The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-06

Miss BsLLs SMifn, daughter OF . farmer
living near Chauncey, Ill, who was to
have been married Christmas day, was
burned to death Christmas eve, her clothes
having caught fire - che was sweeping.
r. w. NORRIS, Of Wausau, Wis.,, was
found frozen to death in the woods near
Medford, Wia, recently. He had been
hunting.
K. d. BABcocK, inventor Of the Ere ex-
tinguisher bearing his name, died at the
almshouse At Gan Francisco on the 18th.
At one time he was in receipt OF $4,000 .
month royalties on his machine, but he
wasted his means and died in restitution.
A RECENT Bozeman. n. T., special says
row Of frame buildings On Main street. &C
cupied by twelve merchants, had burned
there. Loss, S850 600; insurance, el4.O N.
A RIOT was reported At the quarries At
Hinsdale, MIMI, on the 9th. The rioters,
mostly Bohemians and Hungarians, were
said to have possession Of the office and
were breaking open the safe. Many exas-
gerated reports of the affair were current
( The Cannonball express from Chicago on
the Albert Lea route ran into snowdr'ft
near Ely, Iowa, on the morning OF the 18th.
Several persons were seriously injured, but
no one fatally.
FIRE in Thompson & walkup's lumber
yard. Chicago, recently, destroyed So0,0Oo
worth Of lumber; insurance ample.
The post-office at Massillon, O., was en-
tered by burglars the other night and four
bags OF mail rifled. Little money was Sc
cured.
GEORGE B. MANsUR, once q noted turf
man and politician Of Chicago. died recent
ly, aged fifty-eight. He managed Dexter
park until it closed.
Two cases Of smallpox were found on
board the steamship Oceanic. which
reached San Francisco from China the
other day. Tho vessel was quarantined.
PAUL BoDEN, of San Francisco, who tried
to smuggle s4O,5N worth Of diamonds and
fancy goods into New York, has been SEN
fenced to o years Imprisonment.
GR0RGE w. MEADE Il Co., one Of the
largest exporting firms OF San Francisco.
have made an assignment. The firm is sad
to have large resources, both in merchan-
disc and realty. The firm shipped fully
g, OO0, 600 worth Of fruit East the past year.
By a collision at q water tank near Ra-
cine, Wis.,, the other day, two cabooses and
several freight cars on each of the collidmg
trains were wrecked and burned. Two
brakemen were hurt.
GOVERNOR JOHN s. MARMADUKE, Of Mis-
souri,, died Of pneumonia at Jefferson City
on the night of the 2Sth. He was attacked
with the disease two days previously and
as his system was in weakened condition
he was unable to rally. The Governor was
the son of Governor NJ. NJ Marmaduke, and
was born in Saline County. NO., in 1884.
He distinguished himself in the Confeder-
ate service during the war and was prom
inent Democratic politician of the State and
Nation. .-
A DISPATCH from Glenwood Springs, Col,
reports the White River Utes again off
their reservation.
THE high school building at Fergus Falls,
MIMI, was destroyed by fire recently.
Loss, s25, GOO; insurance, $4,000.
Mrs. KATE WAkMAN. of Cincinnati, ig-
nited her clothing at the stove while about
her work recently and was burned to
death.
JUDGE HOFFMAN, Of the United States
Circuit Court at San Francisco, has decided
that on account Of there being no provis-
ions to execute the treaty forbldding the
Chinese engaging in the opium traffic they
could not be prevented. The suit was
against Woo Sing & Co., the opium seized
being Of the value Of $4,000.
A LOADED freight train Of twenty-foar
cars was completely wrecked near Denni-
son, O.. recently. The fireman was fatally
injured. After the wreck the fragments
caught fire and were completely destroyed.
Loss heavy.
TOMMY WARREN. the featherweight pu-
gilist, was honorably acquitted Of the theft
Of q watch for which he had been arrested
ut Chicago.
A NATURAL gas explosion at Lima, O.,
the other morning destroyed an oil derrick
and the tanks. George O'Neil, the pumper,
was burned to death.
A SEVERE blizzard set in at Milwaukee,
Wis, on the Both. Freight trains were
suspended on most of the lines. There
were bad drifts along the Lake Shore 4
Western and Milwaukee & Northern roads,
but no serious bockades had resulted.
JOHN F. FULLEN, a mechanic, attempted
to walk out from Chicago to his home in
Lakeview the other night during the biz
zard and was frozen stuff.
Two little girls were seriously hurt in a
panic which broke out at an entertainment
in Seaman's Hall, Lake and Desplaines
streets, Chicago, the other night, caused
by some one overturning the stove and a
fool superintendent yelling fire. The super
intendent was arrested.
SEARCHING parties recently found four
teen dead bodies on the premises Of Sioux
half-breed named Lablant, near the old
Deadwood stage road on the Sioux rescrva-
ton in the Black Hills. Lablant was
wanted for cattle stealing and had fled to
the Indian camps on the Upper Cheyenne.
The dead bodies were supposed TO be re-
mains of victims whom he had robbed aud
murdered.