Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-08-06
Budget of Deus Items.
Interesting news and humor. cleaned
from the press OF Northeastern Iowa.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

county is in isession at West, Union
this week.
There will be big time in Water :
loo ON Labor day The labor unions
there have raised fund of $1,000
which will be used in the celebration.
Prospects for a big time during
the Elks' Carnival at Oelwein, the
week of August IS to 23 inclusive, are
getting. brighter every day, says the
Record
Charles W. Perkins, for fifteen years
the cashier of the district Office of the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
company in Cedar Rapids, is an ac-
knowledged defaulter to an amount
estimated at $780, 900.
The body of G. P. Russell, of Dubu-
que, who had been missing since Sat-
urday, was found Wednesday hanging
from tree near his residence on Sum-
mer Hill. He had used dog chain
in hanging himself He came here
from Nebraska three years ago.
Herman Week, carpenter who was
employed on the Park Hotel at Mason
City, stepped on a rusty nail couple
of weeks ago, but paid no attention to
the wound, as it healed in fewldays.
About a week later he was taken
sick and three days later died from
lockjaw.
At the meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Cedar Valley Semi
nary at Usage, Prof Elmer Griffith
of Chicago University was selected as
the next principal to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Col.
Abernethy who has so long been asso-
ciated with the institution as its prin-
cipal.
The electric road surveyors are run
ming the first line on the south road
via Church and have reached point
about mile beyond there and are
now engaged in leveling back this
way. The Village Greek route will
be run later and it is presumed the
more. feasible will be adopted. Mr..
Beard and wife, who have been in
Denver, were expected to join Mr..
Ingram and family here this week. =
Lansing Journal.
One evening last week Will Till
son went home to find his children
and two or three visitors wild with
excitement, and all trying to tell
something at once after short time
he learned that the dog had chased a
big rat up tree. He got rifle and
soon dispatched it. 1t is not often
you hear of a rat being so hard press
ed as to resort to climbing tree like
a squirrel to save its life; so far as we
can learn but few people ever heard of
a rat climbing tree under any cir
cumstances; therefore, it is very evil
dent that the little shavers had right
to be excited and all talk at once, it
was an unusual thing they were call
Times.
Last Monday afternoon Miss Nellie
Lack, whose home is in Cedar town
ship, committed suicide by shooting
herself in the head. The young
woman was twenty-six years of age
and it is thought she was insane, in
sanity being caused by poor health
She had been taking treatmet of DR..
Sitter for the past six weeks for ner-
vous trouble and came to the city Mon
day, accompanied by her sister, for
that purpose. From town they walk
ed to Mrs. J. M. Morrison's where
they had left their horse. While the
sister was preparing to leave for home
and was hitching up the horse, Miss
Nellie Lack entered an clubhouse and
blew out her brains with a revolver
of large calibre The sister hearing
the report of the pistol rushed to
where her sister was and on opening
the door discovered her sister with
two CHASTITY wounds in either temple.
Charles City Herald.
Last week one night, box of pota.
toes was left standing on the front
step of j. j. McCarthy's store when
it was closed for the night, and the
next morning when the doors were
opened Mr.. McCarthy's St Bernard
dog was found lying beside the box,
he had been guarding them through
the night and departed for home al
once when the store was opened.
Nightwatch Block says the dog would
not allow passersby to come near the
door and if any came too close, {
fierce growl sent them on about theil
business. The dog was around tn,
store during the evening, but no on,
had noticed that he did not return
home and he took it upon himself t.
guard his masters property withou
the least hint from him to do so. TIL,
dog has never been trained .as ,
watch dog and unless it is granted