Decorah public opinion., May 04, 1897, Image 1

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Vol. 3.
IPuAtic OpMUtyn
AKERS 4 GREEN, Proprietor#.
Is published on Tuesday of each week at De
comb, Winnesheik county, lowa. Publica
tion office at 211 West Water Street, over
McCauley 4 Carolun’s grocery store.
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be people of Wlnueshelk and Howard coun
ties. Rates given on application.
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JOHN M. CANNON,
Attorney at Law.
Office In Platt Building.
Ckbsco, lowa.
Money to Loan on Farm Security.
Heal Estate Bought and Hold.
Prompt Attention Given to Collections.
W H. TILLSON,
Attorney at Law,
Ckesco, lowa.
Collections Promptly Attended to.
JOHN McCOOK,
Attorney at Law.
Office over Cresco Havings Bank,
Orksco. lowa.
E. R. Acers. E. W. Cutting.
ACE 1W & CUTTING
Attorneys at Law.
Office, Rooms 4 and 5, Ben Bear Block.
Decorah. lowa.
E. P. JOHNSON,
County Attorney,
Winnesheik County.
Pkcorah. lowa.
M. A. HARMON,
Attorn by at Law,
l) ECO RAH, lowa, First National Bank
Building, qp-slalrs.
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WILLETT & WILLETT,
Attorneys at Law.
Office over First National Bank, Water Street,
Decorah, lowa. _
J. J. CAMERON,
Attorney at Law.
Stayer Opera House, DECORAH, lowa.
Practices In all Courts.
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. Attorney at Law.
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C. L. TOPLIFF,
Dentist.
OAlice in Ben Bear Block, Decorah.
L. M. SMALL, M. D.
Surgeon and Physician.
Office over Groff’s Hardware Store. Consul
tation and Office Treatment: 9:00 to lirtX)
A. M., £OO to 4:00 P. M.
GEO. M. STEVENS, M. dT~
(Successor to Dr. E. H. Williams.)
Office and residence, Cadwell building,
Winnebago St., Decorah. lowa.
hTc. BULIB,
Physician and Burgeon,
Office over Wetser’s Drug Store.
DECORAH lowa.
f. wTdaubney, m d.,
Decorah, lowa.
Residence comer Main and Court streets.
Office 202 Water street.
J. W. DAUBNEY,
Caterer,
DECORAH, lowa. 128 West Water street.
St. CLOUD HOTEL aud LIVERY,
Accommodations First Class. Good Livery
Attached. Prices Reasonable
Buss will call at your home for all trains when
ordered. Telephone call No. 20.
QEO. M. and E. A. CLARK, Pkophietors.
WEMETT BROTHERS.
Mail Stage Lines.
persons wishing to go north to Burr Oak,
Prosper, Hesper, Locust, Mable and Spring
Water, leave an order at the Stiles House.
STAR
REPAIR Co.
Repairers of and Dealers In
Organs, Sewing /lachlnes and Bicycles.
Supplies el all kinds kept In stock ami.
'“"'HI!
AT TRZCINSKI'S
Shave,
for a Hair Cut
or Bath.
Razors Sharpened
Shoes Shined.
HAIR CnAINs and SWITCHES
made to order at
TRZCINBKI’ S,
Near Pint Ret'l Bask.
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Decorah Branch.
Passenger depot corner Water and Day
streets. Telephone 66a.
Depart. Arrive.
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City. Kansas City >flo;lsa. m. t<:2s p. m.
and St. Lon isj
Omaha, Sioux City,)
Cedar Rapids, Chi- V*2:26 p. m. 112:45 p. m.
cago A Milwaukee.)
* Dally, t Dally Except Sunday.
Burlington, Cedar Rapids A Northern
Train No. 52 (passenger) leaves Decomh at
3:30 p. m. and No. 54 (Freight) at 0:30 A. M.
No. 51 (Passenger) arrives at 1:50 P. x.,and
No 53 (Freight) at 5:00 p. u.
Tlie 3:30 passenger makes close connection at
Cedar Rapids with through trains to Chicago,
St. Louis. Kansas City, Omaha, St Paul and
points beyond. All trains daily except Sun
day.
