Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-11-26

living in Fayette county near the
Chickasaw and Bremen county corners,
has acquired controlling interest in
the Sumner Telephone line and it is
said will make improvements in the
property.
1.-The country papers have many
faults, they make many plumbers and
leave undone many good works. Yet
when you follow them month after
month you are struck with the I'M
animity with which they stand Loyalty
by their community, and the con-
stancy with which they preach the
doctrine of citizenship and fair play
in all things.
A good deal of excitement was
caused in Scott township, Fayette
county, last week by big hog which
was running wild with hydrophobia.
The animal bit eighteen hogs for
Chas. Reber, and all had to be killed.
The beast is still at large down in
that country some where, and farmers
are warned to be on their guard
agai nst him.
A girl in West Union played post
Office at party the other night and
yelled and shrieked and ran behind
the door and scratched the young
mans face in seven places, upset a
lamp, kicked over the piano tool and
when he finally kissed her ON the tip
of the ear she tainted dead away and
said she could never look anybody in
the face again. They led the bashful,
modest, gentle. sobbing creature home
and the next day she ran away with a
married lightning rod peddler who
had hair lip and ten children.
1t took just twenty eight minutes
for the jury in the case of Schriver
Bros. VS.. the Western Union Telegraph
Co. at Fort. Dodge to decide that the
telegraph company is responsible for
bogus messages sent over their lines.
Plaintiffs sued for $1,000 damages.
The award of the jury was for $S,S73,
deduction being made for four cattle
of the bunch which were shipped by
plaintiffs to a swindler named Barnes
on receipt of false telegram. The
telegram, which purported to certify
to the validity of checks, was tele-
phoned to the Western Union operator
at Denison, Iowa.
Carl Almquist, whose home was at
Mason City, was shot at Madison,
Wis, last Monday afternoon from the
effects of which he died at 100 o'clock
the same evening. The young man
was 81 years old and was student at
the university. He was working his
way through college by acting as ste
ward of Davenport hall John Daven-
port committed the deed while in a
drunken rage, after accusing his own
wife and Almquist of withholding the
earnings of the club from him. Mrs.
Davenport said he had none coming,
whereupon he drew 32-calibre re-
volver and fired at Almuqist and then
fired shot at his wife but she lodged
and the bullet lodged in the wall He
then placed the revolver to his fore
head and fired bullet into his own
brain. falling dead upon the floor.
A Register representative stopped
off between trains at Donnan Thurs
day, and found that little village
coming to the front in fine style. A
year ago there was but one store, and
no hotel. Now, Hotel DeMac cares
for the travelling public in excellent
shape, two new stores are doing bust
ness, and grain elevator is being put
up. l.. and j. H. Walker, under the
name of Donnan Hardware Co. have
opened fine hardware and grocery
store, and clothing and dry goods
store will soon be opened in the Be.
golsky building. Reuben Pember has
put in shooting gallery, and when
the elevator is completed Donnan will
have begun boom that its inhabit
ants hope will ultimately make it the
county seat. 1t is easy of access from
all parts of the county, via the Rock
Island and Milwaukee railroads, i,
situated near the center of the county
and Donnan people think it is tn,
logical location of the shire town.
Oelwein Register.
There are merchants in all import
ant towns who, while not assertin,
that newspaper advertising is no
without some results, do not give til,
same fair trial They are not per
sistent enough and for the most par
not extensive enough in the spread o
printers ink. The stand up for the
town policy of the paper meets thei
hearty approval, but when it come
to liberal advertising patronage the,
are willing to be counted out. An,
yet some of these same merchants will
indulge in many fake advertiser,
schemes that come along, placin,
money where it will certainly not d.