The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-10-31
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and receive payment for goods without
delivering them.
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MRS. SARAH SPAULDING, Boston dress
maker, was recently bound and gagged
and her goods piled on the floor and fired.
She made a narrow escape from death by
hard work. The fiends could not be found.
Terrence CUMINsKY, molder at Provi-
dence, R. l., recently shot and killed his
wife in quarrel.
A. W. NORTON, the famous Pennsylvania
absconder, was recently arrested in New
York.
TIE periodical forest and swamp fires of
South Jersey have begun. About $780, 900
worth of property was destroyed few
days ago.
By recent fire at the village of Car
thage, n. Y, over two hundred houses were
destroyed.
TWENTY THOUSAND people were thrown
out of employment by the closing down of
cotton mills in Massachusetts, during Sep
tember.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Providence, R. l., Judge Colt lately rem
dered an opinion in the famous case of the
Canonchet estate, Francis d. Moulton vs..
Zachary Chaffee, to secure possession of
the property. purchased at auction sale.
The estate is at South Kingstown, the resi-
dence of Ex-Governor Sprague, situated
near Narragansett Pier, and was portion
of the property disposed of by the trustees
of Chaffee. Judge Colt held that Sprague's
right of title and interest must be shown.
THOMAS 81. EVANS, a journalist who had
for some time been on the Brooklyn Times,
was recently arrested for embezzlement.
AN old man named Staelzel committed
suicide at Trenton, N j., recently, by
hanging himself. He was suffering from
temporary insanity, caused by sunstroke.
By an explosion of gas in the Dorrance
shaft of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company,
near Nilkesbarre, Pa, the woodwork and
farmhouse were greatly damaged. Condy
Mccall, miner, was seriously injured.
EXPORTS from the port of New York
during the last two weeks of September
and the first two weeks Of October ex-
ceeded S2S,0O0,oO0.
THE ship Gilbert G. Ropes was recently
launched at Bath, Me. She cost $3.50, 900,
and is the largest ship ever launched at
that port and one of the largest in the
United States. She is intended for the Cal
ifornia trade.
THE new Hebrew orphan asylum on the
banks of the Hudson River, between One
Hundred and Thirty-sixth and One Hun
dred and Thirty eighth street, New York,
was dedicated a few days ago. 1t cost
$4,000 and will accommodate six hundred
inmates.
IT is said that over 2, 900 persons attend
ed the recent dedication of the soldiers
monument at Waterbury, Conn. There
were over 5000 persons in the line of
march. A choir of 200 voices furnished
the music and Senator Plat delivered the
dedication speech.
DoNNELL, LAWSON & SIMPSON, the well
known New York bankers who suspended
during the recent panic, have resumed
business.
The Ancient Order of the Knights of the
Mystic Chain were lately in session at
Pittsburgh. There were thirty delegates,
representing twenty-five States.
j. f. CoTTRELL's planning mill at Paw.
tucket, r. L, burned recently, together
with several other buildings, entailing a
loss of $4,000. Two firemen were fatally
injured.
MISS FLORENCE GIRARp, actress, has be-
gun SANDER suit for $4,000, in the
Supreme Court of New York, against Miss
Carrie Turner, another actress.
The local Office of the Adams Express.
at Woonsocket, R. l., was entered recently
during the night by burglars, who rifled
the safe of 81 900 in counons and bon5s
and $1,000 in bank bills, both packages. be.
longing to the Woonsocket Savings Insti-
tuition. The doors of the office were all
found locked in the morning, and the door
OF the safe, an old-fashioned one, was
found closed, but not locked. The thieves
left no trace. The total value of the bonds,
cash, checks and notes stolen from the
Adams Express Office at Woonsocket was
stated to be $4,000.
A UNITED STATES Deputy Marshal re.
Gently seized the well-known fremont
Brewery, of Boston, for alleged revenue
frauds, and arrested the proprietors, Nell
and Henry Kenny. W. ]. Claffy, the driver
OF the concern, who had defauIted ON his
bonds in case of alleged revenue fraud
some time ago, was also arrested.
FRANK PATTERSON, of Freehold, n. J..
was recently arrested for having forged
endorsements ON notes aggregating
$4,000. He was well-knovn theatrical
manager.
THOMAS MAGuIRK, q well-knovn news.
paper man of Boston, and lately connected
With the Herald, recently died of Briehr,s
disease of the kidneys.