Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-09-09

The Second Iowa Cavalry held it,
reunion at Clear lake last week.
After four trials, the city council Of
Oelwein has at last let the contrac,
for laying sewer system.
Nine new tobacco sheds have beer
erected in the vicinity of Viola, which
conveys some idea of how the industry
is growing. Prairie du CHEN Union.
Samuel Nadsn, of Cedar township.
Floyd county, has become convert
to Dowieism and will transfer his prop.
erty and become resident of Zion
City.
An explosion of a gasoline stove in
the Moody clothing store at Hawkeye
Thursday caused fire which des-
troyed the entire stock with loss of
$1,000.
Carrier on No. r. F. d. out of
Calmar delivered 5139 pieces of mail
during the month of August and this
was small run. This route has 100
boxes and 800 patrons.
Miss Helen Larrabee, youngest
daughter of Ex-Gov. Larrabee of
Clermont, is to be married today to
Charles Burton Robbins of Lincoln,
Neb. where the couple will reside.
The Fayette Postal Gard says
''about all the waterworks system this
town needs is something big enough
to catch all the rain" Which is true
of almost any Iowa town this season.
Fred L. Robinson is now at the
helm of the Gutenberg Journal, Ed
itor Sage having been retired after
about three months of service. The
new editor comes from down Colfax
way.
The moose which Burgess & Hanson
of Luana added to their buffalo herd
exhibit this summer, sickened and
died from an over-indulgence in green
apples while the herd was at the
Elkader fair.
The Manchester Press says that
Amos Perry. of Edgewooa. recently
refused $40, 900 for IA sections of rice
land at Jennings. Louisiana. The
original cost was rs cents per acre and
he refused $50 per acre.
Six society ladies at Ames are in
troukle because they have talked too
much about Miss Watkins, a nurse OF
that place, who has sued the six Cos
sipers for $4,000 damages. There will
now be more talk than ever.
A company with a million dollars
capital to be known as the United
States Telegraph and Telephone 90.
has been incorporated at Waterloo. @.
f. Pickett, 7. K. Elliott and James
Gardner are the incorporators.
The east wall of the McGregor opera
house is being torn down because it
was found to be bullying. The build
ing was erected only five years ago,
yet some Of the timbers supporting the
roof were found to be rotted away.
In blowing along the road short
time since, D. s. Blakely turned over
a quail's nest. The eggs were taken
home and turned over to bantam
hen, with the result that she now has
q fine brood of quails Spirit Lake
Beacon.
A liverly man at Glenwood, says
the Rockford Register. had his team
attacked by a swarm of bees. In their
fright they ran over some other hives
and both horses were stung to death
and the driver barely escaped with
his life.
Waterloo is to have q second pack
ing house. The butchers of the city
have formed a company for the dur
pose of erecting and operating pack
ing house which is to supply their
own markets aud the wholesale trade
as we'll.
John Seepo, Indian police at the
Tama reservation, was murdered Fri
day night by an unknown Indian. who
threw his body into the river. A
young Indian girl saw him throw the
body into the river and reported the
deed to the police.
Edward Way of Mason City, a
brother of Tom and S. X. Way, well
known politicians, died last week He
was formerly an engineer on the Mil
waukee, but three years ago lost his
leg by falling under his engine and
has been retired since.
The first passenger train to come
over the new Omaha extension of tn,
Great Western direct from Omaha en-
tered Oelwein last Wednesday. Al
soon as the Waverly cutoff is finished
the road will put on fast schedule
between Omaha and Chicago.
The Manchester & Oneida railroad
an eighteen mile stretch of road which
gives Manchester connection will