The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-09
rHz East Line and Red River Rail-

Y8S East Line ana hcO hlV0r h&1l.
road of Texas, at present extending from
Jefferson to Greenville, 123 miles, has been
transferred to the Gould system, and will
henceforth be designated - the Jefferson
Branch Of the n. X. & T.
4BY the bursting of boiler in Mann's
Oil Works, Yazoo City, Miss, six colored
employees were injured, some at least IA
tally.
The infant son of George Harfrance,
at Akron, o., fell into tub Of hot water
while his mother was scrubbing the floor and
was scalded to death.
A MARBLE tablet has been placed in
the ladies' waiting.room Of the Baltimore &
Potomac Depot, at Washington, to mark the
spot where President Garfield was shot.
The tablet is Of American statuary marble,
and consists Of . sill resting upon two cor.
bells, outside of which are two pilasters,
representing an AK and fasces. Two draped
flags form canopy over the inscription, in
gold letters: "James Abram Garfield,
President Of the United States. Shot July
2, 1881" The whole is surmounted by an
eagle with outstretched wings, holding In
its talons . bundle Of arrows and laurel
leaves.
ROBERT DUNLAP & Co., of Jersey
City, N. j., alleged agents of the Royal Ha.
vana Lottery, have been operating largely
through the West by means Of circulars, and
are said to have reaped rich harvest. They
are unmitigated swindlers.
LATE Irish news: One thousand ten
ants Of Roscommon refuse to pay rent. They
declare they will not apply to the Land
Court. Opposition to rent.paying1is espe-
cially marked in County Limerick. The
Sheriff holds 800 writs of eviction against
tenants for rent due. The Coroner's jury
found verdict of murder against Inspector
Strich, in charge of the police during an At
fray at Bellmullet, Ireland, when woman
named McDonough was killed. A number
Of outrages are reported against rent paying
farmers.
Two negroes, Jordan and Craig, were
caught and confessed to the assassination of
Robert Catlin, near Huntsield Landing,
Miss, on the 18th of November. Their in.
tention was to kill Mrs. Catlin. Subse.
quently the negroes were hanged by infuri-
ated citizens near Shepardstown.
Mr.. o. w. RUGGLEs, formerly Cen
eral Passenger Agent of the Iron Mountain
Railroad, has accepted similar position
with the Michigan Central.
A BOILER explosion in Douglass &
Sons saw-mill at Jacksonville, Texas,
killed three white men and fatally injured q
colored man.
A DISPATCH from Gainesville, Texas,
says Col. Payne, with large number of col.
onists, has crossed the Red River at the
mouth of the Little Wichita, thereby getting
into the Indian Territory without trespass.
ing upon the reservations. He made an
address at Gainesville and was Joined by
many persons there in his Oklahoma move
ment. He says he has gone to stay this
time.
WHILE several boys were skating on
pond at Leominster, Mass, one named
Walker, aged twelve, broke through the ice.
His father, Arthur Walker, went to his sons
assistance and both were drowned.
The St. Louis & San Francisco Rail-
road has completed its extension of the Ar
kansas division to Benwood, Washington
County, Ark, eighteen miles distant from
Fayetteville. This new extension passes
through the towns Of Greenland and West
fork.
The junction of the Texas Pacific and
the Southern Pacific was consummated on
the LIST, at Mount Blanco, 80 miles east of Ell
Paso and go miles west of Dallas. It was
announced that through trains to the Pacific
would be running by January I.
DIR. L. G. NARwooD was burned in
his residence at Whiteside, Pa. Mrs. Nc.
Carly and Mrs. Reed met like fate at
Scranton. Pa.