The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-30

| Snow fell to the depth OF ten lncnes In Nortn-
ern New York on the 10th, and complete
snow blockade prevailed in Vermont and ad-
joining States. In many Of the Western and
Northwestern State there was was also q
heavy snowfall.
Adam j. Glasz, late Of Philadelphia, BE-
queathed SOC, 900 to Catholic charitable and
educational institutions.
An officer of the Philadelphia Mint wished
to be Mayor of the city, when the question was
submitted to the Director Of the Mint as to
whether such officer could legally accept the
office OF Mayor. The Director replied that
under an executive order, issued in 1873, the
acceptance Of such an Office would vacate the
Federal Office.
The steamer Burgundia from Marsailles ar
rived at New York one day last week with the
remains of John Howard Payne, author Of
"Home, Sweet Home"
j. B. Marston. clerk In the office OF the
Equitable Trust Company Of New York, is a
defaulter to the amount of about $50, 900. He
resigned the first Of February, to take effect
the first of March, but left the office several
weeks ago, and has not been seen since. The
first intimation received by the company that
| anything was wrong, wasa note from Marston
confessing his guilt.
| At Newport, r. I. Kate Judd, the house
burner, was sentenced to twenty-five years In
the Penitentiary.
The Grand Jury at Freeport, H., recently
indicted Cassimer NIGHT, one Of its own MEM
bers, for selling beer without license.
THE WEST.
One night last week the barn, eiSnt he. :: Of
horses, three cows, hay, grain, etc., OF II. C..
McNally, twelve miles from Helena, Montana,
were burned. The crime was traced to two
men named Coomes and Smith, whereupon q
| vigilance committee promptly hanged them.
Thieves recently entered the city ticket Of
fee Of the Iowa pool, at Council Bluffs, and
stole one hundred tickets over the c. & n.
w., and connecting lines. a.
Forest City, Cslxwas totally destroyed by
fire irecently and TIE inhabitants were left in
the streets without Shelter or sufficient food.
Only small amount of -four was saved from
the ruins. A gang of Cinnamon stole half Of
the -four that was saved, and they were driven
out of town. The loss was estimated at over
quarter million dollars.
A late incendiary fire damaged the Lafay-
cite, Qnd.) paper mills to the extent of ST.
600. Insured.
c. C. Williams & Co., Springfield, H., have
been declared by the Postoffice Department to
be engaged in conducting scheme for obtain
ing money through the mails by fraudulent
representations and promises. The Postmaster
at Springfield has been directed TO discontinue
delivery to the firm of registered letters or
money orders.
The house of Duncan Dales, a mile north of
Byers Station, Ohio, burned the other night.
Dales was ninety-eight years old and occupied
the house alone. When the fire had partly
subsidized the neighbors found the dead body
of Dales under the bed with a rope around h
meek This not being his usual bedroom, II
was thought he was strangled by robbers and
hidden under the bed and the house fired.
Considerable gold and silver coin was found
in the ashes. He had large amount
money in the house and leaves a large estate.
Two brothers named Feete, Cashier and
Paying Teller respectively, Of the Second Ma
tional bank of st. Paul, Mimi, were discharged
from the bank recently. 1t appears that they
have been carrying on a system OF stealing
from the banks funds. Thus far S1l5, 600 has
been found missing, and the bank ofiicen
were undecided what course they would adopt
in the matter.
The rains on the Pacific Coast have been
very light thus far and the fear is entertained
that unless there are plentiful showers before
April the wheat and barley crops will be al
most total failure, except in the Sierra
Coast counties, which may be aided by fogs.
The fruit and grape yield promises to exceed
that of any previous year. 500
The United States Grand jury at St. Louis
has returned amended indictment against
Messrs. Russell, Cameron and Carpenter,
charged with being concerned in the Dakota
land scrip frauds.
At Morrison's Rancho, not far from Tomb
stone, Arr, recently terrible conflict took
place between cattle men and Mexicans, in
which six men were reported to be killed.
VIM. II. Stewart, a Postoffice clerk at Gin
cinnati, arrested for stealing from letters, has
confessed and seemed disposed to make resti
tuition. He was in good circumstances and
the son of respectable, wellto-do citizen.
W. H. Crane, Register of the Susanville
(Cal.) Land Office, and formerly State Senator
from Losseni County, has been arrested by
United States Marshal, charged with uttering
forged receipts from settlers, and appropriate
ing public moneys to his own uses.
Three students attending Wabash College
at Charlottesville, Ind, were lately arrested
for firing the College They also confessed to
breaking into and setting fire to store within
the past few weeks.
A dispatch from Muskogee, Indian Terrific
~, says: A company of soldiers from Fort
Gibson have gone out to arrest the belligerent
Creeks. Troops from Fort Reno will cooper
ate, and the hostile forces be compelled to
disband It is stated that If this action is fol-
lowed by the prosecution of the hostile lead
ers, and an impartial investigation of the
cause of the attack, peace will be restored,
otherwise there will be continuous trouble
among the Creeks.
The Governor of Montana sent the follow,
ing dispatch to the Postoffice Department the
other day: "The vigilantes at Green Horn,
Montana, have removed the Democratic Post
master by hanging. Government fuel must
be scarce as he was caught barn burning. The
office is now vacant" The sureties were no
titled by the Department to take charge Of the
oflce.
While James Howard and wife were engaged
in burning brush near Napton, Mo-, a few days
ago Mrs. Towards clothes caught fire while
her husband was some distance away, and be-
fore he could render any assistance her entire
clothing was burned on her person. She was
thought to be fatally injured.
The two men, Woolford and Clark, who
robbed the county safe at Forsythe, Mo-. a
few days ago, have been captured and about
half the stolen money recovered.
band Of Apache Indians one day last week
killed four men at Clark's Coal Camp, in Ari-