Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

AT the meeting OF the Wright cOun-
ty fair association last Saturday, it
was decided to pay 80 cents OH the dol
lar for premiums awarded this year.
A fire at Prairie du CHEN last
Thursday morning destroyed the Bos-
toms Shoe and Clothing house and the
Metropolitan Theatre. The loss is
estimated at $50, 900 with only about
$4,000 insurance.
". j. Malloy, a New Hampton
merchant who last winter bought the
Zundelowitz store, has made an assign
ment and filed petition in voluntary
bankruptcy in the federal court A
depression in trade is given as the
cause.
The graduating class of the Waukon
high school is composed of nine young
men and nine young ladies' This is
the second class of the kind in that
schools history. the class of 1896
having been made up of nine represen-
tatives from each sex.
Gus Becker. of Clermont. succeeded
in shooting large gray eagle Sunday
morning. The bird measured seven
feet from tip to tip of wings and is
of variety seldom seen here. Mr..
Becker sent his prize to Mr.. Rubyor,
the taxidermist, of West Union, to
have it mounted.
The annual report of the secretary
of the Waukon school board reveals
the following facts interesting to out
siders: The value of the school build
ing is S2S, 900; the district has $50
persons.of school age. 1872 of whom
are registered i'll the school; the
school library contains 1888 volumes,
and last, but not least, the number of
thrifty trees on the school grounds
is 30.
A petition to the city council of
Oelwein is being circulated i'll that
city asking that the superior court be
abolished. The plea is that it has not
paid. In the nine months it has been
running the receipts of the court have
been 5000. while the expenses foot up
to 81, 500. For political reasons the
attorneys of the city will not patron
ize the court. Each one. wants TO be
the judge.
E. W. Knee, who travels out of
New Hampton, has been carrying a
bandaged hand the last few days. He
met brother travelling man nam9d
Charles Hand on the street the other
day. Mr.. Hand was limping as re-
suit of mis- step off car When he
saw Eds bandage he yelled, Hello,
Knee, what's the matter with your
hand?" Ed yelled back, Hello,
Hand, what's the matter with your
knee?" -Gazette.
l.. M. Erich, an Oskaloosa "doc-
tori, has been selling cocaine to
mere boys, and it is said that he has
among the small boys of the city,
just for the love of gain. Such fiend
should be strung up and publicly
whipped and then hung to the nearest
telephone pole. At the trial Fritch
admitted the sale to the fourteen year
old Burton boy, but claimed it as a
legal right. He was fined the limit.
West Union Argo.
The Nashua Reporter sends out an
excellent half tone illustration of the
new Illinois Central concrete bridge
at Nashua There are six 4S-foot
span, elliptical arches and the le1gth
over is 4l0 feet The width is 20 feet
from face to face of coping, and
heighth is 81 feet from bottom of foun-
dation to bottom of rail. There were
IA car loads of material used. Its
weight is about 76 90 tons. Its cost was
about $40,000 1t took about nine
months to complete the bridge.
The report of the first official state
inspection of the new Odd Fellows
Orphans Home at Mason City has
just been filed with the board of con-
troll. This report shows that the home
which was opened last May has re-
ceived IL orphans, nine being over .
years of age. The ma.ron is Mrs. j
W. Lewis. The land and buildings
are OF an estimated value Of $50, 2l0,
and the personal property at Si,336.
The report indicates that the home
has started out admirably and is we'll
managed.
Chicken thieves seem to be doing a
very prosperous business over in the
vicinity of Hawkeye. many farmers
losing every fowl they mad. Tie in
dications are that there must be some
we'll to do person among the gang
that are doing the stealing, as one
of the farmers south of Hawkeye