The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-04
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A REGISTERED letter-pouch from
Rochester, N. Y, received at the Chicago
Post office on the Goth, was found to have
been cut open and seventeen out OF twenty
one valuable packages distracted. The value
of the missing packages was at first rumored
to be $15O, ZOO. The postal authorities say
the loss will not exceed 500
The Office of the South Chicago Iron
and Steel Works, on Ashland Avenue, near
Thirtieth Street, was robbed on the night OF
the 2Sd of over $40, 600 in cash, most OF which
had been put up in pay-envelopes
for distribution among the employees
on the following day. The night
watchman's story is that three
masked men came to the office, forced an
entrance, and having overpowered, bound
and gagged him, proceeded to break open
the safe, which they accomplished after
about two hours work. There are num-
Der of suspicious circumstances, Indicating
that the Waterman was q party to the crime,
and he has been placed under arrest, TO-
gether with his son.
THE Keokuk Northern Line Packet
Company. which was already in the hands
property to Charles Green, OF st. Louis.
The concern owned fourteen steamboats, and
thirty barges; and its liabilities are 500, OOO.
AT Terre Haute, Ind, on the 23d,
while Mr.. Butler and wife were driving to
church, their horse became frightened and
ran over a high embankment, killing Mrs.
Butler and badly injuring Mr.. Butler and
sister from Ste. Mary's Convent, who was In
the carriage with them.
JUsTUs C. RAMSEY, brother OF the
Secretary of War and prominent citizen Of
St. Paul, was found dead in his bed on the
morning of the oath. He committed suicide.
THE steamer Minnie exploded her
boiler near Pensacola, Fla, killing the
Captain, engineer and fireman.
PETER P. PITCHLYN, for many years
the delegate of the Choctaw Nation at Wash
ington, is dead. In his younger days he was
principal chief Of the Choctaws. He was
prominent Mason, having taken the degrees
with Governor Sam Houston of Texas more
than twenty years ago.
The President has approved the SEN
tence of Paymaster j. H. Nelson, OF the
Army, for embezzlement, which is dis
missal, two years at hard labor, and fine OF
S., 800.
GRAY VARNELL, respected citizen OF
Memphis, doing business as grocer at
| Auction and Fourth Streets, Chelsea, on the
18th was found lying dead in his store, his
skull crushed in with hammer. Ransom
Benyard, colored, is suspected Of the MUIR
der and is under arrest. Robbery was not
the incentive, as an open safe, containing
$3.50 in cash, was not molested.
By boiler explosion near Long Prai-
RE, Mimi, Frank Oliver, the engineer, was
killed and several others were injured.
WHILE the Ohio Editorial Association
was seeing the sights at Washington, H. B.
Kelly, of the Allen County Democrat, died at
his hotel of apoplexy.
The country around San Marcial, N.
NJ, has been raided by the Apaches. Fifteen
persons are reported killed, several wound
ed, and number of others missing. The
Apaches headed northwest. Companies OF
troops and citizens of San Marcial are in
pursuit. The band number from 4Oto 90.
| A PAssENGER-CAR on the Cincinnati,
Mount Vernon & Chicago Railroad was
thrown down an embankment near Millers-
burg, O., on the Goth, seriously injuring
Louis Garnes, conductor; DR.. L. Firestone,
Columbus; Mrs. Lydia Who'll, Clinton; John
j. Deetz and wife, Berlin; John G. Weld
ner, Cleveland; w. S. Erb, Cleveland; Mrs.
Sylvester Days and her two children, Doyles.
! town. Some of the above can not recover.
Several others were badly hurt.
| A F1vE-YEAR-oLD daughter of Henry
Voldisch, of South Bend, Ind. while playing
with another child in the bedroom of 8
neighbours house, got hold of revolver
living under the pillow and shot herself
through the head, dying instantly.
LIEUT.. ARCHIE GIBSON, OF the Sew
enth Cavalry, died at the residence OF hi
father in ST. Louis, on the Goth.
THEODORE VoTREN, a French farm
er residing in the town of Assumption
Christian County, ILL.,, on the night OF the
25tb. shot and killed his wife and then re-
loading his gun placed the muzzle in hi
mouth and blew one side of his face oil. HI
will probably die. A family quarrel, ag
gravated by whisky, was the cause OF thu
tragedy.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed
at Des MONIES to build railway connection
between that city and the Wabash, in thu
hope that it will be made main line to st
Louis.
For the six months ending December
81, 1880, there were 131 900 more immigrant
arrived in the United States than during tn
same period in the previous year.
MOUNT BAKER in British Columbia il
in state of active eruption.
THE firearm factories of Birming
ham are being guarded by policemen ant
soldiers to prevent their being raided by tn
? Fenians.
CINCINNATI capitalists are forming
stock company, with capital of SIG, OOO, 600
for the permanent leasing Of the Southern
Railroad.
AN airline double-track steel railroad
is projected between New York and Chicago
. to be ultimately extended to Omaha. Tn
CORPORATION known as the "Continental Rail
way Company" has secured the necessar
franchise through the different States, ha
made the entire survey, and is reported t
> have expended already several millions
dollars in preliminary work, with the inten
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