Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-10-26

tives at Spencer, Iowa.
&C. N. Goddard made business
trip to st. Paul last week.
Ole Hauge, of Elkport, Iowa, was
q DEBORAH visitor last week.
IS. G. Scott, of Calmar, was bust
ness visitor in DEBORAH Monday.
Frank Howard at Steyer's opera
house, Thursday evening. Oct. 9th.
Mrs. ]. r. Godfrey spent last week
with her daughter, in Cedar Rapids.
F. s. Landers and G.. B. Lennon
were Decorahians in Chicago last
week.
Mrs. A. w. Grow has been visiting
a brother at Smith Center, Kas., for
week past.
Now is your time to look for horse
blankets. Prices are right at E. Ru.
dolph's & Co. So
The U. s. mail boxes have receiv-
ed new coating of aluminium paint
the past week.
Supervisor o. l.. Wennes, of Hesper
township, was DEBORAH business
visitor Monday.
Hon. Nels Larson, of Hesper town.
ship attended the Cummins meeting
Monday evening.
The complete list of petit jurors for
the November term of court appears
elsewhere in this issue.
AS a result of the low rates to
Omaha over the B., c. r. & N, thirty
tickets were sold yesterday.
Now that the auction sale season is
here, remember that this office knows
how to print attractive sale bills.
Every new subscriber paying us
$3.50 gets this paper from now until
Jan. /, 1900 and law book free.
Miss Garlic Blodgett returned
home from Cresco last. Wednesday,
after six months stay with relatives
near that city.
"A. s.. c. Becker, of Berlin, Wis.,,
arrived in this city last Wednesday, to
visit his uncle, A. s. Clark, and cou-
sin, Geo. M. Clark.
Will Hunter came down from Ken
sett last week and spent few days
with friends. He is still employed on
the Kensett NeWs force.
Mrs. Clara Wells Palmerton re-
turned home to lie Roy yesterday, after
a weeks visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. B. 81. Wells.
"A warehouse on one of the main
streets of Calmar, belonging to the
John Scott estate, was destroyed by
fire early Monday morning.
Mrs. s. N. Leach, of Minneapolis,
q former resident of DEBORAH, has been
visiting for few days at the home of
Joel Dayton in West DEBORAH.
"A. q. Place, of Milwaukee, Wis,
has been here this week on business
connected with the American Pulp,
Linen & Fibre Co., of Freeport.
New classes will be formed in all
departments of Valdez Business Col
lege and Normal School at the be-
ginning Of the winter term, Monday,
Oct. 81.
"A Missouri exchange says man by
the name of Rouse married q girl
named Nixcom, and now the wife is
bringing suit for divorce. She alleges
that 1t was hard enough to have the
papers announce the wedding as the
Nixcom- Rouse nuptials, but 1t Is more
than she can bear to have her husband
insist on naming her son Nixcome A.
Rouse.
For SALE-At an exceptionally
low price. A property OF two lots; a
dwelling house of eight rooms, sum-
mer kitchen and barn. A cistern
and two wells are on the place. One
of the wells is an ice well, that fur
nishes ice cold water during the sum-
mcr season, and is used as refrig-
eratorA Inquire of F. J. d. Gremm,
222 w. Water ST., DEBORAH, Ia. 1858
AN exchange says: A preacher
came at newspaper man in this way:
"You dare not tell me the truth. II
you did you could not live; your news
paper would be failure" The editor
said: "You are right, and the minis
ter who at all times and under all cir
cumstances tells the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth about
his members, alive or dead, will not
occupy his pulpit more than one Sun
day, and then he will find 1t necessary
to leave town in a hurry. The press
and pulpit go hand in hand, with
whitewash brushes and pleasant
words magnifying the little virtues in
to big ones. The pulpit, the pen and
the gravestones are the great saint
making triumvirate." And the minis
ter went away looking very serious,
while the editor turned to his work