Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-29

died at her home in that city Satur-
day.
The postoffice at Rudd was broken
into Saturday morning and stamps,
money orders and cash to the amount
of $500 taken.
Dubuque is after Tommy Anderson.
the crack Calmar ball player. for
their league team. Anderson is now
with the Oelwein team.
The Great Western railway and Ra-
pid Transit Co. of Waterloo. will
build an $4,000 depot and freight
house in Waterloo this year.
The city of Waverly last week voted
to accept the Carnegie library PROPOSE
tion by a vote of 26S to 1872. Of the
$50 voters in the city only $50 voted.
Cedar Falls SIS, 900 Carnegie library
is completed The formal dedication
will occur in September and Governor
Cummins will be asked to make the
address.
The calling out of state troops to
suppress the street car strike at Dubu-
que several weeks ago cost over 3d.
O00 The state pays 81, 800. 20 and Du-
buque the balance.
Rev. Ralph Sergeant, the we'll
known pastor of the Christian church
at Mason City, has resigned, step
which is greatly regretted by the
people of that city.
A racing circuit including Greene,
Nashua, Charles City and Usage has
bsen organized, and three days
meet will be held at each place, COM
mencing the last week in August.
Crawford county, Wis, of which
Prairie du Chem is the seat, has paid
out over $4,000 for snake bounties in
the past two years. This was for
snakes that were actually caught, not
for those that were "seen.'
On the condition that there would
be no more Sunday base ball in or
within five miles of the city, a num-
Der of the citizens of Postville paid
$50 into the treasury of the base ball
team, and Postville will have no more
Sunday ball.
The overseer of the Cedar county
poor farm has purchased a stove, for
county use. of a Chicago department
store and the hardware men of his
own county are up in arms. The
overseer and the county board are
busy explaining why.
The court docket at Waterloo shows
that the divorce cases are in the
majority as compared with the mar
riage licenses issued by the county
clerk of Black Hawk county, by a
ratio of 2 to l. Many cases will be
tried at the September term of court.
A little boy in his night dress was
on his knees saying his prayers and
his little brother could not resist the
temptation to tickle the soles of his
and then said: "Please, God, excuse
me while l knock the stuffin' out of
brother.
The proposed condensed milk factory
at Waukon seems to have hit some sort
of snag. At meeting of the stock
holders last week an assessment of
81. % on each 800 share was voted to
pay the expense already incurred, and
it was voted to defer construction of
the plant for several reasons.
The vigorous policy pursued by
Mayor Ellis of Charles City toward
drunks-imposing heavy fines and
imprisonment-is said to have almost
completely cleared that city from
drunkenness. When fellows so in
clined want to get drunk they 60 to
Nashua, or some other neighboring
town and don't come home till they
are sober.
The Chicago Great Western Rail
way will expend 5000, 900 in improve
ment in Oelwein this year The work
to be done includes the new yards.
turn tables and round houses and per-
haps two new buildings i'll the way of
additions to the shops. The round
house will be the largest in the state.
1t will have sixty stalls and be built
modern in every particular.
The Oelwein Record of last week
contained cut of that city's new
school house, the contract for which
was recently let. 1t resembles the
DEBORAH building very much, except
that there is an entrance in each OF
the towers instead of one between the
two, as in ours. The third floor will
contain a large auditorium capable OF
seating several hundred people.
Capt. Marine, the woll known news
paper man of Mason City has decided