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Al st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS. June is-There was an unusually
large abundance at the Fair Grounds to day. Specu-
iaIon vas Lively The weather was ideal and track
fast Belle OF Memphis carried considerable money In
the third race and showed herself worthy Of the con.
ndence Of her hackers, winning from a good field
Summaries:
First Rsee-Six furlongs-The Light i07 Morse,
A 70 |, won: sam Lazarus. l09 FROST, 4 70 I, second.
downward ioi 81. T. Woods. TO I, third Time.
l:l4k
Second Race-Flve furlongs Wild Pirate. lis u.
T. Woods, even, won; Enjoy. los dale. 40 TO /,
second. Pirate Daug liter. los Morse. 8 10 I, third.
Tim l:Os
Third Race Seven furlon gs-Belle OF Memphis, OF
ID. 7. Woods, TO !, won; Tickful. SO cTsliey), 0
W I. second. Van Hoorebete. 90 Dominick). Q 10 l.,
third. Time, l:27l1.
Fourth ~Rsce-Owners Handbags: one mile and a
sixteenth-Tulls Fonso. IS Dominica. ITO s. won;
ski man, IS tKavanagh), 4 TO 8. second. Our Nellie,
rs Mi,cheiD, 20 TO I, third. Time. LAX.
Fifth Race-One mie-Pinochle. lnI ID, 7. Woods,
"a TO 5, won; Kings Highway. l0i Dominick), = 10 4,
second; Miss Mae Day ios Morse. 8 To 5. third
Sixth Race Six and a half fuIlongs-san Du-
range, 100 Howell. TO s.. won; Dave " aldo. III
Grow hurst. 10 10 s. SECOND: Midlight los Morsep, 8
70 5, third Time, l:2lNE
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Horses on for Chicago.

The exodus Of thoroushbreds from metropolitan
tracks 70 Chicar 70 has already set In and will be con-
tinued today and possibly 70 morrow. The chief
magnet Is the American Derby which will signallre
the opening al Washington Pa'k on Saturday
Green b. Morris has shipped q formidable 10, inciud-
ing Schoolnaster, Silver Garter. Golden Age. Pupil
and Modrln. and sent Jockey Buliman along Win
them. To-day W. II. Barriek viii ship James,
NcMeekin and Sir Guy. and T. r. Simms will also be
In line with The keniuekian and thr res, Of his use
full string.
All are no, Derbey candidates, Of course. but there
are Other plums 10 BE- gathered In the Windy CITY. and
the hoTs<mcn going on from here ex pect TO return With
a fair share OF The spells.
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Empire City Track In line.

The grave doubts regarding the future OF the
Empire City Track a. a big harness racing CEN
ire have now been removed. aud indications
point 10 a successful continuance OF the plans
formulated by the late W. "A. Clark when he
sunk 0 fortune in the plant. O. A. Jones and
A. J WEIGH announce that they have leased
the Enclosure and will hold a Grand Circuit
meeting there following the fixture at Charter
Oak p rk. Arrangements have been effected
providing for immediate settlement OF last
years purses by the old management
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Ihs Amorita ~DiaaualIaed.

Will. rounding the Sandy Hook Lightship In
the regatta Of the New York Yacht Club the
schooner Amorita tried to get between the
Quissetta and tho LAghtship and fouled the
Quissatta, punching Q hole In that Yachts main
r. Lippitt protested. The Regatta COMMITTEES
has conxdered the matter and disqualified the
Amcrfta. .Ths QuisssttA therefore. wins the 80
nj
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Turf Notes.


The promising cro-s-country performer. kinney, O..
BY George Kinney -onyettc. broke q leg while tAer-
cising mildly on the nat Al Sh.epshead Bay cours e
yesterday morning and was promptly shot He vas
the property 81 Thomas heouilAn for whom he won
two good races recently on TIE Canadian creuit He
was brought IN here'a week ago eSps cialy with q
view 10 the Bay Hurdle Handicap scheduled for to-
morrow. and his owner was confident VI seonng.
Between races at SheepshcadB Bay yesterday there
was O nsidera Die talk shout the sw n pstAkes proposed
for the purpose Of bringing Kinley Mach and Ethel
bert together again The laiter's owner. Perry Bel
mont, said he was ready 10 race any day al the Su-
bufban weights on a good track. Trainer WINNER
ktstsd thai kinley AAck's oUners were not over Anx-
Ious 20 race Of present. and from the CON ments OF
Other hossemen u would APPEAR that there vAa very
htue foundation tgl she ssoy thas the tvo horses
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The record up 70 date
Ksl.er's Cup Won by the Fiona.

