The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-10-28
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A DEsPERADo named Myers, arrested
in st. Louis, has been identified by Mrs.
Fairbanks Is one of the three villains who
recently robbed their house in Du Page
County, ILL.,, of some 5000 in bonds and
cash, after subjecting Mr.. Fairbanks and the
other members of the household to the most
terrible indignities in order to compel them
to tell where their valusbles were secreted.
Mr.. Fairbanks Is still confined to his bed
from the result of his injuries, and Mrs.
Fairbanks came down to st. Louis to identi-
fy the rascal. At the sight of him she ex-
claimed-'That's the man!'' and tainted
dead away.
AN obnoxious saloon at Palestine,
Hancock County, Ind, was blown up either
| with gunpowder or dynamite. A number of
citizens were badly shaken up, but no seri-
Gus injuries resulted.
GREAT damage and loss of life occur
red throughout North Germany from the late
gale. The river Elbe rose twelve feet above
| the normal level and is covered with wreck
age. Several vessels were stranded at Altoona.
The loss Of petroleum was enormous. Five
German vessels were wrecked at Bremen
and some seamen drowned.
The business portion of Humboldt,
Tenn, has been destroyed by fire. Loss
about $l75. 900, on which the insurance will
not exceed SIG, 900.
A SANGUINARY encounter occurred at
Columbus, Ga, between John Patrick and
one Conner, brothers-in-law, the result Of
quarrel of long standing. Both were armed
with knives. Conner received two stabs
through the heart, causing instant death.
Patrick was cut in eight different places, and
it was not believed he could recover.
GLADSTONE was burned in effigy by
admirers of Parnell in Philadelphia. A
large crowd collected.
The COroner's Jury, at Philadelphia,
holding an inquest upon the bodies of the
nine persons who lost their lives by the
burning of the Randolph Mills, charge the
disaster to the owners of the mills, in not
providing proper safeguards against fires
nor means of escape. The city authorities
are censured for not enforcing the laws.
A BOILER explosion occurred near
Ripley, Miss, by which DR.. Charles Rucker
and Mr.. Jesse Stubs were instantly killed,
and Mr.. A. B. Simpson so badly injured
that he died the same day. Others were
severely injured.
A DARING robbery was committed at
Fieldon, jersey County, ILL.,, on the 10th.
banking house of w. p. Parks & Son, and
with revolvers drawn threw down and Sc
cured the elder Parks, while the younger
one was compelled to open the safe and de-
liver over the contents, consisting of
$1,000 in gold and $500 in currency.
The robbers then mounted their horses at
the door and rode off, receiving as they went
volley from the old gentleman's revolver
which killed one of their horses and COM
PEELED them to pursue their journey on a sim
gle animal. They went toward the Macoupin
bottom. pursued at no great distance by
posse of citizens. 1t is said the robbers were
identified by Dr.. Parks as two young men
named Charles II. Clay and James Bunnis,
who had for some weeks previous been
hanging around the vicinity.
AT Bunker Hill, Smith County, Miss,
in an alteration, Dan Hawthorne shot and
killed H. o. Eaton, and was himself shot
and instantly killed by Dick Yawn, friend
of the murdered man.
THE mail coach from Gainesville to
Henrietta, Texas, was again overhauled by
robbers the other night and the mail bags
Quilted.
A BROKEN rail on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul Railroad, near Pewaun-
kee, west of Milwaukee, caused passenger
coach to roll down a twenty foot embank-
ment and into three feet of water. Fifteen
persons were injured, three seriously.
The Quapaw Guards of Little Rock
carried off the first prize at the Interstate
drill in that city; Company E of St. Louis
second, and the Porter Guards of Memphis
third.
Rev. ABIJAH GREEN, a venerable
Presbyterian clergyman, living at Highland
Falls, n. Y, who was in New York City at
tending the session of the Presbyterian SYM
cd, was suffocated in his room at q hotel by
blowing out the gas instead of turning it off.
ENOCH MEGRUE, for over twenty
years Chief Of the Cincinnati Fire Depart
ment, died from injuries received while on
duty.
AT Prescott, Arizona, on the goth,
Deputy Sheriff Briant was killed by des-
perado named Miller. The murderer es.
capped.
HERBERT THEIRS, prominent bust
ness man and well-known citizen of Keno
sha, Wis, has committed forgeries to the
amount of $50, 900 and over and absconded.
HIGH water in the Upper Mississippi
has again caused great destruction of prop.
erty.
FIVE men were killed and two others
injured by collision at Mckinney Station
on the Cincinnati Southern Railway, said to
have been caused by drunken engineer.
THE stage between Alma and Fay
etteville, Ark, while descending the Frog
Mountains, came to grief, the team running
away through the carelessness Of drunken
driver, who paid for it with his life. j.
Brown, a passenger, was dashed to death,
and several others were severely injured.
JABEz SMITH, mail agent on the