The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-06

recently ATTACKED BY Indians and two men
killed. The next morning Swings ranch was
attacked, and Eve more men killed The In
dams are believed to Be the San Carlos rene
gades, who are moving south to join other
hostiles, and together try TO force way into
Mexico.
kilograms were sent from Topeka, Kansas,
sigued by nearly one hundred men, including
State officers, Congressman and leading Re
publicans from all parts of the State, to the
President, recommending Hon. John A. Mar
tin, Of Atchison, for the position OF Post
master General.
John Long, an express messenger running
on the Fort Scott road between Kansas City
and Springfield, met with peculiar and very
serious accident recently. While STOPPING
over the iron safe to adjust . package OF
money, he undertook to remove his revolver
from the safe, when IT was discharged and the
ball entered his arm. A serious result was
feared.
| The Amatilla Indian scare in Oregon proved
| to be without foundation. 1t is believed the
rumor Of Indian movements was circulated for
the purpose of having commission sent to
Oregon which would result in their removal
and the throwing open Of their reservation to
settlement.
The funeral of the late Postmaster General
Howe took place at Kenosha, Wis, in the
Unitarian Church. The church was simply
| large eoaeouaelof psJfle attended. Aspe-
cial train from Washington bore large num-
Der Of Federal officials, among them being
Secretaries Lincoln, Teller, Chandler, Freling-
huysen, Acting Postmaster General Frank
Hatton, and delegation from the Postoflice
Department. Rev. Robert Collyer ofiiciated.
The remains were taken to Green Bay for in
terment.
Solomon Figley, an aged farmer, living
alone near Peru, Ind, was burned to death
one night recently while trying to save some
money in trunk in the garnet OF his burning
house.
Mrs. James R. shufebrotham, of Milwau-
kee, Wis, recently shot herself and infant
child. Both died. She had been sick for
some time, during which she was frequently
thought to be out of her right mind.
j. N. Peers, editor of the Collinsville Qll.)
Herald, was publicly horsewhipped in that
town recently by Mrs. Henry Marshal, the
wife Of wellknown business man, for the
publication of an article which reflected upon
herself, her husband and mother.
An attempt was made recently to poison the
family of Mrs. Descher, at indianapolis, Ind,
BY means of CONNECTIONS saturated with rat
poison and sent to the house. Six persons
who ate of the cake and candies were taken
81, In lfrh lint hpu chi hot
Ths Ipdia1 outbreak IN New lfesico and
Arizona saesuming an EARNING natnre. 1t
Is estimated hat fully fifty whiteswese killed
the PAST week by the Apaches. TIE latest
victims were Judge McComas, late of Fort
Scott, Kansas, his wife and son. Judge Nc
Comas and wife were killed near Silver City,
n. NJ, and their son carried off. Judge Nc
Comas was a lawyer well known in Kansas,
and his wife was a sister of State Senator
Eugene Ware, of Fort Scott. Troops were
moving after the hostiles, and one report was
that in a skirmish the troops had got the worst
of it.
The schools at Carrollton, H., have been
closed owing to the prevalence of scarlet
fever. .h'E.. $50 .e -#.t -EN.hr |
A Santa .Fe, n. NJ, special stated that six
companies of the Fourth Cavalry were out
scouting after hostiles. Colonel Forsyth and
Major xNoyes lad each two companies on
Stems .Rause5 Captain THOMPSON had two
companies on the Gila River. Captain Black
and company of New Mexico volunteers were
on the line OF railroad near Gila.
: The Mayor of Cincinnati, the President of
A.. =
Der of leading merchants forwarded an official
invitation to the Executive Committee of the
National Cotton Planters Association, which
met at Vicksburg, Miss, recently to visit Gin
cinnati for the purpose of comforting with the
citizens in regard to locating the Worlds In
dustrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in
the latter city.
The Csrver-Bogardus shoot at Dayton,
Ohio, 100 birds each, thirty yards rise, resulted
in q tie, each breaking ninety-four birds.
Bogardus by rights won the match by one
bird, but it was counted out by the judges.
G. Merkle, an ascending member of the
Pittsburg paper manufacturing firm, which
recently assigned by reason of his withdraw
ing large sum of money from the partner
ship fund, was recently arrested at Cincinnati
He said he had been in Chicago and St. Louis
and drinking freely. Over SIS, 900 was found
secreted on his person.
Not over one-third of the bodies buried in
the Braidwood Qlls) mines by the late fatal
disaster have been recovered and despairng
Of overcoming the distractions in the mine,
which make it difficult to search for the re-
naming bodies, correspondent states that
the owners are considering the proposition to
close and abandon the mine and erect over the
entrance a monument to the memory OF those
entombed.
At Trenton, Iowa, DR.. A. Walder was SEN
fenced to be hanged for the murder of VIM.
Hardberger. VIM. Treece, his accomplice,
was sentenced to tenyears' Imprisonment.
The keepers of boarding and lodging houses
of San Francisco are now offering accommo-
dations to the Committee of Knights Tenplar
that will make up for the lack of hotel room,
and the belief is expressed that therewill be
no trouble about lodging all who may attend
the great encampment.
A severe shock of an earthquake was recent
ly felt in various parts of California At Hol-
lister plate glass windows were smashed and
brick buildings cracked. There was tenn
porary psnic and the streets were filed with
many in undress. .
Mary Ann Doolry, Of Chicago, mas arrested
on her arrival in New York recently on the
charge, it is claimed, Of numbering her moth
er by poison about month ago. Her mother
died under suspicious circumstances. She was
supposed to be worth $4,000. No verified
will was found, but copy of an alleged will
was unearthed and an investigation was fol
lowed by the flight of the daughter and
young man supposed to be her sutton.
The prisoner appeared overwhelmed BY
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