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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
ANOTHER KANSAS LYNcnlNc.
Mack, the Murderer of Parker, Lynched st
Great Bend.

Mack, the Murderer of Parker, Lynched ut
Great Bend.
GREAT BEND, KAN, May 1.-At9:30 last
night the west bound passenger train, bear
ing George Mack. the negro murderer,
reached Ellinwood and fifty determined
men quietly entered the cars. Half an hour
later the train stopped at a road crossing half
4 mile east of Great Bend. Sheriff .Dalzell,
with two deputies, having in charge George
Mack, the murderer of Frank II. Parker,
Immediately got off the train, as did the
fifty citizens of Fleetwood. The Sheriff
and his posse attempted to reach a spring
wagon which was in waiting for them, but
the party from Ellinwood defeated this
movement by driving away the team. A
party of horsemen from Great Bend then
appeared upon the scene: rope
about seventy-five feet i'm length was
produced and a moose put around
the neck of Mack, the other. end was
around the horn of the saddle of a horse
man. The horseman started on a gallop
and just as Mack left his feet a pistol was
fired at him. Mack was dragged about
hundred yards, when the moose slipped over
his head. 1t was at once replaced, and he
was dragged by the same horseman to the
Court House, distance of three-quarters
of mile. The mob that took the prisoner
from the Sheriff numbered about seventy
five men, fifty from EllinwOod and twenty
five from Great Bend. Few persons sus-
pected that the prisoner would be taken off
at the crossing, and a large crowd number
ing hundreds was at the depot. Several i'm
the crowd were on the lookout for stop,
and all eyed the headlight of the locomotive,
but as it approached upon straight track
it was impossible to tell whether it was
moving or standing still. At length the
noise of the engine indicating that it was
starting up, was heard. The crowd took
i'm the situation i'm a moment, and with
terrible Outcres started for the court house.
By this time the cries of the mob and the
shooting at the crossing were heard. Just
as the mob from the depot reached the
court house the horseman rode up dragging
the body. The rope was snatched from his
hand and men and boys afoot dragged the
body to the billiard hall which Parker had
kept Here an immense number of people
assembled within few minutes. The body
was hung up to the awning i'm front of the
billiard hall. As it was swung into the air
pistol was fired at it. When it had hung
half an hour the Coroner cut it down and
Immediately held an inquest. The jury re-
turned a verdict of death by stranguatiOn
from a rope in the hands of parties UNI
known. The crowd then dispersed, and at
midnight the citizens of Great Bend were
sleeping soundly. Almost all persons here
approve of the hanging. 1t was felt that
the law provided no adequate punishment.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

WASHINGTON, April 29.-The Commits
sioner of Pensions has directed the suspen-
sion at the Philadelphia agency of one h,rn-
cred and two pensions, which have been
drawn although the pensioners. are dead.
In some cases the Commissioner says the
persons i'm whose names the pensions were
drawn have been dead since 1871. He also
directed the suspension at the same agency
of the pensions of seven widows who re-
married in 1881, but who have continued to
draw pensions ever since. The Commits
sioner has asked the Attorney General TO
bring suit against the pension agent for the
money unlawfully discussed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
The Spanish NIinistrr.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 30.-lt iE
understood that Ex-Governor Thomas c.
Reynolds, of ST Louis, Mo-, who has re-
turned from his mission to Central Amer.
lea as Commissioner of the United States
to investigate the condition of American
trade, will be made Minister to Spain 10
succeed Minister Foster. The latter has
besn sent mostly to complete certain bush
ness which he had inaugurated and with
which he is familiar, but was informed that
his position was not permanent Governor
Reynolds is now engaged in the preparation
of report embodying the result of his III
.yestigations in Central America
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
A SENSITIVE ENclhsER.
How His Nervous Sensibillty Averted .
Railroad Disaster.