Special Cable Dsspafeh 10 THE SUN.
H~ELIooLAyD. June is-The yacht race for
the Kaiser's cup to-day was won by Fiona.
Jullanar finished second and Columbine third.
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PHILADELPHIA. 2: NEW YORK. 1.

PHILNUtLFhFAs y"
PHILADELPHIA. june IS Philadelphia de-
sssted New York this afternoon in q game In
,hich the pitchers dominated the situation.
The visitors made their only run In the seventh
an Flick mufY Of Hickman's ny. the latter's
sslnhis tied the score in the second half Of the
serenth on McFarand's single. Chiles o sacrifice.
md a mnr by Gleason. The winning run was
made in the eighth on Delehanty.' 3 single, F!icks
Az to Seibach. Attendance. %.A1O. The score:
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: Patted for Sullivan In the eleventh inning.
/, Batted for Nichols In the eleventh. inning.

'Batted for Sullivan In the eleventh inning.
'Batted for Nichols In the eleventh inning.
BoAton .,........o q o o o o 0 ) 0 0 0-S
Brooklyn. ........0 l o o 0 1 o 0 80
First has on e~rrors-Boston. I: brooklyn. /. Left
on bases-Boston. II: Brooklyn, T. First base on
BY McGinnity, l. Two base hits-yones Dahlen.
FARRELL. Cross. Long, Hamilton Sacrifice hit McGin.
nifty. Stolen base-CollinS Double play Nichols
and Tenney. Hit by piteher-By McGinniiy. s. I'm
plre-o'Day. Time-s hours and Is minutes A.
endanee-7,0 900.
PrrrsBURG. 4. CHICAGO |.
CHICAGO, June is.-Pittsburg eyened matters with
ChfeAgo 10 day By defeating the latter In Q drsg
llxtiess game. The home team played typical Chicago
ball, now ffeldine brilliantly and Then slumping back
no loose work. The score.
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Al Fort Erie.

BUFFALO. June i6-Fsvort-s won the nrst,
fourth and NTH races at Fort Erie today. The pnnct
pal ups I was the defeat of Pharaoh BY Invas lon, who
equailed the track record for Sx furlones. Sum
mary:
First Race-Seven furlongs-A winnsf. o. ~
DAILY, Z 70 I. won; Earl Fonso. los Churchtill, 10
10 /. second; Slasher. lis Landry ~ TO /. third.
Time. i:1SA,
second Rsce -Four and a half furlongs-Edgs-
worth, los (Phelan). 10 !, won; flau-rer. i04
IL. Flynn, . 70 ! /. second; Gray Daily. i0s tMcDon-
AID. ITO .. third. Time. O:55L.
Third Race-Six furiones-Invasion. % (Phelan). 5
2 l, won; PhaIsoso % A. Wessrt 70 10 second;
i:l5k,
Fourth Race-Four and q half furiongs-Egypuan
Prince, t04 1Andry). 8 TO 2. won: Servant. lOl
(henson), 9 70 I, second: Reluctant. 100 (Phelan). >
10 /, third. Time, o;o6.
Fifth RAce-One mile and q sixnenth-Fre
Lance. ia CPowerS. Q 70 5, won; Bell Punch. lO7
(Castrol 8 10 :. second; Beau Ideal, liz Landry, /,
10 I. third. Time. las.
Sixth Race-Sevcn furlong s- Fairy Dell, % WON
Derby. 8 TO |. won. Royal SALUTE. los Castro, q 10
S. second; Jucoma, 90 Crvinl. , 10 I. third. Time.
1874
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Eastern Ieagae.

