Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-22

the corner stone of their now church
on August end.
To get the fair grounds at Mason
City in perfect condition for the COM
ing county fair in September the
board of directors has spent $4,000.
and over in improvements.
Hampton has at least one family
that is dispoving the race suicide as
sertion tha6 has been so profuse of
recent years. The sixteenth child
was recently born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Rule. Fifteen of the number
are living.
Operations at the Waukon iron
mines have again started. A crew of
thirty men or more is now at work at
the junction excavating for the reduc-
tion plant. A spur track to the mines
at Waukon will also be built this fall,
according to the present plans of the
company.
W. A. Preston, prominent attor-
ney of Elkader. while moving grass
on his farm near town, was hurt
when his team became unmanageable
in crossing ditch in the meadow
1t threw him under the mower,
MASKING the ankle bone and other
wise seriously injuring him.
The unique spectacle of seeing a
stack of hay set on fire by stroke of
lightning was witnessed Saturday
evening near Washburn, Iowa 1t was
necessary to cut out the burning Sec
ton. The stack contained 60 tons of
fragrant new hay and if it had not
been discovered to be on fire would
have been entirely consumed, entail.
ing loss of about $500. without in
surance.
| AS the steamer Quincy of the Dia-
mond 10 line was nearing the levee at
Muscatine Sunday on the southbound
trip one of the cylinder heads burst
out, scalding negro roustabout
named Frank Hunt so badly that he
died shortly after being removed to
the hospital. The accident will put
the steamer out of commission for
several days while new cylinder is
being installed.
The Dennison, Iowa, hospital re-
ports wonderful case in the number
of gall stones taken from the gall
bladder of woman patient. The
surgeons found that they had taken
2S5 stones after the operation. The
largest was the size of cherry and
the remainder like mass of grape
seeds. The patient was woman Of
middle age; she is making satisfac.
tory recovery.
George Upper. a man about thirty
years of age. committed suicide one
day last week by hanging himself
with log chain from a rafter in the
barn at his home just east of Nashua.
No cause is assigned for the rash act
unless cverwork had brought on a fit
of temporary insanity. The young
| man had placed the chain abo1t his
neck, climbed to the top of some cat
tie stanchions, fastened the chain
about his neck. climbed to the top of
some cattle stanchions, fastened the
chain overhead and then leaped to his
death.
On July 10th, Cyclone and Tornado.
two homing pigeons owned by VIM.
Millward of Calmar, made remark
able flight. They were liberated at
Belvidere. s. d. at 5 90 a. m. and
reached home at 40 p. M, making
the entire distance of sos miles in 123
hours. or an average Of 1. l6l yards for
every minute from time of Liberation
till reaching home. Twelve other
birds were liberated with them but
did not get in till early next morning
which goes to prove they were very
near home when night overlook them
as they fly but very little after sunset
Courier.
A decision just handed down by the
Iowa Supreme Court in the case Of N.
Colsch. ST., VS.. the c.. M. & st. P.
Roy. affirms the decision of the lower
curt and allows Mr.. Uolsch damages
asked for on account of cattle being
damaged by cold. About eight years
ago Mr.. Colsch shipped car load of
cattle from the South st. Paul stock
yards to Waukon and on the way the
car was held up and the cattle suff-
cred from the cold. A settlement
with the company was out of the
question and in 1904 suit was brought.
The company held that the plaintiff
was at fault in that the car was over
crowded while the judge ruled that
the company was responsible in ac-
cepting the car for shipment. Mr.. N.
Colsch was awarded damages and the
supreme court has affirmed the
verdict. 1t was tried before Judge
Fellows -Waukon Standard.