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May 15th, the first dividend of the coming of the B., C. R. & N. Ry. is a ent of about 16 per cent in freight rates.
June, mortgage for $6,000,000 covering the B., C. R. & N. Ry. is recorded in Winneshiek county.
June 12th, design and bid for soldiers' monument approved and accepted.
July 14th, firm of S. W. Landers & Son make assignment. Indebtedness $25,762.
August 22d, fire at the home of James Kitchen results in severe injury to Mrs. Kitchen and two children, the daughter Arvilla dying from her burns.
September ist. M. W. Harden, county clerk, resigns to engage in banking busi- ness at Grafton, N. D.
October 9th, John G. Carlisle, Speaker of House of Representatives, is main speaker at Democratic rally in Decorah.
October 16th, John Curtin, Decorah pioneer, liveryman, sells out and becomes capitalist.
October 22d. Twenty-fifth anniversary of Prof. Larsen's connection with Luther College celebrated.
October 23d, last rail of B., C. R. & N. extension is laid. Dr. 11. C. Bullis and T. W. Burdick drive the last spike.
November 20th, celebration of completion of B., C. R. & N. Ry. to Decorah. Train service began November 10th.
December 20, Trout Run mill destroyed by fire.
During 1884 the following okl residents and pioneers died :
February 22d, Mrs. Iver G. Ringstad ( 1851) ; February 29th, Austin Mat- tison and John Blackinton; Mrs. Groe Eggerud Abrahamson (Springfield, 1850) : July 24th, Prof. Cornelius Narveson of Luther College; October 24th, Michael Bernatz, of Fort Atkinson.
Six tragic deaths occurred during the year.
1885
January ist. Wm. Beard & Son's lee Cave Creamery ships 34,000 pounds of butter to New Orleans, part of it for exhibition at the fair.
January 19th to 22d was a cold spell, the thermometer registering from 32' to 42' below zero.
January roth, Judge and Mrs. J. G. Morss celebrate golden wedding.
January 29th, word received that the Northeastern lowa Creamery Asso- ciation captured first premium in Class D for largest display of butter, quality considered, and the Beard creamery captured first for individual exhibits and second in the pro rata premium at the New Orleans Exposition.
March 19th, Lutherans of Calmar prepare to build a new church.
April 2d. Robert Simpson returns from Scotland where he purchased three head of Aberdeen Angus cattle which are added to his herd at Burr Oak: fire destroys store at Plymouth Rock.
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April 5th, John Lane and family of West Decorah narrowly escapes asphyx- iation from coal gas escaping from a stove in their home.
June 12th, schoolhouse in sub-district No. 6 Bluffton township, struck by lightning ; teacher and pupils are stunned, but otherwise no serious damage was done.
June 18th, A. K. Bailey, postmaster of Decorah, received notice that he had been removed for "offensive partisanship," and John Finn would be his succes- sor. Mr. Bailey's removal was the first in lowa after Grover Cleveland became president. Mr. Bailey retired on July 4th, having served sixteen years without opposition or asking for the appointment. Rev. H. B. Woodworth, former pastor of the Congregational church of Decorah, appointed as professor of Math- ematics, Physics and Astronomy in the University of North Dakota. Reverend Woodworth subsequently became president of the university, retaining his posi- tion until his death.
July 28th, hard wind storm does great damage to business section of Decorah, tearing up tin roofs, leveling smoke stacks, signs, etc., and in some instances tearing out parts of buildings. At the Henry R. Thomas farm West of Decorah a granary and a barn were moved from their foundations and his hired inan lifted into a tree. The storm hit Decorah at four o'clock and Dubuque at 5:20, traveling at the rate of a mile a minute.
August 26th, Mrs. Joshua Hartwell of Bluffton died. No one knew her age, but as near as could be ascertained she was in the neighborhood of 110 years.
September 10th, Day Brothers, sons in Decorah's first family, sell their lumber yard and moved to Wausau, Wisconsin.
August 26th, John Scott is relieved as postmaster at Calmar after serving fifteen years. W. L. Bass was his successor.
November 12th, W. T. Symonds purchases Decorah greenhouses and removes them to West Decorah. This was the beginning of a very successful enterprise.
November 19th, one Decorah bank pays out over $7,000 during the week for swine purchased by one firm.
