The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-05-13
GENERAL NEWS.

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The Missouri Editorial Assoeiatien
meets At Macon Gig, June 9Th.
OF Iowa's population over sixteen years
Of age, only one in l6S cannot read. +
The decrease in the public debt during
the month Of April was 81, 781, 18l. ~.
The estimated income of the parochial
clergy. of England and Wales is go, OOO,-
600.
Treasurer New warns the public
against counterfeit twenty-five and fifty
cent notes.
The Changers of the United States
have over 81, 000, 600 invested in various
enterprises.
The organ grinder wendeth his way
toward the Centennial, and the rural
districts rejoice.
And now they talk about issuing $685.
000, 900 or $50. 00O, 900 in silver coin, to
stop the boarding.
The President has nominated Olive
Logan's husband, Writ Skyes, as Consul
at Florence, Italy.
The best animal food is said to be the
flesh of the sheep, and the best vegetable
food that of or from wheat.
There are now twenty-six candidates
for the democratic nomination for Gov
ernor of Georgia and more coming.
Mrs. Anna Chambers Ketchum, author
of 1.-THE Bonnie Blue Flag" has entered
upon the novitiate at a convent in Paris.
1t appears that in all his travels Pres.
ident Grant has invariably taken special
care not to step outside of the United
States, not even at Niagara.
Classes are being formed in Boston for
the study of events hundred years ago.
The members mean to understand what
things are being celebrated.
General Early wants the Confederate
soldiers in the Southern States to collect
funds for the monument to General Lee
to be erected in Richmond.
A member of of the Left in the French
Assembly has offered a resolution to
suppress the Embassy to the Pope and
economic the pay of go, 900.
Tom Scott has gained a point for his
Texas Pacific. He has offered Congress
couple of free trains to the Centennial,
and Congress has accepted them.
Mr.. Tilden is perhaps the wealthiest
of the various candidates named for the
Presidency. He is said to be worth S..
OCO, 600 and is bachelor at that.
Gen. Grant, Secretary Chandler, and
some family friends went fishing down
the Potomac last Saturday, and Black
burn wants to lave it investigated.
The carpenters of Turkey are women,
and the Turkish buildings on the Cen
tennial grounds at Philadelphia are be.
ing put up by these robust females.
The Cinnamon of Gold Hill, Nevada,
are petitioning the authorities for pub
lie school in which they and their chill
dren may learn the English language.
The managers think twenty-five per
cent. a big reduction on the railway
lines leading to Philadelphia, and they
stick to it. Will the public be stuck?
L. S. Sears, late Secretary of the law
department has been appointed stock
agent of the NJ. K. & T. for Kansas, and
clerk for the law department at Parsons.
The estimated expense of the Navy
Department for the current fiscal year
was $l7, 900, 900 but the Committee Oh
Naval Appropriations have cut it down
to l2,8OO,00O.
In the recent Philadelphia Methodist
Conference a resolution against camp
meeting on Sundays was passed. The
Conference thought that they "drew
people away from their regular places of
worship, and encouraged Sunday excur-
sions for pleasure"
Gen. ]. D. Williams, Democratic can
didate for Governor of Indiana, in late
interview in reply to a question as to
whether he was friendly, in a political
light, with Gov. Hendricks, said he
he was, though he could not
say for sure, Is he had not talked to him
any lately, and continued: "All of US
fellers are pretty much the same way O.
By "all of US fellers" be of
had reference to the Democratic
fellers in Indiana.