The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-05

Mrs. MAMIE HUGHEs, of Seymour,
Ind, in attempting to shoot alargs owl
that disturbed her rest, accidentally
discharged 3s-caliber revolver into her
left side, infictinga fatal wound.
A HoosIER beer trust is forming at
Indianapolis
THREE hundred and fifty dwellings
were destroyed by the fire at Bay City,
Mich. Hundreds of persons were rem
dered homeless. The loss was esti-
mated at 81, OOO, O0O Only one life was
lost
SECTION men on the Vandalia line
between indianapolis and Terre Haute
have struck for s1.2O a day-a ten cent
increase.
THE Missouri Pacific denies that it in
tends to put collectors on its passenger
trains
THE lessees of the American Girl
mine at Ouray, Col, have paid their
81, O0O, 900 bond and now own the prop
erty. st. Louis and Denver capitalists
form the company.
THE Hotel Norder, Bedding, Mich,
was burned. The guests narrowly
escaped.
A STEAM engine boiler used with
wheat threshing machine near Kyle's
Station, Butler county, O., burst, kill
ing Ambrose Alexander and Perry
Holden and injuring four others.
EIGHT hundred employees of the Gillkey
& Arson Lumber Co., at Merrill, Wis,
have struck for ten hours work instead
of eleven at ten hours pay, which was
refused them.
THE two-story frame cooler of the
Bruggerman brewery, st. Paul, Mimi,
collapsed, and three men who were
sleeping in the building were buried
and one killed.
THE bank of Ell Reno, Ok, was robbed
by two men, who compelled the wife of
President Sawyer to hand over SO, 500.
The engines of the Chicago & South
eastern road have been seized for taxes
and chained to the track by an Indiana
county treasurer.
THE supreme court of Michigan has
handed down opinions declaring uncon-
stitutional the two acts of the last legis-
lature reapportioning the representa-
tive and senatorial districts in the state.
A REVENUE collector of the Cherokee
nation says there are now about 100000
cattle, 10000 horses and Is, 600 sheepon
the strip and that the soldiers have
made no attempt to remove any of
them.
The boiler in the shingle mill of
Hartnell & Smith, on Otsego lake, near
Gaylord, Mich, blew up, killing four
men, fatally injuring one other and
demolishing the mill.
Two men were killed and three prob
ably fatally injured by a boiler explo-
sion at sawmill near Stanley, l. T.
THE tug Concord was sunk in col
Hsion off Chicago and Oscar Page and
William Kopfer drowned while asleep
in the cabin.
TEXAS fever is raging among cattle
all over the Indian territory and hun
dreds of native animals have died.
Many farmers are losing every COW
they possess.
THERE has been serious trouble with
striking mill hands at Merrill, Wis
MINNESOTA republicans nominated
Knute Nelson for governor by acclama-
ton.
SIssoN, Cal, was reported in flames.
NINE persons were injured by light
ming in a storm at Jacksonville, Ind.
WYOMING democrats were in conven-
ton at Rock Springs Walter r Stoll
resigned the craftsmanship of the state
central committee because of the
''rustler" element which predominated.
PHOENIX, Ariz., is to have electric cars,
THE cut in Denver passenger rates
has led to another reduction.
ARMY worms are causing trouble in
Dewitt and Mclean counties, Ill.
ARTHUR T. D. AUSTIN, a former Chi
cago board of trade man, living near
Albert Lea, Mimi, was served with
notice of ejectment by three officers. A
fight followed in which Mrs. Austin
took part, but they were both finally
arrested after one of the officers was
fatally shot.
Mrs ROBERT MoRRELL, living near
Hillsboro, Ill, was fatally stung by a
humble bee.
THE Order of Iron Hall, an extensive
mutual insurance society, is in trouble.
A receiver has been applied for at In
dianapolis, Ind. There are charges of
wrongdoing.
THE Ell Reno, Ok, bank, recently
robbed by the Dalton boys, will pay all
of its obligations
An epidemic of scarlet fever prevails
at Richmond, Ind