How His Nervous Sensibillty Averted .
Railroad Disaster.
ut beats all, remarked an old rail-
road man, show sensitive the nerves
of engineers are when they are on
their runs. Their perceptions are won
derfully keen and delicate. The ex-
perienced engineer can tell by the very
pull of his engine if everything is
right with the train behind him. And
as for signals, why. nc matter how
peculiarly or under what disadvantages
they are given. engineers learn to read
the meaning of the signaler almost as
if they were standing by his side.
When they are out on the road. es-
pecially at night, engine men are alert.
All their senses are on edge, as it were,
ready to see, hear, feel or smell signs
of danger. Did you ever hear of Jim
Fielding, the fireman.? Mop Well, Jim
is dead now; be never got an engine
he was sharp one. Drink was his
weakness. He was slave to whisky.
But when he was on night run his
perceptions were as keen as those of
any man ever heard of. If you never
heard of Jim of course you never heard
how he prevented wreck one night in
'78. That was the biggest thing Jim
ever did. and so nicely illustrates my
idea that I'll have to tell it. A bridge
had been washed out. and as the track
walker who discovered it started to
signal the approaching passenger train
he fell down, broke his lantern and the
wind blew the blaze out The night
was as dark as pitch, and he had no
dry matches. nor no time to expert
ment, either, for the train.
No. 8, was coming round the
curve. Suddenly he remembered that
Jim Fielding was firing No. 8 that night
and happy idea struck him. Pulling
a bottle of whisky from his pocket he
held it in his hand. just as the engine
of twenty reached him he jerked the
cork out and threw some of the liquor
in the air. Exactly as he thought. Jim
smelled the liquor and told the engineer
to stop. Jim always wanted to stop
where there was liquor. He made the
engineer believe he had seen a dam
ger signal, and saved the train. That
was one of the finest examples of keen
perception that have ever heard of.
Wonderful, wasn't it?'-Phiiadelphid
Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
Heavy Trading.

NEW YORK, April S0.-Great excitement
prevailed in the grain markets, caused by
the war intelligence from abroad. and large
purchases of the short interest were made
Transactions were enormous, being prob
ably the largest on record. OF wheat there
were 100000 bushels sold and of
corR 2,20e, 0G0 bushels. Wheat advanced
and closed four cents higher than Tuesday.
Wheat advanced entirely on war news
Corn, it is believed will be oversold, and the
shorts rushed in to buy yesterday. The
grain ring was scene of tumult all day.
TN~Se was hardly moment of cessation &c
the Z Scitement
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
A Mans Thanks.

A wel1-known business man of Whining
ton, N. c., writes to express his thanks for
the benefit which his wife has derived from
the use of Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. at is with pleasure" he says,
"that 1 write to express to you my graft
tude for the relief and benefit your Vegeta.
BILE Compound has been to my wife, who
has been troubled with liberation and a.
tumor weighing 2H lbs, so the doctor said
She has been under the treatment of the
doctor for six years. Finally he said he
could do nothing more for her, that she
would die in "a hours. Then / commenced
using your Compound, as soon as she COM
menced to take it she commenced getting
better and now she can attend to her do
mestic affairs as well as she ever could.o
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
Heavy Storm.

PLEASANT HILL, Mo-, April 3o.--A
storm which was almost cyclone struck
two or three miles south of Pleasant Hill,
last night Much fencing was blown down
and thirteen freight cars were blown from
the Missouri Pacific track Near Ore
the house of John Schultz was con
siderably shaken up; the porch of p Il.
Marriott's house was torn away: j. T.
Simpsons house was moved four inches.
A school house near Strasburg was un-
rooted A dwelling near Kingsyiile was
blown down. 1t is not known that any
lives were lost. The bottoms around Pleas
ant Hill are under water.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
Test for Color Blindness

ALBANY, n. Y, April 29.-The locomo-
tive engineers on the several divisions of
the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company's
road are determined to resist the enforce
ment OF the rule providing for general
examination for defective vision, color
blindness and imperfect hearing, and a
strike seems to be impending. The men
object that the tests offered are toe strict
that only an expert in color could distin-
guish the shades submitted TO them. Seven
of the Oldest engineers In the service were
dismissed last evening for refusing to sub
init to the tests. There is great excitement
and threats Of strike among the re-
maindeE.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

