Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-07-09

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plant known as the Iowa Light & Heat
company.
1t is said of farmer living near Ell
dora that he was given an invitation
while in town the other day, to listen
to photograph. He was shown how
to adjust the ear piece and the ma
chine started. Suddenly he dropped
the whole thing and started for the
street exclaiming "Gosh! there
comes brass band up the street and
left my mules untied'
Cedar Falls, July 3.-An unprece-
denied flood swept this section last
night. The Cedar river rose nine feet
between 9 O'Clock last night and 8
O'Clock this morning. Cattle and
horses are floating down and several
buildings have been swept away.
The Harriss & Cole factory has settled
and the Office is under water Three
briduges in tho city limits are gone.
The Rock Island, Great Western and
illinois Central are tied up by land
slides The damage here will
amount to fully $4,000.
Henry Wilson, the young man
found unconscious beside the Mil
waukee tracks near McGregor last
Tuesday night with three wounds in
the back of his head, died Thursday
afternoon at the Clark hospital The
young woman who was with him
when found by the train crew claims
that they went to sleep near the
track and that Wilson was struck by
the train, but the train crew claim
that he was not struck by the train,
and the nature of the wounds indi-
cate foul play.
The girl who expressed so much
sympathy for the poor farmer because
of his cold job harvesting his winter
wheat, is equal in agricultural know
ledge to the one who expressed desire
to see field of tobacco when it was
plugging out, but the damsel who
asked which COW gave the buttermilk
is entitled to the whole bakery.
And the girl on her return from a
| visit to the country who was asked if
she saw anyone milk COW, replied:
"Oh, yes indeed l have; it just tick
led me to death to see uncle pull two
of the cows faucets at the same time {"
The mulct shops of Bremen county
paid another quarters tax this week.
The z saloons in Waverly paid 81, 400,
1915 of which goes to the city fund
and 1875 to the county. Sumner has
saloons, they each pay $75 into the
city treasury and SO to the county,
each quarter. Tripoli has 5, each
pays every quarter $75 to the city and
$75 to the county fund. Denver has
three, each pays $75 to the city fund
and $50 to the county fund, each quar-
ter. Frederick has one which pays
SO quarterly and the amount is divid-
ed equally between the town and
county. Each quarter the mulct
shops in Bremen county pay $500
taxes $4,000, each year. Independent.
| A man with voice and appearance
of street fakir mounted on box at
Arnold's Park last Sunday. He talked
and waved his arms for a few moments
and had attracted several hundred
people. He informed the crowd that
he would turn a common bottle of
beer into human being, and after
rolling up his sleeve so that all could
see he had nothing concealed there h.
took a cork screw out of his pocket,
pulled the cork and turned the beer
into himself. The crowd that had
gathered to rubber took a sneak. -
Spencer Herald.
Little Frances, the IL year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Henry
Westemeyer, living 2 miles northeast
of town, was severely hurt about the
head and face Monday morning by a
bull belonging to the herd which she
and her older sister were driving
along the road to pasture. The
brute attacked her without warning
and the sister beat him off with a
stick. Her father heard the screams
and hurried from the house to aid her.
When picked up the blood was oozing
from her mouth and nostrils and for a
time it was feared she was injured in
ternally. She soon rallied, however,
and while her injuries are painful,
they are not of an alarming nature =
New Hampton Gazette.
On Sunday Neil Dorland was so
badly injured by horse that for a
time it was thought that he would
die. The horse kicked him, breaking
several ribs and otherwise injuring
him internally. On Wednesday Peter
Johnson, of Dover, was kicked by a
horse, the lower end of the breast
bone being cracked and his stomach
severity injured. And the Hawkeye
Beacon relates that AL. Knox was in
jured by kick from a horse Monday