The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-29

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to burn the building recently.
THE apex of Globe hill, near Cripple
Creek, Col, is said to be vast placer
of phenomenal wealth.
JEM MACE. of London, England, the
retired champion pugilist of the world,
and the only man who ever held the
title, has made application to the board
of governors of the Chicago Athletic
association for the position of boxing
| instructor to the club.
KELLEY graduates in Chicago want to
organize their wives, sisters and mothers
| into an assistant club.
A BRILLIANT meteor shot through the
sky, illuminating the door porches at
Dubuque, Ia
THE decree of the lower courts has
been affirmed in the Omaha bridge case.
The little child of a. P. Sengel, of
East Dixon, H., was scalded to death.
He was near the table and tur ned the
teapot over on himself.
THE Chickasaw legislature has adj
journed. The election for governor
comes off in August. Wolf, the full
blooded candidate, it is thought, will
win.
FIRE broke out in the opera house at
Pocatello. Idaho Fourteen business
houses were destroyed and 100000 loss
caused.
VARIOUS points of North Dakota were
struck by a severe storm on the Goth.
At Gettysburg a woman was killed and
her child fatally injured.
ED. L. holland. defaulting state
treasurer of Missouri, has concluded to
no longer contest his sentence of two
years Imprisonment
THE democrats of Missouri have NOM
mated the following state ticket: For
governor. William J. Stone: for lieuten-
ant governor, John B. O'Meara: for sec
rotary of state, \. a. Lesueur; for au-
ditor. James NJ. Seibert: for treasurer,
Lon V. Stephens: for attorney general,
Frank Walker; for railroad commits
sioner, James Cowgirl; for electors at
large, Charles b. McAfee and n. d.
Thurmond.
Two weeks ago Charles Finehart, of
Seymour, Ind, was reported dead at
Vera Cruz, Mexico. His family wired
for remains. paid $3.50 for expenses and
received corpse. Finehart now wires
that he is very much alive. The swindle
is being investigated.
Miss HESTER A.JUsTICE, of near Salem,
Ill, recovered Judgment for $1,000
against William S Andrews for breach
of promise
\ LEASE from the Omaha, st. Paul &
Kansas City railroad to the Great West
eru Co. has been filed at Waterloo, Ia.
A TRAMP fell into a well at jefferson
vile, Ind, and was drowned. Letters
indicated that he was James Erickson,
of Lansing, Mich.
WILLIAM GRIFFITH, living near Eliza
BEETHOVEN, Ill, became entangled in the
harness of frightened mule and was
dragged to death.
AN unknown thief at Chicago was
surprised and thrown downstairs by
the occupants While on the way to
the station he fell in an epileptic fit ant
died from the shock.
THE Hazen Wire Nail Co, Anderson,
Ind, has signed the scale.
A TERRIFIC explosion, caused by the
in the Grand Ridge electric light plant,
and followed by fire, caused $4,000
confagration at Ottawa, Ill
MEXICo's consul at Chicago will be
transferred to st. Louis
The Atchison board failed to put in
its second-class rate of S14T0 from the
Missouri river to the Pacific coast, but
is said to be getting a fair show of the
business
\ RICH find is reported near Spanish
Peaks, Col.
MONTICELLO. ILL.,, has been flooded by
q rainstorm which lasted three hours.
THE wild man of the swamp country
in Johnson, Pope, Pulaski and Massac
counties, Ill, has been captured. His
name is John Harvey and he presents
an extraordinary appearance. He eats
all his food raw.
TUE opera house at Springfield, Ill,
was unroofed by a heavy wind
THE northwestern roads are in serious
trouble by reason of the Eau Claire
lumber rates
CHARLES Hit, of Columbus. Ind,
bought tanning machine for SD from
stranger, giving n written order for the
same. He has been called upon to pay
for 90 machines. costing $3.50. 1t was
lightning rod trick.
J. d. BARNETT, n wealthy farmer,
was crushed to death under falling
tree on his place in Warwick county,
Ind
Gov. TooLE, of Montana, refused to
allow Idaho and federal troops to pur-
sue fugitives from the Ceur d'Alene
country.
THERE was no truth in a sensational
yarn from San Francisco of the loss of
other horrors
CHICAGO police recently raided nickel
in-the-slot gambling machines.
\ sPLESDIDLY preserved mastodon's
tooth was found in the Piasa bottoms,
seven miles above Alton, Ill. and pre-
scented to Prof William F. McAdams,
who viii add it to his worlds fair ex-
hibit.
DR. AARON L. CHAPIS, ex-president of
Beloit college, Wis, is dead.
ALL the fancy county, Mo, lynchers
were discharged. the prosecution seeing
that it was futile to bring them to trial
A SEVEN foot body of lead carbonates
was opened in Leadville. Col, assaying
626 ounces of silver and fifty-six ounces
of gold.
A CYCLONE struck Hiteman, Ia, doing
considerable damage; no lives lost
CHICAGO has just issued her new city
directory, the largest in the United
States.
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