Freight trains shown übove will carry pas
sengers only when provided with tickets.
C. S. RICE, Agent
J. MORTON. Gen. Ticket A Pass. Ag’t
Winnesheik County
BANK,
Decorali - - lowa.
THE OLDEST BANK IN IOWA.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855.
The largest,
The Strongest,
BANK
in the County.
Capital, - - SIOO,OOO.
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY.
$300,000.
Safety Deposit Boxes,
for the Use of Our Customers.
C. J. WEIBER, Pres.
MRS. L. A. WEISER, V. P.
E. W. HOLWAY, Cashier.
OLE P. ODE, Ass’t Cashier.
L.J. ANDERSON,
Dealer in and Breeder of Fashionable
Bred Trotters and Pacers.
FIRST CLASS FEED BARN IN CONNECTION.
Horses boarded by day, week or month.
Cor. Washington and Broadway Sts.
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Steam Laundry.
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All Classes of Laundry Work,
Also Cleaning and Dyeing.
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Westchester, of New York.
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Water street, DECORAH, lowa.
DECORAH, WINNESHEIK COUNTY, IOWA, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1897.
SPwM* OfyilU&rt
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY.
By AKERS A GREEN.
Official Paper of the City of Decorah
and Winneshiek County, lowa.
orncß—an west water strbet, upstairs
TELEPHONE NO. 13.
THE SALOONS OPEN.
The Mulct Petition Secured, Signed by
66 1-3 Per Cent of the Voters.
The Mulct petition which has been
circulated for the past thirty days was
filed last Wednesday evening, and up
on examination was found to contain
3712 signatures. The vote cast last fall
in this county was 5592, sixty-five per
cent, of which would be 3635, and the
petition contains the names of 77 more
than enough signers. With a few ex
ceptions the saloons opened Saturday.
Below will be found a table of town
ships with the number of voters in 1896
and the number of signers from each:
Vote of ’96 Signers.
Bloomfield 278 213
Military 370 311
Washington, Ist 120 115
“ 2d 183 167
Jackson 169 155
Frankvtlle 247 167
Springfield 249 113
Cal mar Ist 306 277
“ 2d 162 146
Sumner 152 145
Glen wood 225 98
Decorah, outside 373 208
“ Ist 211 145
“ 2d 121 82
“ 3d 167 119
“ 4th 296 190
Madison 173 78
Lincoln „..233 86
Pleasant 210 102
Canoe 206 148
Bluffton 200 140
Orleans 143 62
Highland 186 107
Helper 230 78
Burr Oak % 212 124
Fremont. 166 68
Misoellaneou# 68
Total .5692 3712
W. W. Wheelock Passes Away.
Willis Wheelock was born in Con
way, Mass., Bept. 21, 1828, and died at
his home in this city last Wednesday,
April 28,1897, at the age of 68 years, 7
months and 7 days. His boyhood
days were spent in Conway and Gard
ner, Mass., until 1852, when he was
united in marriage to Miss Eliza
Mitchell, of Sheldon, Vt., with whom
he located in Burlington, Vt., where
he resided until 1859. In 1860 they came
to Decorah where they resided until his
death. He had been sick for some nine
week s,£ and was a patient sufferer.
A widow, brother and half brother are
left to mourn his loss. The funeral
services were held from the M. E.
church Friday morning at nine o’clock,
Rev. L. L. Lockard officiating, the re
mains being taken to Cresco for interr
ment.
Decorah Fair Aug. 31st Sept. I*2-3.
Remember the fair dates for 1897,
Aug. 31 and Sept. 1-2-3. H. L. Cofleen
aud Ben Bear are both beginning to
work for the fair. They hope to get
some new attraction that will be really
fine. Some say it is early to begin but
the secretaries are aware that the
earlier they begin the better opportun
ity they will have to get attractions
that are really fine. If the public will
give them the support they earnestly
try to merit none who attend the fair
of 1897 will have any cause to com
plain. Let us all give our best exer
tions in aiding the officers to make the
fair of 1897 the best ever held in the
county or in northern lowa.
