Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-12-31
Budget ST Deus Items.
Interesting news and humor. Cleaned
from the press Of Northeastern Iowa.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

worship Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Robinson O
Sibley last week celebrated the seven
ty-third anniversary of their marriage
Mitchell county horse owners have
formed mutual association to pro
tect its members against losses by
horse thieves.
The improvements for the year il
Monona foot up to $67,2 12, says the
Leader, A good showing for that
thriving little city.
A farmer near Lansing marketed q
turkey last week which weighed
421s pounds. for which he received
nearly SO. A royal bird surely.
Oelwein has changed the names OF
its streets, giving them all numbers.
except one, which is named @. G.
W. street, and 100 foot street to be
known as Stickney boulevard.
Pat Cronin, of Greene, who was
placed in Jail on charge of drunk
ness, set fire to his bunk last Satur-
day. He was rescued just in time to
save him from burning to death.
A clock belonging to j. III. Leavitt,
of Waterloo, has been running continu-
ously for 142 years. 1t was owned by
his father, grandfather and great
grandfather. The works are of solid
brass.
c. E. Merriam, state bank examiner
and for many years postmaster at Hop
kinton, died last week. He was an
uncle of State Auditor Merriam and
has been for years one of the promin-
ent men of eastern Iowa
An Arlington father has issued this
proclamation to the young men of
that town. "Coal will be too high
this winter for fires to be built in the
parlor for young men unless they
mean business. l have two daughters
and there will be no fires after Christ
mas unless there is one engagement
by then, at least.
Monday last Mr.. and Mrs j. O.
Miller of Pleasant Valley were in
West Union, and while Mrs. Miller
was shopping Mr.. Miller went to S.
b. Zigler's Office. While sitting
there, at about noon, in conversation
with Will Brause, Mr.. Miller sud
denly gave gasp and in an instant
was dead.
The board of supervisors of Butler
county have made new departure.
Hereafter. the county will furnish
all the material for bridge construc-
tion, letting the contract for the build
ing of bridges in the county to the
lowest bidder. A Des Moines firm
secured the contract, at "a per thou
sand feet for lumber and IL cents per
foot fol piling
Tom Burgess of Luana, owner of the
famous buffalo herd, is one of the few
men who can wear gloves made of
yarn spun from the wool of the buff
falo. 1t was carded in Manchester,
spun by Mrs. Priest of Luana and
Mrs. Brae of Luana, knit them.
I, Judge Hendrick, father-iu-law of Mr..
Burgess, also has pair of gloves of
the same kind, Christmas present
from his daughter.
Oil has been discovered oozing
from the banks of the Coon river near
the old town of Grant City, in Sac
county. A quart of the oil was sent
to the Ames college for analysis and
found to be so per cent pure. The
discoverer, who is Sac county wo-
nina, has quietly leased 5000 acres in
the locality. A representative of the
Pennsylvania Oil company and of Des
Moines capitalists have been inspect
ing and trying to buy the lease con-
tracts. Coal and mica have also been
found Further developments are
awaited with interest
Dispatches from Louisville, Ky.
announce that c. W. Williams has
formed a partnership with John ID.
Creighton, a millionaire horseman
of Omaha, Neb., and next year will
race stable of twenty Thoroughbred
running horses, competing OH beth
Eastern and Western jockey club
tracks. Creighton has been breeding
and campaigning trotters for nnm-
Der of years, and the friends of Will
liams will watch eagerly to see if he
is as successful with the runners as he
has been with harness horses. indie
pendence Bulletin Journal.
Those very few old settlers remain
ing who remembered Nc Oregon
when 1t was the river landing would
have been reminded of those early
days if they had witnessed the VIM.
Owen troupe ferried across the river
last Saturday. Owing TO tine pontoon
bridge being open on account of float.
ing ice, and the steam ferry being
los6 s,,ka A.