FROZEN FACTS" is a purely American
expression, and one, too, of recent origin.
1t has the merit of attracting attention, and
also seems to bear conviction of truthful
ness on its face. We make room in our
issue of to- day, for fact of this character.
A correspondent, Henry Whiting, Esq, of
Boston, Mass, says: CDR. r. V. Pierce's
'Goldtn Medical Discovery has cured my
son of a fever-sore of two years. standing.
Please accept our gratitude" We believe
it to be fact, whether "frozen" or other
wise, that America needs more men like
Mr.. Whiting; men who act, men who in
vestigate truths, and seize opportunities.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
-Nottoway County. Va. .he reri

-Nottoway County, Va, :he region
inhabited by the first settlers. and made
interesting by "reminiscences of Captain
John Smith and Pocahontas. is fast re-
turning TO its primevd condition. In
twenty years it will be a wilderness"
propaeSics Il visitor. The residents are
old and sad. lac young have gone to
more promising regions. Deer browse
where cattle fed. and the oak and pine
cover great plantations where the negro
once cultivated corn and tobacco
Chic ago Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

Fashion the past year has demand
ed the slaughter OF multitudes of birds
of bright plumage to deck the bonnets
OF ladies. 1t is now stated that the
murderous practice is to cease, and
flowers, more beautiful and appropriate.
are TO take the place Of the birds
wings-C Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

One of the cases reported at a
recent meeting of the Charity Orga- :
cation Society in Washington was Tat
of professional beggar who had two
dresses begging dress and society
dress. Her name appeared in the
society column as receiving guests
during the Inauguration, and she was
found to be living handsomely out OF
the proceeds of aims.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

DIR. PENNINGTON, Baltimore Md says:
Myself and family have used Red Star
Cough Cure for coughs and colds. Prompt,
satisfactory results.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
mn Oats ftom Little Acorps Grow.

Great and good results often spring from
small deeds and SO fatal diseases come Of G
seemingly trifiing neglect Colds neglected
often lead to serious catarrhal troubles. II
acquainted with DR.. Sage's Catarrh RENEE
dy. Its healing virtues win surprise you.
It is simple, efficacious, speedy, sure. Dull,
heavy headache, obstruction Of the nasal
passages, discharges from the nose into the
throat are symptoms of this horrible COM
plant.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

Pixies TooTHACHE DROPS cure In minutes
Gteans Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. Csc
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns 4 Buttons.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

"THAT man has no teeth" GA freak of
nature. He was born without them."-
Washington Udtchet.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

A COW is a strange creature. Although
i. may not ALWAYS have enough to eat, ii
always cud eat if it chews.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs for Coughs
and Colds: Il think them the best and
most convenient relief extant. "-Rer. c..
II. Humphrey, Gratz, Ky. % cts. box.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

There are one million five hundred
thousand acres of swamps in NORTH
Carolina.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

BASEBALL RETURNS" is a legend now
found On the bulletin boards. Oh, dear !!
We know it would.-NOrth american.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

A WELL KNOWN contractor advertises:
You can get gas-pipes, in any quantity.
through me at any time."-N. y Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

HANGING on the ragged edge is now rem.
dsred lettering on the slippery brink
The Judge.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

May lover of horses be called SAN
culinary man because he delights in ,>-oer ?
The Uc!~iet.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

IT Is a foolish butcher who adopts the
M at-trick system.-N. Y. Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

LADIES. when you go to the sewing So
ciety, be temperate in all things and prac-
ticc sewbriety.-W Whitehall Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

If all so-called remedies have failed, d
Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
METAL POISON.

am acoppersmith BY trade, and the small particles
Of brass and copper from Hing got into sores on my
arms and poisoned my whole system. Mercury adj
brought on rheumatism. and became Q
helpless invalid took two dozen bottles OF Swift.s
Specific My legs arms and hands all right again.
use them without pain. My restoration Is due TO
s s g PETER +. LOVE,
JAM g. 1856. Augusta. Ga.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
ULCERS,

For six or eight years suffered with ulcers on my
right leg. / was treated with IodGe of Potassium
and Mercury. and became helpless. Six bottles Of
Swifts Specific made permanent cure.
Feb. 81 .SS5 M. ID. WILSON. Gainesville. Ga
Swft's Specific Is entirely vegetable. Treatise On
Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Drawer s. Atlanta. Ga. OF
159 w. sd ST., N. Y.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-04

