Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-05-07
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Interesting and humOr cleaned
from the press OF Northe eastern Iowa.
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Greene will celebrate the glorious
Fourth this year.
Extensive improvements will bt
made on the M. E. church at Nc regor
@. w. Lutz, one of the earliest set
tiers in Charles City, was found dead
in bed.
The meeting of the Big Five
Teachers Association at Oelwein next
week will attract large number OF
teachers to that city.
The Great Western is to build cut
off from Oelwein to Waverly. Pur-
chases of the right of way for the pro-
posed line are now being made.
Archbishop Keane of Dubuque, con-
firmed class of about one hundred at
Rockwell and dedicated the new $25, :
600 academy, which is conducted by
the Dominican Sisters, last week.
The entries of the different clubs
and individuals who will take part in
the state bowling tournament, to be
held in Dubuque May 6-7-S are in.
Over one hundred individuals are en-
tered
The oil excitement in Frederick,
Bremen county, is not abating, ON the
contrary, the many signs favorable for
a "gusher" is increasing the interest
in the matter and stock is freely
bought and sold
Editor Fred Ellsworth of the Usage
News was seriously injured by being
caught in the driving belt of print
ing press. The right arm was fractur-
ed between the wrist and elbow and
his body badly bruised.
Five boys at Kensett stole box of
tobacco from the b., @. r. g. N.
station, and one was sent to the county
Jail for ten days, two to the industrial
school at Eldora, one was fined $40,
and the other was acquitted.
Chicago, April 29-Levi H. Fuller
was today appointed professor of court
practice in the Northwestern Univer-
sity Law School Fuller is son of
assistant United States Attorney
General Fuller of West Union, Iowa.
Dubuque, Iowa, April 3O-At an
arch diocesan synod, here, attended
by about ITO Catholic priests, it was
decided to make salary limit of
81, 900 for pastors, the salary to be ex-
elusive of perquisites, and to be pay
able only out of pew rents, school col
lections, and gifts.
Mr.. Couch, president of the Lang
ford Anti Chafe Horse Collar Co., At
lanta, Ga, was in Charles city Satur-
day with Hon. p H. Powers, with a
view of locating a branch factory in
Charles City, in connection with
Power q Son, who have been hand
ling these goods, providing the city
will give proper encouragement.
While out Sunday afternoon gather
ing flowers, Alfred Mathews of
Charles City accidently shot his
brother, Walter, in the calf of his leg,
with an air gun. The bullet is lodged
about two inches in the flesh. A
doctor was called but thought it advis-
able to let the bullet remain in the
flesh. Nothing serious is anticipated.
There is an old cemetery at Prairie
du CHEN that makes one thoughtful
to visit. There lie soldiers who de-
Tended the country in 10000 against
the Indians. This old cemetery has
been allowed to grow up in weeds,
and the graves nncared for. Recently
an officer sent out by the government,
was in Prairie du Chen looking after
the cemetery. The government pro-
poses to beautify and preserve the his
toric spot. 1t is a good thing and
Uncle Sam is not too big to attend to
these details. Exchange.
Mr. Oliver, blacksmith, whose
wife runs the Palace Restaurant, tried
to commit suicide Sunday afternoon
by hanging himself in the basement of
the restaurant. The basement of the
restaurant was shallow, and in order
TO secure the desired results, he had to
sit down in chair to give his neck
the proper action in the rope, and in
shutting about he attracted the atten-
ton of the family above, and one OF
the boarders went down and found life
almost extinct He was released from.
his predicament, and the next morn
ing he was taken before the insane
commission. Charles City Herald.
Tuesday evening there arrived i'll
this city Fly" travelling man who,
presumably by previous arrangement,
engaged hack and took one of the
girls OF the town" for a ride. The
ride continued for two hours or more
At the end of drive the woman was
left at her home and the travelling
man went to his hotel In the morn
ing he discovered that valuable
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