The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-08-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

gram from the Mayor of Galveston, Texas,
asking Government aid in establishing a
quarantine, of a portion of the $4,000 ap-
preparation to aid local and State Boards of
Health in suppressing epidemics.
A few days since two men called at the
First National Bank of Kewanee, ILL.,, and
asked permission to leave satchel for short
time. After banking hours they returned.
knocked at the door and asked for the satchel.
Miss Palmer, the cashiers assistant, opened
the door, when one of the men grabbed her
by the neck and kicked her nearly insensible.
The other man rushed past her toward the
vault near which Pratt was standing and
knocked the latter senseless, striking him on
the head with a revolver. Pratt and Miss
Palmer were forced into the vault, where the
men secured about $4,000.
A special says United States Deputy Mar
shal Young was shot fatally by Jones and
Randall, in the Choctaw nation, while ex-
ecuting warrant at the ranch.
Adam Blandan fatally shot his wife at their
residence in Cincinnati. His brother, who
was about to go to Colorado, was at the
house with new revolver. Mr.. Blandan
their baby in her arms and said: 81 am going
to shoot" when the pistol was discharged
with fatal effect.
John Thompson was killed BY James Neal
at the annual Confederate reunion at Glenn
Springs, Upton County, Tenn.
A drunken young fellow named Leibst shot
a man named Oldaker, at st. Joseph, to
whom he was an entire stranger. Leibst's
brother, q young man Of twenty years,
grappled with him and endeavored to take
the pistol away from him, but before he did
Leibst also shot his brother in the abdomen.
Both men will probably die. The murderer
was arrested.
Twenty-one new cases of yellow fever re-
ported at Brownsville the 18th, seventeen
Mexicans and four Americans. In answer
to the Governor of Arkansas, Secretary Fol-
ger telegraphed that the Department will be-
gin inspection on the Texas Il Pacific Rail-
road as a protection against yellow fever
whenever the Governor requested it.
The news from Berlin is that the delay of
the Porte in accepting the'proposal for a Mill
tary Convention has considerably irritated the
German Government. Herr Won Herschfeld,
Representative at Constantinople, has been
instructed to make representations to the
Porte concerning the feeling Of Germany on
the subject. The opinion is also expressed
that Russia is preparing for war with Turkey
by way Of compensation for Enghnd's occu-
patton of Egypt.
At picnic at Lone Jack, Mo-, ccmmemora-
tive of the battle, during the war, at that
place, Mr.. Mart Bowler, prominent farmer
near Greenwood, together with his wife and
family of four children, started home in a
spring wagon. When at a rough point in the
road one wheel of the wagon came off and
Mr.. Bowler and two children were thrown
under the horses. The animals kicked Mr..
Bowler on the head killing him and then ran
away dragging the children some distance,
injuring one of them fatally.
An Omaha dispatch states that the Red
Cloud Indians at Pine Ridge Agency, Da-
kota, demand the removal Of their Agent, DR..
Gillicuddy, by October LIST, or they will go on
the war-path, and that they have sent word
to the Post Department Commander to that
effect. They have applied to Gen. Crook, in
whom they have confidence, to. redress their
grievances, and evince a determination to be-
come hostile unless their demands are COM
piled with. These Indians can muster about
1000 warriors well armed and equipped.
B. F. Bigelow, teller of the National Bank
of the Republic, Washington, IL defaulter
for So, 900. He is in Jail in default Of SIS 600
bail
AT Reading, Pa, Adam N. Dundere, the de-
faulting e1-County Treasurer, pleaded guilty
to an indictment charging him with embe1-
xling the State funds. He was sentenced to
three years solitary confinement at hard labor
in the Berks county Jail, to pay the cost Of
prosecution, to make restitution of SIC, 900
stolen, andthat he stand committed until the
sentence is complied with.
1t was currently reported and believed in
London that Russia is about to occupy the
whole of Asia Minor to the Rosphorus. Owing
to the ndefended state of that part of
Turkey, the Russians could easily do this
without much bloodshed A dispatch from
Paris says it is no secret that Russia is con-
centrating a formidable army in the Cau-
casus. The army, it is estimated, viii num-
Der 5000 men. The Russian Government,
however, denies the report.
The yellow fever at Browsyille is gradually
increasing, there being 80 new cases the 18th.
An exciting election in the Choctaw Indian
Nation has resulted in the success of Chief
Oyerton by good majority. His election is