Al Sprinsneld-F Fir sape-Springneld. 5; Syrs
euse, Second gsme-Syfacuse. .; Springfield. S
A. Hartford Hartford. s: Roche ster. I.
At Worcester W o~rcester. ~: Toronto. l..
Al Providence Providence, 10. Montreal. I.
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Poor prices ruled for the yeariings Of the
Ellerslie Stud. which were sold In the American
HORSE Exchange paddocks at Sheepshead Bay
yesterday afternoon. The only good amount
received was 81. sOo. which Dave Gideon paid
for the colt by lhsraxus-Ethie. A bi, price
was expected for the flly by Chnraxus-Ada
Belle. a sister TO Charade and Ma Belle, but p.
VI. Civil bought her Tor G25 The youngsters
that brought 500 or over follow:
PROPERTY or n. .. HANCOCK. EiLERsLIE STUD,
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
Bay colt by imp CharAxu~-Ninone John J.
onessnu, colt. BY imp, charaxus -E,hie; pav.
Gideon .. ..,,r........ ..,....,...... i.sao
Chestnut colt By Eon -Vlgilene; r. Baker -. 225
Black colt, by imp. CharsSus- Helm wind; "
Chen,erele. b. T.. by imp Charaxus-Ada
Belle; r. N. Civil -. 90, ...........,,n. SIS
BsyinIiy. by imp Chars1us-ciash J. J.
ch.s,ns, nifty, by Eon- Mermaid; u. D
Total Tor eighteen had sold. i..7sC: average p.i
head. S26I. ~.
PROPERTY or J. S. STARK.
Cantinus. b C., by imp. Charaxus-Cantey H.
ID brown ''',,..'''' ''''.s.-,.....--. 5000
PROPERTY OF STARK 4 HANCOCK.
Chestnut gelding, by onondaga-L Lady Dixon:
" II. thtuaut. +'s.,tt tsrs''r'.sstr,.r, AcpO
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Paris Chess ~Toaruament.

Srstiai Gable Despatth 10 THE SUN.
PARIS. June iS-To-day Schieehter beat Brody.
Burn beat Mason. The commltse has Increased the
number OF prizes from sx 10 eight.
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A. Derby-Derby. is; Waterbury, 4.
Az brislOl-Bristol, 8. New London. I.
A. bridge port Norwich. 4: Bridgeport, >
~ Aertden-Meriden. o; New Haven, |.
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Amerteaa LeAgue,

Al Chlcago-Chlcaxo. 4: Milwaukee. f.,
Al lndlanap olis-Bufalo. 4; Indianapolis, 7.
At Mlnnea polls Minneapolis, 5. Kansas City. 4.
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Good sport Furnished BY Gentleman's Driv,ns
Cisb Of Dorchester.

BOSTON. June la.-The second NEE, under the
auspices Of the Dorchester Genteman's Driving Club
was held at Readvile this afternoon. The weather
and track were nne and the Spectators umerouS The
f~ree-for-al pace was me best event and KENTUCKY
Star, 2:0slz, had speed u spare In each heat PrInce
willes, another good animal from G n. Beued.nis
stable. had thing his own way In the . IS trot sum.
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New York state League.


A. osw.so-osweso 8: Utica. S.
At Cortland-Rsi
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Two mel on, whei winning run vas scored.
81 Louis ...,......r...i o 2 o o-s
Cincinnati. q. ....., % 4 o D 2 0 0 50
Home run = Donlln. Three base hits - Irwin,
Steinfeldt. Beckley. Sacrifices hit-Ne ton. First base
% balls-On Wcyhing, !; of Thomas .; on Newton,
on Breltensttin 5 Double play Steinieidt and
beekley. Struck out-By Newton. !; BY Breien stein.
Stolen bases Keister. Barrett C~mpire-Terry.
Time = hours and As minutes. Atiendanee-7o0
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frs, base on errofs-New York. 2; Philadelphia.
none. Lcn on bases-Nex York. :; Philadelphia. 9.
Frs base on bsllsIon Hswlsy. ! Oh b.rnhcse: !.
me III Bowerman. Two. base hit-Delehanty.
Sacrifice hi,s-Flck, Mcfarland. Stolen base:-
Farland. Double play BERNHARD. Cross and Dele
saniy Hit by pitcher by Bernhard I; by Hswlsy.
l. tmpire-Emshe. Ttme-e hours and 3 minutes
9; BOSTON,
BOSTON, june lost to-dAy's game TO
Brooklyn In the eighth inning. when with three runs
failed 70 hi the ball safely. In the ninth and tenth.
boh teams were prevented from scoring BY brilliant
oslding, but In the eleventh three singles, Tenney's
trror and an attempted putout al the plate gave
Brooklyn three additional runs and the game.
The score:
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ITTSBUR re.

