The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-01

ment and marriage of Miss Nellie Chase, .
young lady hitherto moving in the best cir
cles Of society. with . negro named Sam
Monroe, formerly employed IS coachman BY
her brother In. law, the Rev. G. 81. Higgins,
Rector Of the Prairie Street Episcopal
Church, with whose family Miss Chase re-
sided. The elopement was planned and car.
ried out in the orthodox method so often de-
scribed in novels, the young lady making her
exit through window at night and joining
her dusky lover, who took her to the resi-.
dence Of friend of his residing some miles
out of the city, where they were legally mar
ried by Justice Of the Peace named Mills.
The following morning the young lady's
friends discovered her fight, and were not
long in ascertaining the facts in the case. A
warrant was issued for Monroe, charging
him with stealing the sachel which Miss
Chase handed out the window. An officer
arrested him at Mills's house and bore him
from his apparently. happy bride to the
Knox County Jail, but after examination
he was released upon bail. The bride was
taken charge of by her mortified friends and
placed under surveillance. A few mornings
afterward the lady was escorted to the train
by her sister, brother- in-law and three broth
ers, with the intention of taking her away.
Before the train started Monroe appeared
at the depot and mounted the platform
of the car with the intention Of entering,
when Horace Chase, one of the girls broth
ers, pulled revolver and fired several shots
at him, none of which took effect upon their
intended victim, but one of which unfor-
tunately hit bystander, Mr.. George Crock
er, inficting slight wound.
MEMBERS of the expedition headed
by Lieut.. Frederick Schwatka, which sailed
from New York June l., 1878, for Baffin's
Bay and King Williams Land, for the
purpose of seeking further data upon
the fate of Sir John Franklin, reached
New Bedford. Mass, on their return, on
the 23d. Although the expedition did not
recover any of the records of the Franklin
crew, they secured many relics of the lost
explorers and obtained much valuable in
formation regarding the Arctic region, 80
that the expedition may be considered
geographical success.
THREE British ships have been dis
patched to the coast of Newfoundland to
investigate the alleged cases of violence to
American fishermen on board the Moro
Castle, officially reported some time since.
The one hundredth anniversary of the
capture of Major Andre was celebrated with
great ceremony at Tarrytown, y. Y, on the
23d. Samuel j. Tilden presided at the meet
ing and made the opening address, followed
by Chauncey NJ. Depew, the orator Of the
day.
IT seems that Miss Chase, the young
lady whose recent marriage to q colored man
at Galesburg, ILL.,, caused SO great sensa.
ton, has been partially demented for several
years. She has now been legally declared
insane, and conservator has been appointed
for her by Wisconsin Court, at the motion
of her friends.
THE natives on the Island of Domini-
"a, one of the Marquesas Group, rose
against the French and would have massa-
cred all the white inhabitants but for the
timely appearance of a French gunboat.
Several whites and number of natives were
killed during the melee.