November 28th, Leonard's book store burned in Decorah. Loss $10,000; insurance, $7,300.
November 29th, new Lutheran church at Calmar dedicated.
December 23d, the marriage of Nettie Casterton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Casterton, to Granville Fawcett, was a social event in Highland township. Deaths during the year: January 17th, John T. Clark, pioneer lawyer, at Post- ville ; January 21st, Mrs. N. Brandt, for years the "mother" at Luther College, at Cleveland, Ohio; March 22d. Archa Dennis (1854) ; April 16th, Samuel Aiken, well-known breeder of Holstein cattle; May 18th, Tiedman Aldrich (Hesper, 1859) : July Ist, Nelson Burdick ( Freeport, 1853), treasurer of county from 1854 to 1860, and charter member of Decorah Congregational church ; David P. West of Canoe ; also four tragedies.
1886
January 13th, a church, eight residences, an office, several store houses and a score of other buildings comprise the building activities at Calmar in 1885.
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January 12th, E. Webster, a well-known buyer, ships eight cars of stock, aggregating $8,000 in value, the result of one week's purchases.
January 21st. A. W. Kramer at Castalia. H. Towner at Fort Atkinson, and A. J. Cratsenberg at Burr Oak are relieved of their duties as postmasters to make room for three democrats who want the jobs.
January 28th, the Winneshiek County Farmer's Mutual Insurance Company reports no losses for the year 1885, and the expenses of doing business only $19.00.
January 28th, llon. T. W. Burdick, Senator for Winneshiek county, intro- duces bill in Legislature providing for the erection of a Soldier's Home. It was passed and Marshalltown secured the location. C. W. Burdick was named one of the commissioners, and George Draper superintended its construction.
Fourteen days in January show temperature of zero or lower, the coldest being 28° below. February ist to 4th show successively 12º, 23°, 25° and 29º below.
February 13th, Peter Olson, Calmar's leading merchant, fails, his liabilities aggregating between $30,000 and $40,000 with assets scheduled at $32.700.
February 15th, the postoffice at Woodside is discontinued.
March 18th, John Finn, new democratic postmaster of Decorah, indicted for illegal voting. When the Australian ballot law came into effect Mr. Finn could not produce his naturalization papers and he went before the court at Wankon and took out new papers. He claimed his old ones were lost and on trial was acquitted.
May 6th, Jowa and Minnesota Telephone Company are building lines through Winneshick county. Calmar Telephone Company is building line to Decorah.
May 30th, the German Methodist church in Decorah is dedicated.
May 27th, the George Phelps monument arrives and is being erected in De- corah cemetery. It was cut from two blocks of granite weighing sixty tons and was considered to be unequalled in lowa. Dr. F. S. Northrup, murdered in Hancock county, was the first township clerk of Glenwood township where he resided from the early '50s to 1869. Winneshiek sokliers' monument completed.
June 10th, camps of Modern Woodmen of America are being organized.
June 27th, terrific hail storm passes over northern part of county. In Hes- per township between 500 and 750 acres of corn and grain were destroyed and great damage was done to windows. In places hail stones drifted to a depth of four feet.
July 29th, new Methodist Episcopal church to be built in Orleans township.
August ist. Rev. F. J. Mynard closed his pastorate at Grace Episcopal church in Decorah. He moved to California and subsequently became bishop of Montana.
September 7th, soldiers' monument dedicated by Col. W. P. Hepburn. 5.000 estimated attendance.
September 8th, Barnum & Bailey's circus visits Decorah for first time and is attended by crowds aggregating 24,000 at two performances.
September 10th, Winneshick county fair closed with a total of go6 entries in the stock department. Rain and the Barnum cirens make it a financial failure.
October 14th, Luther College celebrates twenty-fifth anniversary.
October 6th, Home of Dr. P. M. Jewell of Ossian is burned. A hot fight is
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waged between Levi Bullis of Decorah and John B. Kaye of Calmar for the county attorneyship. Kaye was elected by seventy-seven majority.
November 11th, more or less diphtheria is reported throughout the county. Five children of A. R. Anderson of Springfield township died from the disease.
November 16th, winter sets in early with snow storm that delays trains.
