Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-09-10
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last Wednesday. She was about one
hundred years old and was struck by
gravel train which was backing
towards her.
Nels Johnson, an employee of F. ].
Cromer at Usage, saved the store from
destruction by fire last week. A gaso-
lene lamp exploded in the basement
and he pluckily carried the burning
lamp out of the building.
The board of trade at the annual
meeting canvassed the business pro-
gress of the city of Waterloo for the
year past and found that ninety eight
new industries have been planted here
during that time, thirty-one of which
were manufacturing plants.
A honey bee got after a Britt
scchool ma am and attempted to ex-
tract honey from her lips. when its
wings began to fan her mouth they
felt so much like a mustache that she
involuntarily smacked back and then
the wicked bee stung her. Tribune.
Clayton county district court is in
session this week. Among the cases
to be tried before the grand jury is
that of Miss Ellsworth, charged with
the murder of Henry Wilson at Mount
McGregor on July Q. The prosecution
expects to prove her guilty. In case
of indictment she will be brought to
trial in October.
The Elkader fair last week was the
greatest ever held. On Thursday
crowd of over 10000 people was on
the grounds. Thursday morning
occurred the death of Locksey,a black
stallion valued at $1,000, owned by
Gilman, Of Rock Valley, La. He had
been driven on Wednesday, although
quite lame and not in condition to be
tracked.
John Thompson, young man about
% years Of age was arrested near
Jerico Monday by Sheriff Schnurr on
the charge Of rape upon the person of
Mrs. Weigel, an aged lady of about
20 years last Sunday. 1t is said
Thompson bears plainly marks upon
his face, supposed to have been
inflicted by the desperate woman in
defense Of her person.
The next meeting Of the Northeast
ern Iowa Teachers Association will be
held at Cedar Falls Got. 16, II and 10.
The present officers Of the association
are: President-L E. A. Ling, Cres-
CO. Vice President-Stella A. Beam,
Anamosa. Treasurer-T. n. Irish,
Dubuque. Secretary-Mary Zeik,
Cedar Rapids. These with Prof. Carl
E. Geiser of that city, compose the
executive committee.
E. N. Robbins, a farmer living
near Mederville, Clayton county,
committed suicide last Tuesday morn
ing by shooting himself with shot
gun. the charge completely removing
the head from the body. The rash
deed was performed at a. "A. just
after arising. He was man of 30
years of age, and had been afflicted
with nervous trouble for which he
expected to come to Elkader yesterday
for treatment, having made arrange
ments for treatment from local doc
tor Evidently his trouble brought
on temporary insanity. He leaves a
wife and one daughter and was a
member of the Modern Woodmen.
The mulct law will receive test
before Judge Matthews of the dis
trict court. The case of Kintzinger
VS.. the Dubuque Star Brewing COM
pany will then come up for hearing
Three weeks ago the plaintiff had an
injunction issued restraining the
brewery from conducting Q saloon in
connection with the malt house on
the grounds that the saloon kept open
Sundays in violation to the law. BY
mutual agreement the case was con-
tinued until Monday. The defendant
AYERS that Kintzinger is actuated by
malice and is also guilty Of black
mail. If the court decides that the
saloon is being conducted in violation
to the law, 1870 other Dubuque saloons
will be effected.
The indications are that the hard
coal strike is about to collapse. While
the stocks are about cleaned out east
ern dealers are notifying their custo-
mers that there will be plenty Of coal
in short time. An Independence
dealer who recently made trip to
various markets in search of coal got
quiet tip that the operators had not
worried over the strike because when
it began they had nearly ten million
tons piled up that had accumulated
in the last nine years. All that has
now been unloaded on the public at
high rates and they are away ahead
of the game. Another local dealer
not long ago stated that just asTsoon
as cars were needed to carry grain