Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-08-27

Fredericksburg will vote ON the
waterworks question September I'd.
An electric road from Marshalltown
to Charles City is now being agitated.
The engineer at the Independence
hospital has resigned, after thirty
years service.
The Charles City council has con-
tracted with Cedar Rapids parties for
the construction of eight blocks of
sewers for "a, 594.
Nellie Haines committed suicide on
Wednesday evening in the barn of her
uncle, S. B. Finney, at Fayette, by
taking paris green. Motive unknown.
Prof. Adolph Braun resigned his
position in the public schools of Ell
kader and has accepted a like position
in the Milwaukee City Schools at an
advance of salary.
The state Auditor has chartered the
Rockford State Bank of Floyd county
with capital of $50, R. M. Pot
ter is president of the new institution
and B. A. Wallace isscashier.
The three year-old daughter, of G.
d. Fauss, of Waterloo, died Tuesday
night from poisoning. She secured
some atrophine and morphine tablets
and was almost dead when discovered.
The Lawler Dispatch has ommenc-
ed it's seventh year. Bro. Erler is
giving the people of his vicinity a
mighty good local paper, which a
town the size of Lawler ought to be
proud of.
1t is stated that the Fitzgibbons
Boiler Company of Oswego, N. Y.
will locate at Waterloo, that the city
having already pledged S35, 900 to Sc
cure the plant. The concern employs
$50 men.
Rev. w. G.. Crowder of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church and Prof. j. f.
Smith of the Waukon Business College
are on their voyage returning from
a three months tour ofEngland and the
continent.
Byron Brown, the 13-year- old son of
George H. Brown, of Rockwell City,
had his right arm cut off last week in
large chain belt of the new canning
factory Another boy had thrown
his hat under the machinery and in
an attempt to get it he was caught
in the rapidly revolving belt, with
the above result
1t begins to look as if this part of
the state was in the artesian belt.
Some years ago a flowing we'll was
struck on the farm of j. II. Hanlon
two miles north of here, by Dan
Doyle. the we'll driller. The water
not only flows over the top of the
well but raised to the top of ten
foot pipe that was attached to the top
of the casing. 1t looks as if Mr.. Han
Ion would have an inexhaustable sup
ply of water in the future. -Lawler
Dispatch.
Action for 500 has been COM
menced against the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul railway by EAnnie
Felkey, administrative of the estate of
Charles Felkey deceased. The plain
tiff is resident of Fayette county,
this state, and her husband was killed
while in the employee of the company
defendant as laborer. He was en-
ployed on the line running from Cal
mar, Winesheik county, via Fayette
in Fayette county, to Cedar Rapids.
Felkey was killed ON December 81,
1901.
Officer George Barden shot a man
through the calf of the leg last night.
He was going through the lumber
yard looking for thief when he came
on to the man and his companies.
He states that they leveled guns at
him and commanded him to hold up
his hands The purpose was, pehraps,
to relieve him of his weapons. The
officer fired at the first man and not
DESTROYS of killing him, he shot low,
the bullet entering the calf of his leg
He bled profusely and is at the
Pattison Hospital for treatment. Del
vein Record.
The people of this community were
shocked to hear of the sudden death
of 10. AIDE, the jolly good natured pos
tai clerk who has been on the run be-
tween here and Davenport (which run
was later cut off at Cedar Rapids),
about % years. Mr.. AIDE left Daven-
port where his home is on "Wednesday
on The Northwestern to Cedar Rapids
to tahH his run out to Calmar on
THURSDAY After leaving Cedar Ra-
pids the conepctor ON the Northwest
ern train on witch AIDE came up went
through the train nd found that Mr..
AIDE did not get off It Cedar Ranids
and thinking him ASLEEP as he renosed
in a seat beside another .assen,er
the conductor tapped him !. the
shoulder and tried to arouse him a,5
then it was discovered that he W.
dead. The passenger occupying tn,