The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-09-26

attempt to negotiate lease was not vic
lation of the statutes and dismissed thu
complaints. The defendants took this al
q great victory and made preparations fol
extensive grazing and a renewal Of leases
| AT Augusta, ILL.,, James and William
Holden engaged in a murderous fight, and
| the former shot dead man named Finley
who interfered in the contest.
FLEMING r. MOORE, an attorney Of Nil
ford, ILL.,, was brought to Chicago lately
and held for trial on charge Of retaining
$335.57 from pension obtained for an in
mate of the insane asylum at Kankakee.
In the continued absence Of the Secretary
of the Racine Exposition, creditors secured
attachments for 5000 on the property Of
the association.
AN excursion train of eight coaches
| filled with American citizens, crossed the
border to Monterey and Saltiilo to partici
| pate in the celebration of the Mexican in
dependence, September 18th.
In consequence of the rumors of pleuro
pneumonia, the directors of the st. Louis
Fair decided to exclude Jersey cattle from
the exhibition.
GENERAL BUTLER and Governor Hen
bricks have been speaking lately through
out the West. They are both quite indus
trious stdmpers.
Mr.. BLAINE began trip through the
West on September II. He was received
in Boston by committee and delivered his
first address there.
A WABASH freight train of thirteen cars
was lately broken to pieces by striking a
COW and running off trestle near Carmi,
Ill. The head brakeman was killed, and
the engineer and fireman were badly in
jured.
MARGARET HIGGINS, of Chicago, lately
brought suit for $1,000 damages against
Davis & Morse for being accused of steal.
ing goods and having to submit to search
of her person, when she was thrust into
the street.
JOHN HUNTER was lately stabbed to the
heart in a saloon in Ludington, O., by
James Jones, who was promptly arrested.
HARRY TAYLOR, William P. Campbell
and Miss Maud Reed, of Denver, Col, were
recently drowned while crossing the Grand
IslNcT vi tutlF way " JuciT IdHCucSs
AT the request of the citizens of Aiding.
ton, H., the State Veterinarian examined
the Angus cattle owned by John Rogers.
He has now brought suit for $50, 900 against
his townsmen, alleging that they conspired
to stop his sales by false reports.
CAROLINE SCHARFF, a shoplifter known
throughout the West, was lately captured
while operating in dry goods store at
Milwaukee, and secured her liberty by
EDWIN c. HARMED, lawyer of promi-
nence in Chicago for many years, died of
heart disease at Lake Forest, September
10Th. He was born in Rhode Island, stud.
died law with Attorney General Greene,
and came West in 1917. He won honors
in the anti-slavery campaign before the
war, and was United States Attorney I'M
der President Lincoln.
STATEMENTS were not long ago sent out
by rust is widespread, and that Mime
sofa miller suffered heavy loss in New
York on -four made from smutty wheat
which he had cleansed.
LEADING citizens of Eau Claire, Wis,
appeal to the public for aid for the suffer-
ers by the recent overflow of the Chippewa
River, and appointed a committee to dis
tribute contributions.
THE bondholders of the Vulcan Iron
Works, of st. Louis, held a meeting Sep
TENDER 10Th and decided, it is understood,
to foreclose mortgage for LOO, 900 on
the Consolidated Ore and Steel Company.
TIE recent prolonged deliberations of
the Western Railway Managers in Chicago
resulted in the formation of q pool be-
tween three Pacific lines from Ogden, AL
buquerque and Ell Paso to San Francisco,
the Central and Southern roads to receive
seventy three per cent. of the freight
moneys. The Southwestern Lumber Pool
has been dissolved because of the cuts
made by the roads running down the great
rivers.