St. Louis. Fl. seott & Wichita Railway.
$3.50 to Kansas City and return, via the
St. L. Fl. S. & w. Ry. To those desiring
TO visit the fat stock show viii sen tickets
at above rate until Novembe. 4. tickets good
to return up to, and including November Z.
dl39-5t T. w. RANDALL, Agent.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-04
WANT COLUMN.

sfp,rf,senerfs IN fh.s column yiH be charged TO,
af me rcte Of Fire Ce5lfs per line per reek NJ
adrrrfisensnf taken foS fhGE IS cent?, and triL
NOT be inserted until paid for
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-04

The reason why Chamberlain Cough
Remedy Is fayorite with 20 many people
is because it can be always depended upon.
is prompt and enectual cures Of coughs,
colds, Group and whooping cough, hsve
made it standard and those who have used Il
prefer It to any other. Sold by Adrich &
Brown. dlO1.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-04

Passengers for Louisville will please re-
member that, that the Ohio and Mississippi
r. r. is the only line from St Louis to
Louisville under one management, that the
time by this route is hours the quickest,
that there is no change Of carr, that no
other route furnishes - good accommods-
tions, and that the Ohio 4 Mississippi K. B.
is the p ,pular route rs demonstrated BY the
fact that ninety mine out Of every hundred
90 by the o. & n. K K Rate
always as low - by inferior lines. d13S-t
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-04

The BANK OF WICHITA 10 determined To
leave nothing undone that will secure per-
fec. safety to their Deposi:os and them
selves. They have now in course OF con-
struction one of the very best burglar proof
safes known to the makers Of safes through
out the world. f tEe
The sreat problem is q: last solved in
making a safe powder proof as well -
burglar proof This safe has no holes run
ming through the door ~ is the case with all
other safes, but when closed is absolute
safety against powder, which deprives the
most skillful burglar Of even . shadow Of
success. To this safe will be added the
"Non Lock Out" Time Lock. the best and
most perfect time lock known 10 mechanical
skill. dl36-1m
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-04

E,OR RENT-A handsomely furnished front
+ room, on first floor, to one or two gentlemen,
locstion central, and very desirable; no chill
dren- References given snd required. I'D
dress p o. box l52, or inquire at Ihis ONCE:
dl4l-n
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1885-09-09
HrIiS SHsp. HGeFS.

lo dnlnn pairs trum , ccuts up t.
the hc-t ut - c.n,-.
". C;A&-,N.
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26
Recovering a Watch.
LOUISIANA. Mo, ,

LOUISIANA, Mo-, May 26.
 Marshal Glen last night rccoTeIld a gold watch which was stolen from on Illin ois lsdy who was here on the 18th day of of October, 1883. Since that date nothing has been learned of the missing valuable until tie present time, when the officer, hearing that q sister of "Bung up" Gilbert, one of the thieves now in jail for the robbery of merchandise iroma Chicago {; Alton freight car
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26
TELEGRAPHIC
Mormon Eiderr Arrested
. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 2t

S0A- AA-SOOcA, t1lAi, -sldN O The growth of Mormonism ill Ten, nessee, North Carolina and Georgia
 was Eever more marked than to day. The sentiments gre taking deep root in the rural districts, and the namber of new converts is increasing at rapid rate The Lewis county. murders in August last instead of intimidatiI.g the elders seemed only to give them more 1eol, and the recent act Of the legi5la- tnre making it apenai otiense to preach poly gamy in the state has apparently uerved them to renewed efforts. \ circular was issued some days ago to tie Mormon elders advising them of the passage of the recent law, and di- recting them to studiously avoid preach ing polygamy. In upper East Tenres- see the excitement is greatest and it culminate2 last week in the arrest of two young Msrmon elders named Christaines al.d Gaines on the charge ofpreachin2 polygamy. Tie elders had baptized number of converts week before and last Sunday was fixed for the baptism of several more. Tho elders were in Carter county, near Elizabethtown, sleeping at the of a friend. Just hefore midnight they were aroused and three officers took them in custody, charged with preaching polygamy. They were committed to iail aha their trirl fixed for Monday last. The warraut was sworn out by State Senator Simmerly, and it is currently rumored in the To- cality tha, be is prosecuting the Nor mons because his father is about to be- come a convert. The excitemedt was so high at the time fixed for the trial that it was deemed prudent to waive examination. Their converts came from far and near to witness the trial, and when Senator Simmerly arrived curses loud and deep were heard, and it was feared for awhile that there would be trouble, but better counsel prevailed. The elders were consigned to noisomc cage in small, illyryentilated jail, and are still imprisoned tharc in default of $500 bonds each. The sheriff refused to accept any resident of the county as bondsman, although the father of Sen ator Simmerly and others have offered to bring security,
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26

