Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-26

Charles Ora Word OF McGregor was
drowned while swimming in the
Mississippi last Wednesday,
Waukon has appealed the case of Dr.
Fisk, who, they claim violated their
transient license ordinance, to the
supreme court.
The Elkader Register has joined the
ever growing list of progressive news
papers and purchased a Simplex type
setting machine
Cresco is considering the feasibility
of holding street carnival this fall,
and will have a meeting soon to
decide the question.
The city council of Cresco has pur-
chased lime rock quarry near the
city and will have rock of it's own
with which to repair it's streets in the
future.
John Dorman, a former we'll known
U. l. U. ball player and one of the best
players on the Fort Dodge team, was
released recently because he refused
to play on Sunday.
Miss Frances X. Gould has been
chosen as preceptress at U. l. U. for
the ensuing year. She is a graduate
of Ann Arbor, Mich, and did three
years graduate work there in Eng fish.
The Chickasaw county fair seems
to be dead and buried. At meeting
called in New Hampton for last week,
but three persons were present-the
president, vice president and one mem
Der.
The city of Waterloo has sent fifteen
cars of machinery and manufactured
product to the state fair for exhibit in
a circus tent hired for the purpose and
used exclusively for the Waterloo ex-
hibit.
The Swedish Baptist church in Cen
ter township, Allainakee county,
celebrated it fftieth anniversary
few weeks ago. 1t is the second oldest
church of that denomination in exis-
tence.
AL. ilorris, of Douglass, says the
West Union Argo, is barreling and
shipping FIVE car loads of Duchess
apples. He picks up three car loads
near West Union and gets car each
from Gov. Larrabe and NJ. V. Dibble,
of Clermont.
The Allamakee county fair will
have Lacrosse and Dubuque Days.
when excursions will be run from
those.cities to Waukon. The business
men of both cities have signified a
willingness to attend III body OH
their respective days
A Waterloo firm has just received
one of the largest importation of tea
ever shipped into the state. The in
voice consisted of two carloads,
total of SO, 600 pounds. 1t came direct
from Yokohama, japan. The freight
charges on the shipment were $l.04O.
One of the first persons to climb the
hill for closer view of the progress
being made OH our new water works
system was Grandpa Morgan. now in
his seth year. Many young men have
not yet gathered up courage enough
to make the cent.-Lansing Mirror.
An ordinance requiring draymen to
take back street when waiting for
business to turn up has been passed by
the Oelwein city council. 1t was
passed at the request of the merchants
who objected to drays standing two
or three deep on the main business
street.
The New Albin page of the Lansing
Mirror says that the talk of water
works for the town has fallen through
and will not even be brought to vote.
The town is out of debt and has 81, 900
in the treasury and is one of the
richest little towns in this section
Alfred Strong, living near Oelwein,
had one of his legs chewed by a
threshing machine last week. He
was climbing upon the machine, when
he slipped and his foot was caught
by the cylinder and drawn into the
machine, crushing it so that amputa-
tion was necessary. He is only 23
years of age and unmarried.
w. f. Noithrop of Forest City has
started movement to organize a
society to be known as the "Society
of the Sons of Vermont in Iowa, -
similar to the organizations already
perfected in Illinois and Minnesota
All native born Vermonters who re-
side in Iowa are eligible and may send
their names to lock box GAO, Forest
City if they wish to join.
Christ Kiefer, aged SO years, a
Prairie du Chen laundryman, COM
mitted suicide by hanging Saturday
morning. Dependency over family