Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-11-04

bank has been opened at Greeley.
A large condensed milk plant is be-
ing projected at Manchester.
A camp of Sons of Veterans las
been organized at Manchester.
The J. W. McAloon. store at New
Hampton was burgarized last Wednes-
day.
The Woods Hotel property at Iowa
Falls has been sold to Chas. G. Hib.
ner for $15.O
An independence lad of thirteen shot
bald eagle, one day last week, meas
ured seven feet from tip to tip of wing.
A thousand sheep in the Sugar Co.'S
pasture on the west banks of the cedar
north of their factory, are clearing the
brush, killing the weeds and eating the
sugar beet tops that are hauled to the
grounds.-WdVerly Independent.
John McElmeel, an old time resident
of Delhi, died suddenly while on a visit
to relatives in Hopkinton He was
found dead on the street at 10 p. m,
Tuesday He had only been dead few
minutes and his death was probably due
to heart disease.
James Boyd, of Cresco, was found
guilty of assault with intent to commit
murder. 1t will be remembered that
about year ago, town marshal A. H.
Brown attempted to arrest Boyd for
disorderly conduct and ntoxication.
Boyd resisted arrest and attacked the
marshal with a pitchfork, and was
dropped with bullet from Mr..
Browns revolver.
Fire destroyed the tow mill and
about 600 tons of stacked straw at this
place early Tuesday morning The
origin of the fire is mystery. An
effort was made to save part of the
straw, but a strong wind from the
southeast drove the fire rapidly toward
the stacks which burned like paper
We are not informed as to the future
plans of the company, but it is sup
posed that a new mill will be built soon
-Ne70 Era
w. A Schneider, formerly of Oelwein,
and now located on a claim in South
Dakota, is to be the recipient of a
Carnegie medal and SLIGO for an act of
heroism in saving the life of an Oelwein
Ia6x tNk,n Tl,at he
news sent out from Pittsburg, Pa, as
one of the results of the quarterly meet
ing of the Carnegie hero fund committee
held Wednesday of last week 1t will
be recalled that two years ago last
summer Mr. Schneider saved Miss
Marian Sturgis from drowning at
Fontana Park, south of Hazelton.
Blinded, possibly for life, was the mis-
fortune which came to John Hughes, of
Britt, in a peculiar manner. He was
doing a little repair work on the door
to his barn. On the 2x4 above rested a
bottle of carbolic acid While driving
nail the bottle was Jared off and in
falling struck something which broke it
and the acid struck Hughes squarely in
the face. As soon as possible he was
taken to a physician, writing in pain
He has been blind since the accident
not being able to discern darkness from
daylight. The surgeons have little hope
of Hughes ever being able to see
The distinction of possessing more
grandparents than any other one of the
100000 babes in the union, is believed
TO rest with Agnes Naomi Reah Guilley,
aged pa months, who, all unwilling of
her ancestral wealth, dwells in a cottage
on the Wisconsin bank of the Missis-
sippi, seven miles south of McGregor
She is the first born of the sixth gener-
alton. While she COOS in the arms of
her great-great-great- grandmother, who
does the family cooking at o5, she is
learning to differentiate fifty-eight
grand, great, greater, and greatest
grandparents in the following order :
Her parents parents, 4 their parents,
8; their parents, To-; their parents, 81,
less 2 deceased, total So grandparents
for the tiny self Her greatest grand
mother Mrs. Lydia Shrake, has rival
claims to distinction which she jealousy
guards With her Is children, Al grand
children, IS great-grandchildren 80
great-great- grandchildren, and one great
reat-great-grandchild making total
of l67 descendants, she rightfully de-
mands attention. Whether it is more
honorable to count down posterity of
l67 or reckon up an ancestry of So is a
mooted question in the community. Mrs.
Shrake has to her credit the additional
fact that she sent five sons to the front
in 1861 and is the widow of soldier of
the war of 1862
Biliousness and Constipation.
For years was troubled with bill
iousness and constipation. which made