The Iola register., 1882-10-06

A Mercer, Pa, special says five expert bur
glars and cracksmen, in jail for robbing the
express Office at Greenville, have escaped.
They suddenly seized and bound the guard,
gagged him, and put him in cell, forced the
other prisoners into cell with revolvers,
seized the turnkey as he entered and locked
him in a cell, took the keys from him, passed
out, bound and gagged the sheriff's wife, and
fed.
A number of stock men of the West met
recently in Kansas City to consider the ad
visibility of holding fat cattle show in that
city in the fall Of 1888, and annually there
after. A preliminary organization was held
and officers elected.
1t is said the New York horse-shoers will
soon strike against the use of ready-made
shoes.
Wallace Ross offers to row II. P. Conley, OF
Halifax, on st. Johns harbor or Kennebec river,
for 81, 600 side.
Charles H. Eaton, former Superintendent Of
the American Express Company for the Min
nesota division, while temporarily insane,
committed suicide at La Crosse, Wis.
Henry j. Hall, late teller Of the Rhode Is
land Hospital Trust Company at Providence,
was sentenced to five years. Imprisonment for
embezzling the funds of the concern.
Governor Murray, of Utah. in obedience to
the law of Congress providing for appoint
ments to fill vacancies occasioned by failure to
hold an election in August, appointed num-
Der of officials throughout Utah. In defiance
of law and the Edmunds bill, which disqualifies
polygamists, the appointees of the Governor
how hnar, raf,1 1cnI fha -,
which they were appointed This organized
notification is In obedience to the order OF
the Mormon leaders.
James George, living near Freetown, Ind,
recently awoke and missed his wife. Upon
search he found her in the yard, near the house.
dead, with deep cash made with razor,
which completely severed the windpipe. She
had been in poor health number of years, and
was at times slightly deranged.
The floods in Tyrol reduced hundreds OF
wealthy land owners to poverty. The labor
ing class is in terrible distress. The approach
of winter greatly aggravates the situation.
The London Times says it has been decided
to retain for the present Il, ,OOQ men in Egypt
to carry on and consolidate the work from
which the suppression of Arab Pasha does lit
tie more than clear the way.
The value of imports of merchandise into
the United States during the twelve months
that ended August 31st, 1882, was s741 ,9S3, ,917;
for the preceding twelve months, $643, 248,-
555. The value of exports for twelve months
that ended August 31st, 1882, was S737, OBS, 772;
preceding twelve months, SS94, III, ,4I.
While Ex-Assemblyman Amasa j. Parker,
{1,y Irs, tod o{
Albany, n. Y, the horses ran away, threw
him out, inficting severe if not mortal inju-
ries. The horses continued to run and the
carriage struck tree throwing out three
lady occupants, instantly killing Mrs. Lewis
Railway, the wife of a prominent citizen of
Albany, and injuring Mrs. Parker and Mrs. s.
II. Strong.
Anti-Jewish riots have lately taken place
in some parts of Austria. At Pressburg the
mob broke the windows of many houses occu-
pied by Jews. The shops and warehouses of
Jews were forced open and plundered. The
rioters offered the military obstinate resistance,
some of them seizing the soldiers bayonets
with their hands. Several hundred Jews fed
to Vienna.
The gross receipts of the Postoffice Depart
ment for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1882,
were S41 265, ,317.1O, against $36 217, ,51l.55 the
previous year. Receipts from the sale of
postage stamps, postal cards and envelopes,
$50, 533, Az, against S34, SIS, ,S12 the previous
year.
Sam Whitley and Bill Armstrong, two noto-
rious horse thieves in Bosque county, Texas,
resisted arrest, when the officers killed White
nd mort oil uonpdod A Armofropr
Matamoras, Mexico, is agitating the ques-
ton, and making great efforts to obtain con-
certed action to open the port of Bagdad,
closing that at Santa Cruz, opposite Browns
vile. The scheme it is said is a complete one,
comprising a line of steamers on the river,
and, if consummated, will ruin the trade Of
Brownsville forever.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHER.
The Mississippi River steamboat, Robert E.
Lee was destroyed by fire on the morning Of
the Goth ult. Twenty or more lives were lost
among whom were the following cabin
passengers: Mr.. Painter, Maysville, KY:
Mrs. Mcclellan, New Orleans; Miss Adams,
music teacher, on her way to Baton
Rouge; an infant of Mrs. Searle, of
Vicksburg, and two colored women. Frank
Jones, fireman; VIM. Mestmaker, second
engineer; Kardo, the captain; two chamber
maids, five cabin boys, and all the cooks and
their help were among the lost. The Lee had
just been overhauled and newly painted, and
was on her first trip this season. She left
Vicksburg for New Orleans with 500 bales of
cotton and good list of passengers. While
opposite Point Pleasant, at $3.50 a. m she was
discovered on fire, and was Immediately headed
for the. Louisiana shore and landed at Yuca-
tan plantation, thirty-fve miles below
Vicksburg. In few minutes she
was completely enveloped in flames.
The saved owe their lives to the admirable
courage of Pilot John Stout He stood at the
wheel and gave hope to all by his frmness,
and as the steamer rounded at Yucatan land
ing, the flames were fast enveloping the brave
man in the pilot house, who despite the fire