The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-03
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ing fifty hands, and the Wellington House at
jamestown, N. Y.
THE WEST.
An accident occurred few days since on the
Kansas City and Eastern division of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad near Independence, No.,
by the collision between q passenger and
freight train, whereby VIM. Patterson, fire.
man, was probably fatally injured and several
passengers were hurt.
The Legislature of Oregon, after repeated
Intellectual ballots during the session to elect
United States Senator, finally, two hours be-
fore adjournment, elected ]. N. Dolph, ex-
Senator Mitchell's forces, who had SO long
stood by him, going over to Dolph almost in a
body. The Senator elect is Pacific coast coun-
sci for the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, in which capacity it is said he draws an
annual salary of So, 900.
Near Saltwater, Mimi, a farmer named
Klinghite, desperate character, attacked his
sleeping wife with knife, cutting her horri-
bly,. His son, who interfered, was stabbed to
the heart and fell dead. Another son in
formed the officers of the law, who found the
murderer in the barn still clinging to his
knife. A desperate fight ensued, Klinghite
rushing at the officers like mailman. The
officers shot him through the body and finally
oyercame and lodged him in jail.
Major r. W. Petriken, Chief Engineer of the
Mexican and Oriental Railroad, was murdered
by Indians in the mountains of Chihuahua a
few DAYS since.
Two sons of Richard Whyte, residing seven
miles from Alton, Ills, were handling a
revolver, believed to be unloaded, and sud-
denly the pistol went off, the ball penetrating
the brain of the younger brother, killing him
instantly. The older brother has been uncon-
scious ever since the tragedy.
The Kewanee, Ills, bank robbers have been
sentenced to the State Penitentiary, Acting
Cashier Pratt and two of his accomplices for
six years, and Dr. Scott for four years.
VIM. F. Redman, owner of mine in Mos
quito District, Colorado, met with terrible
accident recently by the premature explosion
of giant powder. Both eyes were torn from
their sockets and one arm blown from his
body. His injuries were fatal.
The eleven-year-old daughter of Casper
Hamrick, a wealthy citizen of Milwaukee,
Wis, has mysteriously disappeared. The
father believes she has been kidnapped by
some parties to securea heavy ransom.
James Carter, an expert member of broken
china, in Chicago, committed suicide by shoot
ing. He had two wives, who were threatening
to give him trouble.
C. o. Wallace, representing himself as
pork packer from St. Louis and connected
with c. B. Carter d Co., of that city, killed
himself recently at Houston, Texas.
Bob Ford, of Jesse James notoriety, who
had for about week been on trial at Platts-
burg, Mo-, upon the charge of numbering
Wood Hite, one of the James gang, some
months since, was acquitted by the jury after
being out forty-one hours. Ford was arrested
soon after he killed Jesse James upon his own
declaration that he had killed Hite in quar-
rel.
Mary Stockton, of Cincinnati, in fit of an
ger following a quarrel with Mrs. Welsh,
poured bucker of boiling I've over the head
and shoulders of the latter, injuring her it is
thought MORALLY. Mrs. Welsh is the mother
in-law of Sedden, the prisoner who was burned
to death in the County Jail recently. Mrs.
Stockton was arrested.
The matinee at the Olympic theater in st.
Louis, given by John Mccullough as benefit
to the widow and children of Col. Slayback,
netted between $1,000 and $4,000.
Not the slightest clew has been obtained of
Maggie Hennicke, who disappeared from Mil
waukee recently. Great excitement prevails
in all circles, as the rumor gains belief that she
has been abducted for foul purpose. Her
father offers $500 reward.
John Heiser, lately member of the firm of
Carpeles, Heiser IL Co., trunk manufacturers
of Milwaukee, Wis, has disappeared with
s25, 900, leaving his family in destitute circum-
A man named Thomas Talbot was fatally
shot by his wife at Cheyenne, W. T., during
quarrel, his wife claims in self-defense. Tai
bolt is about IS years old and has nine chill
dren.
Taylor Seiders, young man residing near
Cole Camp, Barton County, NO., was accident
ally shot by Albert Tucker. neighbor while
recently out hunting. Seiders wore one of the
new yariegated style of hats. Tucker seeing
that through the brush thought it was a deer
and fired.
The total output of coal for the State of
Iowa from July /, 1881, to July /, 1852, was
8, l27, 700 tons; average prices per ton for
mining, 80 cents, making the total earnings of
a, coo miners 81, sl4, $50, or So, 466 per month
per man. The wages range all the way from
three to five cents per bushel,s
man named Frank Slocker was perhaps
fatally injured near the State Line Depot, at
Kansas City. He was coupling an engine to
a freight car on Missouri Pacific track, and
his head was caught and crushed. He had
been railroading but about two months.
While five men were returning from a Do
litical meeting at Wyandotte, Mich, about
on hand-car, they were overtaken
by an East bound night express over the Can
ada Southern. Three jumped off safely, the
other two were thrown with the car into
ditch. Jerry Ryan was killed instantly and
his brother fatally injured.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stahrles of No. 453 West
Huron street Chicago, suicided recently by
hanging.
The child of Lewis Walker, of DAYTON,
Ohio, was scalded to death by the upsetting
Of teapot.
THE SOUTH.
At the late election of the first branch of
the Council, in Baltimore, the Democrats
elected their candidates in seventeen wards,