The Iola register., 1882-12-29


The Howe shopof the county penitentiary
at Syracuse, N. Y, burned recently. Henry
W. Hustin, night watchman, perished. Loss,
5000; insured.
The handsome new building of the Com
n1ercidl Advertiser, Buffalo, New York, was
burned the evening of the 21st, also the
Masonic Temple. Nothing was saved in the
Advertiser office, even the files for fifty years
were lost. Out of ITO employees in the build
ing, only one man, VIM. Mahoney was in
jured. He was badly burned. Men left the
building without putting on their coats, and
many had to escape by Jumping to the roofs
of adjoining buildings. The loss on stock,
fixtures and building is estimated at Sl75. 600;
insurance, $125, 900. The Masonic Lodges lost
their paraphernalia, carpets, etc, over $35. 1000
The damage to the building was $50, 900. and
other losses swell the total to over $500 goo.
y Aa.#h THE WEST. NHt'N'NNa
AL Wagner, a farmer near Mt Gilead, Ohio,
who had been for some time on ill-terms with
his brother-in-law, Daniel Sheenan, the other
night rode to the house of the latter and
shot him dead in the presence Of his wife and
children. a a u
As the emigrant train of the Santa Fe Rail-
road reached Caddoa, n. NJ, one night last
week, it was boarded by about dozen armed
men. who scanned the countenances of the
passengers in a very suspicious manner. 1t
soon became known that they were searching
for a man named Riley, accused of murderng
a tank tender. He was soon found concealed
In box and dragged out to the platform. He
protested his Innocence, and finally started to
run, when he was shot several times, then
dragged TO q telegraph pole and hung. The
passengers were frightened, and, women and
children screaming and the mob bowling and
firing made the scene a lively one. .NNfir
The case of Mrs. Scoville adjudged insane
recently at Chicago, and then granted new
trial, has been stricken from the docket by
agreement. 1t is reported that the unhappy
couple are reunited. ~
+ August Mast, a German, died last week at
Cresco, Iowa, from trichina, caused by eating
diseased pork. His wife, three children and a
girl stopping with them are also sick from the
same cause.
John r. Buchtel. OF Akron, Ohio, has sold
s2OO, 600 stock in the Buckeye works to Lewis
Miller and his three sons, in order to make an
additional gift of 100000 to the Buchtel
College The gift will be formally rendered
January IS, which Is the anniversary Of the
founding of the college
Amoyement lie on foot in Kansas City to
form a cattle company with a capital of
prise are A., j.. Snyder, of that city, and DIR.
Brady, of Louisville. The company when Or
ganized will probably have an immense ranch
in the Indian Territory. Six others besides
those mentioned are connected with the enter
prise, and they command ample capital.
- The Western Brewers Association met in
Chicago recently for the purpose Of taking
the views of brewers as to the propriety OF adj
vancing the price of beer to correspond with
the advance Of hops and other ingredients. A
vote was taken upon a preliminary PROPOSE
tion and indicated that an advance of 81 rer
barrel would be agreed upon among all West
ern brewers.
A pilot engine, containing a master me-
chanic of the Santa Fe Road, his wife and sis
ter, was wrecked one day last week, at Florida,
near Deming, New Mexico by huge boulder,
which had evidently been placed on the track
for the benefit of the passenger train follow
ing the pilot. The engine was smashed, but
no one was hurt, while the passengers were
saved. Suspicion fell upon a stranger liv-
ing near, and Deputy Sheriff Cam
non was sent out to arrest him. Cannon found
his man near Florida, and attempted to arrest
him, but was fired at. Drawing his pistol, he
fired at the wrecker seven times, missing him,
and then shot him through the heart with an
other pistol. There were no witnesses to the
shooting, but the dying man was taken after
wards to the depot and confessed that he was
the right man. Cannon was acquitted on his
own testimony. E.. ....
"A Matamoras, Mexico, dispatch states that
a band of forty brigrands made a sudden at
tack upon the town Of Ahuacstlan, Pueblo,
recently, and by the display of firearms over
awed the Inhabitants, who fed terror stricken
to their homes. The brigands seized and
bound the Mayor, Justice and Aldermen, and
carried them away captivcs, intending to hold
them for large ransom
A Court Martial has been ordered to meet
at jefferson Barracks, Missouri, January T.
1883, for the trial of Capt. H. H. Crews, OF the
Fourth Cavalry, on charges OF disobedience Of
orders, fraud, and conduct unbecoming an
officer and gentleman.
The only daughter of Governor Crittenden,
of Missouri, Carrie, aged nine years, died at
jefferson City, the 9th, Of diphtheria.
Mrs. Walburga Wackerle, whose recent suit
In the United States Circuit Court at st.
Louis against the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York attracted considerable
attention throughout the country, recently
commenced SIC, 900 damage suit against the
Etna Life Insurance Company. She alleges
that the Insurance Company, for the purpose
of defrauding her out Of money due on her
husbands policy, conspired with certain per-
sons to induce another man to personate Ter
husband. The case promises some interesting
developments. go r....sr
Assistant Cashier of the Second National Bank,
Of Jefferson, Ohio, are heavy defaulters.
There is suspension of the bank pend
ing investigation. Fuller has fed. He
had been specializing, and used from
$50, 600 to $4,000 of the bank funds. St. John
on learning that the crime was discovered,
had stroke Of paralysis. The depositors will
not likely lose any money, the stockholders
being liable for 500, 900, being far more than
the average deposits.
James Bennett, a stockbolder Of the First
National Bank of Manitowoc, Wis; suicided
recently by shooting. Cause, illness. '.-
A daring forgery was perpetrsted on a
promissory note on the Bank of Commerce Of
Cleveland Ohio, last week, which caused
losses to the Manhattan Bank of New York.
A man giving the name OF W. 7. Watson
bought draft for s17.63 on the Manhattan
Bank. A few days later a draft for S5,6794S
was cashed in the Buffalo Traders Bank,
which proved to be this same 81. .63 draft most
skilfully altered. Watson had some business
with the Buffalo bank which disarmed sus-