Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-08-06


to be held from Aug. to 9. The Capt.
Collins Carnival company will furnish
the amusements.
Thomas Aunger we'll known far
mer living near Cedar Falls, COM
mitted suicide Friday afternoon about
2 O'Clock by hanging himself from a
rafter in corn crib. Long continued
i'll health was the cause.
A company of Mason City men COM
posed of w. j. Holahan, A. H. Gale,
Truman Porter, and Thomas A. Way
have purchased 50-thousand acre
tract of land near Winnipeg. Mr..
Holahan will be the manager and
open offices in Winnipeg with view
of disposing of their purchase at the
usual advance.
Arrangements are about completed
for the national convention Of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of
America to be held in Dubuque Aug.
6, and s. The most prominent tenn
perance wokers in the United States
will attend Archbishops Ireland and
Keane will deliver the principal adj
desses.
Belle Aborn, aged 30 years, shot
herself through the head at Waverly
Thursday morning with a 44-calibre
revolver. Her body was found short
ly after the shot was fired by Sexton
Lane, of Arlington cemetery, where
the suicide occurred She was the di-
vorced wife of Merritt Aborn and her
maiden name was Belle Beebe.
While returning from visit to
Rockford, the family of Robert Egg
CERT of Charles City, were the victims
of runaway accident. The team be-
came frightened and ran away, throw
ing the occupants out. Mrs. Eggert
and one daughter, it is feared, receiv-
ed internal injuries one son had col
lar bone broker, and two other men,
bers.. of the family were slightly bruis-
ed.
Frank Thomas, of Hopkinton, died
Tuesday afternoon as the result of an
injury received by falling upon the
handle of a pitchfork which entered
his body to the depth of 16 inches.
Young Thomas was working for G.
Spence and was engaged in harvesting
hay. He was upon load which had
just been completed. He dropped his
fork at the rear of the wagon, tines
down, where it stuck upright in the
ground, and was in the act of reaching
over to adjust something about the
hay loader when he lost his balance
and fell. He came down with full
force upon the upright handle of the
fork, which was driven into his body.
The handle entered at the anel orifice
and followed the intestine apparently
to the point of location of the stom-
ach and liver, the measurement of the
handle evidencing that it had intrud-
ed full sixteen inches.
VIM. Goltz, a clammer, whose for
mer home was in Lacrosse, but who
for several months has been engaged
in clam fishing south of town, was
rescued from drowning Wednesday by
Jack Lowe and Mat Oleson. Goltz
fell from the back of his fiat boat =,
while in the act of pulling his dog
out of the water. He became tangled
up with his "mule" and his efforts to
keep above water were almost fruit
less Lowe and Oleson who were in
their gasolene boat, put on "full
head of steam" and reached him as he
was disappearing for the third time.
Mat leaned over the side of the boat,
and while supporting himself with
one hand, put his leg into the water
almost to his waist and caught the
drowning mans clothing with the toe
of his shoe. He was thus pulled to
the surface, where both men caught
him and pulled him, more dead than
alive, into the boat. At the present
writing he is able to eat and sleep
the regulation time prescribed by ma
ture. Lansing Mirror.
Sunday afternc on abort two p. m.
three small boys living.near Brainard
went to the HARDWOOD bridge just this
side of the kvillage to go bathing.
These boys were IRA Slyter, aged thir
teen, and Glen Boyer and Merton
Brown, companions oflabout the same
age. The two latter could swim but
young Slyter could not. The boys had
been accustomed to 60 in at this
place and it was not considered dan.
gerous, but the floods of this season
had washed it out so that at one place
itywas sixteen feet deep. tuto this
hole Ira stepped. and being. liable t
swim he at once began to founder and
strangle. His two companions went
to his assistance, but he grabbed
them about the neck and body anG
they were finally compelled to shak,
him off and save fhamSalvas also I,