The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-28
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

who operated under the name Of E. B.
Sutherland & Co., ~ Wholesale grocers, In
Atchison, have suddenly gone, leaving cred
itors, landlords and others In the lurch.
They came from Pittsburg, Pa, . few
months ago. As they made no deposit with
any OF the banks and bought only
from firms who would sell on credit,
they were regarded with suspicion. The
senior gave references in Ohio, who repudi-
ate all knowledge of him. He said bis
grandmother had left $40, 900 for him a
Steubenville, O., which is found not to be
correct by correspondence.
The following charters have been fled
in the Office of the Secretary Of State:
Corona Lodge, No. 1877, I. o. o. F.; Elm
Mills Manufacturing Company, capital
stock ST., 900; Kansas & Missouri Railroad
| Company. Proposed line from Arcadia,
Crawford County, to Carthage, in Jasper
County, Missouri, and from point in Bar
ton County to point on the line Of the Fl.
Scott, S. E. & Memphis Railroad, through
Crawford County, Kansas, to point on the
| line of the NJ. *. & Colorado Railroad, at or
near Cherokee, the estimated length of
$1,OOO,OOO. Directors: G.. II. Nettletoa, W.
Pratt, j. s. Ford, W. j. Ferry, o. E.
Learnard, 1. Harris, C. w. Blair.
The recent session of the Grand
Lodge, Knights of Honor, in Atchison was
largely attended. Reports were read show.
ing the order to be in flourishing condi-
ton. An election Of officers resulted IS fol-
lows: Grand Dictator, ]. v. Donaldson, La
Cygne; Grand Vice-Dictator, A. B. Pink
ston, Leavenworth; Grand Assistant Dicta-
tator, j. c. Frazier, Coffeyville; Grand Re-
porter, E. II. Lenstweiler, Atchison; Grand
Treasurer, c. T. Ewing, Emporia; Grand
Chaplain, T. Bowman. Augusta; Grand
Guide, s. B. Riggs, Emporia; Grand
Guardian, W. D. Butler, Peabody; Grand
Sentinel, H. H. Patton, Paola.
The strike at Atchison was settled by
the company quietly taking of the construc-
ton train on which the men worked. The
men twice interfered with section gang,
but the latter are now at work and no
further interruption is expected. The
Central Branch section gang employed in
the yard were discharged. During the
winter, when the men can not work more
than two-thirds of the time, wages are re-
duced to ST. 20 per day, but it is the custom
to raise them to $1.35 on the LIST of May,
when full time can be put in.
The fremont House, Emporia, was
entered by two burglars, the other night,
who rifled the pocketbook and trunk of the
landlady, Mrs. Schmidling, of something in
the neighborhood of fifty dollars, with
which they succeeded in getting away. She
made an effort to call the clerk, who slept in
the adjoining room, and was knocked down
by one of the robbers and severely bruised
about the face and neck. Her gold watch
and chain, which the thieves dropped in
their haste in leaving the house, were found
on the floor.
Prof. A. R. Taylor, recently elected
by the Board Of Regents President of the
State Normal, occupied the chair of Nat
ural Science at Lincoln University, Illinois.
for twelve years, and is recognized as one
OF the ablest educators in the West.
The Leavenworth Coal Shaft Com
pany are sinking from their first level,
which is 72O feet below the surface, 800 feet
deeper, expecting to strike a strata Of coal
at about that depth, having used the dia-
mond drill in prospecting and obtaining I'M
mistakable indications of coal.
Incendiaries have been trying to de-
stroy the Government stables at Fort Leav-
enworth.
The eleventh annual meeting of the
Kansas State Dental Association will be
held in Topeka, commencing Maya.
A married couple in Leavenworth,
after having lived together thirteen years,
are asking divorce on the ground that they
have just discovered that they bear the re.
lation of uncle and niece.
Grass will be abundant in ten DAYS or
two weeks.
A small edition of the Ark came down
the Kansas River to Lawrence, the other
day. A family used it as means of moving.
Mr.. Shelter, prosperous farmer
living near Louisville, Pottawatomie Coun-
ty, recently attempted to ford Rock Creek
at the George Riat crossing and was
drowned. His team had just fairly entered
the stream when they were washed from
their feet, and all were swept down the
swollen stream. Several attempts were
made by bystanders to rescue him, but
without success.
The Republican State Central Com
mittee has been called to meet in Topeka,
April q.
Hay is exported from Kansas to ILL
nois.
A Kansas Central passenger train
went through bridge near Garrison, Pot
tawatomie County, the other day. No one
was very seriously hurt, however.
A company has been organized at
Topeka, composed of the leading members
Of the fraternity, having for its object the
purchase Of the necessary grounds and erec-
ton thereon of building to accommodate
all the Masonic bodies of the city. ,
In the trial of Tom McGrath, at Leav-
enworth, charged with criminal outrage, a
sensation was created by motion of the at
torney for the defense that E. A. Elliott.
city editor of the Times, should be brought
before the Court and made to show cause
why he should not be imprisoned for con-
tempt with regard to his printed report of
the trial. The Judge refused to consider