The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-29

Burr, who disposed of her real esate, val
ued at $s,OOO.O 900, for charitable purposes
The Surrogate decides against contestine
relatives, and concludes that the will tex
presses the free, unrestrained and deliber
ate purposes of decedent; that she was
of sound mind and memory when she
signed it, and that it entitled 1t to be ad
mitted to probate.
CARMEN SANToRR and Rafael Caprone
have been sentenced to be hanged the first
Friday in April for the murder of Pasguale
Coscie, at Bangor, Me-, on the sGh of Sep
TENDER last.
SALMI MORSE, the author of the "Passion
Play" committed suicide recently, by
drowning in the Hudson River, New York.
THE WEST.
THE Episcopal Mission at Santee
schools and the residence of the Rev. W.
Fowler, were recently entirely destroyed
by fire. A panic was created among the
children, but all were gotten out safely.
HARRY MCCULLOUGH was killed and Ed.
Jones seriously if not fatally injured by a
train at Trenton, O., recently. Both were
young men of Wheeling engaged in strike
at the Crescent Sheet Iron Mills, and left
for Cleveland to hunt for work, and met
with the accident while en- route to that
city.
A PASSENGER train on the Cleveland &
Pittsburg Railway near Bridgeport, o., re-
Gently ran into hand-car load of track
men. The following were seriously hurt:
John Marion, probably fatally injured;
Patrick McDonough, John Mcdonald, all
residents of West Wheeling.
CLEAR cold weather has succeeded the
recent blizzard in the Northwest.
THE reports from the Ohio and Missis-
sippi show much restitution and contin-
uous damage, Heavy storms have added
to the sufferings of the unfortunate people.
HENRY MCCULLOUGH and Edward Jones
were killed by the cars at Trenton, o., re-
Gently.
Hon. COLUMBUS DELANo, of Ohio, and
others made arguments the other day be-
fore the Committee on Ways and Means
in favor of the restoration of the duties on
wool imposed in the tariff 1867.
The track of the old Narrow Gauge road
from Kansas City to Independence, torn
up by the Missouri Pacific two years ago,
is to be relaid by the latter railroad COM
pany.
ONE hundred pounds of dynamite ex-
ploded recently near Omaha, Neb.. blow
ing Thomas Burnes into fragments.
JOHN FREEMAN, aged twenty-five, who
has been blind for years, committed sui
eide at his clearinghouse, at Vincenhes,
Ind, a few days ago, by taking two
drachms of morphine. He was in ap-
parent good humor upon retiring, and no
cause is assigned, save his blind condi-
ton.
A GOVERNMENT sale of opium at San
Francisco was prevented recently by a
combination of Chinese buyers to keep
down the price.
A SPECIAL from Billings, NJ. T., says:
Five Piegan Indians left their reservation,
crossed the Yellowstone at Clark's Fork
River to a Crow reservation and stole fifty
three ponies. Four Crows, accompanied
by Joseph Gate, Chauncey Ames, Philip
Side, Lee NJ. Owen and three other white
men, followed the trail and had fight
with the Piegans at Hail Stone Basin, forty
miles northeast of Billings, Chauncey
Ames and Joseph Gate were killed and
Owens and and Sidle wounded. Four
Piegans were killed.
MRS. PARAMoRE nee Hazeltine, the well
known st. Louis beauty is dead.
AT Coshocton, O., recently, while drunk,
John Brehmer took his gun and shot his
son dead.
HEAVY SHOWS have prevailed in the
Two men were found frozen to death
near Grand Forks. d. T., having persisted
in the recent blizzard.
MAJOR j. n. EDWARDS, the editor Of the
st. Joseph Gazette, fell on slippery side
walk at Kansas City recently, and broke
his leg.
A YOUNG Englishman named Ware, pro-
Tossing great piety, obtained the confidence
of Compton & Toms, of Bloomington, Ill.
He shortly after disappeared with 5000 of
the firms money.
BENJAMIN MCCLoUD, a mine boss in the
Comet Coal Works, at jackson, O., was
robbed and his throat cut. His body was
afterwards placed on the railroad track and
mangled.
THE Atlantic & Pacific Railroad from
to San Francisco, it is re-
ported, has been fully restored, and trains
are now running regularly.
An examination of the bodies of the Tay-
lor family, found in the Ohio Medical Col
lege at Cincinnati, showed that they were
murdered.
CLIFTON WADE, a Missouri desperate,
who murdered Robert Cummings at Madi-
son, Monroe County, last summer, was
guilty of further crimes in Ellis County,
Tex. As be attempted to escape, blood
hounds were put on his track, and he was
run down and so mangled by the dogs that
he died.
POLICEMAN CHARLES ALLISON was shot
by burglar recently at st. Joe, the bullet
passing through the officers trousers, and
grazing his leg The fellow attempted to
90 through Englehart's store, and the Off
Ger pursued him. A running fire was kept
up, but the fellow escaped.
TIE Oregon State Central Committee
was recently in convention at Portland.
CHICAGO has been chosen as the place for
holding the Democratic National Conven.
ton, and tbs time is fixed for July 8.
WoRKMEN making excavations on the
Santa Cruz hacienda, near Morlia, have
discovered number of idols made out of
black stone, some finely finished, and
articles Of pottery and the re-
mains of several human beings.
FORTY years. imprisonment was the SEN
tence passed on Martin Luther Cullor, for
the murder of w. c. Deck, near Unionville,
Mo-, last summer. Deck and Cullor quar-
relied about a fence, which led to Deck
being shot through the lungs.
THE five Bisbee murderers have been
Santencad to be hanped March oS af Tomb.