Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

cameo at the regular session OF the
coucil of that city Wednesday eve-
ming, the cane, gold headed ebony
stick, being presented to him by his
fellow city officials ON his retirement
from office. He goes to Des Moines
soon to reside.
B. P. Norton of Cresco has in pro-
cess of construction the largest barn
in Howard county. The dimensions
of the building are 100 feet in length,
40 feet in width, with 20 foot posts.
Besides other features, there is silo
with capacity of 500 tons. 1t will
cost when completed about $4,000.
@. S. Stillwell. who has served as
Justice of the Peace in Waukon for
twenty years, failed of denomination
at the recent caucus and will retire
January next. The Democrat says
a Republican township ticket without
his name on it for Justice will Jap
pear sort of rudderless indeed. .s,-- .
..,NThe Algona colored base ball team,
which became we'll known to lovers
of the national game in northern Iowa
this season. closed it's season last
week. The team has record for the
season of 1O3 games played, of which
they won II, lost 30 and tied 2. A
strong team has, been signed for the
season of 1903.
@. d. Ellis, the we'll known attor-
ney of Charles City, received severe
injuries in Chicago last Tuesday by
being knocked down and run over by
an express wagon. He was picked up
and taken to the Palmer House where
his injuries, which were severe, were
attended to. The physicians fear that
he is injured internally. The driver
of the wagon was placed under arrest.
Peter Lehman, at Elgin, was killed
last week while working in a shop.
He was attempting to put a belt on
the engine when it caught his hand
and lin a moments time he was whirl-
ed from the floor, and thrown upon the
governor belt, breaking it and allow
ing the engine to "run away. The
unfortunate man was literally smash
ed to death before the engine could be
stopped. He was 81 years of age and
had been working as engineer for
some time.
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EsThe new president of U. l. U. Thos. ].
Bassett arrived in Fayette last Tues
day and was given an ovation by the
students and residents of the town.
In his address to them he enlisted
great applause when he said lie was
six feet three in height and weighs 1913
pounds and that he would devote every
ounce of it to the advancement of the
students and the university. The
Postal Card..says..::that before his ad-
dress closed his hearers felt that they
would suffer no disappointment in
measuring the new president around
the waist band, around the hat band,
and above all else, around the heart
Recently the mother of the famous
Ringing Bros. visited her sons while
their circus was showing in AtchiSon,
Kan. and the Globe pays this tribute
to her and her boys in comment on
the visit: "How proud she must be
of them," the Globe says. ''They are
genteel, sensible. honorable, men and
by degrees they have acquired the
gre atest show property in the worll.
Their father, who was a merchant at
Baraboo, Wis, died several years ago,
but their mother carefully looks after
the seven brothers, and visits them
frequently to see that they wear rub
bers on damp days, and put on heavier
underwear as the fall approaches
The Ringlings are fine family; no
kim troubles seven fine sons of an
excellent mother, and all getting
along. Mrs. Ringing was presented
with corn doll as souvenir of her
visit at Atchison.
H. p. Kirk, the principal sufferer
from the Mason City fire of Saturday
night, has had some bad luck in his
day. AT one time with his brother
Burr, now bailiff of the supreme
court at Des Moines, he owned Storm
the celebrated PAGER, one of the great
est horses in his day. Storm was
sired by Brown Hal and on the day he
made his record at Nashville, Tenn.
he won his race in three straight
heats in the fast time of 1908, 200
2:0Sh. He came home in fine shape
' and it was confidently expected tina,
he would some day clip the seconds
off and make two minute record
p In March 1893 the Kirk stables burned
= to the ground and Storm and Other
5 valuable horses persisted. The pacel
had just been sold for $4,000 an(
t would have beenIdelivered in few
g days. About two years ago Mr.. Kirl
o fell off his bicycle and broke his lie,
Q at the hip Before he recovered from
4 this injury he was taken with small