Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-04-19

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Waverly's brewery is now in
operation.
Hon. J. E. Blythe of Mason City
will deliver the Fonrth of July Grafton
atsArlington.
Carnegie offers Usage $4,000 for a
library upon the usual conditions, and
Usage will ask him for $4,000
Edwin Dukes, superintendent of
the. Baskerville schools, has been: elected
Superintendent of schools at Indepen-
dene.
A Sioux City, Iowa, man has applied
for..an injunction to restrain lady
who lives next door to him from
cooking onions.
The Elkader Argus reports Sc arrests
in that town for disorderly conduct
and drunkenness in four months, all
tramps, however.
The Wilson Hotel at Mason City has
been leased TOYS. @. Dilley of Omaha
for five years, Mr.. Tremaine retiring
from the management.
George Smale, a pioneer druggist
of Independence, has filed a petition
in bankruptcy at Dubuque. Liabilities
$13, 900 and assets $4,000.
Cresco has preacher who is the
owner of 20 horsepower automobile.
1t is five passenger machine and
capable of speed of 40 miles an hour.
A Prairie du CHEN man shipped
four tons of clam shells to Germany
recently, which is said to be the first
shipment to that country in over q
year.
We rejoice to hear from Oelwein that
Hon. A. @. Wilson, who has had such
a long siege of sickness, has so far
mended as to be able to get out on
the street.
Miss Lillian Bowers, primary
school teacher of Cedar Falls, dropped
dead after listening to lecture by
Lou Beauchamp. Death occurred in
her own home during heated discus
sion of the lecture
1t has been decided to build a
sisters school at Elma in time
for use in the fall to cost about $l2,-
600. Of this amount Archbishop
Keane contributed $500, Father T. j.
Gum $500 and the balance is to be
raised by subscription.
June Is and IA have been set as the
time for the annual reunion of the
Twenty first Iowa regiment at Man.
chester. The executive committee
consists of Capt. Merry, president; j.
w. Walters, Manchester, secretary and
Capt. G. Cooley, Strawberry Point,
treasurer.
The limit was reached over at Fair
bault recently, when man borrowed
$50 from one Of the home merchants
to get catalogue house goods out of
the depot. That man certainly deserves
a tablet in the Hall of Fame erected
to men of monumental brass. Forest
City Republican.
The congregation of the First Metho-
dist Episcopal church of Des Moines
has secured subscriptions of 500, 900 to-
ward the erection of a new church
building which is to cost 800. 600.
This is the church of which DR.. A. B.
Storms was pastor, when he was chosen
for the presidency of the State Agricul-
tural College.
At West Union Wisconsin buyer
closed the purchase Of s. B. Carter's
1904 tobacco crop. Mr.. Garter raised
thirteen acres last year, which made
a full carload of 10000 pounds, and
brought him a check for 81, 400. Mr..
Garter finds tobacco profitable crop
and he will raise all equal acreage
in 1905.
Aag. Fiete, rural mail carrier, of
McGregor, gave himself up to the
sheriff Monday saying 81 am a thief
and want to be arrested" He further
said "Up to few months ago was
a rural mail carrier in McGregor, La.
My failing was drink and I robbed
the mails to get money to buy it. /
even stole money from letters that
were addressed to my father.''
God bless the girl who works! She
is brave and good and noble. She is
not too proud to earn her own living,
ashamed to be caught at her daily task.
She smilesat you from behind the desk,
the counter or printers case. There IA