The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-08
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Pennsylvania Railroad.
rsaasssesk THE WEST.
HENRY A. SHAFFER, little boy residing
near Delphi, Ind, hanged himself in his
fathers barn the other day. 1t is sup
| posed he was trying to perform q circus
act which he had recently witnessed.
THE stage was recently robbed between
Ketchum and Vienna, Idaho, by two rob.
bers, who got but little plumber. One of
/ the robbers was arrested, and officers were
| close on the heels of the other.
/ NEAR Opdyke, ILL.,, recently, man
stood on a hand-car to brighten a hog of
the track, when he lost his balance and
fell under the wheels. He was killed.
RECENTLY, John Brunfield, at work in q
coal mine in Bridger Canyon, Montana,
was shut in by a cave behind him. They
dug into him, and just as he was being
nl,led out another cave dumped its debris
right on him, and he died.
| AT Sandoval, ILL.,, recently, at depth of
| 120 feet, the workmen in a coal shaft struck
| a stream of water that drove them out and
in Q short time titled the shaft to depth
| of fifty feet. The stream for a while rose
in solid column to the height of twenty
feet. This was the second time water had
interfered with work In the shaft.
TIE Barnum wire works, of Detroit,
Mich, failed recently. A rough estimate
| by the business manager shows that liza.
bilities of all kinds amonnJ to sos, 900,
with assets, consisting of the immense
mandatory of the company, stock of
goods on hand, and accounts receivable,
aggregating $4eo,OOo.
SEVEN horse thieves were recently hang
| ing to trees at the mouth of the Mussel
Shell in Montana. Two men named Downe
and Felix were recognized among the num-
Der. The thieves were all supposed to be-
long to the Downe and Felix band, who
have had headquarters in that neighbor-
hood.
THE National Photographers Association
had procession at Cincinnati on the 3Oth.
Many of them carried instruments and took
views of the ruins of the court house as
they passed.
FATHER PRANDo, who lately returned to
Sun River from Blackfoot Agency, says
the situation at the agency was as bad as
reported. Many lodges were without
child remaining, some with but one man,
L. /.
and some uninhabited.
THE Commercial Bank of Brazil, Ind,
suspended recently, with liabilities about
1900; assets nominally $4,000. The
Commercial Bank of Brazil was a private
banking company, capital 100000; de-
posits the same amount.
? In the Federal Court at Chicago, re-
Gently, an order was entered in the case of
the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing
Company against the National Wire Com
pany and Isaac L. Elwood for a writ Of in
junction restraining the last named COM
pany, its officers and agents from manu-
featuring or selling barbed fence wire I'M
til otherwise ordered by the Court.
A FEW days ago William w. Rosser, son
of General Thomas L. Rosser, while dancing
at Lake Park Hotel, Lake Minnetonka, had
his ankle skinned by his shoe, and the
wound was poisoned by colored sock rub
bling into it. The case batfied the skill of
the best physicians and the young man
died of Ply amia.
TIE Michigan Car Works, of Detroit,
Mich, shut down on account of slackness
in orders. They will start up again when
ever business revival warrants.
DURING a heavy thunder storm at Fort
Wayne, Ind, recently, man named Hen
Gerke was struck and instantly killed by
lightning. . !. ~
AT Cincinnati recently a young son of
Henry Epmeier brought home an unex-
ploded rocket. The lad tried to open it,
but failed to do so. His mother seized the
rocket and dealt it a severe blow. A terri
| BILE explosion followed. Mrs. Upmeier was
fatally injured; Ida Upmeier, age twelve,
was fatally injured; Charles Upmeier, age
| six. severely hurt; Philip Hill, age ten,
| seriously injured. The deadly missile was
q six-pound rocket. The vicinity Of the
explosion was fearfully wrecked.
A BLACK bear at Nestor, Mich, recently
killed and carried of woman engaged in
| picking berries.
JOHN DoLAN killed Fritz Brockmeir at
the Soldiers Home at Dayton, O., recently.
Dolan was subject to epileptic fits, and
was supposed to be slightly insane. ,..
THE late school census of Chicago shows
| a population of 629, 900. tS
| A MEETING of Western distillers was
| held in Peoria, ILL.,, the other day, for the
purpose of forming an association. About
| fifty-five distillers We're present, among
| them E. L. Martin, of Kansas City. A
pooling arrangement was partly agreed
| upon. s-, ...
WHILE Miss Nellie Burke, the champion
female rider, was speeding her horse Han.
cock on the race track at Shelbyville, H.,
| recently, the horse suddenly bolted and
! ran against a rail, which passed COM
pletely through his body. The horse was
instantly killed, but Miss Burke escaped
uninjured. " aas 81 -Eai. ssu!i .Ha
Two general officers were recently killed
by the Mexican guards while attempting to
escape arrest. t+' '- 20 you
BISHOP GRACE, ON account of old age, has
resigned as Bishop of st. Paul diocese, and
at his request Bishop Ireland succeeds him,
with the approval of the Pope.
The lumber shipments from Saginaw
River ports during July amounted to 49,
600 feet. From the opening of naviga-
ton to datethe shipments by lake amounted
to 1858, 19s 900 feet, exceeding those of the
corresponding date Of any previous year
in the history of the commerce of the river.
.FRANKSTRoNG was killed at Schoolcraft,
Mich, recently, while helping to raise
building. The jack screw slipped while he
was underneath the building, and it set
tied down upon him. 'i"..' 'I.''.f
-'i THE SOUTH.
THE Texas Board of Education has made
an apportionment on the available school
funds. The total amount apportioned is