The Iola register., 1889-02-22
THE WEST.

One man was killed, another fatally hurt
and third slightly injured by the fall of
the cage in coal mine near MITCHELL
vile, Iowa, recently.
The chemical laboratory of the Ohio
State University at Columbus, containing
the outfits of the department of mining
and metallurgy. was destroyed by fire
recently. Loss, $4,000.
THE Hessan fly is destroying the wheat
crop in Central Illinois. In some places
whole fields have been destroyed.
INSPECTOR BoNFIELD recently suspended
by Mayor Roche, of Chicago, has rendered
his resignation.
GENERAL RUSSELL A. ALGER has bought
the Pittsburgh and Lake Superior Com
pany's iron mine near Marquette, Mich,
for SS00,000. The mine has been a contin-
uous producer since 1871.
PETER ROONEY. a blacksmith of Chicago,
was shot and fatally injured the other
night by Ferdinand Vecchione, an Italian
blacksmith. who caught Rooney climbing
through his shop window.
PROBABLY nothing could better show the
feeling that has been aroused against
Governor Church than the introduction in
the Dakota Legislature of bill changing
mick County. Secretary Mccormick is
Governor Church's most bitter political
enemy.
NEAR Galesburg, Ill, on the night of the
18th an express train on the Burlington
collided with a freight Express Messen-
ger Whiffin, of Chicago, was instantly
killed and the conductor of the freight was
badly hurt, also a brakeman. The others
escaped.
THE Myers-McAuliffe prize fight. about
which much has been talked of, took place
at North Judson. Ind, on the 18Th. 1t vas
a very tame affair and after sixty-sfx
rounds was declared draw.
A TERRIFIC explosion occurred at john
sons dynamite factory, near York, Pa,
recently. John Harlin, an employe, aged
thirty-three years, was blown to pieces
and the factory totally demolished.
A NUMBER of stockholders in the Chi
cogo Consolidated Bottling Company re-
Gently applied to the circuit court for a
receiver for that corporation. The capital
stock of the company is 100000. William
Haffner was appointed receiver.
CHIEF JUSTICE JOSEPH R. REED, of the
Iowa Supreme Court and Congressman
elect from the Ninth Iowa district. has re.
signed his judicial position to take effect
February %. Judge Harvey, of Decatur
County, is likely to be elevated to the Su-
preme Bench.
AN Antitrust and Anti-Pool bill has
been introduced in the Minnesota Legisla-
ture. The penalties are made very heavy.
ASSISTANT GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
n. ID. RooT, of the Northern Pacific rail.
road, died the other day from the effects
of injuries received at Tacoma, Wash. 7.
Rev. FATHER DANIEL DoUGHERTY. some
years ago a Catholic priest in Kansas
City, has begun the practice of medicine
in Chicago, having renounced the priest
hood.
The boiler makers in the employ of the
Risdon iron works at San Francisco have
struck on the ground that certain iron
plates being used i'll the repair of the
boilers of the steamship Australia We're
made abroad. Ths strikers contend that
they will not work in any shop which pro-
cures any portion of the boilers in the East
or in foreign countries; that every thing
must be made on the Pacific coast.
JOHN W. STREET, inventor of the i'm
proved cattle car, died recently at Chicago
aged fifty-two.
A CAREFUL estimate at Cheboygan,
Mich, of the logging stock for the coming
season shows that the cut will reach 14O,.
900, O0J feet of lumber. Mill men look for
ward to a very busy season.
JOHN LEE was hanged at Alexandria
Minn., recently for killing his rival in q
love affair in cold blood after spree
John Moe, his partner in crime, was
granted a Communication at the last moment.
THERE is some anxiety among farmers
and miners in California on account of the
absence of rain in the valleys and snow in
the mountains.
THREE buildings in Gluckman & Heller's
block, at Chippewa Falls, Wis, were de-
stroyed by fire the other morning. The
loss on the buildings and stock was about
S170, coo. Partly insured.