The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-11-18

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two Of which struck against pillar behind
which Smarr had retreated, but tho third
struck Smarr in the abdomen, from the ef-
feet of which he fell dead almost instantly.
Russell surrendered without resistance.
Smarr was member of the firm Of e. C.
Roberts & Co., grocers. He was about 30
years Of age, OF diminutiye stature, and was
universally liked for his kind disposition.
Russell was formerly proprietor Of . livery.
stable in Kansas City, but has since lived In
Quincy, I'll. He is large and powerfully
built man, and is said to have an ungovern-
able temper.
A MOB at Adrian, Hancock County,
H., on the 9th, took colored prisoner from
the officers and shot him three times. The
officers then recaptured him and conveyed
him to Carthage Jail, whence he arrived in .
dying condition. His crime was criminal
assault upon married woman.
A COLORED man, his wife and three
children were crushed to death In falling
building at GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
BILL LITrENBERN and Sandy King,
members of notorious cowboy gang, were
taken from Jail at Shakespeare, Arizona,
and hanged by mob.
DIR. BOYNToN, who is spending the
winter in Topeka, Kans., has unbosomed
himself to reporter so far as to say that he
believes President Garfield . wound was moi
necessarily mortal, and that he would prob.
ably have recovered under proper surgical
treatment. He charges that the wound was
not properly dressed or cleansed until Drs.
Agnew and Hamilton were called into the
case, three weeks after the wound was in.
ficted, and it was then too late to prevent
blood poisoning, which had already set in.
The Virginia Democrats predict that
the Republicans and Readjusters will fall
out in the Legislature over the election of q
United States Senator, and they propose to
add fuel to the flame, so to speak, by voting
for Gen. Wickham, a straight-out Republi.
can, whom they would much prefer to Re.
adjuster.
ONE man was killed and several others
were injured by the falling Of the passenger
elevator in the Belvidere Hotel, New York
City.
A. MADDEN, postal-route agent be-
tween Des Moines and Keokuk. Iowa, is
under arrest for robbing the mails. He was
caught by means Of decoy letters.
A DAUGHTER of Alvin Moore, residing
near New Madrid, Mo-, was instantly killed
by pistol in the hands of her sister Laura.
The shooting was accidental.
ARCHBISHOP JOHN MCHALE, of
Tuam, Ireland, is dead, aged 90. Mr.. Nc
Hale was the oldest ecclesiastic in the world,
being fifty years Bishop and forty-four
years an Archbishop in the See of st. JAR
lath.
The arrest of one of the notorious.
Maxwell brothers at Grand Island, Neb.,
is reported. The two were in company, but
one escaped.
A DETROIT (Mich.) young man
named Sylvanus Howe attempted to cut his
wife's throat with a razor, and inflicted .
severe but not fatal wound. He then i'm.
mediately took large dose of prussic acid,
and died in fifteen minutes. The cause was
the result of long course of drinking, as
he was strongly attached to his wife.
HORACE SPOoNER, editor of the
Transcript, Greenfield, Iowa, has been dan.
gerously sick long time. The other day
his wife, who had become respondents wal-
lowed large dose of carbolic acid, dying
instantly.
The Foreign Missionary Seminary at
Paris has telegram from Hong Kong stat.
ing that terrible typhoon ravaged Western
Tonquin. Two hundred churches, thirty.
four parsonsges and colleges, and 1000
houses were destroyed. Six thousand
Christians were ruined and are without re-
sources. The losses are immense. The
distress is terrible. The telegram begs for
the promptest help.