November 25th, Winneshiek school census is 8,365, with 6,057 enrolled in schools, daily attendance 3,050. Cost of operation $44.548.82, cost of buildings, etc .. $3.849.84. total $48.398.66. This represents about 42'% of all taxes collected in the county.
December 4th, a half ton of butter disappears from the Ridgeway Creamery and was never recovered.
Deaths of the year: January 22d, Ingebor Asgrimson Sorbor ( Springfield, 1850) ; April 21st, Dr. W. F. Coleman, veteran of Seventeenth Iowa Infantry ; April 25th, Abigail Ilall Dickerman-Smith ( Decorah, 1856) ; April 30th, Mrs. H. H. Hinterman ( Spillville, 1855) ; May 8th Judge M. V. Burdick, pioneer law- yer and editor ; May 23d. D. B. Dennis ( Decorah, 1858), well known grocer ; June 29th, Ex-recorder Anton P. Rocksvold, Glenwood township : September 25th, Robert Griffin ( Pleasant, 1855) : October 5th, James W. Mott, miller at Trout Run. Also five tragic deaths.
December 23d, Mrs. Zeuriah Post, widow of Joel Post, first settler on the prairie just east of Castalia, passed away. She and her husband conducted the Half-way House on the old Military road, from 1840 on.
1887
January 14th, Decorah Institute closed for two weeks on account of outbreak of diphtheria.
January 26th, fire destroyed stock of P. H. Whalen, Decorah; loss $6,000, insurance $3,100.
February toth, violators of the prohibitionary law to the number of twenty- one in Decorah, five in Ossian, eight each in Calmar and Spillville, three each in Conover and Fort Atkinson, two in Jackson Junction and one each in Ridgeway and Festina are served with notice of suit. When they found they were "on the rocks," all agreed to "arbitrate" and after submitting to an injunction paid the costs and agreed to sin no more.
March 5th, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Blodgett sits down in pail of boiling water and dies from scalding.
March 24th, D. P. Hawes is one of the successful participants in the Louisiana state lottery, drawing $15,000, one-tenth of the capital prize. Dexter W. Nicker- son, a former Bluffton boy, nominated by republicans for city treasurer of Chi- cago.
April 7th, Farrell, a Bluffton saloon-keeper, fined $500 for violating a liquor injunction, as was also a Mrs. Dahl.
May 31st, Decorah Wind Mill Company in process of organization.
July 17th, Gusta Otteson, domestic in the family of A. Herman, died from heat.
July 22d, Lieutenant and Mrs. Ole A. Anderson celebrate silver wedding.
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July 26th, Daniel Hawley, Freeport pioneer of 1855, and builder of first Win- neshiek county courthouse, passed away at his home in Decorah.
July 30th, the Lutheran and Methodist churches at Calmar are struck by lightning and the former burned.
September 10th, body of C. E. Meader, county treasurer, found in Updegraff grove with bullet hole in his head and revolver lying by his side. Subsequent investigation disclosed shortage of over $5,000 in his accounts.
October 5th and 6th, Thirty-eighth Iowa Regiment holds reunion in Decorah with attendance of one hundred and twenty.
October 14th, Decorah Drum Corps returns from Chicago with first prize of ten rosewood shell drums and eight ivory headed piccolos, offered by the Daily News at the National encampment.
December 20th, Addicken Brewery closed by supreme court of lowa.
During the year 1887 occurred the death of a number of pioneers. Among them were the following: January ist, Johanna Stortz. Canoe, 1859. Patrick Nolan, Bluffton. February 17th, Mrs. Abigail M. Cleveland. Hesper, 1853. March 28th, Erick G. Egge, Madison, 1853. March 29th, Wm. Mitchell. Hesper. April 21st, Lars Haakenson, Decorah, 1855. May 20, Nathaniel Cornell, Bloom- field, 1854. May 12th, A. Howell, Decorah, 1854. Lars Iverson, Canoe, 1850. F. B. Landers, Decorah, 1856. Rachael Hitchcock, Burr Oak. 1855. S. M. Leach, Canoe, 1851. Mrs. S. B. Dunlap, Washington, 1853. F. C. Lennon, Frankville, 1855. Mrs. G. T. Lomen. Decorah. John O. Miles, Orleans. 1855. Frank B. Snell. Bluffton, 1855. Mrs. William Baker, Bloomfield, 1857. Andrew Sheetz, Decorah, 1852.
