The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-02-10
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

| MISS ANNIE STAhh was IoG8l1y OuEuoS
at Allegheny City, Pa, on the aOth. He
clothing caught fire from stove while sh'
was preparing breakfast.
| ABRAHAM MANGAN0, q wealthy farm
er living near Ostrander, O., committed sui
eide by hanging the other day. 1t is sup
posed case of insanity.
Mr.. JEEFRIEs and his wife, of Mary.
vile, O., were recently indicted for assault
and battery. The offense was in torturins
child, eighteen months old, which they
had adopted. Their mode of punishment
was to fasten the child's hands in q stee
trap and then beat it.
THE British ship Cochin has arrived
at San Francisco with seven survivors o.
the ship Milton, abandoned while burning
on the ed of December. The men had
tossed about in an open boat for twenty.
three days, and were starving when res.
cued. Two other boats, containing Captain
Macarthur, his wife and two children, the
first officer, and twelve men, are thought to
have been lost.
THERE was collision of trains on the
Sciota Valley Railway, near Hanging Rock
o., on the 3lst. Edward Lockett and
Thomas Kennedy, both of Chillicothe, were
instantly killed, and five laborers were seri.
ously injured.
BALDWIN, late cashier of the Mechan-
ics' National Bank, Newark, Nj, has been
sentenced to fifteen years in the State Prison.
An engine and six freight cars on the
Wisconsin Central Railway were thrown
from the track at Colby, Wis, the other
day, and badly damaged. George Fisher,
| the conductor, was seriously hurt, and 9TH
ers escaped with slight bruises.
CHARLES WILSON, a brakeman stand
| ing on top of box.car as his train was en-
tering Rock Island before daylight the other
morning, will probably die from injuries
sustained by contact with bridge. He
was knocked off the car and fell head down.
ward.
A DISPATCH from Victoria to San
Francisco says Thomas Lewis, VIM. Gillian
der and two Indians attempted to cross the
river at New Westminster, few days ago.
The canoe was smashed in the ice and all
were drowned.
AYoUNG man named Charles Lands
was caught by belt in Mobiles mandatory
at Goshen, Ind, on the SOth, and re-
volved around the shafting until crushed to
pulpy mass. Death was instantaneous.
Rev. DR.. BELLOWS, of New York, is
dead.
WILLIAM BREEZE, aged 60, well
known in st. Joseph, Mo-, dropped dead in
the street on the 3Oth. He was one of the
first to settle in the Black Snake hills.
F. BELLMAN, employed as carrie
pairer in the yards of the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago Railroad at Fort Wayne,
Ind, was instantly killed on the 10Th. His
body was cut completely in two.
THEEE young ladies of Broadway
Depot, Rockingham County, Va, were
drowned while crossing the river in frail
boat, Feb. 1.
A sCHOoL-HOUsE and two other build
ings were recently swept away by the burst
ing of reservoir at Calais, France. Twen-
ty-seven bodies have already been taken
from the ruins.
The Courthouse at Havana, ILL.,,
erected thirty years ago, was destroyed by
fire the other night. All the records were
saved.
SOME time ago German couple by
the name Of Clawson, living on farm near
Lincoln, Neb., adopted little girl, aged
9 years, but instead of treating her as a
daughter, they kept her in the fields herd.
ing cattle and doing other mental work
on the farm. A few days ago the girl
died very suddenly, and it was intimated
in the neighborhood that the child had
been foully dealt with. Suspicion took
tangible shape, and the County Coro.
ner was summoned. This functionary
Immediately caused the body of the child to
be exhumed, and it was found to be scared
with scars and bruises, with a number of
ugly cuts on the arms and lower limbs. The
evidence was so strong against the foster
parents of the child. they were Immediately
placed under arrest. An inquest was held,
which resulted in finding the Clawsons
guilty of the charges preferred against them.
The testimony Of the near neighbors of the
family was particularly severe, and great
indignation was manifested by the entire
community.
A LITTLE girl on her way to school in
San Francisco the other day came upon the
body of a man lying in Golden Gate Park, a
bullet-hole in the head and a revolver by
his side. Among other papers found on his
person was a discharge from Battery,
United States Army, 4th Regiment, Capt.
II. L. Hasbruck, dated October l, 1875, with
name and term Of service cut out, on the
back of which was written: "The owner of
this piece Of parchment would not associate
his name with that Of q cur who purports to
have given it." Also, a penciled note:
''Those Of my friends, who are so few, that
may chance to learn of my end, hope they
will withhold their tears. To live i'm pow
erty and subject to the same conditions as
Cinnamon is to die by inches; to defend
honor of country without home is useless
THOMAS c. SHEARER, Secretary of
the Wharf Company at Galveston, Texas,
committed suicide with revolver on the |
LIST. No cause could be assigned for the act. |
He had fine position, and his personal and |
social relations were of the most pleasant |
character. He leaves . wife, . daughter |!
just grown, q son about 20 years of age, and |
several other children.
w. T. NICKEL, q United States
Bailiff, was fatally shot at the residence of |
ACor<3o Co~ in EII;ott County Tho