ing but the thumb and forefnger. DIR.
Kessel performed the operation. -HoU-
ard county Times.
WdukOn Democrat: Score another
touchdown for the Standard Telephone
Co! Their popular price of ten cents
per message to Postville and Monona
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