The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

| laws relative thereto.
MISCELLANEOUS.
At St. Joseph, Mo-, VIM. Toole and II. B.
Donnelley had dispute over the meaning of
the word "invoice," when Toole settled the
matter by drawing pistol and shooting Dom
nelly dead. The latter leaves wife and two
children.
The picnic at Ogden's Grove, near Chicago,
for the purpose of raising funds to build
monument to the memory of John Brown was
a failure, as far as raising money was con-
| cerned. The attendance was small and letters
were read from great many prominent men
and women, but the receipts no more than
paid expenses.
Governor Cullom has written letter to the
authorities of Logan and Cass Counties, Ills,
to take strenuous measures to suppress the
lawlessness prevalent there. He referred par
ticularly to the triple murder near Mt. Pulaski
and the recent outrage in Cass County.
| A fire at Dubuque, Iowa, destroyed the
buggy-top mandatory of c. NJ. Pritchard q
Co. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $1,000.
Indian Agent McGillicuddy, of the Pine
Ridge, Dak.,) Agency, in consultation with
Gen. Crook, says everything is quiet at the
agency, but that there will be trouble in the
future if the Government does not do some
thing decisive. Red Cloud is determined to
become chief, and he and his followers are
quietly organizing a confederation with that
end in view. DIR. McGillituddy does not hest
| tate to say that he is afraid of assassination,
and rather than throw his life away he will
probably resign. ..
The roof of the Erie Railway Elevator at
Buffalo, N. Y, was blown off by an explosion.
| The building was at once fired and burned to
the ground. The engineer, John Bonner, and
John Kemp and E. and Henry Lee are sup
posed to have been burned up. Timothy
Driscoll had his skull smashed in and his right
leg broken, and will die. The loss will reach
about $3.50, GOO. Insurance unknown.
Texas cities generally are responding lib
orally in money to the appeal Of Gov. Roberts
for aid to the yellow fever sufferers on the
lower Rio Grande and the Gulf coast.
Henry J. Hall, paying teller of the Rhode
Island Hospital at Providence, confesses that
he is defaulter in the sum of SCI 900. The
defalcation was discovered while Hall was alb
sent on vacation. He spent the money in
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held in 5000 for trial. He has wife and
three children.
Alex. Julian, brother of Hon. Ira Julian,
committed suicide on the Fair grounds at
Shelbyville, Ind, by shooting himself through
the brain. He was a candidate for Sheriff at
the late election and his defeat is believed to
be the cause.
C. B. Hawley and L. o. Grimes, two of the
Arizona stage robbers and nurderers, were
hanged by mob at Globe, Ariz. Cicero
Grimes, third robber, is still in custody.
Mary Glynn, on trial at Bangor, Maine, for
the murder of her daughters illegitimate
child, has been found guilty of murder in the
first degree.
The Coroner's Jury at Paterson, N. j.,
found James Kennedy guilty of manslaughter
for neglecting his children while sick with
smallpox. He locked them up in garnet
and did not provide medical attendance.
. Heavy rains in Northern Texas have done
great damage to railroads and in many places
the washouts stopped trains.
Joseph B. Shirk, mail agent between In
dianapolis and st. Louis, on the Vandalia line,
met with instant death two miles west of the
former city recently. He was piling mail in the
doorway, preparatory to delivery, and alurch of
the car threw him headlong out as the train
was sweeping over bridge. He leaves wife
and family His son was in the car at the
time of the accident.
The first bale of cotton received in Louis
vile this season was sold at the Board of
Trade for 80 cents per pound; class middling.
1t came from Wetumpka. Ala.
The Dundee Land Company, of Glasgow,
Scotland, made another big land purchase,
buying the famous Jones entry, 1865 acres,
paying therefor $4,000 in cash. 1t was
owned by Miss Susie Jones, a pretty young
lady of Memphis. The land is situated in the
counties of Cross, Poinsett, Craighead, Crit
tenden and Mississippi.
Fifteen prisoners were arrested near Musko-
gee, Indian Territory, by the Creek authori.
ties, and tried for treason of whom, two were
acquitted, one pardoned, two escaped from
custody, and ten were whipped, each receiving
one hundred lashes on the bare back.
By the burning OF the Erie Railroad eleve-
tor at Buffalo, N. Y, five lives are known to
have been lost and property destroyed to the
amount of over 100000.
Chas. Sperry, Brookfeld, Mass, boarding
house keeper, recently made the attempt to
poison his family and nine boarders with Paris
green. The poison was fortunately discovered
before harm was done.
The Sprague mansion was recently sold by
the Sheriff. Mr.. Sprague had possession OF
the house at the time, and, with shotgun in
hand, forbade any one entering, declaring he
would shoot the first man who did so. The
property was sold, however. Later, when
the trustee attempted to put the purchaser in
possession, he found the house guarded by
armed men. Application will be made to the
Supreme Court to put the purchaser in peace
able possession.
The business failures throughout the coun-
try the past week were 107.
Fifty-two new cases of yellow fever at
Brownsville the 25th. Five cases have ap-