Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-03-22
LOCAL ITEMS.

This Wednesday, evening.
CITY election next Monday.
--Teachers' Institute opens next
Monday.
Yesterday was the first day of
spring. How delightful!
Rev. and Mrs. l.. l.. Lockard were
Cresco visitors on Monday.
Girl wanted-for general house
work, enquire at this office.
Disk harrows; you will find the
largest stoch at j. j. Marsh's.
Miss Essie Keegan spent Sunday
with friends and relatives in Canton.
Mimi.
Miss Rebecca Shoemaker of Os-
sian, visited DEBORAH friends over
Sunday.
John Wingate was down from Hes.
per township Saturday, transacting
business.
Mrs. HI. j. Green spent part of last
week visiting friends at Fayette and
Oelwein
Henry Persse, of Burr Oak town.
ship, was DEBORAH business visitor
Saturday.
"A new baby boy has claimed the
attention of the w. G. Meyrick house
hold since Sunday morning.
--Castalia gets the next session ofthe
Northeastern Iowa District Lodge, 1.
o. G. t., and it will be held April LIST.
Our Hesper correspondent records
the marriage of j. p. Street to Miss
Maggie Plunkett to-day. Congratula.
tions.
About twenty of the witnesses
on the Easton case at West Union came
home Saturday, some of them returning
Monday.
Bishop IT, N. Morrison, of the
Episcopal diocese Of Iowa, is expected
in DEBORAH in few weeks, to visit
Grace church.
Prof. Karl d. Fisk will give lee
ture on the Eye and its Refraction"
to the Winneshiek county teachers at
their Institute. 5-2
IN. HI. Nelson has been out from
Washington, ID. c., for several days
We are informed that he has been APP
pointed assistant postmaster.
Geo. Meighan has accepted posi-
ton with the Northwestern Adjusting
Co., and left Monday for st. Paul, from
whence he will start on the road.
IT. A. Jayne, special agent of the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Co., of Milwaukee, will make his
headquarters in DEBORAH hereafter.
The Board of Directors of the N.
E. iowa Picnic Association of the M.
w. A. meet here to-day on business
connected with the coming picnic.
1t will soon be time for home
cleaning, and you will need step lad
der. You can get one free by buying a
can of the famous Globe baking powder
at Geo. Sinclair, West DEBORAH. If.
"A complaint comes to us that the
electric light on the corner of Court and
and Broadway does not furnish light
but part OF the time, with the request
that we call the attention of the COM
pany to this fact.
We have heretofore neglected to
mention the death of Rev. j. M. Fer
ris, former DEBORAH pastor, at the
home of his daughter in Clinton, Iowa
on Feb. 18th. Mr.. Ferris has many
friends in DEBORAH who extend SYM
pathies to the bereaved ones.
IT. A. Jayne, district agent of the
Northwestern Mutual Life ms. Co., in
this territory, will open an Office in the
near future. Mr.. Jayne succeeds Mr..
J. C. Garland in this district and
brings with him the best of references
as to his personal character and busi-
ness methods.
--On account of an influx of adver-
tising which came in yesterday, and
being short man in the Office, we
are compelled to leave out an article
which we had prepared on the court
house question, as well as several
other items of interest. We will be
prepared to meet u rush hereafter.
They have been having their full
share of sorrow and trouble at o. N.
Norgard's home. Mrs. Nordheim,
mother of Mrs. Norgard, passed away
last Thursday and was buried Monday;
Mrs. Norgard is reported very i'll, as
well as son and daughter. May
these be speedily restored to health is
the wish of all.
Dick Overacker's ten-year-old boy,
while climbing on some freight cars on
\ Monday last, fell and dislocated the
bone In his nose. DIR. Swezey was
3called In and dressed the wound. This
shall serve as warning to parents to
keep their boys from jumping ON trains.
y II this is not done, there will be fatal
accident some Of these days.