Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-09
CASTALIA.

March Z, 1898.
(From our regular correspondent
Roy McMartin is hauling lumber to
build a new house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ike Allen were visiting
friends at Cresco over Sunday.
Mrs. II. w. Hazelton, of Calmar,
was the guest of A. w. Kramer and
family the past week.
Miss Basha Paine leaves this morn
ing for Britt, Ia, where she will make
her home for the present.
A. M. Angles, of DEBORAH, was a
pleasant caller Friday. He expects to
move back to our city i'm few weeks.
John VIM is now resident of our
town. They are moving their house
hold goods into the Irwin Allen house
to-day.
The Milwaukee road had four cars OF
stock out of here yesterday. George
Allen is rustler after stock when he
gets out
Henry Doud came home from Chic.
ago last week where he has been EN-.
ployed for some time as tonsorial
| artist.
Some buyers from Charles City are
here buying calves and young stock fol-
the Dakota market. They have paid
as high as $4.75 for some.
Mr.. Walter Winn, our genial barber,
was on the sick list day or two last
week and until he found substitute
the boys with whiskers were i'm all
kinds of trouble. We are glad he is
able to be out again.
Next Sunday will be Rev. j. Q.
nickensheet's last services here before
going to confere nee. He has been well
liked by everyone and we hope he may
be sent back to us another year.
The /. o. G. Us INDUCED i'm refresh
ments after lodge Saturday evening.
! Ice cream and cake were served to
about sixty members present. They
made the largest gain in membership
last quarter of any lodge i'm the state,
adding twenty-five to the enrolment.
The Standard Telephone Co. expect
to have their line extended to this
point ih the near future. The guaran-
tee asked has been pledged and the
contract for the poles already made.
With the Union telephone and Western
Union telegraph which we now have
this will give us excellent service.
A number of our young people went
to ClermOnt again last Wednesday
evening and completed the organiza.
ton of Good Templars lodge at that
place. The following officers were duly
installed: c. IT,, l.. II. Walker; Vice
IT,, Miss Agnes Crowa; p. c. r., Miss
May Rodgers; Chap, Miss Delma
Rodgers; +. Secy., Miss Libbie Dorland;
Secy., Miss Gertrude Rodgers; Treas.
w. j. Flynn; Mar, HI. b. Rodgers;
Guard, Miss Pearl White; Sem, Miss
Cora Dickinson. The lodge will meet
every Monday night in Masonic Hall.
We wish them abundant success in
their efforts to save and reclaim.
About five O'clock Saturday D. m.
the feed mill was discovered to be on
fire and the alarm was turned i'm.
Everyone turned out promptly and in
few moments a bucket brigade was
started and a steady stream of pals
were flying up the ladders to the roof
where half dozen We're at work fight.
ing the flames. 1t was only the work
of a few minutes to extinguish the fire
when they once got to it, and so what
might have been very disastrous
cOnf1agration was luckily avoided.
The damage will be slight and they
will doubtless be running again to- day.
Mr.. Allen intends to put an iron roof
on ii now and thus avoid the danger
of another such accident. The town
hall is only twenty feet distance from
the mill and with south wind blow
Ing at the time it is doubtful If il could
have been saved.