Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-10-16

A iigger pretending to be deaf and
dumb was doing the town Wednesday,
working our citizens for coin to get
him through deaf and dumb college
so the paper he carried said. But
the breath of him would put a Ken.
lucky distillery to the bad. and we
concluded his affection was ''too full
for utterance, school for which
class of unfortunates is located at
Dwight, Ill. -Postville Review.
Lieutenant Love, of the Second
cavalry. has been in the city about
ten days making q military topogra-
ply map of the county for the war
department.. These maps are very
elaborate, showing every ravine and
creek and grade, every bridge, it's
construction, and the material of
! which it is made, and are of inestim-
able value in time of war, and it's
not Uncle Sans plan to wait until
the occasion demands it before getting
his information ready. Independence
Bulletin-Journal.
Mrs. Geo. Hoover, wife Of the Bap-
fist pastor at Plainfeld, is suffering
from peculiar accident and may lose
the sight of one of her eyes. While
opening can of syrup the can ex-
ploded, the lid striking her in the face
with great force, SCATTERING her eye
glasses and PARTICLES of the broken
glass entered one of her eyes. The
syrup in the can had fermented and
when she shook it little in opening
it the can exploded. The injury is
very painful and may cause her to lose
the sight of her eye.
Frank Richardson has the largest
and finest collection of Indian arrow
heads that we know anything about,
which he has been collecting for some
time past. The most of them were
found just east of town upon patch
of ground near the river. and every
spring when the ground is freshly
plowed Frank explores it and is al
ways rewarded by finding a goodly
number of them. This spot was
probably an Indian camping ground
years ago. He has somewhere in the
neighborhood of 200 arrow heads, all
different sizes and shape. which will
probably be of considerable value
some day. Nashua Reporter.
The Electric Light Co. have in view
the construction this fall of line
from DEBORAH here to supply Waukon
with electric light from the plant at
DEBORAH until their power dam pro-
ject is carried out. 1t will he neces-
sary to construct the line sooner or
later and as the plant here is rather
played out and incapable of handling
the heavy load carried during the
winter months it is deemed advisable
to build the connecting line between
the two points at once. The matter
will be decided within week or two.
The current would be continuous day
and night from the DEBORAH plant.
Democrat.
The Independence street railway
system is thing of the past, the conn.,
pany having disposed of all the steel,
about 800 tons, to Chicago concern.
The whole track is to be taken mp i'm
mediately, as the shipment must b.
made within six weeks. Negotiations
are pending for the disposal of the
ties. roles, wires, dynamos and cars
to the same firm. but no bargain has
been concluded as yet. Owing to the
great advance that has taken place in
the price of all material entering into
the construction of the railway. much
of it, after fifteen years service. will
sell for near its original cost. -Bulle-
tin-Journal.