The Iola register., 1885-01-16
THE WEST.

THE WEST.
ROBERT MAXWELL, an express messenger
on the Ohio Southern Railroad, was shot at
jackson, o., by William johnson, colored,
with whom he had a quarrel.
LOUIS FEDDER, night Waterman at Syer's
spoke factory, Bloomington, Ind, was
found dead near his home recently. His
brains had been beaten out.
C. F. HENDERSON was bound over at
Cincinnati to answer the charge of pre-
senting raised postal notes.
INFORMATION reached st. Louis from New
York that w. c. Robinson, recently of the
West Shore Railroad, has been appointed
Traffic Manager of the Texas & st. Louis
Narrow Gauge.
A DIVIDEND of four per cent. has been
mington & Western Railroad Company.
THE Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
road has declared a dividend of $1.50 per
share.
THE steamer Belle of Shreveport sunk re-
Gently sixty miles above Arkansas City,
two lives being lost.
JUDGE j. w. DUNLAP, recently appointed
to succeed Judge Black in the Circuit
Court, accidentally shot himself in the
thigh recently, at Kansas City. As he
leaned back in his chair the pistol in his
sidered dangerous.
The inquiry into the intimidation prac-
ticed by United States Deputy Marshals
in the October election at Cincinnati COM
menced on the 9th.
THE Louisville & Nashville Railroad
made another cut of three cents a hundred
on freight from st. Louis to all Green line
points.
JAMES WALKER shot and killed William
Simmons at Cottonwood, l. T., recently.
HENRY c. HAARsTICK was elected Presi-
AN armed mob from Gettysburg took
possession of Forest City, OAK, on the eth
and stole the public records.
THE Chicago Driving Park will be sold
to the highest bidder to defray the debts of
the association.
The first passenger train from the East
for twenty three deys reached Portland,
Ore, on the eth.
THE cattle ranges in the Indian Territory
suffered severely from the recent snow
storms.
EMMA H. WALLACE, of Ohio, has COM
menced suit in the New York United
States Court, claiming one-thirtieth part
of the estate of Anneke Jams.
H. W. WOODRUFF & Co., of Cincinnati,
dealers in hats, caps and furs, have as
signed.
THE doctors Of Galena, ILL.,, were recently
troubled over a case of paralysis, resulting
in almost instantaneous loss Of speech.
The patient was Mrs. David Funston, who
while leaning forward, fell to the floor and
became unconscious, recovered almost i'm
mediately thereafter, but was unable to
articulate, and could not speak a word.
THE Iowa State Auditor settled with
the retiring Treasurer at Des Moines on the
eth, counted his funds on hand and found
all correct to q cent, whereupon the office
was delivered to his successor, Captain
Twombly, who gave his receipt to his pre-
decessor for Sl3l, ,944.02.
THE passenger agents of Eastern roads
have made the round trip rate from Chi
cago to Washington during the inaugura-
tion SO: Cincinnati to Washington, SIS.
JOSEPH r. DUNLAP, of the Inter- Ocean,
has been elected President of the Chicago
Press Club.
THE Grand Trunk Railroad depot and
baggage express rooms at Lindsay, o.,
burned the other day.
WILLIAM NOLAN, foreman of a cement
quarry at Hallelsburg, Ind, was killed re-
Gently by large piece of rock being blown
upon him.
THE Farmers Institute at Dayton, o.,
closed on the Sth.
GOVERNOR SToNEMAN's message to the
California Legislature recommends it to
memorabilia Congress against the ratifica-
tion of the Spanish and Mexican treaties.
A CONVENTION of silver advocates has
been called to meet at Denver on the 2Sth.
A GOOD deal of uneasiness was recently
felt at st. Louis in railroad circles in conse-
quence of the instability of passenger
rates at Chicago, and a general war was
apprehended unless speedy restoration was
made.
THE Scott Lumber Company's planning
mill at Merrill, Wis. was burned recently.
Damage, 10000; no insurance.
ROBERT W. WRIGHT, an Eastern jon
nalist and magazine writer, died recently
at Cleveland. o.
THE SOUTH.
ADHEREHTs Of rival candidates for the
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