The Iola register., 1889-08-23
THE WEST.

THE WEST.
A MAN named Clendeuning fatally sho'
Judge Pierce, of the Superior Court, al
San Diego. Cal, on the 18th on account Of
the latter's decision in divorce suit. Ex.
Governor MURRAY, of Utah, who attempted
to take the weapon from the assassin, was
severely wounded.
! THE Illinois Secretary of State mas
licensed the worlds fair Of 1892 at Chicago
to commemorate the four hundredth an
niversary of the discovery Of America
The capital stock is 5000, 900, and the in.
corporators are Dewitt c. Cregier. Fred
w. Peck. George Schneider, Anthony See.
berger, William Seipp, John r. Walsh and
E. Nelson Blake.
AT Townsend. where the Missouri river
is crossed by the Northern Pacific rail.
road, the stream is so low that large
area of the bed is exposed. Townsend
people recently began ground sluicing for
placer gold on the exposed portions Of the
river bed and have struck it rich. The
first experiment yielded from 81 to SO a
dav to the man.
FIRE in the picture frame molding fac
tory Of NJ. Wellinger, on Wabash avenue,
Chicago recently caused a loss of SIS 900.
A HEAVY storm passed over Pueblo. Col,
the other night. 1t formed near Canon
City, but high wind accompanied it, and
| only few drops of rain fell in Pueblo.
East of the city the storm seemed to be
very heavy. The loss was between SIS, 600
and 100000.
w. H NEWTON. who laid out the original
town site of Superior, Wis, and patented
the Newton sand pump and a winged float
for creating currents to deepen river
channels. died recently.
FERDINAND BUTLER, a German barber,
committed suicide at Columbus. o., re-
Gently. He used two revolvers, one being
aimed at the head. the other at the heart.
The triggers were pulled while he stood in
front of looking glass in his shop.
REV. DR.. BAYLIss. editor of the Cincin-
natl Christian Adv ocate, died at Bayview,
Mich, recently.
The property owners along the lake
front in Chicago, whose efforts have vir.
tually resulted in the closing of the expo
sition, are now preparing to make it hot
for the Illinois Central railroad, which
runs along the lake shore. They especially
complain of the unsightly depot Of the
road.
AT San Diego. Cal, recently Superior
Judge w. L. Pierce. of that city. was talk
ing with Ex-Governor Murray, of Utah,
when W. S. Clendennin passed down the
street. stopped suddenly and drawing a
revolver shot the judge in the back. A
judicial opinion by Pierce unfavorable to
cause of the shooting
The managers of the campmeeting
grounds near indianapolis, Ind. have
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phys desire for Sunday trains, and have
given him the right to conduct temperance
work as he pleases.
The court-martial before whom Lieu
tenant Colonel Fletcher was on trial at
Omaha, Neb., for conduct unbecoming an
officer. arrived at a verdict on the IA b.
The verdict was sealed. 1t was believed
that it was favorable to Colonel Fletcher.
By the explosion of a threshing machine
boiler near Aberdeen, OAK, recently
three men were killed and two badly in
jured. Cause, lack of water.
The North Dakota Constitutional con-
vention adopted the report of the commit
tee on the executive fixing the salaries of
State officers.
By the fall Of the walls Of the Burton
building in Chicago, recently destroyed
by fire, one workman was killed and an.
other fatally injured
FOUR Whitecaps have been placed in
the Jail at Marion, Ind, for brutally beat
ing Mrs. Street and her daughter.
MARAUDING Indians were reported in
the vicinity of the head of Elk creek near
Glenwood Springs, Col.
THE atmosphere for miles around Port.
land, Ore, was thick with smoke and Gin
ders and burning brands were falling in
showers. All the Northwestern country
seemed 10 be burning up in forest fires.
The wife of Jacob Schaefer, the cham
pion billiard player, died in an insane
asylum in Allegheny City. Pa.
GENERAL WILLIAM W. NEDwAY, Quar-
termaster.General of Wisconsin during
the early part of the rebellion, died re-
Gently, aged eighty-fve.
GOLD in paying quantities is reported
to have been found near Bean Blossom
creek, Brown County. Ind.
j. 6. HUTCHINSON has been nominated
by the Republicans for Governor of Iowa.
Two children of Adolph Gauer, of Mil.
waukee, Wis, were poisoned recently by
a decoction of poppy seeds given by their
mother as medicine Both are dead.
The American branch of the High
Court of Foresters severed its connection
with the parent organization in England
at Minneapolis, Mimi, on the 18th. The
name adopted was the "Ancient Order
of Foresters of America"
BY collision between two freight trains
near Columbus, O., a stockholders neck
was broken and two other men were badly
injured. The loss was IS 600.
JUDGE FIELD was arrested in the United
States Circuit Court at San Francisco on
the 10th for the killing of Judge Terry.
He was arraigned before Justice Sawyer;
who release him on 5000 bond.