The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-19

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STATE NEWS.
The following changes were made In Kan.
sas post. Offices during the week ending the
5th: stablished-Cameron, Pratt County
Arthur Leach, Postmaster. Discontinued
-Glenora, Jewell County. Postmaster
ppointed-Arispie, Pottawatomie County
Jacob Vanbrunt; Easter, Smith, Mrs. o. A
De Selm; Elinor, Chase, T. E. Adair; Mount
Ayr, Osborne, Omar Gregory; st. Clere
Pottawatomie, George e. Francis; Wilson.
vile, Bourbon, George II. Requa; Invir
Creek, Osborne, j. G. Briery.
THE evening of the 12th5 fire was discov.
eaed in the upper story of the residence Of
Mr.. B. Flesher, at No. 215 Pottowattomie
Street, Leavenworth. Before the fire en-.
gines could reach the place the flames
famed by wind, spread over the roof and
ignited the adjoining residence of Hon. VIM
Mcneil Clough on the west, and that of N,
D. Staiger, on the east side. The two former
! were totally destroyed, with the greater
part Of the furniture, and the latter almost
ruined. The total loss is estimated at about
10000; insurance, $4,000.
REUBEN ROGERS, while engaged in sell.
ing at auction on the streets of Winfield, one
day recently, was Frustrated by an attack Of
apoplexy and was iRsensible until early
next morning, when he died. He was an
active citizen, native of Kentucky, whence
he came to this place in 1871.
THE yearly meeting of Kansas Friends
began at Lawrence on the 18th, to continue
for week.
FRED. PENNY, baggsgeman employed
on the L., L. and G. Road, was run over and
terribly wounded near Ottawa, ON the 18th,
in attempting to jump on moving engine.
One leg was severed at the hip, one arm was
crushed and the left foot cut off at the an.
kle. He will probably die.
CHEROKEE COUNTY has but a dozen
thousand dollars Indebtedness and is to-day
in good and prosperous condition.
TwENTY-THREE ducks were killed at one
shot, the other day, by Dave Braiden, at
Kinsley.
ANTHONY JARBBERs died suddenly in
Olathe lately and the Coroner's Jury brought
in verdict that he was poisoned by his
father.
AT Waterville, the night of the It'll,
shooting-atfair took place between j. Il.
Hall and one Mayors, better known as
Wichita" A dispute arose between Hall
and Rudolph Smith, butcher. Hall is
jeweler. Mr.. Mayors came up and attempt
ed to quiet the matter. Soon after Hall
pulled revolver and commenced shooting,
two balls striking Mr.. Titcomb, who was
looker-on. Fortunately, they inflicted only
flesh wounds. At this point Mayors con-
cluded, for his own safety, inasmuch as Hall
had turned upon him, to draw his pistol,
and he commenced firing. He fired two
shots, one striking Hall in the thigh, making
an ugly flesh wound; the other passing
across the throat, making flesh wound
which caused the blood to flow freely. After
being hit twice, Hall concluded to beat re.
treat, and sough heller in his house, which
adjoins his place Of business.
AT Atchison, early on the morning of the
sth, as some of the employees of the pork
house were crossing the railroad bridge on
Main Street, between Third and Fourth
Streets, they noticed a man lying in the
mud and water Of White Clay Creek. The
authorities were Immediately notified, and
an examination Of the body proved it to be
that Of Jack Short, laborer employed on the
pork
BY the fall Of derrick at a pork-house in
Atchison, on the eth, q carpenter named
Alexander Brock was killed. The lashings
at the top of the derrick needing some
change, a partner Of Brock, named Clarke,
undertook to do it. 1t was while making
this change that the accident happened.
The huge timbers came tumbling down,
hurting Clarke to the ground, but FORUM
ately none Of the debris fell on him, and he
escaped with merely some severe bruises,
bone was the most serious. Poor Brock was
not SO fortunate, however, and the entire
mass of heavy timber came tumbling down
upon him, crushing the life out Of him in
stantly, he never speaking word after he
fell.
MR.. BENJAMIN F. WADE, residing q few
miles east Of Cofeyville, while hunting
prairie chickens few days ago, got shot in
some way, not known how, but it is sup
posed that he had shot one barrel of his
gun, and while reloading it the other barre
exploded, the load lodging in his head, from
the effects Of which he died. The deceased
was about As years old, and leaves a wife
and five children. 10
In 1872 Sedgwick County reported 5O7
acres Of wheat, all told, being one of the |
newest and most Insignificant agricultural |
in the State at that date, but this |
year, six years later, she comes forward |
with $500 acres Of wheat, making her the |
leading wheat county in the State.
ALL the wheat shippers are claiming that |
they can not get cars enough to ship the
wheat that comes to Wichita.
The greatest increase of population in |
this State, since 1870, has taken place in |
Sumner County-the increase for the time |
named being 1853. The increase alone be- |
ing nearly double the entire number of in. |
habitants of the county in 1875. Sumner |
County also reports the largest increase in |
he area in winter wheat-the increase in
acreage for the last year being 1903 acres
,ver that of 1877.
THE plans for the Government building at !
Topeka have been completed and proposals
invited for doing the excavating. 1t is the
Intention to put in the foundations and
story this fall. $50 a.
Kansas City Markets.