H. Tower Robbed at the Fort.
H. Tower, of Ft. Atkinson, had the
misfortune to be robbed again last Fri
day night. Some one entered the
house and going into the bedroom took
his clothes to an adjoining room and
rifled them, takings6o in money and his
watch. His dog was in the house and
the fact that neither Mr. Tower nor
the dog awoke leads to the suspicion
that they w’ere both chloroformed.
Supt. R. C. Barrett, of Osage, is
one of the most prominent candidates
for the office of superintendent of pub
lic instruction, aud the press of the
state speak highly of him. He has
been county superintendent of Mitchell
county for twelve years, was president
of the lowa State Teachers’ Association
a year ago, and is closely identified
with all the educational movements in
lowa.
PUBLIC OPINION’S GIFT.
Every Paid up Subscriber Will Receive
a Preseat Worth Having.
it has been our constant endeavor
since establishing a newspaper in De
corah to give our readers every week a
complete digest of the news of this and
neighboring counties, and to furnisli
them the very best returns for their
money that was in our power. We
have been favored with liberal support
from all sections, and our circulation
has increased even beyond our expec
tations. For this we desire to express
our sincere thanks, and to state that
we shall always lie on the alert to pub
lish a paper that will meet the de
mands of the general reading public.
As rapidly as our facilities justify we
intend to add new features of interest
and it will be our aim to please ourcus
tomers in every degree possible.
We are pleased to be able to announce
that we have just closed a contract of
large proportions which emliodies a
free gift to every one of our farmer sub
scribers who have paid for their sub
criptions. It is this: Every farmer in
Winneshiek county whose subscription
to the Public Opinion is paid in ad
vance will receive free of charge for the
year 1897, or from now until Jan. 1,
1898, the lowa Homestead, one of the
very best farm journals now published.
This is a twenty-four page weekly paper,
with a sixteen page monthly Farm
ers’ Institute supplement and stands
in the front rank of newspapers of its
kind. Farmers will find it brim full of
interesting and profitable articles every
week, which will be of great benefit to
them. This contract has been obtained
at considerable expense to us, but our
friends will readily see that their in
terests are foremost in our minds and
that the/will always receive the bene
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Bend in the money for your subscrip
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new offer we anticipate a still further
increase in our subscription list, and will
be prepared to accommodate all who
desire to takeadvantageofit. Remem
ber, every farmer in the county is in
cluded in this offer, and we would be
glad to enroll every one on the list.
You will receive both papers from the
time you pay your subscription.
Upper lowa University Wins.
The game of base bail played upon
the Luther College grounds last Satur
day afternoon between the Luther
College and Upper lowa University
(Fayette) teams resulted in a victory
for U. I. U., by the score of 16 to 15.
The game was an interesting one
throughout, and was witnessed by a
large number. Our people should
patronize the games even more liberally
than they do, and encourage the col
lege boys to secure good games.
Sunday School Convention.
The annual convention of the Win
neshiek County Sabbath School Asso
ciation is in session at the Congrega
tion church. Interesting meetings
were held yesterday afternoon and last
evening and will be continued uutil
noon today. The address by Mr. C. C.
Wallace, state secretary, last night was
full of good thoughts and was listened
to by a very appreciative audience.
Jacob Rotner Dead.
Jacob Rotner died at his home live
miles north of Decorah last Saturday
morning, at the age of seventy-four
years and six months. He lias lived
in Winneshiek county about forty-live
years, and was one of its most respected
residents. The funeral services will
take place from his late residence this
(Tuesday) afternoon at two o’clock,
Rev. A. G. Wilson officiating.
A Very Severe Injury.
Goodwin Heilald, who works for
Will Drew, of Madisou township, met
with a very serious accident yesterday
moruiug. He was driving a team and
got out to open a gate, when the team
started to run; lie jumped and grabbed
the bits, but was dragged into the barb
wire fence, cutting large pieces of flesh
from the left arm, and forehead. He
was brought to town ami the wounds
were diessed by Dr. Barfoot.
It would be strange, indeed, if En
gland’s greed in Africa should result in
an alliance between France and Ger
many; but such an alliance is Iteing
seriously discussed in Europe, and is
said to have beeu actually proposed by
Germauy.
WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE CONVENTION.
Held at the Uuity Church Last Thurs
day and Friday.
The Woman’s Suffrage Convention
held in Unity church last Thursday
and Friday succeeded in awakening
considerable local interest but although
it was intended to be a county affair
few from outside were in attendance.
The ability and reputation of the
principal speakers commanded an in
creased attendance and enthusiasm at
ttie four meetings that were held.
Mrs. Gregg, as manager, exhibited fine
executive ability in conducting the
business of the convention and was
able to raise the necessary funds for
expenses and also to organize what
promises to become a vigorous local
branch of the state organization. Mrs.
Kev. Lockard will act as president,
Mrs. Rev. Wilson as vice-president,
Mrs. Griswold as secretary, and Mrs.
Freeman, treasurer. It is proposed to
canvass the county and obtain a know
ledge of the sentiment in favor of
Woman’s Suffrage preparatory for ap
peal to the legislature to submit the
question to a popular vote. The move
ment is being vigorously pushed
thorough the state except in the larger
towns where the sentiment is most un
favorable. The church where the con
vention was held presented a decided
political campaign appearance with
suffrage mottoes hanging in every win
dow and from many of the supports.
Such sentimeuts as the following gave
tone to the meetings and indicated the
topics of the addresses: “Equal Rights
is the Just Rights,’’ “No Vote, No Tax”
“Give the Mothers the Ballot,” aud
many others, “The Woman’s Flag”
was conspicuously displayed with its
four stars indicating the four states al
ready pledged to the movement. lowa
is considered the next most favorable
state to swing into line. The two even
ing meetings were largely attended
aud were addressed by Miss Henrietta
Moore, of Ohio, aud Dr. Anna Shaw,
of Washington, D. C. These women
are representative aud enjoy a nation
al reputation, Dr. Shaw being even
more widely known. Their addresses
were or a high order, being witty, elo
quent and strong for their cause. From
this place they went to Cresco and will
continue the work in this state until
the end of June.
Rev. Fr. Garraban Will Leave Decorah.
Members of the Catholic church of
this city aud the many frieuds of Rev.
Fr. Garrahan outside of the church
learn with regret that he is to leave
Decorah, having been appointed to the
priethood of the Lawler church. He
has labored with the congregation here
for twenty-two years, aud his entire
congregation have learned to love him,
and will deeply regret his depature;
while his every day life outside of ihe
church has been a most exemplary one,
and lias won for him the esteem of all
who know him. His frieuds in Deco
rah number all his acquaintance, by
whom he has always beeu considered
to be an upright, conseientios man.
The loss to the Decorah church will be
a gaiu to Lawler, and the best wishes
of all who kuow Father Garrahau fol
low him to his new field of labor. Rev.
Fr. Hawe, of Lawler, has been ap
pointed to the priesthood of the Deeorah
congregation, and comes with the same
kindly feeling following him from
Lawler people as will go with Father
Garrahan to that place.
Wedding Bells.
At the Baptist church iu Decorah,
lowa, April 27th, 1897, at 7:00 p. m.
Mr. Perry McMastersand Mias Cather
ine Karmanu were united iu marriage
by tlie pastor of the Baptist church.
The contracting parties are both resi
dents of Decorah, which will be their
future home. The church was beauti
fully decorated with evergreens and
flowers, aud was tilled with people
who came to witness tlie marriage.
After the ceremony the young couple
with near frieuds repaired to the home
of the groom where a bountiful repast
was served, and the evening was spent
pleasantly with music, viewing the
presents, and congratulations. All
wish them a happy life.
On the first day of July next the bill
l**rmitting tiie printing and use of
private mailing cards, with a one cent
stamp affixed, will go into effect. The
progressive business man will have his
own advertisement conspicuously dis
played, and tlie printing of millions of
cards will make more work for tlie
printer. The hill is approved by the
poatoffice department, as it tends to
populurize postal cards, Ijesides eliect
ing a saving to tlie government of the
difference between the cost of the cards
aud the stamps.
No. 11.
MURDER AT WAUKON.