SAYS an exchange. The only
 ihing to mar the pleasure of the |, occasion, wrote an Idaho editor of |. ] funeral. WAS 6 little difficulty be- tween the clergyman and one of ' the mourners. concerning the own s.ership of a flask they fouHd-in the |. carriage they occupied. "~'.'- ~'
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26

v
 TIE Stevens battery in New
 Jersey, which vas recently broken ;pp and sold as raw material; was rprebably aS fine ar example of the iPwaste of good, money as can be found outside of the regular navy. Stevrus was an eccentric million >aire whose hobby was to build 9 z WAT vessel which should sweep the peas. He spent altogether s3,CoO,- . 900 pn the vessel which he pre- 7 sented to the state of New Jersey. The government decided that a
 state could not own 8 war vessel. ~SteRens then-oHered it to the gov
 erpment, but naval officers report sd that 1t WAS useless, and hence |. the gift was refused. The old mil lions4fe died, bus'the state of New Jersey claimed the vessel. or at least what it would bring in ready money. It was finally sold for .355, ,060 to & Nov York contractor, ;whc made large sum by his bar
 gain. One queer feature was that
 the hull was made of layers of tks ksest Georgia pine and this highly
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26

COMMENCING, on, CT abou5 tn: first of rsxt month we will publish ; cuts of the different prominent . citizens of our city, and also cuts of the different business houses in bur city, sg .. .. 60
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26

THE boiier plate is .mucbly dis tressed over the fact that the old soldier, John 4. Logan has been eiteted.U. s. senator from Illinois, and takes occasion to go for us for
 shouting over his election. ~
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26

THE Hon. Judge Fitzgerald says that noise he will not have in the court room, and also that any per , son coming into court, drunk is , very liable to find his way into js,l. .-. g. ..,...- <.
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26

seasoned wood is now being used in the construction of costly sum mer cottages along the north shore of Long Isl0nd.
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26

How about that notice? Guess the'Tucson Star.is good enough for them to get their telegraph and specials from. :,-.
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26

; rS. three months ti.Ga Tq;ao- some will have apopulatio,4 often thousand people and will ba the ! liveIiest city in the west. .r%
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26
I9,Othcr Full.

In Ice. After date ice yill Se sold at ? cents per pound. In price of ice. The Southwestern Ice Co. hereafter will furnish Ice to Families, Stores, Lodging 1iouse.. Livery Stables and other small con sumeTs, for
 ONE DOLLAR X WEEK.
 E. ". WooD Manager.
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26
NOTICE!

There will be a public meeting at the City hall this evening at s o'clock sharp of Tom bstone lodge, A. o. U. W. to welcome the grand officers from California. Every body is cordially invited to be present. By order of a c. W. SWAIN, ". ".
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26
JAMES y. NASH.

THE ToNssToSE is the boss paper in Cochise county. T"
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26

CocHIsE oaunty is the boss of them all. It is,tae bannes. county z Of the territory. .-.4. '.-
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26

WE are. still here. .notwithstand- ing the fact that We were given {. hut two weeks to live.
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26

VERY soon pag city will be over crowded E;th capita lists eager to z invest their money. , 5Y
The Tombstone., 1885-05-26

WE will in the future give our teaders a full mining repo.t every rENeek. T.l: i ~rf r"