1888
January 15th, fire at Ridgeway destroys Allen & Prann's drug store, Tuck's hardware, and G. R. Baker's general store. Loss $25,000; insurance $8,000.
January 13th, 14th and 15th, blizzard with thermometer registering from 15" to 27° below zero. Between the 11th and the 25th the mercury ranged from zero to 27º below.
March 3d, news comes of death of Francis Teabout, pioneer and originator of town of Frankville, at Sanborn.
April 5th, Upper lowa river flooded. G. V. Puntney states but once in thirty-six years had he seen the water higher in the river.
April 15th, J. S. Hickey of Ridgeway took his life. Domestic difficulties were the cause.
May 7th, a rain and wind storm of great violence does great damage. Magne Langland, a Highland township lad, is swept away and drowned in torrent in Bear Creek.
July ist. B. D. Haines of Hesper on his way to Decorah to take the train for Allison, lowa, to engage in business, finds his pocketbook missing. It con- tained $1,000. Decorah postoffice becomes second-class and salary of postmaster increases from $1.900 to $2,000.
July 4th, Ossian creamery burned.
August 2d, Rev. Abraham Jacobson, Springfield township pioneer who returned to Norway on a visit, writes that on shipboard he was thrown violently by the
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lurching of the ship and one of his hips broken, necessitating his detention in a hospital for five weeks. He completed his visit nevertheless.
August 9th, firm of Olson & Thompson, general merchants, Decorah, dis- solves after twenty-five years, Mr. Olson retiring.
September 7th, Knut Larson, a Military township pioneer, is killed by the cars as he was driving into Ossian.
September 27th, announcement made that Prof. L. S. Reque of Luther College had been nominated by the democrats of the fourth district for Congress. He was defeated at the polls by J. H. Sweney of Osage.
September 21st, three hundred neighbors help Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Lien of Hesper celebrate silver wedding.
October 21st, fire damaged Decorah M. E. church to extent of $1,400.
November 2d, a hot political campaign closed with a monster county republican rally participated in by hundreds. Its equal was never held in this part of Iowa.
During the year 1888 the following deaths occurred among the old residents of the county: March 3d, Elizabeth H. Strayer, Freeport, 1853. March 21st, Elijah Clark, Fremont, 1853. June 29th, Christopher A. Estram, Frankville. 1850. July 6th, Mrs. Mary Thornton, Bloomfield. 1858. September 10th, S. B. Dunlap, Washington, 1855. September 30th, Frank P. Jones, Hesper, 1855. October 10th, Roleun Chamberlain, Freeport, 1855.
1889
April 9th, friends and neighbors assisted Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Wilson of Hesper celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of their wedding. They were Hesper residents since 1856.
April 24th, firm of Leonard & Son, Decorah, takes place of firm of Jas. Alex. Leonard.
April 23d, lightning struck Elevator "B" at Decorah, which destroyed same.
May 19th, Luther College burned. Lou and Dell Coleman, sons of Dr. W. F. Coleman, severely burned. The latter died from his injuries.
June 14th, German church two and one-half miles southeast of Ridgeway dedicated.
September 19th, record of land sale at $40 per acre ; this was considered above the average in this county.
September 19th, fire destroyed building of Julius Meyer at Decorah. Charred remains of Meyer found after the fire had been extinguished.
September 19th, new United Lutheran church at Decorah dedicated.
October, Tarvold Evenrud found dead on his farm at Glenwood. Sup- posed suicide.
November 18th, Sheriff Langland severely wounded by a shot from a tough he was arresting.
December 7th, N. H. Adams' seed warehouses wiped out by fire.
December 20th, farm home of Winfred Baker in Bluffton township burned.
December 30th, Todd Peck killed by the cars in C., M. & St. P. yards in Decorah. He was engaged in tagging cars, slipped on the end of a tie and went under the wheels.
