The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28

fall. The premiums aggregate $40,OcO and
Hooded stock will be on exhibition from
all parts of the country. New arrange
ments have been made for the display OF
farm machinery, etc., and all railroads
will issue half fare tickets during the fair.
THE SOUTH.
MARY ELLEN WILLIAMS, colored, was
committed to jail at Yorkville, s. c., re-
Gently, charged with administering poison
to her family in the bread at breakfast.
Her husband and two step-children died,
and another child was not expected to re-
cover.
JAMES HoLBRooK was hung by q mob
about forty miles south of Homer, Ark, re-
Gently, for killing a man in Union County,
Ark, the latter part of July.
TIE steamer Blue Wing, from the Ken
lucky River, reports that an old man
named Willis Roach, having money on his
person, was attacked by four unknown
men the other day near Frankfort, KY. A
young son of Roach came to his assistance
and with pistol shot and killed two OF
the men and fatally wounded a third. The
fourth man made his escape. The boat
cleaned this meager information from in
habitants along the river.
In difficulty, recently, with Jerry Fer
rell and John Crittenden, in Livingstone
County, KY, Matthew Rogers was brutally
beaten with hoe and was finally shot and
killed by Terrell.
The Democrats of Mississippi have re
nominated Governor Lowry for another
term.
In Webster County, KY, recently, Boyle
Baker shot and seriously wounded j. B.
Curtee. Baker was pursued by friends of
Curtee and exchanged shots with them.
On emptying his revolver he jumped into
the river and was drowned. Baker and
Curtee quarreled about trivial matter.
WHILE cars were ascending and de-
scending the inclined railroad at the Cabin
Creek coal mines near Charleston, Va, the
other day, the loaded cars broke loose and
colllded with a car in which were Layton
Oakford, President of the road, Thomas
Peacock, Amos Mitchell, Joseph Hall and
Thoman, killing the four first named and
seriously wounding Thoman.
The striking street car drivers of Mem
phis have returned to work, having ac-
cepted the terms offered by the company.
FIRE at Sherman, Tex. recently, de
stroyed the grain warehouse of o. I. Wells
and the residences of Edward Dwyer and
E. Aldrich. Total loss, $50, 900; insurance,
900.
IT was recently discovered that John
Nichols, late teller of the City National
Bank of Fort Worth, Tex, who died sud-
denly in the bank not long since, was short
in his accounts one hundred thousand dol
lars.
A BAND of masked men recently entered
the town of Dalton, Ca, and severely
dashed number of bad characters, nearly
killing a woman, and beat and tortured a
negro thief SO that he died in few hours
after receiving his flashing.
A QUARANTINE force was put on duty
recently at Ell Paso, Tex, against all ports
of Mexico which are infected with yellow
fever. The guard inspects all trains from
Mexico and California.
FIRE at Texarkana, Tex, recently, de-
stroyed the Arlington Hotel, the telephone
office, the post office, the Pacific & South
ern Express office and the Western Union
Telegraph office. Two squares on the Ar
kansas side were also destroyed. Loss,
$4,000
In st. Charles Parish, Louisiana, re-
Gently, lot of colored field hands took
refuge under a tree during a storm, when
lightning struck the tree, killing three of
| them.
IT is stated by the passengers who ar
rived at Ell Paso, Tex, recently, from the
City of Mexico, that Mormon agents have
succeeded in concluding arrangements
with the Government for the cession of an
extensive tract of land in Chihuahua and
Sonora, which will be settled at an early
day by Latter Day Saints.
WILLIAM T. HUDSON, of Bosque County,
Tex, was arrested al Fort Worth recently
charged with swindling V. T. Randolph,
of New Jersey, out of $4,000. Hudson
contracted to deliver to Randolph $500
head of cattle, but it is alleged failed to
deliver a single head, Notwithstanding the
advance payment of $4,000.
ALEXANDRA VIDoURRA, a wealthy Mex
lean, was myster;ously assassinated few
nights ago near Carrolita's ranch, Zavala
County, Tex.
STATE SENATOR John P. ROGERS, of
Union County, KY, was arrested recent
ly, charged with violating the United
States revenue law, and given a hearing
before United States Commissioner Green.
Mr.. Rogers is a prominent member Of the
Maynardxille, Tenn, bar. He was ap-
pointed United States Commissioner by
Judge Baxter in 1882. He was elected to
the Legislature and in 1854 returned to the
State Senate.
THE body of the unknown woman found
in the river near Louisville, KY, recently
was identified as that of Mrs. johnson of
Madison, Ind, but the manner of her death
was not solved.