Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-18

weeks session at West Union.
Waukon is to have lady dentist,
| Miss Cora Miner, who graduated at
Iowa City last week and will open
dental parlors in the Stilwell block.
John w. Coon, of Waukon, was in
the city Saturday exhibiting patent
I ''pole detacher," by means of which
the pole can instantly be detached
from buggy to insert a shaft, or vice
versa. Or in case of runaway the
pole or shaft may be detached and the
team or horse allowed to go ON their
way rejoicing, while you sit in the
buggy safely and puff ten cent
cigar. Postville Review.
AT the public sale of short horn cat
tie made by Messrs. G. G. Bigler and
Sons at Victor, Iowa, last week, the
records were broken for prices by any
breeder in the United States by sell
ing fifty head of cattle for SAC, 913 90,
making an average price of 1898. 10,
the top price being So, 040. 90 for COW
bought by Brown & Randolph Bros. ),
at Indianola, la. The lowest price
was $500.
Miss Mabel Mutart, Miss Eva Moul-
ton and their escorts, Walter Noel and
Frank Rosenberger, had narrow es-
cape last week from drowning at Clear
Lake. They were in row boat when
gust of wind upset the craft and all
were thrown in the lake quarter of
mile from shore and in deep water.
Fortunately the young men were ex-
pert swimmers and managed to get the
young ladies to shore before help ar
rived.
AT an early hour last Tuesday
morning fire destroyed the frame
I buildings in Manchester occupied by
Atkins & Chapel's furniture store and
Mrs. A. E. Wilson, N. p Malven's
bowling alley, the harness shop of
Geo. E. Simmons, severely scorched
the Burk blacksmith shop. and but for
the able work of the fire department
many other buildings in that portion
of the city would be nothing but
mass of smouldering ruins.
The Iowa Sunday School association
will meet next year in Des Moines.
Officers for the ensuing year are: DR..
@. j. Kephart, Des Moines, president
j. j. Van Ness, Mason City, first vice
president; Rev. o. S. Thompson, Paul
lima, second vice president Mrs Mary
B. Mitchell, Des Moines, secretary :;
]. F. Hardin, Eldora, treasurer The
association ON Thursday voted unani-
mously to support Sioux City for the
next international convention in 1905
DR.. l.. B. Mattoon of Elgin was
found dead in his bed at the hotel in
Kenmare, n. OAK, one day last week.
He was interested in Ignite coal
lands in that vicinity hence his pres
ence there. The doctor was one of the
most prominent citizens of Fayette
county, and has lived at Elgin since
1875, coming there direct from the
medical school, He was very sue
cessful in his practice, and soon ven
tured into conservative speculations
and public enterprises which proved
profitable, and soon won for him a
place among local financiers. He was
four years in the State Senate from
that district, being elected as demo-
crat.
There came near being a substantial
sort of tragedy enacted southwest of
Waukon last Friday. Some differen-
ces between husband and wife
prompted them to seek to end their
troubles by suicide The woman took
a quantity of laudanum AID then when
her spouse got down gun to cut short
his existence, she hailed a passerby
who with neighbor induced the hus-
band to give up the weapon and enjoy
a longer lease of life. That arranged,
a physician was summoned from here
who relieved the wife of the effects
of the poison. No especial good can
be occsioned now by giving names so
we omit them. -Waukon Democrat
Herbert Merritt, OF Mcintyre, Iowa,
and Dell Nichols, of New Haven,
Iowa, were terribly hurt near West
gate last week by being hurled from
a handcar going at fast pace. The
men belong to the @. G. w. fence re-
pairers, and were endeavoring to over
take the handcar containing the
regular section force while returning
TO town from the scene of the days
operations. The car left the rails and
was carried by its momentum into
ditch several yards away. Mr.. Mer-
rift sustained a fractured skull and
has very slim chances for recovery
Mr.. Nichols was hurt internally in
the region of the intestines, and it is
too soon to state how serious his in
juries are.
Land Plaster.
will hurry up late planted corn,