The Iola register., 1890-08-01

The Illinois Board of Agriculture OBJ
jects to the lake front site for. tht
Worlds Fair, because it thinks 1t viii
not be big enough for an adequate dis
play of agricultural products.
THERE was a serious wreck on tht
Rock Island, near Limon, Col, caused
by the washing out of bridge. Ten o.
| fifteen passengers were more or les:
hurt and the engineer was killed, being
pinned under his engine at the bottom
of the creek.
AT a yacht race at Duluth, Mimi, re
rently one of the boats capsized in a
squall Charles Lindner, the owner, and
another man were drowned.
CONGRESSMAN GEsT has been renom-
mated by the Republicans of the Elev,
enth Illinois district
A TURNED switch at Sycamore, Ill,
caused collision between the Chicago
& Northwestern fast mail and freight
train. Several persons were injured
and the passenger fireman killed.
THE Chicago Worlds Fair directors
and City Council conference committee
have settled their differences and all is
serene again.
FIRE in Spokane Falls, Wash, on the
23d caused $50, 900 damage all told. A
negro was arrested on suspicion.
ANTON PRENDER and Joseph Laven-
dusdy were horribly burned by molten
steel which fell from pot which they
were moving in the Chicago steel works
recently.
The wine dealers of San Francisco
claim to have been defrauded of large
amounts of wine by bogus New York
firms.
MEAD Bros flour mill, North Jack
son, O., was destroyed by boiler ex-
plosion recently and two men were
killed and third fatally injured.
The school bureau enumeration of
Chicago shows population of 1, ,2O5, ,99S.
THE beer war in Chicago has been set
tied and prices have been advanced to
the old rates.
The Worlds Fair bill has been pre-
sented to each house of the Illinois
Legislature and referred to committees.
A SENSATION was created at Butte,
Mont, by the filing of the will of the
late Judge A. ]. Davis. The document,
which was dated in Iowa in 1886, makes
his brother John Davis sole heir An
nuities are also given to two illegitimate
children. The estate is valued at So
900, 600.
SECRETARY HARRIS, of the North Da-
kota Railroad Commission, denounces
as false the report that North Dakota
elevators will refuse to store grain this
year.
THE Farmers Alliance of the Eighth
Iowa district has nominated A. r.
Anderson for Congress
Two men were killed and several
barns and fire alarm boxes and tele-
phones in Sheboygan. Wis, burned by
recently.
BROTHER VINCENT, nearly one hun
1red years old and one of the builders
Of Notre Dame University, died at South
Bend, Ind, recently.
The two census enumerators for Colo
RADIO announce that the population of
the State will be very close to 400, 600.
The three largest cities in the State
aside from Denver are: Pueblo, 81, ass;
Leadville, 1875 and Colorado Springs,
II, 200.
BRAKEMAN WILLIAM HIBLER was
killed near Bloomington, Ind, recently
Conductor Arnold of the train has been
arrested on charge of having thrown
Hibler from the train.
A NATIONAL convention of the Union
Labor party has been called to meet in
St Louis September 8. The Greenback
party, the Farmers Alliance, the Wheels
and Changers and other kindred or
yanizations are invited to send repre-
The campaign of 1892 will
at that time be outlined.
A TERRIFIC thunder storm is reported
from Jackson valley, Nevada. Rocks
we're upheaved, sand thrown hundred
feet in the air, trees torn up and the |
ground rent ten feet deep. Two Piute |
Indians and several animals are re-
ported to have been killed. The thun-
lercloud was about an acre in area.