The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
FIVE workmen in the employ of the
Iron City Bridge Works started to cross the
Ohio River in q skin at McKeespOrt, Alle-
gheny County, Pa, March 18th. just before
they reached the opposite shore the boat
capsized and two of the men, Shields and
Murphy. were drowned. The other three
managed to swim ashore, although In
greatly exhausted condition.
AT Grant Station, near Cincinnati. q
few days ago, Isaac Hendrick fatally shot
his wife. The couple had been separated
for some time, and Hendrick left train
rs it was passing the house at which his wife
was stopping, entered her room, and fired
three shots, the first missing her. The woman
threw her arms around his neck, and he
shot her once in the head and once in the
breast. He remained with her until death,
which occurred two or three hours after the
shooting. The murderer was arrested.
JENNY PERRY, daughter of Edward
Hebard, of Lansing, Mich, was drowned
while driving across the bay with three 9TH
er ladies, the other day. The horse went
through the ice, pulling her over the dash
board. Her body was recovered.
DALLAS, Texas, was thrown into .
fever of excitement. March II, by the an
nouncement that ex-M Mayor j. M. Thurmcnd
Court, by Robert E. Cowart, . prominent
LAWYER. Deceased was politician and law
yer, who has lived in nearly all the Western
States. Cowart is . prominent young law
yer, native Of Atlanta, Georgia. Deceased
was elected Mayor of Dallas three years ago,
but was removed from Office, Cowart tax.
ing prominent part against him. Since
then the most cordial hatred has existed be-
tween them. When they met in the County
Court, Thurmond accused C0wart Of SLAM
dering his family. Cowart denied it. They
both drew pistols simultaneously. Cowart
fred, his bullet taking effect little above
Thurmond's right eye, killing him instantly.
Thurmond was very unpopular, and most
of the prominent lawyers have volunteered
to defend Cowart.
At q largely attended meeting called
by the Trades Assembly of San Francisco,
Cal, March IA, resolutions were adopted
sympathizing with the strikers at Omaha
and condemning in strong terms the action
of the civil authorities in invoking military
aid; also extending sympathy to the leaders
of the strike who were arrested.
JOHN VAN DYKE, prominent farmer,
living near Ionia, Mich, died the other day
after short illness. Before dying he said
he had been poisoned. Foul play Is sus.
pected. The family relations of the deceased
are said to have been unpleasant for some
time.
A BOILER in the shoe factory of A. T.
Goodwin, at Lynn, Mass, exploded on the
10Th, with horrible results. The cause is not
known. The building, which was of wood,
6Ox3O, three stories high, was blown to
atoms, and the engineer, John B. Moore,
was almost instantly killed. Several other
persons were reported killed. The firemen
on their arrival commenced an examination
of the debris, for the purpose of recovering
the bodies Of the dead and rescuing the in.
jured. A portion of the boiler, weighing
ton, was thrown a quarter of mile distant,
and drove itself into the front doorway Of a
private house. Glass in the immediate vi
cinity was generally broken. Another piece
of the boiler went flying through a covered
walk across a court leading from the street
to the scene of the catastrophe. The body
of the engineer was horribly mangled and
bruised. He had charge of the boiler
for cutie q number of years, and was
looked upon as first.class man. Had
the accident happened half an hour later the
loss of life must have been terrible. Fifty
people were employed in the building above
the boiler, but fortunately they had not ar
rived when the explosion occurred.
The Pacific Mill, at Lawrence, Mass,
reduced the wages Of its spinners, who are
all women or girls, the other day, and they
abandoned the works and stopped Ga, 900
spindles.
PATRICK McCoFFIN, an insane citi-
en- of Waterbury, VT, recently killed his
wife and mother-in-law with an AK and hid
their bodies in the cellar.
THERE was collision on the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad, March Is, near An
napois Junction, Md. The engine of an
express train became disabled, was detached
and moved on alone to the junction, leaving
the baggage car, parlor car and two ordi-
nary passenger coaches standing on the
track. Shortly afterward way train came
rushing around a curve, and the locomotive
crashed into the rear parlor car, break
ing the platform and the end Sec
ton. The passengers were thrown
from their seats and received severe
bruises, but 10 one was seriously injured.
VIM. T. Henderson, special agent for the
Post-office Department, suffered injury to
the back. E. T. Bry, Of indianapolis, Ind,
was considerably bruised; Mrs. L. A. Cow
an, Of Baltimore, arm bruised. United
States Senator German was, with his wife, in
the palace car, aud, seeing the way train
approach, they moved toward the front end,
escaping injury. Samuel Weaver. brake
man of the way train, was badly cut about
the face and head. The seats in the three
coaches were nearly all wrenched from their
fasteniEgs.
ALBERT WALKER was raising heavy
bucketful of ore at the Health.lift Lode,
near Leadviile, Colo, March 18th, when the
handle of the windlass slipped from his
grasp, and whirling around picked him off
his feet and hurled him into the shaft.
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