The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-10
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]. d. Austin, of Southwest Missouri, IN
duced his wife to sell the farm, which was in
her name, and remove to Marshall same State.
At the latter place he deserted his wife and
two-year-old child, taking with him the pro-
ceeds of the sale, s., 500, and leaving her pen
niless.
DR.. E. L. Lapham, a former resident of
Newton, Kansas, but later Postmaster at So
zorro, n. NJ, was arrested some time ago
charged with robbing the mails of over 81, 600.
He was recently tried at Albuquerque, found
guilty and sentenced to two years in the pen
itentiary at Secor, ILL.,, and to pay fine of
$4,000.
A man calling himself DR.. Elliott recently To-
Gated at Grand Forks, Dakota, and became OBJ
noXious by his advances toyoung school girls.
A party of men took him from bed at his hotel,
and giving him coat of tar and feathers,
turned him loose. He was found afterwards
on the Minnesota side of the river in terrible
condition.
The first snow of the season fell in the
northern part of Dakota the 3Oth.
A Santa Fe special says j. A. Achuletia, a
Justice of the Peace and prominent banker
and merchant, of Coneios, Colo, shot and
killed Deputy Sheriff Blanchett at Pennington,
n. NJ, few days ago. A crowd of Mexicans
took Achuletia from Jail and lynched him.
John Bates, seventeen years old, was killed
in shooting gallery at Kansas City few
days since by the accidental discharge of a
target gun in the hands of another boy.
W. ID. Russell, j. d. Cameron and P. A.
Haverold were arrested at Yankton, d. T.,
for completely in the Santa Fe scrip frauds, on
indictments brought in St. Louis. They are
also indicted at Yankton, and Russellhad been
tried and convicted.
The Mexican Special Commission on Postal
Reforms have prepared code embodying the
leading features of the American system
for discussion before it comes before the Mex
lean Congress.
George Thompson, aged thirteen, and Fred
HOTEL, aged fourteen, got into quarrel at
Cleveland, Ohio, when HOTEL drew knife
and fatally stabbed Thompson. The youthful
murderer fed.
A burglar lately attempted to enter the
residence of Mr.. Rudolph Reed, of Milwaukee,
Wis, after the gentleman had retired for the
night, but well directed shot from Mr.. Reed
fatally wounded the thief.
The planning mill and lumber firm of Hair &
Adiorne, Chicago, have made an assignment
for the benefit of their creditors. The liabili-
ties are estimated at 100000.
Andrew Mitchell, who was arrested at
Mount Pleasant, Ohio, few miles from Glen
dale, recently, on suspicion of being
guilty of the murder of A. W. Ross, October s,
was found dead in his cell in Cincinnati few
days since. 1t is said the proof against him
very strong.
Mr.. McMullen, cashier Of Fowler Bros.
packing house in Kansas City, started to the
bank recently; with some 81, 400 in his cash
box. On arriving at the bank he went to get
the cash box from the buggy but found it
missing. No clew to the robber.
The American Express Office at Winnepeg
was robbed of SIC, 900 recently. There il no
clew to the thieves.
Henry Lawrence, of jacksonville, Ills, was
recently killed at Turney, No., by the cars.
Mistaling that place for Kearney, where he
wished to get off, he stepped from the train,
fell, and was crushed to death. tbs
Ex-Governor Willard P. Hall died at St
Joseph, Mo-, on the Sd, aged sixty-two, and
Hon. Josiah Quincy died in Boston, aged
eighty.
Bert Ross, son of D. NJ Ross, of Carthage,
Mo-, left home recently on a fishing excursion.
Not returning, search was made for him, and
his body found in Spring River, where his fish
ing tackle and fish were found on the bank
As he was subject to fits it is supposed he was
drowned while having one. sl3a
The residence of John R. Stewart, of Sedalia,
Mo-, was entered recently by means of skele-
ton keys, and robbed. From the clothing of
Mr.. Stewart was taken checks and money to
the amount of Sl70. -