The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-23
Personal AND GENERAL.

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Stephens Cathedral on the 18th. The
cathedral was entirely draped in black.
Bishop Augerer OBLIGATED. The clergy en-
tered the cathedral in a procession, fol.
lowed by the Crown Prince, Archdukes,
members Of the Imperial household, court
dignitaries, etc. The large square in front
of the cathedral and adjoining streets were
filed by many thousands OF people. The
common grave for the unrecognized victims
in the Central Cemetery is 150 feet long and
IA feet wide. The work Of lowering the
collins into the grave lasted from noon until
nightfall. The lumber Of missing persons
has been reduced to sos.
WINCHESTER ARMSTRONG left his
home near Moscold. Lamar County, Ga,
leaving his wife and babe and his mother
in law in the house. After he had gone q
crazy negro entered the house and tried to
carry off the infant. The mother attempted
to rescue the child, and the negro split hel
head open with an Ak. He then beat her
mother to death. While still at his muir
derous work, Mr.. Armstrong returned and
the negro assaulted him with the ak. Mr..
Armstrong quickly procured . gun and shot
the negro dead. The infant was uninjured.
AT Visitation Valley, near San Fran
cisco, an italian gardener named Gravetta,
while infiamed with drink, made murder
GUS attack with knife upon his sisters
lover, q young Italian named Peter. Pes
terino, following it up with similar on
slaught upon his sister and his mother. Pes
terino was killed and the sister probably IA
tally wounded. The mother will recover.
The murderer was caught and bound and
taken to the City Prison.
DIR. SAMUEL A. GREEN, the Republic
can nominee, has been chosen Mayor OF
Boston. There were three tickets in the
field-Republican, Democratic and Citizens.
The vote on the liquor question was in IA
vor of license by two.thirds majority.
THREE little boys, whose ages range
from eight to twelve, all sons of Mr.. John
johnson, of Manitowoc, Wis.,, were drowned
by the ice giving way.
The Government balloon in charge of
Captain Temple, accompanied by Walter
Powell, NJ. P, and another gentleman
named Gardner, assembled from Bath, Eng
land, and descended at Bridgeport, where
Captain Temple and Gardner we're thrown
out and injured. When thus Hghtened, it
arose with Powell, and was subsequently
seen to descend at sea.
AT Coldwater, Mich, dissolute
woman named Mrs. Nettie Wheeler was shot
and killed by her husband, who then put
three bullets into his own body.
A SENSATION has been created at the
City of Mexico by the attempt of an Ameri-
can named Greenwood to bride Senator'S and
secure valuable concession.
VIM. j. PHILLIPS, a cattle-buyer from
Attention, Iowa, was murdered and robbed
of considerable sum of money near Lex
ington, Mich. A man in his employ, named
j. A. Dixon, was placed in Jail on suspi-
cion, and during the night he poisoned him.
self in his cell. Dixon was q man Of bad
repute, having served term in the Peni-
Tertiary for forgery. He was known to be
in possession of an unusual amount of mon.
ey after the murder. and there seems TO be
little doubt of his guilt.
OSCAR A. RICE, defaulting Internal
Revenue Collector of New Orleans, pleaded
guilty to the charge of embezzlement and
was sentenced to Two years at hard labor
and to pay fine of $40, 34.
By the falling of an elevator from the
fourth floor Of Pfester & vogel's tannery at
Milwaukee, five employees were injured,
four fatally.
JOHN G. SMITH, former Indian Agent
at the Pawnee Agency, Indian Territory,
has been convicted of fraudulent practices
and sentenced to six months Imprisonment
and a fine Of Sill, 900.
The Southern Pacific passenger train
from Ell Paso, Texas, on the 14th, was taken
in by "rustlers' few miles from town.
The ls-Fargo messenger was gagged,
keys taken from him, and the safe robbed of
ST 200. The passengers lost $500. The rob-
bers, controlling the brakes, jumped from
the train and escaped.
TIE International & Great Western
Railroad reached Larned on the 18th.
THE stage between Fort Tucson and
Benson, Arizona, was tired upon from the
roadside on the night of the 18th, some fif-
teen or twenty shots being DISCHARGED. The
driver whipped up his horses and got away
with bullet in his leg. One of the horses
was also hit and fell after going some dis
lance. There was no bullion or treasure on
the stage, and 1t is believed the attack was
made for the purpose Of killing Mayor
Clum, of Tombstone, who was passenger
that night, and whose life has been fire..
quently threatened by the cowboy and rust
Ter element.
RICHARD JENNINGS, who shot and
killed John A. Barrett, without provocation
rs alleged, at Austin, New, was hanged by
the vigilantes.
A coLoRED lad named Solomo n
Davis, residing at Warrenton, N c., loaded
his fathers musket and killed his little sis
ter because she insisted upon telling their
mother of his theft Of cold 'possum from the
pantry.
The Post-ofice Department has made
q ruling that no newspaper supplement
containing any advertisement whatever can
be allowed in the mails at second -class rates
unless the publisher makes affidavit that the
same rate is paid for advertisements in the
supplement a. for those in the body of the
paper itself.
Two new counterfeits are afoat-one
of the $40 silver certificates, the other Of S.
bills on the Boylst0n National Bank Of Bos.