ri fap sas s' on eall.gos Philippe, !; Cd Galatians. !.
hsss- Pilt,burs. .; Chicago, Z. Double fAy-Eiy
and Cooley. fwobssr his-wasner, -Besamont
Ner,es. Ryan Hit by pitcher Q Brien VII
baSs-wsgner ~. Green. Childs. Mertes, Donahus.
Passed balIs-o'Connsr, Donahue. Wild pieh-Cal-
lahan. Umpire Hurst Tine-s hours and 10 min
uics. Attencance-s00.
CINCINNATI. o: ST. LOUIS, s.
ST. LOUIS. June IS The Cincinnatis took their
bird game TO- day. II was won In The ninth inning.
-Four plich.rS nartirt ated. two on a side. The score:
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The committee, s. Nicholson Kane. Chester
Griswold and ". Butler Duncan. yr. will be on
the tug Luckenback This tug will also accom-
modate a limited number Of club Members. IL
will leave station z. the foot OF East Twenty
sixth street, at 0 O'Clock.
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ron THE GLEN COVE CUPS.
twenty-five Beats Catered fer New York
Yacht Clsh Races To-day.

Twenty-Five yachts have entered for the
races for the Glen Cove cups which are given
by the New York Yacht Club and will b, con-
tested for to-day. The course will be TRAN
Cular. the start being OF Matinicock Point at
ii:So o'clock. The starting line will be- made
one-quarter Of 4 mile north Of Matinicock
Point buoy. The first leg will be SIX miles east
by north 10 q mark one mile and a quarter west
by north from Iloyds Point. The second leg
will be four miles northwest 10 q mark three and
three-ouarter miles east by north from Great
Captains Island Light, and the third leg win be
hve miles southwest three-quarters south to the
starting line. The length Of the triangle is ff-
teen miles. The schooners and sloops will 90
twice around this course II there is sufficient
wind, but II the weather is light the Regatta
COMMITTEES may stop the race at the end Of the
The new. 7o.tooters. Minsola and Rainbow.
AZ II civ sStf isisnd T y b. ,.s oIssn ed s Sssn ,n Ssr1ef 8. ont II
much better, shape than she was when she
raced iest Thursday. The Amorita and Outs.
setta Will meet again and 40 will the Syce and
ranged, Commodore Percy Chubb's vieilant
will sail against Commodore. L. G. Iedyard's
schooner Corona. formerly the sloop Colonia.
TO defend the Americas Cup against
the ya!kyrie. when the vigilant was selected as
the defender. The latter lost her oentreboard
through getting ashore last saturday during
the regatta Of the ~Larohnont Yacht Club and
in order to make the race even Commodore
Ledyard has agreed not to use the centreboard
Of Tie Corona. The schooner Uncas viii race
agalnst the sloop s~ayonars.
The prizes are ours Of the following value:
Schooners. class D., racing trim, $3.50. and cruis-
ing trim, Si25; special class. racing trim. 500.
and cruising trim, S7s, Sloope. class II. racing
trim. 500; class |. cruising trim. Sl2S; class J.
cruising trim, SIS. class X, racing trim. 500;
special s0-foo.ers. $50, A second prize. half
the value OF the frst, will be given when four
or more yachts start.
The preparatory signal will be at II 70 o'clock.
II Il Is necessary to postpone the tart the pre-
liminary signal will be a gun and the yacht en-
sign at the fore fifteen minutes before the pre-
paratory signal. For the preparatory a gun will
be fred and the blue peter hoisted. Ten minutes
later a second gun Will be fret. the blue reter
lowered and a red ball hoisted. This will be the
starting signal for single masted vessels and
yavis. Five minutes later a third gun will be fired
INC a second red ball hoisted. This will BE- the
handicap signal for sloops and the starting
signal for schooners. Five minutes later an
other gun will announce the handicap time OF
the schoo ners. The yigilant and ~Sayonara will
start with the schooners The preparatory sig
nal for the sO-footers will be Ave minutes later
and then they win get five minutes before the
start The entries are N follows:
s~CHooNERs- CLASS n. Us 70 rs r~EET-RAc1No
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CINCINNATI. o: ST. 10

