Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-03-04
CASTALIA.
From our regular correspondent

will preach at the U. b. church mex
Sunday. a.
Rural free mail delivery began from
this Office today.
BY order of the postmaster genera
mail for the night trains will now bt
made up at 3 p m. and delivered tC
the Rock Island freight going north,
beginning today. While this practical.
ly gives us night mail service both
in and out it is unsatisfactory to the
patrons of this office and efforts will
be made to have it delivered from the
trains direct
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Allen were among
those who took in David Harum" at
the Grand last week.
The fine weather last week brought
big crowds to the sales last Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Welton Cornell returned from south
ern Missouri last Thursday where
he went to visit his brother Will.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Dean have de-
cided to move to Wall Lake, Cass
county, Ia, where Mr.. Dean has a
brother. We are sorry to have them
leave the community as they have
lived here for many years and will be
greatly missed
III. w. Neverman and Henry Bloom
haugen were business visitors to De-
corah last Saturday.
At this writing j. A. Musser has
had relapse and again his life is in
the balance. We sincerely hope he
may be spared to us. There is perhaps
no man in the town who would be
more missed than John.
Tom Windell, Jr, attended the
funeral of Mr. Wells at DEBORAH last
week.
Roy Campbell returned from school
studies at DEBORAH last Friday.
The city council held their regular
monthly meeting tonight.
John Beadle came down from Aus
tin, Mimi, last Saturday to close up
his farm sale.
Our jeweler, j. w. Dresser, has
given up his rooms and returned to
Postville. We are sorry to lose him
but there is not enough to do here in
just repair work to make it pay. If
he had had good display room and a
good stock of jewelry there is no
doubt he would have done a good pay
ing business.
JAS. Hart is moving down town to-
day. He getsinto the heart of the city.
A. Lee was down from Ossian last
week contracting to do carpenter work
here. There will be plenty of it to do.
A. w. Kramer, Jr., goes to Chicago
next week to select the new spring
stock for the firm. He will be joined
there by H. E. Rathbun, buyer for ].
o. Hover & Co. of Arlington and WIN.
G. Uhley of VIM. q. Uhley Co.. Fair
bury, Neb. The boys were all school
mates.
Revival meetings begin next We'd
nesday evening at the M. E. church.
An evangelist and wife from Illinois
will be here to assist Rev. Leamon.
They are sweet singers and earnest
workers. Come out and give them a
good audience the first evening.
The M. W. A. s will have log rolling
at Camp next Wednesday evening.
One Of the most horrible accidents
that has happened in this vicinity for
many years occurred last Thursday
about 10 a. M, when Patsy Manning
a young man living three miles south
of here was run over by a freight
train between here and Postville.
Death was almost instantaneous He
was catching ride between the cars
and fell on the track, twenty -four cars
passing over him. A whiskey flask
partly filled and unbroken stood
upright on the track where he lay
and told the cause of the untimrly
death. His body was taken back to
Postville and prepared for burial and
the funeral occurred on Friday m.
He was inferred in the cemetery at
Clermont. He and his. venerable
father lived alone and it will be lone
some indeed for the old man now.
James Floody and family are NOV
| ing to Ossian.
Irwin Allen delivered horses at West
Union again today.
Kramer g. Son are preparing for a
special sale next Saturday. 1t always
pays to attend their sales. They
never fail 70 attract large crowds
Fred Anderson had lively run.
away last Saturday, but was fortunate
in not having much damage.
Commencement exercises of the
Castalia high school will be held il
the opera house Tuesday evening
March 18th. There are only two il
the graduating class.
| Next Sunday will he the last SIM