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

the purpose Of suggesting some remedy for
relieving the Supreme Court Of the present
overplus of business. 81
The animal session of the Western
Commercial Travellers Association was held
ct st. Louis on the 18th. a
Ar Martha's Vineyard, Mass, the
wife of Edwin s. Baker went to the rescue
Of her son, who had broken through tho lee
on pond, and both were drowned.
|: THE recent nominations by President
Hayes Of Mr.. Daniels for Collector at Buffalo
and Mr.. Haskell for Postmaster at Albany,
n. T., both strong authorizing men, are
creating no little talk in political circles, es-
peeially in connection with the rumor, which
1t by no means verified, however, that both
appointments were made with the concur
renee Of President-elect Garfield. ~
/, THE dead body of . negro, in . fair
state Of preservation, was found in hogs
head Of molasses recently opened at Ok
bridge, Mass. he Is supposed to have been
murdered and the body thus disposed Of ia
conceal the evidence Of the crime. Steps
will be taken to ferret out the mystery.
N. B. HAYWOOD, the well-known St.
Paul dry.goods merchant, who recently
went into bankruptcy, has absconded. His
creditors are generally Of the opinion that
his failure was . swindle. His assets will
not pay over Is cents on the dollar.
The recent severe cold snap, which
eliminated on the 18th ult., extended gener-
ally throughout the country. At Chicago the
mercury ranged from 20 to % deg. below
zero, and at St. Louis 10 deg. below, which
was about the average range throughout the
Northwest. In the East there was heavy
fall Of snow, and at New Orleans there was
good skating.
In York County, Va, Howard Dunn,
. white man, shot and killed three negroes
who made an attack upon him, as is claimed.
There was an old difficulty between the par
ties.
By a collision on the Cincinnati, San
dusky & Cleveland Railroad, near Tifin,
VIM. Woodbury., fireman, was instantly
killed. He had but recently been married
and his wife was on board the train.
The LOOMS Paper-mill, at Piqua,
O., was completely wrecked on the 18th by
the explosion of q steam boiler. The fire.
man was the only person in the building at
the time of the explosion, and he, FORUM
ately, escaped injury.
By the falling of the roof of church
during Christmas services at Saillsgot, in
France, seven persons were killed outright
and fully fifty injured.
THE President, at the request of Cadet
will order court-martial in his
case.
HERMAN HAARFEICHER, aged fifty, q
member of the Chicago Board of Trade, COM
mitted suicide with chloroform. Cause not
known.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS, on the 2Sth cele-
brated the 25Oth anniversary Of its settle
ment. Among those who took an active part
in the ceremonies were President Eliot, Of
Harvard, Dr.. Holmes, Longfellow, and Col.
Higginson.
Mrs. BERTHA GROTB was fatally
burned at Cleveland while filling lighted
lamp with kerosene.
DURING family quarrel, Mrs. Dorcas
widow, shot and fatally
her brother-in-law, Thomas
The parties reside near Prince
ton, Ind.
A CASH subscription of $4,000 has
been raised in Philadelphia for General
Grant.
THE business portion of WILDER, Sa-
line County, Neb., was destroyed by fire on
the 9th. Loss, So, 900; insurance, $4,000.
REV. D. E. II. CHAPLIN, the well
known Universalist clergyman, died in New
York on the Goth, after an illness of two
years, aged siXty-six.
AN explosion of fire-damp in coal
mine at st. Etienne, France, caused the
death of twelve or more miners.