Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31
The Northeastern District conven-
ton of the Christian church will con-
vene in Arlington Sept. 5-6-7.

.On September 9th IAN election will
2 be held IN Sumner to vote on the pro-
position of granting franchise to an
electric light company.
A stock company at Manchester will
remodel the opera house and make it
the equal of any $4,000 or $40, 900
opera house in the state.
Oelwein's city council has let the
contract for the paving of the prin-
cipal business streets with brick at a
cost of Sl.99 per square yard.
Relatives of Byron Brown, a 12-year-
old lad who was fatally !injuredLin an
accident at the Rockwell City canning
factory two years ago, have sued the
company for $4,000 damages.
When you want physio that is
mild and gentle, easy to take and
certain to act, always use Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. For
sale by Engbretson's Pharmacy
Michael Moynedran. a prosperous
Linn county farmer, was murdered by
Frank Seery on Thursday at Walford,
by being struck by piece of gaspipe.
The crime was the result of feud Of
long standing.
An old colored woman was taking
on, the other day over the death of
her baby as she was going from the
church to the hack which was to take
her to the cemetery white woman
who knew her happened to be passing
and said mpathetically, (Which one
of your children is dead, Aunt Eliza"
''De one in de hearse," moaned the
colored woman.
Our we'll to do farmers around here
report the oat crop as being heavy, the
straw crop light and the corn crop on
ly six days behind the average year.
and if the weather holds good ought to
have Just lite better than All average
crop. Now all together, pray for good
weather. Mora Springs Advertiser.
In drilling a well on the farm of E.
Z Wessen, who lives three miles east
of Garner, the drill, at depth of six
ty feet, bored through a solid log five
feet in thickness. Pieces of the wood
which were brought up by the drill
were found to be water soaked. but not
petrified. The kind of wood cannot
be identified.
The magnificent new hospital at
Waverly donated by Abraham Slim
mer, the noted philanthropist, and
improved and fitted up by private SUBJ
scription. was dedicated on Sunday.
MI. Simmer gave his fine home and
park surrounding it. valued at $50, 900,
and the improvements and additions
made make it one of the best hospital
buildings in the west.
lis marriage fsilure?' II should
say mott remarked an Oregon farmer,
'Why there's Lucinda gets up in the
morning. milks six COWS, gets break
fast, starts four children to skewl,
looks after the other three, feeds the
hens. likewise the hogs. likewise some
motherless sheep, skins twenty pans
of milk, washes the clothes, gets din
ner, etc. Think could hire anybody
for what she gets? Not much Mar
riage, sir, is a saccess-a great sue
cess. "-Ex.
1t may not be generally kown, but
it is nevertheless a fact that there are
people in this vicinity who are regu-
larly in the habit of sending to mail
order houses for their household ne
cessiites. And some do not confine
their purchases to groceries, but buy
everything vehicles to molasses, A
mail carrier tells of one on his route
who recently sent in the following
order to Shears Sawbuck and Co :
Deere sur. plese send me bi frate to
gallon of merlases and marriage Ii
sense as am soon to get spliced don't
make the lisense 2 costive cos mi we'd
ing is cosin' me pretty much all redy.
Yours, q etc. -"
Arne Arneson while oil the Battle
Island assembly grounds across from
New Albin. recently unearthed an old
gun, ancient in looks sand pattern,
which was buried in the sand The
wood portion of the gun is oak and
we'll preserved. The brass trimmings
bear the date of 1884 and the number
of the piece is ll3, 296, smooth barreled.
and supposed to be a government gun.
The fact that the celebrated last battle
of the Black Hawk war was fought
on that ground two years before the
manufacture of the gun .precludes the
surmise that the weapon is relic OF
that great strife. The relic is to be
presented to the Wisconsin State His
torioal Society. acknowledgements.
The Chicago Great Western Railway
will allow a ten day stop.over at
Chicago Oh through tickets to the