Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-11
& Deigbborbood Deus.
Interesting Items Of News Cleaned
From the Press Of Neishboring Counties
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

and is almost $4,000 over the legal
limit
Company D, 2lst Iowa Infantry will
hold it's annual reunion at Elkader to-
morrow.
The Presbyterian church at West
Onion rejoices over the canceling of
$1,000 debt.
A lecture course is on at Monona
this week, with an entertainment
every evening.
The splitting ordinance at Usage had
it's first violator in the person of
member of the council.
Several northeastern Iowa towns are
already making preparations for
Fourth of July celebrations.
The telephone lines belonging to the
Sumner Telephone Company will be
sold at auction in Sumner May 20.
The residence of John Mulligan of
Monona was burned to the ground
with nearly all its contents last We'd
nesday night.
A Storm Lake man shipped prairie
chickens and other game birds to
Chicago. and his violation of the law
cost him s400
Over ten thousand dozen OF eggs
were taken in by the Charles City
merchants at the monthly sale day
last week, the price being II cents
The Masons have decided to build
large temple at Charles City, and as
soon as suitable site can be secured
the structure will begin to take shape.
1t will be fine structure. to cost in
the neighborhood of 100000.
Prof. Sanders of Rockford has been
chosen as superintendent of the public
schools at West Union. which place
was made vacant by the resignation
of Prof. l.. j. Aver, who retires from
the school room to take up the study
of law.
The new marshal at Hopkinton has
been forced to publish a notice ask
ing persons to desist from telling
their troubles to tho policeman. He
has been bothered with all the neigh
borhood troubles in the place and Can
stand it no longer.
The race track at Rush Park. Inde-
pendence, is not to be thrown up.
The Bulletin Journal says it has just
been disked and narrowed and with
the large number of horses being
logged over it will soon be in condi-
tion for fast work.
The cornerstone of the new Grace
Episcopal church at Charles City will
be laid Monday. Rt. Rev. Bishop
Morrison of the diocese of Iowa will
have charge of the ceremonies On
Tuesday the cornerstone of the new
Carnegie library will be laid.
Seven patients escaped from the hos
pital for insane at Independence Fri
dya. They were all members of the
inebriate ward. One man. John Tur-
ney of Clinton, was later arrested and
made serious complaint to the officers
of the treatment given the patients at
the institution.
While on his way to his home in
Frankviile from his farm in Ludlow
township Monday evening, JAS.
MntE Ia3c fr;O
ran away and threw Mr.. Meikle and
his daughter. who was with him, out
of the buggy. Mr.. Meikle was serious
ly injured and FOR time was uncons-
cious. The daughter escaped with but
slight injuries. -Waukon Standard.
More Lawbreakers at Werk.
Fishing was lively along the Iowa
river from Saturday afternoon till ear
ly Monday morning, and one of the
pest stories was told by party of four
going from Waukon. They arrived at
the river late in the evening and were
informed by party residing in that
country that there was a party of
Minnesotans fishing short distance
down the river. and in all probability
were using seine. The boys followed
the river to where the fishermen were
at work and made it point to talk
loud enough to be heard and in man
ner that would indicate that they
were Iowa officers looking for violators
of the fish law. The game worked
admirably for the Minnesota sports
took to the woods leaving seine and
fish behind, and for ought anyone
knows they are still going. AS re-
suit of this little strategy the boys
brought home five sacks of fish.
-Waukon Republican.
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