Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-11-18

Charles City Congregationalists
have decided to build new church.
The prospects are favorable for the
establishment of manure spreader
factory in Waverly.
Fayette people want all-night elec-
trio light service and have petitioned
the council to furnish it
a general delivery system similar
to the one in vogue in DEBORAH has
been started at Charles City.
Fayette comfy defeated the old SOL
diers' memorial hall proposition at
the last recent election for the second
time.
-Chapped hands are quickly cured
by applying Chamberlain's SaIve.
Price, 25 cents. For sale by Engbert-
sons Pharmacy. Inn
It cost A. +. Hicks and Jas. Wrenn,
workers at the Mason City cement
plant. $50 each and cost one day last
week for using profane and blasphem-
Gus language in cafe.
The official canvass of votes In CLAY
ton county shows Chris. f. Meier of
Farmersburg elected county treasurer
by the majority of only one vote. He
is the only republican candidate to be
elected. except Coroner.
Kelly's Orchestra of Usage had all its
musical instruments stolen from the
waiting room of the Northwestern depot
at Mason City The players left them
and went to a restaurant for lunch and
during their absence the instruments
were taken The loss amounts to over
$500.
Mr.. Reid of Hesper met with an
accident one evening of this week while
he was out driving in company with his
wife and Miss Gray The horses be-
came frightened and Mr. Reid was
thrown from the buggy, the wheels of
which passed over him with the result
that he is suffering from fractured
bone in his left leg DR. Cady rendered
medical assitance-Mdbel Tribune
Announcements was made few weeks
ago TO the effect that the Milwaukee
railway company would in the near
future build portion of its cars at Du-
buque. AT the time the announcement
made 1t was not meant as positive, but
it is now foregone conclusion that the
plans will be carried out as at first
stated and that car building plant will
be in operation in Dubuque i'll the near
future
Frank and Albert Didena and Vincent
Navratel were arrested at Plymouth
Thursday night charged with the murder
of Michael Cummings, section foreman
on the Milwaukee, who was found dead
al his home two weeks ago The arrest
followed the work of detectives, who
have been on the case. The theory is
that Cummings was killed in a drunken
brawl and carried home dead by the
three men.
Compared with the capital invested
the growing of popcorn in Sac and Cal
houn county is paying industry. Car
load after car load is being shipped to
the eastern markets One farmer named
Kenil planted 800 acres of popcorn and
harvested from fifty to sixty bushels per
acre, worth from ST to $3.50 per bushel
1t is planted late in the spring and
ripens from three to four weeks earlier
than field corn.
Schick & Roth, architects of La
Crosse, Wis, have completed plans for
a new Catholic church to be built at
Oelwein early in the spring The
foundation is completed and the plans
call for a $4,000 structure The
Methodists last summer completed and
moved into a $4,000 church, clear of
debt The Presbyterians and Christians
each have fine new churches The new
Catholic church, however, will eclipse
them ALL