The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-02-10
THE WEST.

cago on the 3lst from the effects of the rup-
ture of o blood vessel at the base of the
brain. General Thompson was one OF the
most prominent attorneys in Chicago.
AN open switch ut Urbana, O., on the
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati 4 St. Louis caused
collision recently. An engineer and a
fireman were killed, together with Road
master Welsh.
JOSEPH FowLE, city clerk Of Socorro,
N. NJ, has been arrested for embezzling
600. The mayor, it is alleged, tried to sup
press the matter because a notorious
woman was concerned in some way.
The International Cattle Range Associa-
ton has called convention of cattle grow
ers to meet at Denver, Col, March q.
ABOUT three Thousand hands employed
in shoemaking at Cincinnati were locked
out recently. Blacker, Gerstle & Co kept
back tho wages of twelve girls for some
reason, and their grievance being espoused
by the other hands led to o general lock-
out.
FIRE at Las Cruces, N. NJ, recently de-
stroyed the general merchandise store of
Frendenthal Il Co.. valued at $50, 600
BIZ the explosion Of boiler in n wagon
shop in Fairfield, ILL.,, the other day, one
man was killed and the building wrecked.
The Chicago grand jury has decided not
to bring an indictment against Mrs. Ida
McCauley for shooting her husband Decem-
Der "a.
AN epidemic Of pneumonia and black
measles has broken out in and about Mont
pelier, Ind, and the doctors are over
worked. The schools have been closed.
THREE men were killed in q cut near Nor
rison, ILL.,, recently, by jumping from an
engine. They were under q mistaken i'm
preston that collision was about to &C.
cur when they jumped, the rebound as
they struck the walls of the cut throwing
them under the wheels Of their own tram.
TIE stove manufacturers in session in
Cincinnati have reelected D. N. Thomas
secretary and have decided to restrict the
number OF patterns of stoves hereafter.
The boiler of portable sawmill on John
Bolan's farm near GAINESVILLE, O., exploded
the other day, killing two men and injuring
four others.
Two miners were overcome by gas In
the Germania shaft near Hurley, Wis, re-
Gently and fell to the bottom, being in-
stantly KILLED.
The steamship Belgic arrived at San
Francisco on the ID with four cases Of
smallpox on board.
MOTIONS for new trials for Coy and
Bernhamer, the convicted Indianapolis tally
sheet forgers, have been made in the Uni.
ted States district court.
CHARLES HoAG, the man who named the
village Of Minneapolis, Mimi, died on the
ID.
EARLY tho other morning several bust
ness blocks, including the post-ofice and
Gazette Office at CORTLAND. O., were de-
stroyed by fire. Half the business places
in the village were burned and none Of the
contents were saved.
Two freight trains were wrecked near
Chippewa Falls, Wis.,, the other night.
No one was killed, but much damage was
done.
The Peru zinc mine near Galena, Ill,
which has been idle for over a year, is to
be operated again, zinc having risen in
value.
Horace G. CLEVELAND, Of the firm Of
Cleveland, Brown & Co., one of the most
widely known iron manufacturers in the
West, died of typhoid fever at Cleveland,
O., on the Sd.
Two saw mills at Port Blakcly, opposite
sound, burned recently. The total loss
was $50, COJ; no insurance.
Two elderly maiden ladies named Robb
were thrown on: Of carriage IN runaway
at Pueblo, Col, recently. One had her
neck broken and was dead in half an hour
after. The other had q compound fracture
Of the right thigh, an arm broken and an
ankle dislocated.
A CORNING mill Of the Austin Powder
Company. near Cleveland, O., exploded re-