The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-11-25

Omaha, It is now thought was the result Of
an accident by his own hand, and not muir.
der, as was at first generally believed. 1t
has been proven that the pistol found lying
| by his side was his own weapon, which he
had carried for several weeks, and % there
is no known reason for suspecting that he
committed suicide, the theory of occidental
shooting Is the only one compatible with the
facts in the case SO far as known.
THE body of Emma Peterson, beau
tiful Swedish girl, was found on the railroad
tracks near Minneapolis, MIMI, under cir
cumstances that indicated foul play. The
head was completely severed from the body.
She had been employed as a servant in q
Minneapolis family, and had left there on
the previous day with the intention Of going
to reside with her uncle, Augustus Smith,
of Verona, Lawrence County, Mo. The girl
ers.
THE town of Fairburn, Campbell
County, Ga, has been almost totally de-
stroyed by fire.
The complete humiliation of the vii
lage of Elm, Canton of Glarius, Switzer-
land, appears only question Of time and
bad weather. The summit Of the peak
nearest the village is moving.
A BARREL of naphtha caught fire and
exploded. on the steamer Solway,
when nearing Kingston Harbor,
Ireland. The burning fluid was scattered
broadcast, setting the vessel on fire and en-.
| veloping in flames a large number Of per-
sons, six of whom were burned to a crisp,
and two others did not long survive. By
hard fighting the flames were confined 10
the hold of the steamer, and after several
hours, during which a severe storm pre-
vailed, her signals Of distress were observed
by a pilot-boat, which ran out and brought
her into port.
HOOD, BOUBRIGHT & Co., an extern
sive Philadelphia dry-goods house, that
failed in 1861 and compromised with its
creditors at 70 cents on the dollar, has just
sent to each of its creditors check for the
balance of their claims, the aggregate
amount being over 100000.
The will of Mrs. Maria Carey, just
probated in Brooklyn, N. Y, bequeaths
$l15, 900 to charitable, educational and relig-
ious institutions. The largest bequest is
$40, 900, to the American Tract Society,".
THE residence of ex-Attorney- General
Macveagh, at Brockville, Pa, burned on
the 10th.
THE dwelling of James Laguire, North
Ferrisburgh, VT, burned on the 10th, and
two children were cremated.
BEN D. HOUSE, formerly editor of the
Indianapolis Weekly Herald and other pa
pers in that city, attempted suicide by cut
ting his throat, but will probably recover.
Mrs. ALDRIDGE, wife of farmer re-
siding near Mount Vernon, Ind, was liter
ally roasted to death by the explosion of a
kerosene lamp which she was carrying in
her hand.
THREE Springfield (Mass. lads, thor
oughly imbued with dime-novel literature,
were euacting border gambling scene, in
which two of the party fourished shoe
horns for revolvers and the third was armed
with real pistol of an antiquated pattern,
which he had picked up in some out of-the-
way place. The play ended in real TRACE
dy, one of the boys, James Morrisey, aged
16, receiving fatal wound at the hands of
Markham, who had the pistol, but, as usual,
50 did not know it was loaded"
THE Minnesota House of Representa-
tives has adopted articles of impe achment
against E. st. Julian Cox, Judge of the
Ninth Judicial Circuit Of that State. The
charges against him alege habitual drunk
enness, lewd and disgraceful conduct, and
various other offenses unbecoming to q
Judge and disgraceful to the commonwealth.
FIVE HUNDRED persons are dying
daily in Mecca from cholera. Steamers at
Djeddah refuse to embark returning pill
grims.