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

saiU To De an cAceliCnJ one ana COST
-ery little.
Bert Bishop, who lived with his
his parents few miles south of Colo,
suicided because he was sufferer
from infamma tory rheumatism and Ia
grippe.
John z. Lander, of Oskaloosa.
patentee and manufa cturer of trusses,
took ten grains of morphine while
intoxicated and came near dying, but
il is now believed he will recover.
Billy Young, the negro who killed
George Elliott, gambler, in Sioux
City, several weeks ago, has been
found guilty of murder in the first
degree. Life imprisonment was
recommended. He will appeal.
Editor Kerchen. of the German pa
per published at Cascade, Dubuque
county, has been held to the grand
jury for sending a postal card to de-
linquent subscriber, in which the lat
ter was denounced as a swindler. The
charge was defamation of chara cter
sent through the mail.
The city of Cedar Rapids has settled
its claim of $11, 900 against ex-City
Treasurer Stoddard for $4,000. with
the understanding that Stoddard will
not be prosecuted. Stoddard claims
there was no actual shortage and that
the apparent shortage was due to
errors in bookkeeping.
Mrs. Whiting Fellows, of Leando.
has been bound over TO the federal
grand jury at Keokuk for using
Cancelled postage stamps on letters.
1t is a strange case. Mrs Fellows is
prominent in church and social circles,
and her husband is well-to-do
farmer. She gave bon DIS to the
amount of $1,000.
The Jones county school fund has
had $50 in fines added thereto again
by the Cascade saloonkeepers. John
Geery and I. Y. Williams, who were
arrested a short time ago, were
arraigned in Justice Kicker $ court and
both pleaded guilty, whereupon the
justice fined each SIS and costs, which
they promptly paid.
Judge Waterman few days ago de-
iivered "A lengthy opinion on the IA
nous Mott Watson viii case from
Maquolleta, deciding against the al
legged illegitimate son of Watson, who
claimed the large estate. The estate
was estimated to be worth $500. 900,
and the plaintiff laid claim to it as the
illegimate son OF Watson.
Allan Packer, a shipper from Union.
Hardin county, has just met with a
loss of j,23S head of sheep, which were
slaughtered in the stockyards at Ell
Paso, Texas, by United States govern
ment inspectors because they were
pronounced 'scabby.' Packer has
two certificates of health of the sheep
and has put in Il claim for 5000
against the government.
Il. +. Harmed the merchant and
real estate dealer who disappeared
from Ottumwa recently, leaving
behind many heavy creditors, has as
suddenly reappeared in the city. lie
says he has returned to face the music,
that he will try to straighten out his
affairs and start ia business again.
Harmed claims that he left Ottumwa
with 1000, but was robbed of il all
in Chicago
Donald Mclean, the promoter of the
Pacific Short Line, has written the
in Beckwith pass of the Rocky
Mountains arranging for the survey
OF the route through that best of the
mountain passes. He writes that he
has about completed all arrangements
for the western part of the line and
will soon return TO commence work at
Sioux City.
According to a dispatch from Des
Moines, quiet canvass Of the legisla.
ture on the question of bill allowing |
the manufacture of liquor is being
made. Friends of the measure claim |
hl'y-two votes are sure in the house
where fifty-oue will pass the bill. but !
admit the have not the twenty-siy |
needed IN the senate. Their plan is
10 bring IT up at the end of the session.
If they have votes enough to pass il.
j. ii. Henderson. member of the
indianola lodge of Odd Fellows. being
o representative from district 10 in the
grand lodge of that order, began pro.
ceediDg> in the Polk district court to
enjoin Grand Secretary Vim. Musson
and Grand Master j. S. Bellamy from
drawing a warrant on Grand Treasurer
A. j. Morrison for expenditures on the
Orphans Home, located by the grand
lodge at Jefferson, and which was
about to be built.
Sam Earhart, of Mt Pleasant. was
arrested at Ottumwa recently for steal
ing cattle. The arrest resulted in a
big sensation. Recently there has
been wholesale thefts of stock and
goods from farmers near Mt. Pleasant
Earhart was seen with stolen steers
and tracked TO the farm of Arthur
Courtney, prominent farmer.
Officers searched Courtney's place and
found the steers, buggics, bicycles and
all sorts of articles that had been
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