The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-07
THE EAST.

THE old Blue Law was put in operation
at Camden, near New Haven, Conn.,, re-
Gently, when F. Hill, John Springstreen
and W. Hemlar were arrested for walking
out in the open fields with guns on their
shoulders, apparently bent on a hunting
excursion. A Camden Justice of the Peace
imposed fine of S34.
A PACKAGE containing $500 signed by a
Lisbon, o., banking firm, and consigned to
Pittsburgh bank, was recently stolen
somewhere en- route. 1t was shipped in
care of the United States Express Com
pany.
JOHN j. BARTLETT, well-known real es-
tate agent, of River Head, L. l., recently
disappeared and left a large number of
creditors in the lurch.
JAMES BRANDON, living two miles from
Randolph, n. j., was murdered by his son
Thomas few days ago. Both were drunk
together little while before the killing.
THE store of A. B. Smith, at Rockaway
Beach, L. l., was entered by burglars re-
Gently. The safe was broken and a large
amount of Rockaway Improvement Com
pany's bonds, several hundred dollars in
cash and other valuables were carried off.
JOHN R. CALDWELL, of Philadelphia, was
lately sentenced to twelve years solitary
confinement for the murder of Mary Kelly
in June last.
THE remains of the fourteen victims of
the Youngstown, Pa, mine disaster were
buried on the Goth. The funerals were
largely attended, and the services i'm
pressive. The company betrayed all ex-
penses, and did everything possible to re-
lieve the temporary wants of the bereaved
families. There had been no well defined
and accepted theory of the explosion.
On account of the shutting down of mills
in Lewiston, Me-, recently, there was con-
siderable distress among the discharged
operatives. The overseers of the poor re-
ported that applications for assistance had
increased rapidly. Forty persons left for
Canada.
SIX members of the Salvation Army were
sent to the penitentiary from Syracuse, N.
Y, recently, for violation of a city ordi-
nance. They We're released few days ago
under a decision of Judge Kennedy that
their conviction was illegal. The Common
Council passed a new ordinance meeting
the Judges ruling.
THE Coroner at Philadelphia, Pa, lately
investigated the death of two boys, John
Baker and James Clayton. 1t was known
that Clayton was often seen at hight stand
ing under gaslight reading some thrilling
novel to Baker, and that Clayton, after
trying his pistol, said that he was going to
shoot some one, and that when he shot he
would shoot to kill. The jury gave ver-
dict of murder in Clayton's case, and found
that Baker came to his death from gun
shot wound at the hands of Clayton.
ALARGE collection of paintings recently
sent from New York to a Paris dealer, as
works of the masters, We're declared imita-
lions.
SOCIAL circles of Huntington, Pa, were
greatly agitated recently over the elope-
lnent of Charles B. Monroe, a prominent
society young man, with Mrs. Julia A. Nc
Gowen, of the neighboring town of Maple
son.
THE Vermont Legislature lately appro-
priated 5000 for the State exhibit at the
coming Worlds Exposition at New Or
leans.
SIGNoR BRIGNoLI, once celebrated tenor,
died at the Everett House, New York, on
October 30, from internal hemorrhage. He
had been ailing for some time, but his death
was not anticipated. He was without rel
atives in America.
GENERAL FTTz JOHN PORTER was not
long ago appointed Police Commissioner of
New York City in place of the late Sidney
p Nichols