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Among the names of the pioneers who passed away during 1889 we find the following : January 4th, Mrs. T. W. Burdick, Freeport, 1856. January 17th, Mrs. S. B. Ervin, north of Decorah, 1850. January 27th, Wm. Birdsell, Frank- ville. 1851. Paris R. Baker, Bluffton ; Sven J. Folkedahl; and Sever Gilbert- son. Highlandville, 1859. February 5th, R. N. Sawyer, Ossian, 1855. March, Rollin Wilson, Decorah, 1855. March 25th, Albert Stonson Grindeland, High- land. 1852. June 2d, Ira Bloomfield, Decorah, 1854. June 17th, Isaac G. West, Freeport, 1855. June 29th, Robert Kirkland. Freeport, 1855. July 2d. B. F. Giles. Canoe, 1852. July 9th, Charles Brady, Bluffton, 1853. October 18th, Silas Dayton, Decorah, June, 1856. November 25th, Wilson W. Mellenry, Decorah. 1855.
1890
January Ist, Rev. P. Garrahan of Decorah Catholic church departs for Ire- land on a health recuperation trip.
January 2d, John Kavorik, a farmer residing near Conover, found dead in the road under circumstances indicating he had been kicked by one of his horses.
January 4th, Mrs. W. H. Valleau of Decorah passes away.
January 16th, two eagles trapped near Bluffton.
April 4th, fire in Calmar swept away property valued at $11,000. The losers being John Scott, Jos. Wallender, and Town hall.
May 9th, Alice Glover received fatal injuries. The buggy in which she was riding was struck by the cars at the Broadway crossing in Decorah. She died two days later.
June 23d, heavy rains cause floods that do damage to great dams and bridges along the Upper lowa and its tributaries.
September 22d, Mrs. Daniel Borst of Frankville, aged seventy-nine years, burned to death.
October 14th, new Luther College building dedicated.
Among the list of deaths we find the following pioneers: January 22d, E. M. Farnsworth, Orleans, 1855. February 9th, Mrs. T. M. Hoyt, Freeport, 1855. February 10th, Narve Gilbertson, Madison. February 3d, Gullick I. Berg, Decorah, 1850. March 13th, Thomas Headington, Canoe, 1859. April 7th, Mrs. Anna Morse, Bluffton, 1852. April 11th, Ephraim Webster. Burr Oak, 1855. June 3d. Mrs. Frank Snell, Bluffton, 1854. June 28th, Dr. John M. Green, Decorah, 1856. July 21st, Mrs. A. O. Lomen, Springfield. 1850. August 2d, Mrs. Mary Painter. Hesper. 1856. August 5th, William Fifield, Fremont, 1854. August 31st, James F. Moore, Washington, before 1851. September ist, Iver Erickson, 1857. December 4th, William Rowlee, Orleans, 1854. December 6th, Frank E. Fletcher, Bluffton, 1853. December 31st. James B. Smith ( died at Sioux Falls ), Decorah, 1855.
1891
January 18th, Unity church at Decorah dedicated.
February 12th, an eagle was caught on Captain Gardner's farm that measured six feet and six inches from tip to tip.
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March 19th, new opera house proposition on foot at Decorah. Subseription of $10,000 secured in two days. Resulted in building of Grand Opera House.
April 20th, revival meetings begun by Rev. D. P. Brown which resulted in the organization of a Baptist church in Decorah.
June 2d, George Bernatz's flour mill at Fort Atkinson burned to the ground. Loss $15,000. Insurance $9,000.
August 2d, Ole Hopperstan killed by lightning while in a field engaged in harvesting.
August 13th, B. H. Sherdahl robbed of $117 while in a saloon in Decorah.
October 17th, Michael Maley found dead. Evidently while driving home with a load of lumber the team got out of the road, sending the wagon over a slight bank and throwing him under the load.
During the year the names of the following old settlers are found among the deaths: January 4th, James B. Smith ( died at Sioux Falls), Decoral, 1855. January 6th, Augustus P. Leach, Freeport, 1854. January 17th, Thomas N. Wilson, Hesper, 1856. February 23d, Wesley Bailey, Decorah, 1860. March 4th, Mrs. James Bucknell, Bluffton, 1855. April 3d, Mrs. Benjamin Headington, 1858. April 4th, Mrs. Lydia Lawrence, Decorah, 1858. April 9th, Rev. J. M. Wedge- wood, Ossian, 1858. April 12th, Mrs. Mary Kenyon Glimps, Hesper, 1853. April 23d, Mrs. Mary E. Williams, Decorah, 1856. April 23d, Mrs. Abigail Letchford, Frankville, 1854. May 17th, James Bucknell, Bluffton, 1855. May 29th, Mrs. Harriett Beard, Bluffton, 1856. June 9th, Mrs. Phoebe Aldrich, Hesper. 1858. August 14th, Robert Kennedy, Burr Oak, 1858. August 21st, Ira Garfield, 1857. August 29th, Michel Omlie, Springfield, 1850. September Sth, Nicholas Battey, Hesper, 1856. November, Erastus V. Andrus, 1858. November 29th, Mrs. Charlotte Winship, Decorah, 1855.
