Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03
THE NEWS IN IOWA

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organize troop of cavalry, to be known
as Troop A of the Iowa National
Guards.
Ole Edvenson, farmer living nine
miles northeast of Nevada, died from
the effects of kick in the head from
a horse he was leading to water few
days ago. He leaves a wife and thir-
teen children.
Hog cholera has broken out in
Dubuque county and is raging I'M
checked. In Vernon township the
loss has been heavy, one man losing
$50 hogs, another 100 Nearly all of
William Burns's, younger hogs have
died, and James O'Brien, Jr., is minus
the greater part of his herd.
David Shoff, aged 16, was drowned
IN the river close to Madrid The boy,
together with his father, brother and
brother-in-law, who live near the Polk
county line, was fishing. The Shoff
boy, who could not swim, had waded
out into the river and got beyond his
depth. The others were not near
enough to him to render him assist
ance before it was too late.
Clinton was visited by cyclone
few nights ago. The Warner Lock
factory building was blown down at
loss of about $4,000. The factory had
been shut down, but was to have re-
sumed work soon. A hundred men
are thus prevented from securing en-
ployment and the factory may not be
rebuilt. No other buildings in the
city were damaged.
Simon Mcbride, well-to-do and
representative farmer living near Free
mont, was killed in runaway a few
days ago. Mcbride and Harvey East
burn were in buggy, when the horse
started torun away. Both lines broke
and Eastburn jumped out. Mcbride
tried to get out, but in doing so his
head struck a post, inflicting fatal IN
juries. He died in about forty
minutes.
Advices from San Francisco show
that the Fifty-frst Iowa regiment has
moved to the Preside. Another detail
of guards was ordered on the troopship
Arizona. The indications are strong
that the regiment will go on the Ari-
IONA, but no orders yet. Alfred c.
Bebb, of Columbu Junction, is dead.
His is the first death in Company F,
and the fifth in the regiment. The
cause was pneumonia.
A railroad accident occurred at the
west end of the northwest yards, at
Eagle Grove, few nights ago. Engi-
neer Chas. Shaeffer was fatally, and
Fireman Mcdonald seriously scalded.
-Four freight cars were literally con-
verified into kindling wood and one To-
connective into scrap iron. The freight
cars had unaccountably passed out of
the west end of the switch about a
mile west of the station, and the limit
ed passenger from the west, running
to make up time, crashed into them.
A constable from Scott county went
over to Fairfield and arrested Ovid +.
Johnson, of Liberty township, on the
charge of blgamy. johnson has lived
IL Jefferson county county for several
years with wife No. 2 and has raised "a
family and was well thought of. Wife
No. l lives in Burlington and has
brought suit. He says when young
boy, he was ''roped" into marrying the
Burlington wife In Nebraska, that he
could not live with her, and being ig-
wards married his second wife. His ar
rest astonished his friends IN Fairfield.
The biennial report of the custodian
of public buildings in Iowa for the
years 1896 and 1897 has just come from
the state binder. 1t is a document of
SO pages, profusely illustrated, and
well gotten up with statistics. 1t con-
tains an itemized statement of expend-
itures of the Office during the period
and complete invoice of every article
in the capitol building, besides tools
and machinery in care of the custo-
dian. The total expenses of the de-
partment for 1896 and 1897 amounted
to SOL ,0S1.03 An invoice of tools and
machinery in the custodian's care
shows S2,017.3O; furniture in the capitol
building S51 ,O49.40.
An organized band of robbers is at
work in the vicinity of Cedar Rapids,
evidently making its headquarters in
the timber between Otis and Beverly.
A few nights ago the grocery store of
Peter Minecl1 was burglarized. The
following night Joe Stark, who lives on
the west side, was aroused by some
one who wanted to use his telephone
to call doctor for a sick woman. AS
he opened the door two men sprang
inside and leveling revolvers at him,
compelled him to give up $97.4O.
The next night six men going
from Spring Hill, ILL.,, to the
harvest fields were held up in box
car near Otis by four men with revolt
vers, who relieved them of $40, four
gold watches and a silver watch.
l Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Scott holds, with State Treasurer Her.
riott, of Iowa, that state warrants,
and checks, drafts and warrants drawn
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