The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-11-14
THE SOUTH.

THE SOUTH.
BILL Bass, a negro, who brutally assault
ed a paralytic girl named Lou Williams,
was hanged at Paris, Lamar County, Tex,
recently, in the presence of Zoo people.
He died cowardly, protesting his innocence.
VICE CHANCELLOR SIMRALL, in the case
of w. II. Dulaney and others, asking an
injunction against the city of Louisville
collecting taxes owing to an alleged flaw
in the tax law of the State, refused to grant
the injunction recently. The amount in
volved was about 500, 100000, and the de-
cision made necessary the payment of taxes
long withheld by certain citizens.
A VERY mysterious murder recently &C.
Cured at Nashville, Tenn. The dead body
of Dock Garrett, colored, was found on
Spruce street with knife in the center of
his breast. The murderers and the carse
were unknown.
JUDGE PARDEE, of the United States Cir
cult Court at New Orleans, lately refused
to strike off 1925 names from the voters
list, claiming that he had no jurisdiction in
the matter.
THE Annapolis cadets, whose hazing
practices were instrumental in causing the
death of Cadet Strong, of Oregon, will
likely have to stand a criminal trial in the
courts instead of by court-martial.
COLONEL RUTHERFORD, Deputy United
! States Marshal, at Fort Smith, Ark, and
Tom Shannon, a sporting character, lately
became involved in a difficulty, which re-
suited in the latter receiving a fearful
knife wound in the face, extending from
one cheek to the other across the chin, the
weapon penetrating to the bone the entire
length of the cut. Rutherford was jailed.
Politics and whisky We're the cause.
ROBERT THOMPSON, one of the most prom
inent citizens of Nashville, Tenn, was
thrown from a carriage a few days ago
and perhaps fatally injured. His wife was
| also hurt.
| A MOST diabolical murder was committed
| in the Little River country, near Fort Smith,
Ark, n few days ago. Mrs. Kate Waddell,
highly respectable widow who lived in a
remote part of the county on her farm, was
assaulted and stabbed by a brutal negro
named Charles Nutshell.
| THERE seems to have been recent fatal
| ity of fires among number of South Car
DINA cotton gins. The gin and press of
Peter Harvin, in Chester County, with
twenty bales of cotton were destroyed by
fire; also the gin and press OF John Hawel,
of York County, with one hundred and
twelve bales of cotton; the steam gin and
machinery of J. L. Sanders, of Barnwell
County, with twelve or fifteen bales of cot
ton; the same night, the gin house, two
| gins and engine of James Diamond, of
Barnwell, with ten bales of cotton and 49,
600 bushels of cotton seed were destroyed
by an incendiary fire and about two miles
away the barn of a Mr.. Vogel was fired by
an incendiary. The gin house and mills of
W. A. Leslie & Sons, of Pickens County,
with nine bales of cotton and 80 bushels of
wheat were destroyed by incendiarism.
| The gin house and outbilings of wheat
we're also destroyed by incendiary fire
| early. The gin was rebuilt and at once
burned to the ground by an accidental fire.
Total loss of above, about 81, 900, with lit
| tie or no insurance.
QUITE a sensation was recently created
near Fort Smith, Ark. The body of q wo-
man was found at tho foot of a mountain.
At first it was supposed she was killed by
| panthers or wolves, but late reports left no
doubt Of q brutal murder, and excitement
ran high.
In a recent alteration at Galveston,
Tex, Policeman W. T. Nicely was fatally
shot by Thomas Evans, who was the son
of a prominent and wealthy citizen.
A NUMBER of persons were killed and
wounded by a recent boiler explosion at the
Mead sugar house, New Orleans, La. The
boiler was bought secondhand twenty
years ago. 1t had no water in at the time
of the explosion, which was caused by sud-
denly letting in cold water.
henry WoLF,Ia well-known Louisville,
KY, whisky dealer, assigned few days
ago with liabilities of Sl50,0O0. The assign
ment was caused by the failure of the ex-
tension of the bonded period.
AN unknown Mexican stabbed Santiago
Garcia, well known stockman of Flores
vile, Tex, on election day. Garcia was
seized and stabbed repeatedly until he died
on his feet, and then his assailant allowed
him to fall and made a safe escape.
A DRUNK young man named James Ka-
banberger recently stabbed and killed his
sweetheart, Emiline Miller, at Baltimore,
Nd. No cause could be assigned.
The recent street car drivers strike at
New Orleans, La, ended at a compromise
of Sj5 per month. The former price was
$45 and tie drivers demanded SO.
GENERAL.