Capt. H. V. Daffy, One of Our Sister
Town’s Most Prominent Young
Men, The Victim.
Last Tuesday morning when the
clerk in J. Duffy & Son’s merchantile
establishment at Waukon opened up
the store he found his employer, Henry -
Duffy, laying on the private office floor
in his nightshirt, with a bullet through
his heart. The supposition is that
some time after retiring he heard a
noise in the store rooms below, and
seizing his revolver, proceeded to in
vestigate; that he came down stairs
and met the intruder, where a hand to
hand conflict ensued and as a result he
was shot by the burglar. A coroner’s
jury brought in a verdict of “murder,”
and the people of Allamakee are
aroused to indignation over the affair.
Steps will be taken to apprehend the
murderer. In shaking of the murder
the Standard says: “Waukon is
robbed of an energetic young business
man, one possessed of much public
spiritedness and many worthy quali
ties, and of a social nature that was al
ways accorded a warm welcome from
all.”
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Sunday School Missionary Notes.
After a couple of days visit among
the people in and about Norduess we
gathered together the people of all de
nominations last Sunday afternoon in
the school house and organized a good
strong Sunday School, with about forty
members. The following officers were
elected: Superintendent C. J. Torg
rinson, assistant supt., Mrs. H. M. Al
bright, secretary Martin Gjevre, treas
urer E. L. Garden, chorister Miss
Lillie Garden, janitor O. K. Strand.
They raised $6.20 to start the school,
paid $3.97 for supplies, leaving $2.23 in
the treasury for books and other pur
poses.
Also visited the Freeport Sunday
School at 10 a. m., Mrs. (3. M. Snyder,
Supt. Both of these schools elected
delegates to the county convention.
Sunday, April 25th, organized two
schools iu the north west part of the
county, one at Uoldwater in Burr Oak
township, with A. B. Wanless super
intendent, Mrs. C. A. Safford
supt., Roy Wanless, secretary, Miss
Alice Harvey treasurer, Mrs. Wanless
chorister, N. E. Durkee janitor, Mrs.
E. M. Bovee librarian. This is the
first Sunday School iu the neighbor
hood for 20 years. They will meet at
10:30 a. in. The other school was or
ganized at the state line north of Ken
dallville with Miss Lizzie Kessel supt.,
Mrs. Henry Jacklen assistant, supt.,
Albert Norton secretary, Miss Minnie
Easier treasurer and assistant chorister,
Mrs. John Todd chorister.
C. J. Harlan, Mis’y.
Black Ciooks at West Union.
In the neighborhood of thirty-live of
our oest young men went to West
Union Saturday afternoon aud played
“The Black Crooks” before the .citizens
of our ueigtiboring city. The train ar
rived about 5:30 p. m. after which the
Black Crook Band and members of the
company made an excellent parade
through the principal streets of the
city. The Black Crooks were greeted
by a good house and gave the audience
as tine an entertainment as any city
can present. The show was tirst class
from start to finish aud included sev
eral excellent features which the Deco
rah audience did not have the pleasure
of witnessing. But the best part of
the whole trip was the banquet ten- ,
dered our boys by the young business
men of West Union after the show.
It was given at Jim Ainsworth’s, and
was as flue a spread as it lias been our
pleasure to partake of in a long time.
Toasts were given by a jiumher of the
young men of l»oth Deeoiah aud West
Union, and it is seldom that one sees
as merry and sociable a crowd of fel
lows as gathered uround those banquet
tables. The West Union boys did
themselves proud in entertaining us,
and it is the universal verdict of all who
were present that will never agaiti
miss an opportunity to visit West
Union.
We believe that an investigation
would show that school teachers are
about tlie i>oorest paid class of workers
in the United States, and the fact is
not at all creditable. One of them—
Prof. J. D. Dennison, of Haledon, N.
J.., was recently driven by poverty,
at the age of 73, to cut his throat. No
persons are more deserving of an hon
orable aud comfortable evening of life
than our school teachers.
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Milwaukee lius aldermen, too.
Audrzejewski, Buestrin, Dietrich, Dod
ger, Kieckhefer, Kuncz, Niczorawski,
Thiele and Wellier are the names of
of some of them.