Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-24

probably fatal injuries on Justice OF
the Peace ID. c. Reed. He was alone !
with the justice in the latter's office.
They quarreled and finally Thomas
struck his adversary. 1t is Thought
his skull is fractured. The cause of
the fight cannot be learned. Thomas
is under 81 900 bonds.
George Netterfeld, who gained con-
siderable notoriety for the shooting OF
George Golightly at Oskaloosa last
December, and by the long trial and
acquittal on the charge of murder, has
been shot in a small town in Missouri.
The reports say that he was found
dead in an obscure and out-of-the-way
place with six bullet holes in his body,
shot through and through. Another
account is that he got in quarrel
with man and pulled gun. The
man was too quick for him and fired
first, killing Netter6eld instantly.
A bold attempt was made To rob the
depot at Bremen Station, eight miles
east of Waverly. on the Chicago Great
Western, few nights since. A train
was soon due from the west, ana
Station Agent Lew Hull was working
in the freight room when he was con
fronted by two masked men, who COW
cred him with revolvers and ordered
him out. Hull was unarmed, but
| responded, You get out of here and
advanced on them. They opened fire,
retreated from the depot and dlsap-
peared. Hull was hit in the right
| forearm and right shoulder He
Immediately telegraphed to the sheriff
at Waverly. His wife was in the Office
at the time of the shooting. No
! arrests have been made.
! Fire was discovered in the Sigourney
Review printing Office and it was al
most completely destroyed. The Ar
lington hotel, tire e-story frame and
several other nearby buildings had
narrow escapes. The Review build
ing, a two-story brick, with steam
power and heating in the basement,
was owned by w. X. Hollingsworth
insurance. The printing Office on first
floor was owned by George l.. Barlow,
the editor of the Review. Loss about
So, 500; insurance, 1000 The Courier
| (German) office on second floor was
damaged but little. The law Office of
| A. NJ. Ashcraft and wife was not dam
aged to speak of. j. w. Croneweth' S
iewelry store, joining on the south,
sustained loss of about $3.50.
One of the largest fires Clinton has
had this year broke out a few days ago
in the Clement Chair Company's fac
tory, three story brick building,
which, with yard, occupied one quar-
ter of block. The fire originated in
the varnish room, and, with every
thing about very dry, the fire was
soon beyond control. The building
and stock are complete loss. The
factory employed 100 hands and was
doing a good business. The insurance
is SIS, 900, and the building, stock and
grounds were worth 100000. 1t will
be rebuilt. The building belonging
to w. II. jerks, wholesale oyster and
fish merchant was burned to the
ground also, and nothing was saved.
The building was across the street
from the factory.
The state fair management have
arranged to have on exhibition at the
coming fair an electric horseless car
riage. This carriage will run upon
the track daily and also about the
grounds 1t is the first electric car
riage built in this country to be taken
outside of large city and used on
country roads of all kinds. Wherever
it has been taken it has attracted
great crowds, and governors, senators
and other public dignitarics have
eagerly sought the opportunity to ride
in horseless carriage. The exhibitors
will not only have these horseless car
riages which they exhibit, but they
carry with them a railroad car in
which they generate the electricity
from which the storage battery il
charged. The process of doing this
work will be shown to the public.
Four men fatally injured, twenty
men badly injured and score o.
others scratched and bruised was the
result of a mine horror at Hiteman, il
the mine of the Wapello County Goa
Company. The most seriously injured
are: James Darby. frightfully Gu
about the head, one ear cut off ant
throat cut in two places, cannot live
Don Coulson, head scalped, right lee
and back broken, win die; Charles I'D
munds, both hips badly crashed
which produced paralysis, is probabll
fatally hurt; James Baxter, badly Gu
about the head and win lose sight o
right eye, probably fatally injured
When the 200 men went down into thu
mine to begin work they boarded TIM
train of twenty-five ears and the tril
down the incline to the mems room
began. Hardly had the train go
| under Roadway when a counting brOE,