Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-09-03
Budget of Deus Items.
Interesting humor. cleaned
from the press Of Northeastern Iowa.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Rev. N. E. Hananant has resigned
the pastorate of the Congregations
church at Waucoma.
There has been over fifty Thousand
dollars worth of improvements il
Lime Springs during the past year.
At the special election Wednesday
Jesup authorized the construction of &
waterworks system by a vote of u
to a.
Memorial University, which opens
at Mason City Sept. 10th, starts out
right. 1t is using half page advs in
the papers to announce its opening
1t is now believed that Hon. w. f.
Fuller, of West Union, will recover
from his severe illnss and be able to
return home from Washington in a
couple of weeks
A clergyman was much surprised
one day at receiving basket OF pota-
toes from an old woman in his parish,
with message saying that as he had
remarked in his sermon on the pre-
vious Sunday that some common
taters'' commentators did not agree
with him, she had sent him some real
good ones.
Allen Young who was sent to the
pen year ago is again in the tolls.
He was released last spring and was
boarding at John Thompson's hotel at
Clermont. Last Monday gold watch
and chain belonging to Miss Julia
Gulsvig, one of the employees at the
hotel was missing and suspicion point
ed to Young, but before he could be
arrested he flew the town. Sheriff
Finch was telephoned for and located
his man at McGregor, where he was
arrested and brought to West Union
and lodged in the Hotel de Finch. -
West Union Union.
The question of whether Waterloo
should accept the offer of $50, 900
from Andrew Carnegie for the build
ing of library was decided at the
meeting of the city council Monday
night. The voting resulted in tie
as usual between the east and west
side aldermen, but the mayor decided
the deadlock by casting his vote for
East Waterloo Andrew Carnegie was
notified of the acceptance today.
On last Wednesday afternoon Harms
dray was caught ON the crossing at
the freight depot here by some cars
that were being backed up by the
switch engine, and badly wrecked.
One of the horses was so badly hurt
that it had to be shot, the other was
scratched some but otherwise was all
right. The boy driving the team was
thrown off the dray but was unhurt.
Dr. Harmon, of DEBORAH, was sent for
to see if the injured horse could be
saved, but he gave no encouragement
so the animal was put out of its
misery -Calmar Courier.
Under the authority of the Airing
ton News it is said that eastern cap
italists, and Mr.. John Jamison, of
Oelwein, were in Arlington last week
talking with some of the business men
in regard to proposed electric line
to be run from Oelwein, through Ar
lington to Elkader. 1t is proposed to
have the line of standard guage and
to haul all kinds of freight to the
towns along the line so that there
would be a competition in freight
sales. We suppose that if this line
was placed, and electric lines are sure
to make net work of this country
soon. it would be extended to Nc
Gregor and we would have more de-
cent connections with the county seat.
1t wouldn't be bad plan for McGreg-
or capitalists to investigate the mat
ter.-North Iowa Times.
The city of Waverly has sued the
county of Bremen for $l65, the same
being the treasurer's percentage of a
of one per cent on the city's portion of
tne mulCb tdA pdiu ny tHo sdloOus III
Waverly during the past six years.
The city claims that the mulct tax is
not city tax in the sense that en-
titles the county treasurer to deduct
Aof one per cent as in the case of
other taxes which he &C fleets and pays
over to cities and towns. This is a
test case, brought by the agreement OF
both parties. to determine the law in
the matter for the future as we'll as
the past, this point having never been
decided by the Iowa supreme court.
Arrangements have been all COM
pleted for the speedy opening up OF
another of those industries to which
Lansing owes so much of its present
prosperity. Charles G. Albert, who
lately disposed of his Touring mill in
terests at Wheaton, Mimi, has been
looking the ground over for some
time, and has at last decided to en-
gage in the button business in this
city The plant will be located in the