Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08
The Hambleton Milling Company. of

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tiles SEQ, 900. The company lost heavily
by the recent floods, several large
cribs of corn at Gregory, Mo-, being
swept away. The business depression
OF the past three years also had the
effect of causing the company great
loss.
The supreme court rendered de-
cision in the famous breach of promise
case of Ehoda a. Geiger VS.. A. c. Payne,
which is one of the best known pieces
of litigation in the history of the Iowa
courts. Miss Geiger sued Payne for
breach of promise, and the lower court
awarded her $4,000. The supreme
court on December IL, 1896, affirmed
the lower courts decree, and few
days ago refused to grant rehearing,
so that there is now nothing left for
Payne TO do but to pay his money.
The supreme court has denied n re-
hearing in the case of Marshall county
VS.. Knoll. Knoll was saloonlleeper,
and gave the customary bond as such.
When his mulct tax fell due he did not
pay it, and the property was found to
be covered by a mortgage which left
| no equity from which to enforce the
mulct tax. The mulct was secondary
to the mortgage, so the county must
lose the tax or collect it from the
bondsmen. The supreme courts
refusal to grant rehearing makes
the 5ondsmen liable
A foreigner who refuses to give his
name scared about half the people of
Muchakinocll out of their wits a few
days ago. After getting full he sailed
out with revolver i'll each hand, fir
ing promiscuously. He visited about
n dozen houses and drove the occu-
pants out before he was arrested. A
constable came for him and he re-
sisted Help was secured, and after
several severe blows on the head he
submitted. He was taken to Jail at
OskalOosa, handcuffed, and tied to a
hack with several clothes lines.
Four persons-two gentlemen and
two ladies-tool boat to cross Storm
Lake a few days ago. The lake was
rough and the boat capsized and all
were thrown into the water. The
occupants of the Casino went to the
rescue and rescued Miss Mabel Kline,
her cousin, Ray Kline, and Mr..
Fletcher, all of Storm Lake. The two
latter had to be resuscitated. Miss
Shirlie Maxwell, teacher, whose
home was in LenoX, was drowned.
She had just closed her school year
and expected to return home at once.
The Des Moines Daily News is
eclipsing it's past brilliant record for
enterprise by sending two persons to
Alaska, two to the Tennessee Centen-
NAL, and two to Chicago, with all
expenses paid the fortunate ones
being selected by vote of its readers.
Last winter the same journal sent two
ladies to the city of Mexico, two to
New Orleans and two to Chicago. The
News is making wonderful success
of its policy of giving the people a
daily paper for ST year. Its circula-
ton is already double that of any
other Iowa daily.
The little child of ]. III. Bull, of
Oh ariton, met with serious and what
may prove fatal accident. The
parents keep restaurant and lunch
counter and the child was playing on
one of the high stools, when il fell and
struck on its head, dislocating the
neck and driving its head down into
its shoulders. A surgeon was imme
diately called and got the little one
Strengthened up. and its head is now
supported by braces. 1t now lies how
ering between life and death. If it
had not been for its extreme youth and
the elasticity of the bones, it would
have died instantly, but it may
recover.
At the state field meet of the colleges
| of Iowa at Dcs Moines few days ago
eight state records were broken.
They were in the shot put, 100-yard
dash, half mile bicycle race, 29O-yard
dash, running high jump, 120-yard
hurdle race, Emile bicycle race, and
a20-yard hurdle race. The worlds
record for circular track, in the 220-
yard dash, was equalled by Rush; and
the state record, in the 50-yard dash,
was equalled also by Rush, in :05 90.
| The western amateur record, in the
| 1OO-yard dash was lowered by Rush,
| in 100 As. In all the other events eX-
cellent marks were made. Iowa col
lege carried off first honors, with the
state university second.
The body of "A man was found float
| ing in Mill creek, four miles west of
| primghar, near his home, and horse
and buggy were found near the body,
partly in the mud. In the pockets of
the dead man were found $50 in money
and checks and drafts to the amount
of 81, 020, proving that the old man
was not murdered for money. 1t is
thought that Mr.. Frey had been to TIE
town of Sanborn, and attempting to
return home lost his way and came in
the opposite direction from his home.
From appearances the old man (said
| to be about so years old had ire