The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-21

| 8O0ut olgoVee0 year, OF ago. OF dMI 0tOVos
O., was shot in the head recently by her
brother, about ten years old, and died In
stantly. He at first admitted that he fired
the revolver which was found at her side,
then afterwards he denied it.
CAPTAIN CoVcH recently gave orders to
dissolve the Oklahoma colony. He was
satisfied the administration intended to
act fair to all parties.
The Central Pacific Railroad Land Office
in idaho and Utah recently discovered that
Idaho claimed one boundary line and Utah
another, and that strip Of land two and a
half miles wide, extending across the
northern part of Utah, was left, which by
survey does not belong to either Territory.
A DISPATCH from Placerville, CAL, of the
18th says: James w. Marshall, the dis
coverer of gold in California, died yester-
day at his home at Kelsey. He was sew.
enty.four years old and died a poverty
stricken and disappointed man, having
lost all his property by the cupidity of the
early prospectors.
| A VERY heavy Din fell in Kansas City
and vicinity on the 18th, amounting to 3 g
inches within the space of eighteen hours.
The fall was Unprecedented, and it was
estimated that $l5O, 900 damage was done.
Several buildings and foundations gave
way in the city and bottom lands in the
country were flooded.
Two brothers named Pond were gored
to death recently twelve miles from st.
|. Paul, Mimi, while leading q Holstein bull
to their farm.
A RECENT Shelbyville, ILL.,, special says
the bridge over Mobiles Creek gave way
under the weight of farm engine drawn
by pair of horses. The machine, horses
and driver, Noah Treesner, and his COM
panion, were precipitated to the creek be-
low, the men falling beneath the machin-
cry. Both men and horses were killed.
A CASE of leprosy was reported at Hong
Lees laundry, Chicago, recently. On in
curing for the leper, the Cinnamon in the
house said he had gone away, they did not
know where.
MRS. HELEN HUNT JACKSON, the we'll
known authoress, died at San Francisco
recently of cancer in the stomach.
The family of Daniel Ashbaugh, Jr.,
near New Philadelphia, O., were poisoned
recently by eating toadstools. One boy
died and the mother and a young child
were not expected to live. Two girls
named Richardson from the Dayton Or
phans' Home, who were visiting the fam
ily, were also in a critical condition.
STRIKERS and officers had fight at Bay
City, Mich, recently. Several were in
jured. The riot occurred in resisting ar.
rest.
THE Union Pacific Railroad issued an
order on the 18th reducing the number of
working hours from ten to eight hours
day and cutting down work on Saturdays
to four hours day. A strike was thought
to be imminent.
RECENT advices from Deadwood say that
q water. spout struck Lone Tree Creek near
Chadron, OAK, flooding the valley and
drowning four men, two children and
number of horses, besides washing away
several hundred yards of newly finished
railroad grade.
The planning mill of the Sturtevant Lum-
Der Company, Cleveland, O., burned re-
Gently. Loss, 100000 The fire was sup
posed to be caused by lightning.
The record vault of the Columbus (Kan.)
Court House was destroyed by dynamite
on the morning of the 18th. The records
had been saturated with coal oil before the
explosion, and the loss was irreparable.
No clue existed as to the perpetrator.
HOP, KEE & Co., of San Francisco, the
largest wholesale Chinese manufacturers
of boots and shoes on the Pacific coast,
have failed. Their liabilities are $4,000;
their assets unknown.
AGENERAL reunion of ex-soldiers began
at Caldwell, o., on the 18th, with large
attendance, Ex-Governor Noyes, Hon. Jo-
seph B. Foraker and others being present.
The strike at East Saginaw, Mich, was
reported over, the men accepting the re-
duced pay offered by their employers for
reduced hours of labor.
SENATOR VEST was reported suffering
from neuralgia at Helena, Mont, recently.
A cAvIyG-IN of one of the lower levels
in shaft No. of the Republic, Mich, mine
recently caused the instant death of Sam
uel Darlington and the serious injury Of
Francis Bartele. Darlington was about
twenty five years old and single. Bartele
had leg and collar-b bone broken.
C. P. McVEY, a farmer living near Oak
Grove, NO., was shot from ambush the
other morning, but was not dangerously
hurt, the shot being only a flesh wound.
Much bad feeling exists in the neighbor-
hood and more bloodshed is expected.
THOMAS HARTIGAN, bill poster, of Au-
rora, ILL.,, had for some time lived unhap.
pilv with his wife. The other evening he
stood in his back yard and was seen to
raise a revolver, take deliberate aim and
send a bullet into his wife's breast. She
fell dead and he placed the pistol against
his temple and fired, killing himself in
stantly. Whisky and jealousy caused the
tragedy.
WILLIAM KENT FOSTER, of New York,
has filed petition in the Circuit Court OF
st. Louis praying for an order dissolving
the Belcher Sugar Refining Company.
The trustees of the company have adver-
tised the property to be sold on the 18th
inst, but Mr.. Foster asks the court to de-
clare the bonds of the company null and
void, order their cancellation, and also to
dissolve the corporation, enjoin the dire1.
tors from disposing of any part of the
property, and to appoint q receiver to take
charge thereof.
MOSES, Ex-Governor of South Carolina,
was again arrested at Boston for obtain
ing money under false pretenses.
The main building of the Haywood
White Sulphur Springs Hotel at Waynes-
vile, n. c., took fire recently and was to-
tally destroyed. The furniture was saved.
There were 200 guests at the hotel. All es-
capped and saved everything. Loss, $780,