The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-20
THE WEST.

THE WEST.
CROP reports from Wisconsin, Minnesota,
and Iowa show that wheat and oats are
doing well and promise large crop, but
corn and barley reem to have suffered from
the cold and wet
PAT DAvILT, an ex policeman was shot
the other morning while breaking into the
room of a citizen of Milwaukee, Wis.
THE two story frame residence of David
Selling at Milwaukee, Wis, was destroyed
by fire the other morning. Selling, his
wife and three children escaped, but Dora,
aged nineteen, Armina, aged seven, and
Rosa, aged three, were suffocated and their
bodies charred beyond recognition.
Two men entered Selows' Savings Bank,
at Salt Lake, Utah, recently and one of the
men engaging the Cashier in conversation,
struck him a violent blow with an iron rod.
They then gathered quantity of gold lying
on the counter and made their escape.
HENRY VANsLYKE, formerly deputy
Sheriff of jefferson County, Wis, and s.
NJ. Cone, were shot in Dakota few days
since for jumping claims.
AT Exeter, N. H, the other day, an en-
bankment on the land of the Newmarket
Manufacturing Company caved and three
men were killed.
A HAIL STORM destroyed 5000 acres of
the growing crops in Bonhomme and
Hutchinson Counties, Dakota, recently.
! ARTICLES of incorporation have been
| filed for the establishment of the UNIVERSE
ty of Milwaukee, with c. L. Colby, Presi-
| dent of the Wisconsin Central Railroad,
| w. P. McLaren, a prominent commission
merchant, and Rev. N. E. Wood as incor-
porators. Funds for the endowment of
Academies have been subscribed to the
amount of 5000, 900, and active steps are
being taken by citizens of Lacrosse, Beaver
Dam, Delavan and other cities of the State
towards the organization of these Acade-
mics. The object of the University incor-
porators is to establish University that
shall be for the West what Yale, Harvard,
Brown, ETC., are for the East.
THE Wilson Greek Reunion Committee
have everything pertaining to proposed re-
union well under way and earnestly re.
quest that every surviving soldier who
fought at Wilson Greek or Oak Hill, on
either side, August 10, 1861, will at once
forward to j. P. Tracy, Secretary of the
Reunion Committee, at Springfield, NO., a
postal card, giving his name and postoffice
address, and stating if he expects to be
present, as the Committee is anxious to
supply them with invitations, programmes,
etc. Nearly one thousand of the veterans
| tend.
The Iowa Greenback Convention met at
Des Moines recently and nominated Hon.
j. B. Weaver for Governor, Sanford Kirk.
patrick for Lieutenant Governor, d. W.
Church for Supreme Judge, and Miss Abbie
| o. Garfield of Des Moines County for
| Superintendent of Public Instruction.
| Ar Creston, Iowa, several days after the
| Fourth, while some parties were having a
| display of fireworks that had been left
over, large rocket exploded, instantly
killing four-year-old daughter of R. s.
Markerier, prominent business man, Sc
riously injuring Mrs. W. A. Palmer, and
severely injuring several other persons.
c. T. HUNT, young farmer of Webster
| County, Mo-, was recently killed by light
ming in the wheat field.
MRS. P. ]. JACOBS, young widow, sui
cided at Kansas City the other day by
hanging with a clothes-line. Her husband
died year ago, since which time she had
frequently expressed her determination to
| follow him as soon as she could. She left
| directions to be buried in a dress she wore
when last she went walking with her hus-
| band.
As THE steamer War Eagle left Daven-
port, Iowa, recently and got ont into mid
river a passenger was seen to jump from
fba int fba tor Of;
and two of the crew put after him in yawl,
and with the greatest difficulty got him to
the boat, when he jumped over again. He
was again rescued when it was discovered
that he was suffering from delirium tire
mems. He had taken to drink because his
betrothed had dismissed him.
The State Veterinarian of Illinois reports
CHAMBERS prevalent among horses in nine
teen counties in the State. He claims to
have been prevented from killing animals
afflicted, attorneys claiming he could only
resort to this measure after the Governor
had issued proclamation declaring CLAN.
ders an epidemic.
A TERRIBLE hail storm recently swept
over a portion of Nebraska, three miles
wide, near Hastings, destroying all crops
In Its course.
A RUNAWAY horse attached to'a light
buggy, in which were four young people,
approached the draw at the Harrison street
bridge in Chicago the other night at furi-
Gus gallop, and plunged into the river, the
bridge having been swung to allow the pas
! sage of a vessel. A young man named
Stephen Geick and young woman were
precipitated into the river with the vehicle
and the former was drowned.
A FEARFUL tornado passed over Nebras-
ka, Iowa, Northern Missouri and extended
into Illinois, on the 18th. The storm ap-
parently originated in Nebraska, in which
State great damage was done to crops.
Every town in its course suffered severely.
At Westboro, StansburY, Burlington juno
ton, Maryville, Brook6eld, Trenton and
other Missourito towns houses were remorsely
wrecked, while in the country uprooted
trees, Frustrated fences and general de-
struction met the eye. The telegraph being
destroyed the full extent and nature of the
damage could not be ascertained.
THE new department of the Indiana Uni
versity at Bloomington, containing the
library and laboratory, was recently
burned. The latter contained the famous