The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-31

A. FORCE of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
men have been engaged in tearing up the
tracks of the Pittsburgh Southern Rail-
road, a narrow gauge extending twenty
miles south of Pittsburgh, Pa.
IT was stated in New York that 100000
more would be required to go on with the
work of raising the pedestal for Bar
tholdi's Statue of Liberty, in addition to
the amount already subscribed. The total
cost would probably foot up $780,
GANDAUR defeated Teemer in the boat
race at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the Goth. The
course was three miles; time 19:S2-the
fastest ever made.
Ar Pittson, Pa, recently the Pittson
cracker bakery, the Pittson mills, several
frame buildings and two spans of the long
bridge across the Susquehanna were
burned. The loss was about S10O, 600, part
ly insured.
The other morning two explosions of
giant powder demolished the press house
and mixing house at Glatfelter. johnson &
Bowman's powder mill at Spring Grove,
near York, Pa, resulting in serious dam
age to the property and the death of two
employees.
4hH AO"CA POi WIN VI Scudf SOuulN, D.,
was again devastated by forest fires. The
inhabitants of the little settlement of
Pestletown had great difficulty in saving it.
TIE Car Accountants Association met
at Pittsburgh, Pa, recently and discussed
the report of the special committee on
numbering roads, and the question of mile
age of loaded cars, but definite action was
postponed.
THE mutilated body of a woman, sup
posed to have been murdered, was recently
found floating in the Charles River at Bos.
ton. ~
EDWARD HANLAN easily beat George
Hosmer in a rowing race at Syracuse, n.
Y, on the third, guessed at three miles
with three turns. Time, IS minutes, 4S
seconds. 1t was an exhibition for purse
offered by the railroad company.
Ar the convention Of pipe manufacturers
in Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 2Sd, the selling
price Of all wrought iron pipe and block or
galvanized was advanced from e to AZ
per cent on car load lots. The trade was
reported as in depressed condition.
WALT WHITMAN, the venerable poet,
while sitting on the steps of his residence
in Camden, n. j., the other night, was
prostrated with heat and fell to the pave
ment- He was carried into the house and
in short time recovered consciousness.
THE final meeting Of the commission APP
pointed to inquire into the mental condi-
tion of John Mccullough, the actor, was
held at Philadelphia on the 22d. McCul-
Tough was formally pronounced insane.
THE stockholders of the Union National
Bank, of New York, have decided to liqui-
date the affairs of the bank.
PETER II. WATSON, ex-President of the
Erie Railroad, died at New York ON the
2sd, after long sickness. Mr.. Watson
was First Assistant Secretary of War dur.
ing the civil war and was Acting Secretary
during Mr.. Stanton's absence.
GENERAL GRANT died on the morning of
the ed from the effects of the cancer in the
mouth with which he had been afflicted
many months. He was surrounded by his
family and physicians, and was uncon-
scious as his life quietly passed away.
TIE firm of Babcock & Andrews, brok-
ers, of Syracuse, N. Y, with forty branch
Offices throughout the State, suspended the
other morning. Liabilities, 500, 900; as.
sets, nothing.
II was recently reported thai the towns
of Atco. jackson, Sloantown, Waterford,
Pestletown, Winslow, Weekstown, Ham,
manton, Absecon, and a number Of other
small places in Camden and Burlington
Counties, N. J., were surrounded by brush
md wood fires, and all the Inhabitants
Uere ous fighting the flames.