The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-24
Miscellaneous Items.

Miscellaneous Items.
Some weeks age George Ocker, q
former Justice of the Peace of Atchison,
while on his way from his hotel to board q
train for Netawaka, where he had resided
for some time, mysteriously disappeared
and nothing has since been heard Of him.
His distressed wife stated that he.w suf-
fering from diseased mind brought on by
poor health, and aggravated by some trouble
he had in settling the Berger estate, Of which
he was administrator. For some time the
belief was held that the missing man would
turn up among his relatives, but his wife
now thinks he must have wandered off and
in his helpless condition have persisted or
committed suicide.
At a recent meeting of Scotchmen in
| Topeka it was resolved to institute society
to be called the Sons of Scotia, members to
be Scotchmen or their sons. The following
officers were elected pro tenn: Chief, VIM.
McCristie; First Chieftain, E. B. Thomp-
| son; Second Chieftain, Robert Monteith;
Secretary, John NJ. Miller; Treasurer, Hon.
John Guthrie. Committees were appointed
to draft bylaws and constitution and ar.
| range for q future meeting.
j. 7. Gillian recently opened an in
telligence Office at Leavenworth. Many
laborers paid him to find work for them,
and he sent them to distant points, but they
found no employment. The other day
crowd that had been sent out on the Kansas
Central by him returned and went to his
Office, but found that he had just stepped
out, and thorough search Of the city failed
to reveal him. His ill.gotten gains amounted
to several hundred dollars, from men who
could least afford to lose it. Gillian Is 40
years old, five feet ten inches high, wears a
black mustache and spectacles.
The mangled remains of George
Lotus, of Company NJ. Eighth Cavalry, were
found on the track at Leavenworth, . few
days ago, and circumstances indicated
something more than accident. An inquest
failed to elicit much desirable information
and numberless theories were discussed. L
was thought by some that Lotus attempted
to board the first section of freight train 81
bound north; that he slipped under the
trucks and had a leg cut off; that he tainted
from pain and loss of blood, and when he
his cries for help heard above the storm and
too weak to get of the track. Shortly after
the second section came along and finished
the horrible work, and after that the switch
engine ran over the body. Others insisted
that he was murdered in den near the
track, and was carried to the railroad and
left for the trains to efface all trace of MUIR
der. Although il was known that he had q
considerable sum about him on the day be-
fore he was killed, no money was found up.
on his person.
At recent meeting of the board of
directors of the Western National Fair As
ISOLATION in Lawrence, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Mr.. Charles Robinson, of Lawrence;
Vice President, NJ. J. Hoyne, of Kansas
City; Treasurer, j. D. Bowersock, of Law
renee; Secretary, E. A. Smith, OF Law
renee; Executive Committee, Chas. Robin.
son, W. w. Dickinson, j. L. Barnes, VIM.
Evatt, and G. W. Veale.
William Murley, aged eleven, charged
with numbering little Eddie Hack
bushan, of Lawrence, about year ago, by
showing him under the ice, has been dis.
charged.
Denis Green, of Elgin, ILL.,, has been
in Topeka and other cities looking for r6n-
away daughter and not finding her. He
describes her as 20 years Of age and very
handsome.
In whisky case against r. w. Tud-
verdict of not guilty and that the prosecu-
ton was malicious, and assessed the costs to
the prosecuting witness.
Prof. c. F. Gaumer, formerly of the
Kansas State University, has been appointed
instructor Of Natural Sciences in the Uni
yersity of New Mexico.
The City of Wyandotte has contracted
with New York firm for the Holly System
Of Water Works, the water to be taken from
wells to be put down in the gravel beds near
the banks of the Missouri.
Robert Fultz and Bolivar Johnson,
aged 16 and IA, were arrested in Topeka,
few days ago, upon charge of placing
stones upon the Missouri Pacific track at
Calhoun's and Bluffs, between Topeka and
Granville, and placing an angle or rail joint
on the track near Granville. They confess
ed the act and said they did not think there |
was any harm in doing so.
John Alexander, of Seneca, is dead.
She staff of the School of Application,
OF Fort Leavenworth, has finished examin. |
ing and classifying the students, and the re. |
port having been made and duly approved, |
two classes have been formed in two sec- |
lions in each class, and the school COM
menced with forty-eight young officers in
attendance.
Rocks County has woman who, last
fall, cut, stripped and hauled two acres OF |
sorghum four miles, took care of two chill |
dren. gave birth to third, and performed |
all the household work. This while the |
husband was in Colorado.
Five newspaper deaths have occurred
In Miami County within nineteen months.