Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-08-12

Chickasaw county Woodmen hold a
big picnic at Nashua tomorrow.
The enlarged Hawkeye Beacon is a
credit TO Editor Rogers and the town
it represents.
The opera house at Rockford was
built by the ladies of that city and a
lady. Mrs. T. T. Mitchell. is the mana
ger.
The ST. Boniface societies of Iowa
will hold their annual meeting at
New Hampton in the early part of
October. This is German Catholic
society.
An exhibit of the ore from the Wau-
kon iron mines is being prepared for
the st. Louis exposition. 1t will be
ready in time to exhibit at the coun-
ty fair next month.
Miss Beva Stevens, a Charles City
young lady, had her leg and foot
quite badly crushed by merry go
round while trying to mount after the
machinery had started.
Burgess q Hanson, of Luana,
started out last week with their herd
of IA buffaloes, moose and an an
telopo, on a tour of the state and
county fairs. Their first stand was
at Maquoketa
Judge Cummings, for years one of
the prominent attorneys of Mason
City, has sold his practice and retired
from active work. About year ago
he had "a hard fall and has never re-
covered from its effects.
The McGregor Homestead of the b.
A. Y. won both of the fifty dollar
prizes at Lacrosse last week, one for
the best drilled team III competition
and one for the largest representation
of any lodge outside Of La Crosse.
A. c. Case, president of the First
National bank, and one of the most
prominent financiers i'll northern Iowa,
is dangerously i'll at his home in
Charles City with appendicitis a
specialist from Chicago was summoned
by wire.
Mayor Reed. of Oelwein, has got
out list of persons who are in the
habit of becoming intoxicated, giving
the police trouble and not providing
for their families and notice has been
served on all liquor dealers to sell
them no liquors under penalty of fine
The Lansing Mirror says that city
is badly in need of good hotel. A
first class institution of that kind
would undoubtedly pay we'll as many
summer visitors would be attracted
by the beautiful scenery if the city
could offer a good place for their en-
tertainment,
Shell Rock has brass band which
has remarkable record. 1t was
organized twenty years ago and has
been in practice ever since. Five OF
its present members have'been with
the band since the start, three have
served eighteen years and there are
several others who have records nearly
as long.
The Waucoma buttermaker, Frank
Forester, went to Minneapolis OH the
Sunday excursion and when last seen
was aboard the train before 1T started
on the return. At last accounts he
had not returned to his work. Whether
he has met with foul play or gone
away Intentionally has not been
learned.
A peculiar prank was played by the
lightning last week on the farm of j.
w. Swartley. A spotted red and white
heifer was struck by lightning. None
of the red hair or the hide under 1T
was injured but all the white spots
were so scalded that the hide peeled
of, leaving raw sores. The animal Is
alive aud doing we'll. -Fayette Re-
porter.
For the first time the executive
council of the state assessed the
different interurban electric roads OF
the state this year. The Mason City
& Clear Lake road was assessed al
81, 632 actual value. Heretofore this
road has been assessed by the asses
sors:of the different townships through
which it runs. Under the new system
the rolling stock is included in the
total assessment and each township
will receive its pro rata share OF thii
total assessment.
A Charlton, Iowa, paper tells of
man who mortgaged his farm to Blu,
his wife pair of diamond earrings
The wife took in washing to pay thu
interest on the mortgage, but the frs
Job she lost one of the "sparks" II
the suds, whereupon she tried to ham
herself in the barn, but the rope brok
and she fell on Jersey COW WORT