The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-27
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4Twenty-one canary birds. three-quar-
tiers of cord of wood and four cans rasp-
berry jam were replevined by An injured
Illinois husband from his wife, who had
gone TO her father. Uhicago Herald
The explosion of kerosene lamp
at Plymouth, Me-, did not hurt Mrs.
Miles much, and the loss of the dress
which she wore was of small account;
but in burned pocket was 81 800 in
paper money.-M Y. Sun.
"A ragged tramp complained in q
Washington police court q few days ago
that he, while asleep in park. had been
robbed Of pair of Henry Clay's panta-
looms, which he had been keeping as a
memento of that great man. Washing-
ton Star.
"A woman witness in . Louisville
court suddenly surprised the examining
counsel by saying: Believe me, /
didn't mean to tell story just now, but
l do want to take something back that /
have just said. I was frightened."-
Courier Journal.
Among the Piute Indians near Aus
tin, Nevada, is one-legged boy, other
wise perfectly formed. He was born
that way. The leg is strong and SYM
metrical, and SO attached to the trunk
that when standing erect the boy finds
no difficulty in maintaining his equilib-
RUM Chicago Herald.
Some of the peculiarly designated
clues of New York are: "The Triple
Club" 1.-The Ancient Order of Egyp-
tan Monks" "The Honorable Order of
E. Campus Nitas," 1.-The Noble Order
of Guinea Witches" ''The Wizoons of
Gotham" etc., etc. They are all
"stuffed clubs after meetings.
"A physician writes the Concord IN.
H. Monitor an account of the sufferings
of q lady in Chester who is slowly
dying from having swallowed eight pins
which she placed in her mouth Novem-
Der 10, 1881. Several were extracted
from her throat. but the majority of the
pins remain and are causing her intense
pain. The surgeons are unable to afford
relief.
While cripple named Divine, liv-
ing in Montgomery, Orange County, N.
Y, was STOPPING over fence to gather
some catnip growing on the other side,
his crutches slipped from under him and
he fell with his neck wedged between
two pickets on the fence. He choked to
death and his lifeless body was found
hanging on the fence the next day.
One large oyster stew, large steak,
dish of fried potatoes, two ears of corn,
three fried eggs, three lamb chops, dish
of stewed chicken, two cups of coffee,
two pieces of pie, loaf of bread and
half a pound of crackers constituted the
dinner of New York man. Of what
the man was constituted deponent saith
not, but the man was engaged on anoth-
er half pie when the observer left.-N,
Y. Mail.
AT dance at Calabasas, Arizona,
Jim Smith shot and killed the floor man
ager who announced quadrille when
Smith wanted waltz, The next day he
shot and killed another man who had
dared to say that the deceased had not
been given .'fair show" In the words
of the Tombstone Epitaph: AT last &C.
counts Mr.. Smith was prominent and
respected citizen of Calabasas, with moth
ing to mar his pleasures, sports and
paStimes.
Not even the cottage where Garfield
breathed his last speaks more eloquently
this autumn at Long Branch than the
lofty new house OF William Garrison,
upon the only hill there, where the last
scion of great fortune made his brief
dwelling, and in a morning persisted,
leaving to survive him a strong old man
whose white hairs tell the pain of half a
century's labor, and no son on whom to
confer the increase.-N. Y Tribune.