Totals 100. ss'2s Totals IS. ois37 II Q
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I. r. HIlcncOck's B. h d canlef, s, II fTurner- .
Biuesway, Rare Perfume. King Barleycorn, Kin
nIkinic and First VI hip alSoTan.
Time. iA6 rs.
B~e,ting-Six TO | agains, The KeniuekIan, 4 10 1
Central Trust, 4 10 ! Decansr. 7 to | BlueAway, II
10 Rare Perfume, N ! King Barleycorn, sn
Ktnnlkinic. 10 70 First Whip
The following Is the programme for to-day:
First RAce-For maiden, two year -olds, last I'VE
and a half furlongs on the Futurlty courae:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-08-01
"a New KlOndike."

Van Dyke & Eaton Co., have found
a gold mine right here in Clinton.
Newspapers, bill boards and hand bills
for the past week have been announc-
ing the coming of Van Dyke & Eaton
Co., to the Economic Theatre. Seats
sold rapidly for the opening perform
ance and at p. m. yesterday not a
coupon or box seat was left for the tar
dy patron. At 7 o'clock the lobby was
packed with people and every street;
they came with eager anticipation, only
to be greeted with the S. r. o. sign.
The big Auditorium filed rapidly and
at s o'clock not space was left from
pit TO rear of gallery. Five hundred
people stood up during the whole per-
Torrance and as many people were
turned away as those who passed in
side to see the play. The audience
numbered about 1900 people. The play
was Friends" played throughout the
U. s. at high prices. The company
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-08-01
LOCUST.
July 80, 1900.

from our regular correspondent.)
Phil. Pfister Jr., and wife returned
home the fore part of last week from
visit with relatives at Calmar.
V. V. johnson of Highlandville,
manager of the Rock Spring creamery
was business caller i'm our vicinity
last week.
Mrs. Fred Sellman of DEBORAH Wis
tied with her daughter, Mrs. Chas.
Casterton last Thursday.
Miss Flora Buneson of DEBORAH was
spending few days last week with
the Wise family.
Perry Kinyeon of Hesper was a
caller at Geo. A. Pfister's on Wednes.
day.
John Gaffney and wife went tC
Preston, Mimi, last week for IA visit
with relatives.
The Misses Johnson and Severson
of Harmony, were calling in oul
neighborhood last week.
A number of the people from this
vicinity attended the Y. p. 5. at X
Ellingson last Friday.
The Misses Clara and Lena Neufert
and Miss Assem- of DEBORAH spent
Friday at Chas. Falck's
The Misses Gusta and Julia Falcl
accompanied by Alvin Pfister ant
Gideon Seegmiller spent Sunday eve
ming at the Barthelme mansion neal
Ossian, returning home on Monday.
Last Sunday the families of jacob
Young, Chas. Falck, Geo. a. Pfister
Phil. Pfster Jr. and Andrew Bartl
met at social gathering ut Jacol
Seegmiller's.
The German NJ. +. congregation o
Locust will hold a quarterly meetin,
on the l7-lS and 10Th of August. Tn
first service will be i'm the evening o
the 18th on the 18th 2 o'clock p. IN
and Sunday both forenoon and after
noon.
Austin Luros and wife, of Deco
rah, were seen driving on our street
today.
John Harter transacted business ii
DEBORAH Saturday.
viii Ruffridge made flying trip b
Hesper Monday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-08-01
New Assistant Principal.

