Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18

all pumped out of the well one at n
time and were killed as fast as brought
to the surface.
The Grand Lodge Of Iowa OF the
Ancient Order of United Worlimen
met in kcokuB a few days ago, Grand
Master Tilton presiding and $40 dele
gates present. The grand masters
report showed the orders condition
was most prosperous. The grand re
cordcr's report showed there had been
an increase Of membership of 90 since
January /, 1896.
Ed Turner, of Osiialoosa. who has
nearly killed three people in as many
different scraps, and who was out of
! jail ON good behavior. assaulted Cage
Iiartgraves n few nights ago and
inflicted three dangerous wounds ON
his head and face. Turner skipped
out on horseback and SO far has'eluded
the police. The wounds were evil
IDENTIFY made with an iron instrument
of some kind, as rust was found in
| them.
a little over n year ago when j. {.
| Stoddard retired from the Office OF
city treasurer of Cedar Rapids, after
filing it for about sixteen years, an
examination of his books showed a
shortage of nearly $4,000. Recently
! Mr.. Stoddard made n settlement with
the city by paying them $4,000. An
expert accountant has just finished
auditing the books, dating back TO the
| time Mr.. Stoddard took the office, and
! discovered that the whole shortage
was brought about by errors in book
! keeping, and there now remains o
| shortage of only about $780, the
reason for which it is believed VIII
| yet be found.
| The general store of ]. L. Piersoll &
| Sons, of Rockwell, was robbed and be-
! sides large amount Of goods, $500
in notes were taken from the safe.
There was no cash in the safe at the
| time and the lock was not on. The
thieves had simply TO swing open the
door and remove the inside iron chest.
Ninety-two pairs of shoes and, it is
thought. some clothing were taken
On the night previous to the robbery
an Iowa Central way freight dumped
about Il dozen tramps in the city and
the next morning only three of them
could be found. They were arrested
on suspicion. The stolen notes were
made payable to j. b. Piersoll & Sons.
Ernest Herman; a young man about
30 years old, was accidentally killed
while blowing in his field near Algona.
lie had been in the habit of carrying
his shotgun TO the field to kill gophers.
lie carried his gun on the plow, and
when he saw the gophcrs would seize
it and shoot them. From all appear
ances, when found by his wife, he had
reached for the gun with one hand
and was holding his horses with the
other, when the gun was discharged,
the charge entering his heart and
killing him instantly. He was not
home to dinner at the usual hour, so
his wife went to look for him and
found him dead. They had boeu mar
ricd only about six months.
a serious and what it was feared
would prove fatal affair took place
at Oskaloosa few days ago. John
Storm was beating his wife unmcrci-
fully and complaint was made TO the
! police. Chief Stoler and Officer Glass
! fastened TO the scene and found the
charges true. AS Stoler stepped in
the door of the house Storm knocked
him senseless with whip stock loaded
with lead. Glass thereupon drew his
club and Int Storm, laying him out in
Il lifeless heap upon tnc floor. 1t was
fourteen hours after the trouble that
Storm regained consciousness. He is
still in u bad way. He is well known
character and hard man TO handle.
Stoler is ON duty again, nursing a sore
! head.
A sharp legal fight at the SiouS
county seat of government resulted in
q victory for the county. Judge
Hutchinson instructed the jury TO
! find verdict for &i4, 50 for the
county. This was the amount claim cd
provided the sureties were decided
not to be liable for moneys received
after January G. II was the deficit
January 2, 1896, with interest AZ per
cent to date. The suit was brought To
recover from the bondsmen of Edward
Kirsebom the amount of his dcfalca
ton, ST., 900, while he was treasurer
of Plymouth county. Kirsebom was
elected county treasurer in 1893. He
held the office during 1898 and 1894,
and was elected in the fall of 1895 for
another term Of two years. He did
not file new bond in 1896 for the
second term. Shortly after the be-
ginning OF his second term the people
of Plymouth awolze To the fact that
they were short a county treasurer
aud about $1,000. The bondsmen
were contesting the right OF the county
to hold them liable for the dcfalcation
in view of the fact that q new bond
was not filed when Kirsebom was re-
elected, and the county sought 10
prove that the board of supervisors at
their session after the election of 1sDG
| acted on the first bond again and re-