Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-28


of Bremen county was held at Waver-
'ly last Thursday.
The big oil company in which sew
eral Mason City men were interested
mas gone to the wall.
File of unknown origin did consider
able damage in the Kennedy Buggy
factory at Manchester.
An effort is being made at Dougher-
ty, in Cerro Gordo county, to organize
a farmers cooperative association.
Evangelist Bulgin is conducting a
series of meetings at Charles City and
will go from there to Fayette.
The National Reserve. fraternal
organization. will remove its head.
quarters from Charles City to Daven-
port.
Will Michael, of Hawkeye, lies in
the county Jail at West Union await
ing trial for assaulting Miss Emma
Held of Hawkeye last Sunday.
Henry Wiltz, once rich and re-
spected citizen of Hardin county, was
sent to the Inebriate ward at the hos
pital at independence, this week.
@. F. Duncolnbe has purchased the
interests of his brother, w. E. Dun
combe. in the Fort Dodge Chronicle
and will conduct the paper alone here.
after.
The Postyille base ball team closed
the season with SAL. o. in it's treasury.
The team played twenty games during
the season, losing thirteen aud win
ming seven.
The town of Winthrop, Buchanan
county, has thirty new street lamps
which were bought with money earn.
ed and donated by the young people
of the town.
Mason City doctor in trying to
get out of the way of lot of school
ma ANS at the convention last week
fell into coal hole and like to have
broken his back.
Mrs Gustavus Merriam of Hopkin-
ton was struck and killed by a Mil
waukee train while attempting to
cross the track near her home. She
was 20 years of age.
Leo Wells. lad of fifteen, was
brought before Judge Fellows at Ell
kader last " eek and committed to the
reform school for stealing two tons of
CLANS shells at North McGregor.
David Palmer. farmer living four
miles east of Charles City, dropped
dead with heart disease last week.
He was about 60 years of age and
leaves wife and grown up children.
Joe Trigg says the democracy Of
Floyd county has come to that unfor-
tunate place where it has no paper to
represent it and not enough life left to
even place in nomination ticket for
county officials.
Up to Thursday County Clerk Allen
of Prairie du Chem, had issued or
ders on. the treasurer for $l252. 80, in
payment of bounties on 2505 rattle
snakes killed in Crawford county dur
ing the present year.
The Kreuger trial, which mas occu-
pied the attention of the district
court in Howard county for the past
week or more, is the seventh case of
homicide which Judge Hobson has
tried since he has been on the bench.
A. M. Reynolds, we'll do farmer
of Floyd county. accidentally shot
himself last Wednesday. He was
found with one foot on wire fence
and the muzzle of his gun pointing
towards the back of his head. Death
was doubtless instantaneous
While the Dubuque jobbers were
visiting Luana on their trip of two
weeks ago, they were treated to a
real buffalo hunt. Burgess & Hanson,
the owners OF the herd of buffalo at
that place. furnished ponies for all
who aesiredIto engage in the sport
and the hunters made things lively
for the bison for a while.
Cedar Falls has a mystery in the
disappearance of the wife If Capt.
Stubs of the Salvation Army. The
last known of her she was at her home
caring for her children, since when
she has not been seen by any one. She
was suffering from nervous prostra-
ton due to overwork but was too am
bilious to give up and it is thought
that perhaps she wandered away dur
ing a period of mental arrangement.
The Rock Island people are making
extensive repairs on their road bed be-
tween Clermont and West Union. A
large gang of men with two dirt trains
have been at work for some time
The bridges across the Turkey river
are being put in good shape. Great
quantities of stone and gravel are be-
ing used for filling. When the work
Ia comnleted il will insure the safety