The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-01
PERSONAL ann GENERAL.

PorAroEs have been nipped BY the
frost at Quebec.
Four workmen were thrown TO- the
ground by the breaking loose Of scaffolding
on Christ Church, Lexington .Ky.s and all
were seriously injured. :.
ia. JACK, well-known telegraph
operator, jumped into the river at Kansas
CITY and was drowned. He belonged at TO.
ledo, O., was steady young man. and the
cause Of his suicide is a mystery.
In the little village of Portland, Ash
ley County, Ark, recently, peddler named
Gilmore was accosted by colored man who
asked il he had license to sell. A quarrel
ensued. DR.. D. Flemings, prominent cit
izen, appeared on the scene, and was drawn
into it. Highly incensed by remark made
by the peddler, the Doctor drew pistol and
shot him dead. FIemings fled and Is still at
large. The murdered man was about 60
years old.
AT Newburyport, Mass, on the 18th,
many people were alarmed at the rumbling
and shaking of an earthquake, which was
felt for some seconds. Buildings were
shaken sensibly. II r -.
Ar Strayhorn, Tate County, Miss,
John Oday, City Marshal, had his throat cut
from ear to ear by his son-in-law, young
man named Mayfeld. The murderer es-
capped. The difficulty originated over the
ownership Of saddle.
WIN. MANNING, Marshal of Dover, o.,
was MORALLY shot on the Goth by Tom An
derson, who was resisting arrest.
MANY resident Irish landlords who
left the country have returned, more
peaceable state of things being anticipated.
Mr.. Parnell stated in recent speech that he
would not be party to the obstruction OF
the Irish Land bill; that, though he did not
believe in the measure, he must recognize
| the fact that Mr.. Gladstone in bringing 1t
forward had attempted a gigantic task, and
| that he would not add to it.
HON. JOHN HUT, for several years
State Treasurer of Arkansas, and the incum-
bent, at various times, of other important
public Offices, is dead, aged 50.
OVER one thousand herders in the
Choctaw section of Indian Territory have
armed themselves with Spencer rifles to re-
sist the collection of the permit tax on cat
tie.
THREE sons of George A. Ross, Of
Oskaloosa, Iowa, were drowned in a creek
while bathing. On learning of the sad affair
the father plunged into the stream, and his
| life was saved with difficulty. The mother
is neatly insane.
I The Laredo and San Antonio stage
was robbed on the 18th by one man, who
had pocket pistol in one hand and Win
chester rifle in the other. The mail pouches
were broken open and letters rifed. Two
railroad men in the stage at the time were
told by the robber they could keep theil
pocket change. ,g
/ EIGHT persons were killed and TWEEN
ty-three wounded during the recent riot al
MarseiTles.
GREAT excitement prevails in West
ern New York over the finding Of the sup
posed remains of William Morgan, wit
wrote book about ffty-fve years ago pur
porting to expose the secrets Of Masonry
Morgan suddenly disappeared before hi
book was given to the public, and his fat
has ever. since remained mystery. Thu
remains were exhumed at Pembroke, clever
miles from Batavia. The grave contained {
silver ring marked "W. NJ" and and SOM
partially obliterated manuscript on which
are clearly legible the words "Masons,'
"liar," d" prison." kill" and the full nam
"Henry Brown" At the time of Morgan
disappearance Henry Brown was lawyeri il
Batavia, and a prominent Mason.
The famous Pond divorce case a
Boston resulted in a verdict for Mrs. Pond
the defendant, the Court holding there wa
no evidence in the case upon which deere
of divorce for adultery could be granted
Especial interest was taken in the trial fror
the fact that Major Pond was at one time tn
agent and protege of Henry Ward Beecher
and the marriage was brought about mainl
, through Mr.. Beecher's intercession, the lady
, it would appear, being brought into itsome
7 what against her better judgment.
SIN. WILCOX and A. G. Bell, prom
inent business men of Chicago, wer
drowned the other day while fishing in LAX
Superior. "a 1, ~sa $50
ANOTHER looping off of Star-rout
contracts has been made in the case of tn:
portion of mail route No. 1924 (from Win
, | I'D, 1uuldu 1CIIItOiyS W A/oS scSoSS A>O
Mexico, B. W. Packer, contractor) whic
extends through the uninhabited region be
. tween Tulsa, Indian Territory, and Mobeet'
in Northwestern Texas, distance OF *
miles. This entire route, which is $40 mile
! in length, was served tri-weekly. 1t has no
> been curtailed, as above, the saving effecte
being So, 900 per annum.
VIM. BURNETT and Charles Greer
stevedores, were killed and four others prot
e ably fatally injured by boiler explosion
|. Medford, Mass, on the 21st. A schooner az
/. several buildings were shattered.
o A RAILROAD wreck near Iowa City Q
o the Goth resulted in the death Of T. Nortc
e and P. Malone, engineer and brakeman
Rineard, the fireman, was badly injured.
: The Kansas Supreme Court has rel
: dered decision in the druggists cases
Topeka. The Court held that the grant
: power to the Probate Judgeto issue permi
: was valid, so that the act was not unconst
\ tutional, although it restricted to one elias
: namely, the druggists, the right to receive
! permit to sell Intoxicating liquor.
j. EX-SENATOR DORSEY denies the r