AT meeting of the school board held
last Thursday afternoon, Prof. Lester
b. Parsons, of VintOn, was elected as
sistant principal, to fill the place va
Gated by Prof. Claude Riddle, who has
gone to st. Cloud, Mimi, to accept a
chair in the state normal school. We
have been personally acquainted with
Prof. Parsons for several years, and
know him to be a gentleman of excel
lent character and reputation and a
teacher of ability and success. We be-
lieve the board have made a splendid
choice, and that they will be highly
satisfied with Mr.. Parsons.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-08-01

handle the characters In a truly artist
ic manner, their wardrobe was excel
lent, the stage settings beautiful. Every
speciality was encored, a better pleased
audience never left q theatre in Clinton.
The illustrated song was enthusiast
tically received and the "TraDsfOrma-
ton Dance" by Miss Eaton was the
best of its kind ever produced here.
We can but voice the comments heard
on the streets today; "The best popu-
lar priced company ever here"
Seats are:selling fast for the remain
der of the engagement and Van Dyke
& Eaton Co., .are worthy of the big
houses they will draw.-(Clinton,
Iowa Evening Herald.)
The above company will appear in
DEBORAH at the Grand opera house one
week during the fair.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-08-01
FRANKVILLE.

July 80, 1900.
From our regular correspondent
The harvest is nearly done; the grain
is nearly all in the shock.
There has not been finer crop of
small grain in years. Corn is so rank
that it makes the Demo-Pops tired.
Their hard times chicks have all died
in the shell. They are beginning to
see the difference between Bryan and
Buffalo Bill-one has show-the
other has none.
The gospel meeting Sunday evening
Aug. 18th, under the auspices of the
I. o. G. II. will be conducted by the
members of the lodge and the Juvenile
Temple. A fine program will be rend.
cred.
Mrs. John Van Wey is slightly
better but is still very ill.
Tom Waters thinks the greatest
event of the century has happened; it's
u DOy lnlS tlile.
If dances cannot be conducted In 8
town without drawing in the vicious
and drunken hoodlems of the sur
rouding towns to make night hideou'
with their drunken howlings ther
they should be suppressed.
party of young people were entertained
by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bovenizer last evenin,
in honor of Mr.. BIS neices' who are visiting
with them at present.
We hear that Frankville is to have grea
display of trained broncos soon, Brothe
Gregg has his trained so he can ride tn
whole length of them already.
Mrs. Geo. Hancock of Chicago is visiting
with her sister, Mrs. ID. NJ. Chamberlain.
Sunday School convention at Frankvill
Thursday Aug. 9th.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-08-01
Death of John Knox.

Word was received in this city last
evening that John Knox, prominent
citizen of Burr Oak township and well
known throughout the county, died at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr..
Knox underwent surgical operation
for appendicitis a few days ago, but
when the incision was made the ply
sicians found an abscess and that was
treated. Mr.. Knox stood the opera
ton finely and his friends and family
were cheered by promises of his re-
covery, but change for the worse oc-
Cured during yesterday and he passed
quickly to meet his final summons.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-08-01
Band Concert.

The open air band concert for this
week by the DEBORAH City Band will
be given Friday evening on the corner
of Main and Winnebago streets. The
concerts are increasing in favor and
attendance and the program below is
evidence that the coming performance
will be very interesting.
1-March-"D. NJ. I."....................F arrar
2-Grand Scene-"Des II uguenots" Meyerbeer
3-Spanish Valse-"Los Angeles" =. Godfrey
4-Medley Overture-"All the Rage. Boyer
-Selection-"Isle of Champagne. ..........
6-Rritish Patrol ................... Asch
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-08-01
SATIRE.
July %, 1900.

July %, 1900.
(From our regular correspondent
Harvest is in full blast.
We are getting an average crop of
small grain.
Some eight or ten of our sports took
in the excursion to Minneapolis last
Sunday.
Miss Emma Tweet is home from
Minneapolis for two weeks visit at
the old home.
Sever Atkinson had the misfortune
to fall down cellar last Thursday, cut
ting some big gashes in his head and
bruising him up badly.
Joseph Ford cut his foot quite badly
while splitting wood last Wednesday.
John l.. Ford and II. l.. Hauge
made business trip to New Albin
Wednesday.
Will Stoskopf and family drove to
Burr Oak and vicinity last Thursday.
Canoe and Burr Oak base ball mines
will meet tomorrow at Burr Oak. A
hot game is looked for as the blood is
up on both sides.
Mrs. p. Ellingson is visiting at Ply.
mouth Rock.
The Young Peoples Society at X
Ellingson last night was very well at
tended Rnd pleasant time was had.
Satire is looking for free mail delivery
now, since the post office at Locust was
| discontinued.