Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-08-27
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80 collins and caskets and hopes to do
even better than this the coming year,
says the Tribune.
Lee Davis, resident of Hopkinton,
died Thursday afternoon at one O'Clock
as the result of injuries received on
Saturday, August 8, at which time he
was crushed between an engine and
separator while engaged in coupling
the two together.
Prairie du CHEN will soon have
one of the finest, largest and most up
to-date sanitariums in the west. The
/ Prairie du Chen Remedial, Surgical
and Turkish Bath institute headed by
Ex-senator +. d. Bayless, of Elkader,
Iowa, has just contaminated the pur-
| chase of the Lawler homestead, one of
the most beautiful parks in the state,
for that purpose. The large mansion
of which part is the old headquarters
of Col Zachary Taylor, in command
of Fort Crawford in 1888, will be used
as part of the sanitarium as will sew
eral other buildings on the grounds.
Rev. G. A. Bryant, pastor of the
Baptist church at Jesup, has dissap-
peared. He left wife and son. Last
week letter was found by his wife,
signed. 'Your loving darling,
Grace. They came to Waterloo at
his request to explain the matter to
his wife's parents, when he left her on
pretense and hired a rig to take him
to Jesup, where he boarded train
for Chicago, and said his father, in
New York was dying. 1t was thought
he made the acquaintance of woman
on recent trip east. He has been
pastor at Jesup for two years. Before
coming to Waterloo Bryant borrowed
$3.50 from the members of his flock
That we'll known character, Jack
O'Brien, known all over this country
as a homeless wanderer, was killed at
point between Lansing and Harpers
Ferry by the south bound evening pass
enger train on Saturday. Investiga-
ton showed that the steps of one of
| the coaches struck him and knocked
him off the end of the bridge on which
he was sitting. The bridge is located
at point about three miles this side
OF Harper's at point known as Oil
Springs. 1t is probable the unfortu-
nate man stopped on the bridge to
rest, as he was walking from Lansing
to Harper's. For years it has been
his custom to wander from place to
place, and to be fed and cared for bv
those charitable enough to take him
in. He had no means of support, and
stayed with his friends as long as he
felt inclined Lansing Mirror.
A serious accident occurred Wednes-
day evening on the railway track at
Riceville. Tommy Nugent, of Rice
vile, lad of ~ years, had his foot
taken off by gravel train just north
OF the high bridge. 1t seems that the
boy with his younger brother were
waiting for the train which was Just
about uloaded to pull out that they
might cross over on their way home.
An Italian workingman noticing
the boys, told them to Climb on and ride
over. The older brother started to do
so, placing his hands ON the edge of
the fiat car, these gravel cars being
without steps, and just as he did so
the train started. Suspended by his
hands the lower part of his body
swung under the train and both
wheels of the hind truck passede over
one of his feet. The high trestle was
just ahead. Perceiving the danger
of letting go, the boy, with a won
derful display of grit managed to
keep his hold on the Car until the
bridge was crossed. When just over
his strength failed him, and he fell.
| One of our subscribers who owns a
threshing outfit asks: "Why is the
thresher the poorest man throughout
the country?" He answers it with
the following figures: A complete
outfit costs from %, 800 to S3, 900 with
interest at per cent. No one can
run an outfit like this on the basis
they run at nowadays. / will give
you an example of what the thresher
is making-that is, big mortgage on
his farm. Put the outfit $4,000. The
owner makes $40 day for fifty days
threshing in the field, which amounts
to $1,000. The expenses for one days
run are: Coal. s.; engineer, 81. so /;
water boy and team, 81. so; oil, 5Oc. :;
total, $l3. For fifty days at sl3 per
day the expenses amount to $3.50 for
labor ard fuel. Besides this there are
other expenses, break downs. repairs.
etc, which will foot up close to 300,
but will call it fifty, which makes
300 expense. Subtract this from the
amount earned ($l, 00O) and it leaves
$500. Interest on the 81, 800 rig at per
cent amounts to 1924, which leaves
the poor thresher $76 year for his
earnings. Then if he wants to build
r.. achi inc sha6 ~ will cost hin, 9tnn ,