Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-05-10

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Allamakee county has at last de-
cided to hold fair this year, at Waukon.
The Adams farm near Odebolt, has
6, 400 acres which are under cultiva-
tion.
$4,000 trout fry were distributed in
the streams of Allamakee county last
week.
A concrete bridge, full width Of the
street, is to be erected in Oelwein
this summer.
Hon. w. L. Eaton of Usage will
deliver the Decoration Day address
at Charles City this year.
The school board at Monona has
elected R. Fl. Sylvester of Sergeants
Bluff, principal next year.
The Oelwein city clerk is short 81, 200
in his accounts, but as yet no action
has been taken in the matter.
New Hampton has raised $4,000 and
will celebrate the 4th of July in a
manner beftting the occasion.
Rev. Frank Gagely, of Chicago has
been called to the pulpit of the Pres
byterian church at West Union.
An artesian well sunk by the city at
Charles City, last week struck strong
vein of water at depth OF 1929 feet.
J. H. Bowers of Delaware, Ohio,
has been elected superintendent of
schools at Waukon for the coming
year.
The Mason City post Office has been
designated as an additional depository
for money order funds in northern
Iowa and southern Minnesota.
A militia company has been mus
tered into service at Manchester, to
take the place of the one mustered out
recently at New Hampton.
The eighteen months old baby boy of
Will Robinson near Plainfield got
hold of some strychnine pills one day
last week and ate them, dying within
few moments.
A Sigourney man has placed tomb
stone over the grave of his first wife
and his second better half insists that
a blank space be left on the stone for
her own name.
7 Complete census returns in Chicka-
saw county show loss of ILL in
population since 1900. New Hampton
city has gain of IL, the population
now being 1889.
Beattie, is said to be the most success
full stove salesman in the world. He
travels for Milwaukee house at a
salary of $1,000 per year.
One of the prominent citizens of
McGregor fell asleep in church last
Sunday. His wife sitting by nudged
him gently to arouse him, when
the old chap in a half-sleepy way
blurted out, "Oh, get up Molly, and
nhhe lile DIe yOurseil.
Two fellows by the name of Puring-
ton and Potter are under Indictment
for holding up Archie Mccain and
Miss Grace Harris while out driving
in Mitchell county week ago. They
failed to secure anything of value, be-
ing frightened away before completing
the hold-up.
Norman Bull, Prairie du Chem
veteran, will hereafter receive a
pension of 800 per month, says an
exchange Mr.. Bulls lower jaw was
shot away in the service and he has
an entire jaw of silver. which has
frequently to be renewed. Mastica-
tion is difficult and his health is
greatly impaired because of resulting
stomach trouble.
Albert Fiete, the McGregor rural
mail carrier who confessed to rifling
the mails plead guilty before Judge
Reed, of the Federal court at Dubuque
last week. He attributed his down
fall to drink. The Judge showed
clemency to the young man by post
poning sentence until December and
if Fiete behaves during that time he
will go free.
A sad story comes from Britt of an
old man eight-six years of age. who
gave $500 to his niece and her husband
with the understanding that they were
TO care for him the rest of his life.
This took place five years ago and now
the younger man has turned the old
one out of doors and refuses to pay
back his money, telling him he has
nothing to show for it. The old man
has been at the Kossuth county poor
farm the past six months and his
story is so plausible that the Board
of Supervisors have appropriated suffi.
cient funds for him TO try to recover
his money. Tar and feathers have
been talked of for the younger man,
but the editor of the Wesley Record
thinks that any one guilty of so mean