The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

the brush by unknown persons. The troops re-
turned the fire, but no casualties are reported.
THE SOUTH.
Mai Geo. Coolbaugh, at one time connected
with Gov. Hunt and others In railroad and
other-enterprises In Texas and Mexico, md .
Major on Gen. McPherson's staff during the
war, died recently in an old stable at San An
tonia, Tex, unattended By any one except .
poor woman and two little children who lived
in the hazel ta-..--a-&s -
Arrangements for the great cotton exhibit
ton at Louisville, KY, are progressing sue
cessfuly. Over $275, 600 have already been
subscribed and work on the buildings will be
commenced Immediately. It Is claimed that
indications points to the success of the ex-
iibition which VIII be second only to that at
Philadelphia. .-.--.. ,-rr.. teFr
A coal train of sixty cars, was recently
wrecked near Cumberland, Nd, by being
thrown from trestlework. Seven train men
were killed and number injured. taA
The Legislature of West Virginia chose
John f. Kenna United States Senator.
VIM. Weise was fatally shot one morning
recently, by J. N. Hook, at his residence in
Newport, Ky. Weise went to Hooks house
before daylight to deliver bread, but coming
in at an unusual place, Hook mistook him for
q burglar, and called to him, but Weise being
closely muffied did not hear. Hook fired, in
ficting fatal wound. The grand jury, in
session, examined the case and exonerated
Hook.
H. H. Rudd, arespectable farmer, Of Walker
County, Ga, aged 20 years, was lately found
in his doorway with his head split open with
an ak and frightful cut from the ak on his
breast. The old man lived alone and was sup
posed to have considerable money, and it was
to obtain this that the crime was committed.
Two negroes were seen with axes near the resi-
dence Of the murdered man, and the circum-
stances pointing strongly to them as the
guilty parties, they were arrested.
o. H. Gregg, who, while mail route agent
between Dallas and Ell Paso, Texas, in June
and July last, failed to account for number
of registered letters which were missing, has
been arrested at Nashville, and will be taken
to Dallas. He is the man who was reported
last summer as having been drowned at Kan
sas City. poi, ~ tsirTItu. f.f" 90
w. c. Kemp killed himself at Atlanta, Ga,
in the presence of his wife, who since threatens
suicide.
Rev. Father Smythe, Of the Roman Catholic
Church, and Rev. j. L. Berne, of the Epis-
copal Church, were arrested by the municipal
authorities of Fort Smith, Ark, recently, for
proclamation of the Mayor closing
the churches and public schools, and prohibit
ing public assemblages, on account of the
prevalence of scarlet fever in the city. The
arrests caused larger crowd to assemble at
the Police Court than attended both churches.
Recently body of disguised men forcibly
took from the Jail of Russell County, Va,
two white men named o. F. Ferrall and Evan
Griffith, confined on the charge of obtaining
under false pretences about $4,000 worth OF
cattle from graziers of that section, and it was
thought they had been lynched.
GENERAL.
According to accounts published at Berlin,
the women and children on board the Inflated
Cimbria, recently sunk, were placed first In
boats, and four got off clear, but the fifth was
SO overcrowded it capsized. The first officer
held burning torches while the passengers
were entering the boats. He was drowned
The steamer Sultan, that ran into the Cimbria
and caused the disaster, has been seized at
Hamburg and the officers sent to jail
The railroad companies at Panama, offered
$40, 900 reward for the recovery of the $50, OOG
belonging to the United States Government,
and the capture of the thieves.
At the Queens Bench Division, Dublin,
Davitt, Healey and Quinn, charged with in.
citing lawlessness, were ordered to find sc.
curity for good behavior or go to prison for
six months. The Chief Justice, in giving
Judgment held that the language Of the de-
PENDANTS was distinctly seditious and an in
element to civil war. Judge Lawson added
he never read more blasphemous. language
than Davitt's.
The magistrate conducting the inquiry in
the case of Prince Napoleon, stated that suf
fcient cause had been shown for further pro-
ceedings. The excitement in France is still
intense and a crisis seems imminent.
A hurricane at Limerick, Ireland, occa-
stoned serious damage. Houses were blown
down, vessels in the harbor sunk aud trains
from Galway for Dublin ran off the track. An
engine with six carriages was wrecked.
During December, 1882, the valued Of export
merchandise amounted to S92, 800 433, or
within a small fraction of S3,O0), 900 day.
This was exceeded but once before, December,
1880. The excess value Of exports over imports
of the six months ended December 81, 1882,
amounted to $54.57a 2322 as against an excess
of only $25, 902 612 for the fiscal year ended
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