The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-09-30
GENERAL NEWS.

The Democratic rifleman-Tilden with
his single barrel.
Nearly 1900 citizens have left s.
vannah since the yellow fever broke out.
A Boston house is receiving orders for
from 10 to $50 pistols . day from Char
lesion, s. G.
Five hundred Centennial guards are
to be retained on duty until January l,
1877. and some till April.
They call Grant "the silent man." but
just try Tilden on the income tax, if you
want to see an oyster.-Bostos journal.
Democracy will buy no more wooden
legs for soldiers, but that will not pre-
vent the latter from stamping for Hayes.
The Cincinnati Engu;rr said before
the St. Louis Convention met: "Mr.
Tilden, as . reformer, is . first-class
fizzle."
The Vermont Democrats lost twenty.
eight members of the Legislature and
their single member Of the State Senate
in their recent election.
Empress Eugene, whose health is de-
Ginning, has bought as q winter residence
villa in Florence, hitherto occupied by
Grand Duches Maria Of Russia.
Senator Conover, of Florida, announc-
Is that the differences in the Republic.
can party of Florida have been settled,
and there is fair prospect of the State
going Republican.
The Democratic rulers of New York
city have increased the city debt from
$50, 654, 6s3 in 1866 to $132, 903, 1913, and
now they want to try their hands on re-
forming the nation.
The Republicans can lose Indiana in
October and elect Hayes; but the Dem.
ocrats cannot lose Indiana in October
and elect Tilden. is what the New York
Herald says about it.
General Garfield writes to friend in
Washington that Ohio will give Hayes a
rousing majority, and that the Republi.
cans will probably gain four of the Dem
Ocratic Congressional Districts.
The New York World has q French
cook on its editorial staff, who writes es-
says on how to cook oysters, how to make
mutton broth, and the like. He is pre-
pairing an article on how to eat crow.
The Detroit Free Press takes up the
sword OF truth and smites a sinner thus:
"RObert Bonner charges the Rev. Moody
with preaching for money. Robert Bon
ner runs paper for money, and it is q
dishwater paper at that"
The Republican party has reduced the
debt since 1866, by $67S, OOO, 900 it has
reduced taxation by $303, 600, 900; it has
reduced expenditures by more than
$500, 900, 900: it has reduced the interest
on the debt by 100000.
In the October election of 1872 the
Democratic vote in the counties of In
diana bordering on Kentucky was 1907.
In the November election of the same
year, when Kentucky votes were needed
at home, the Indiana vote in the same
counties was only 17,121.
Charles Francis Adams does not ap-
pear to fire the Massachusetts, heart now,
any more than he used to. The Demo-
Gratis of that State expected that he
would carry it by storm. but at present
the prospect is that a long siege, with
regular approaches, will have to be held.
At last Gov. Tilden appears, to explain
the income business. We say Gov. Til
den appears, for the letter signed by the
law clerk is evidently dictated BY the
master, It betrayes all Gov. Tilden's
peculiar dexterity, and is formidable
elaborate and on the points Of least con-
sequence. The essential point it slurs.-I
Mew York Tribune.
Tilden expects to be elected, but can
coun. on only 104 electoral
votes, and all from the original slave
States. The Republican electoral vote,
at its lowest, is 2S2, while the
vote numbers 80. The total
electoral vote is 1863, and 1855 are necessa.
~ to choice. Give the Democrats all
the doubtful States, and their vote will
be only 1877, lacking 4s of an electing
vote. Quod erat dcm0nstrdndum.