The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-01-15
GENERAL NEWS.

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Gov. TAen's il the longest message on
record.
Babcock has secured ex- Attorney GeAs
eral Williams as his counsel.
Crooked cigars are attracting the
attention of government detectives in St.
Louis.
The New York 7Ibune does not believe
that the suit of MouasoIf against Beecher
will ever BE tried.
The Vermont State Normal school has
graduated 3O4 teachers during the nine
years of its existence.
The little kingdom of Belgium keep on
hand standing army over twice the
size of that of the United States.
The Chicago Times which taps the
suburbs" with wires, pays 100000 a
year for special local kilograms.
An exchange thinks the award to II.
C. Bowen of 81, 900 damages in SANDER
suit shows return TO war prices.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Randall will
soon propose in the House to reduce the
salary Of Congressman to the old figures.
The salary Of the Secretary of the.S State
Grange is 81 900 per annum, to include
clerk hire. The Masters salary is 500
and expenses.
New York merchants, who are in po-
sition to form reliable opinions, estimate
an improvement in business in 1876 over
1875 Of 25 per cent.
Of Notaries Public 1874, and of Justi
ces of the Peace SO have been commits.
stoned in Kansas during the year ending
November 80, 1875.
Atchison county has an apiary that
yielded SOL pounds of honey and $50
pounds of comb; an average of Ia
pounds to each swarm.
Of the 48S students at Heidelberg this
year, America contributes thirty-nine,
Great Britain twenty-One. Russia and
twenty-four each.
A mercantile city in Scotland provides
work on its public parks, shilling a day,
and q dinner for those out of employ
ment. About 26O have accepted the
terms.
Ten million six hundred and thirty
seven thousand nine hundred dollars
worth of fires in New England in 1875,
not including poetic fires and centennial
oratioFs:-
The Grand Army of the Republic has
appointed an executive centennial COM
mittee in Philadelphia for the purpose OF
for the entertainment of visit
ing comrades.
After all, hasn't Fernando Wood done
about as sensible thing as any Demo-
crat yet this session? He got the bun
combe resolutions about the employment
Of soldiers referred to the Centennial
York Tribune.
Several Southern Democratic members
have approached Republican members
and threatened to oppose the Centennial
unless promise was given
to stop the introduction of political reso-
lutions regarding the duty Of the House
towards union soldiers.
Every poor sewing woman in the
United States is obliged to make about
ten shirts year to pay the tariffswindle
in spool threal-a continuance for keep
ing the tax on spool-thread and spinners'
yarn which prOfted the United States
treasury 100000 in 1874 in order that
many times As much money might go to
the pocketsOfa few manufactupers.-Ncr
YORK World.
The Republican has discovered an OBJ
lection to women as public ofiice-holders
in the fact that Gin almost all cases fe-
males hold Office through political infiu- |
.nce." We have sort of an impression
that most OF the males who hold Offices
10 so through political influences, and
We have not seen these influences dimin-
shed since the Republicans party got |
hold of Congress. If the Republicans
notion is to dismiss the women who are
earning an honorable living by working in
he Departmental Washington and to re-
place them by able-bodied ballot-stuffers,
t had better hold on until it gets con-
,rol of the Departments. Its party has
lone pretty we'll discharging Union sol
Tiers from their poor positions under
Congress, but it is hardly ready tolay its |
lands on the women yet.-Globe- Demo-
rat.