Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-02-09

FROM OTHER COUNTIES.
Items of General Interest Gathered
From the Press of Iowa and
NeighbOring States.
Riceville is talking electric lights
"Men" parties are in vogue in Usage.
Oelwein has licensed five saloons at
81 200 each.
Cresco women want one OF their sex
on the school board.
Dennis Sullivan, of Usage, recently
lost three fingers while Oiling buzz
saw.
The Independence saturday Herald
has died. 1t breathed its last on Sat
urday.
The Governors Greys are holding q
weeks fair of large proportions at Du-
buque.
A rear end collision on the Chicago
Great Western at Fredericksburg, re-
suited in the serious injury of several
trainmen.
rxx,n of (NnIn, 10
fined $40 each for disturbing the meet
ings at the Methodist church.
All of the druggists of Fort Dodge
with the exception of two, have been
indicted tor making illegal sales of
liquor.
Oelwein's new Hotel Mealey, will be
dedicated i'm grand style on February
q. A grand ball will be given and a
So. 90 plate dinner is to be served.
1t is reported that diphtheria is
spreading in the insane hospital at In.
dependence. Each ward is quaran-
tined from the others and twenty cases
are reported.
At Charles City February 1l-l2
Worth, Mitchell, Floyd, Butler, Bre.
mer, Chickasaw and Cerro Gordo
counties, will hold an Inter County
teachers meeting.
The Oelwein Register claims to have
information that the Chicago Great
Western will the coming spring estab.
lish a hospital at that point, that being
| the center of their system.
The CerrO GordO county printing
| contest has a new feature which is
identical with the one in this county
One of the rejected papers has filed
| notice of contest on the ground that the
successful bidders had filed no list OF
the names of their subscribers residing
in the county, as required by law.
Aaron KrOuse, farmer who lived
| near TOddville, while returning to his
home from the city was trying the
speed of his team with neighbor, and
| while turning corner the sleigh was
overturned, and Mr.. KrOuse fell in such
| a manner as to strike his head against
; rail fence, fracturing the skull. The
injuries resulted in death.
Last week the trustees of the M. +
church of Elkader, bought the Schoch
property on the corner of Cedar and
First street, which includes the house
now occupied by Dan Wolf They pro-
pose to move the church on the prop
erty and veneer it with brick, using
the house as a parsonage. They will
sell the lots now occupied by the
church, and the parsonage building on
| the east side Register.
Over in Fayette the grand jury, after
visiting the cOunty's poor farm build
| ings, reported it to the court as "aT
| abomination and disgrace to any civil.
lied community. The present condi
tons are such that the separation O
the sexes and of the insane from the
sane is impossible Humanity anC
good morals would dictate that these
classes be separated, at least part o
| the time.n
The Local Markets.
Following are the DEBORAH markets
at the time of going to press:
| 3
| Barley. .................2O Gl. 2
II
| Corn. .2202
Timothy Seed s.. 2O9s23
Glover Seed ....... ..........S 81. 50@s45
FLAX l'i
Live S5.o
Beef on foot So OOGs4O
Dairy .l5@ Il
| Egos l1G1l
Potatoes A
3d. O@s $50