1892
January 6th, opening of the Grand Opera House at Decorah. Speaches by prominent business men, also Hon. C. T. Granger, judge of lowa Supreme Court.
January 13th, Gottlieb Krumm, first pioneer in Washington township, who arrived there with his family in 1848, passed away. Ernest Pim drove over embankment on Dug road, Decorah, and died later from injuries.
March 22d, Jacob Schwartz, while walking on the track near Nordness, was killed by the cars.
May 15th, Henry Bakke was killed by lightning while engaged in work as a cream gatherer.
June 22d. Sumner and Jackson townships visited by small cyclone. Over $10,000 damage done.
June 23d, Flood in Dry Run inundated one-third of the city of Decorah, and much damage was done to property along the line of Dry Run and Upper Iowa river. Over twenty-nine bridges in the county washed away or badly damaged.
July 21st, Morrow Paper Manufacturing Company organized to operate the Freeport mill.
August 11th, Florence Morrison and Burton Shroyer of Castalia drowned in Turkey river at Clermont. A party of six attempted to ford the stream and drove into a deep hole.
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September 19th, Vallean elevator, Decorah, burned.
September 20th. Free delivery of mail in Decorah ordered to begin December Ist. S. E. J. Halvorson and B. 11. Adams were the first carriers.
October 7th. Corner stone of Decorah Baptist church laid.
November 9th. Martin Blake makes his advent as a country wrestler. He subsequently proved to be "Farmer" Burns, world champion.
November 23d, E. E. Meader, Hesper pioneer, wakened by burglars who com- pel him to open his safe and give over its contents, several hundred dollars.
December 22d. Frankville township land sells for $50 per acre, a record price.
Deaths of pioneers : May 2d. Mrs. Charlotte L. McHenry. Decorah, 1856. May roth, Hon. H. B. Williams, Hesper, 1858. May 11th, D. D. Webster. Washington Prairie, 1852. May 12th, John MeKay. Frankville, 1854. May 29th, Mrs. Mira D. Wheatman, Calmar, 1850. May 30th. James Melntosh, Madison, 1855. June 8th, Mrs. Ira Bloomfield, Decorah, 1852. July 20th, H. 11. Hintermann. Spill- ville, 1854. July 20th, Elizabeth H. Groves, Springfield, 1850. September 16th, Jos. Zahasky. Sumner, 1857. October 2d, Mathias Kneeskern. Frankville. 1858. October 7th. J. S. Daskam, Fremont, 1854. October 11th, Mrs. Bertha H. Even- son, Pleasant. 1851. November 16th, Mrs. Olson. Conover. 1852. November 18th, Mrs. Betsey A. Walker, Burr Oak, 1855. November 20th, Thomas Truman, Fremont, 1855. November 22d, Mrs. John Kessell, Fremont. 1853.
1893
January ist, E. 1. Weiser, pioneer druggist ( 1858), retires, and his son. E. J. Weiser, succeeds him.
January 28th, Walter E. Akers, former well known attorney, killed in rail- road accident near Kent, Illinois. Twenty days of below zero weather in January, the coldest being 26° below.
February 19th, John C. Pearson killed by accidental firing of a gun at Rock- vale, Colorado.
March Ist, Dr. E. B. Hutchinson, Decorah pioneer of 1858, and county clerk for four years, died at Taopi, South Dakota.
March 9th, word received that Col. J. E. Simpson, Winneshiek pioneer, is made commander of Nebraska Soldier's Home.
March 6th, C. N. Goddard, pioneer merchant, elected mayor of Decorah.
March 7th. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Tracy, Sumner township pioneers. celebrate fiftieth wedding anniversary.
March 20th. Calmar Manufacturing Company is organized with $20,000 capital.
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