The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-06-17
GENERAL NEWS.

Speaker Kerr's favorite color is moi
A. z. Green.
Three delegates from Kansas attended
the National Prison Congress in New
York.
Charles O'Connor has been acquitted
by Committee oflawyers on q charge ol
crooked practice.
An American girl, Julia Sinclair, has
just taken her degree AZ doctor Of medi
cine at the University at Zurich.
IL is admitted with general franknes>
and rejoicing that Speaker Kerr has
completely indicated himself Of the
charges against him.
The Mississippi River steamers going
north are crowded with Southern PEG.
pie who are fleeing north to sojourn in
Minnesota during the summer.
A Chinese newspaper published at
Shanghai under foreign auspices has a
circulation of 5000 daily, and is sold at
10 cash, or something less than cent.
Phillip Phillips, "the Singing Pill
GRIM" has been year in Australia and
is nov in India, and will soon begin a
residence of several months in England.
CASTELAR, is coming to the Centennial.
He is so poor that he is compelled to
come as a correspondent. He will also
lecture in some of the principal cities
during his stay.
The French Senate has passed the ap-
preparation voted by the Chamber of
Deputies for sending u delegation of me-
chanics and agriculturalists to the Cen.
tennial Exhibition at Philadelphia.
California com plains of a surfeit of
heather Cinnamon, and China is revolt
ing against the progress of Christian mis-
sions. A terrible religious riot is report
ed at Chi Flu, in which twenty-five lives
were sacrificed and 800 houses burned.
The New York Herald publishes four
columns of letters addressed to Mrs. A.
I. Stewart and Judge Hilton by persons
claiming to be relatives of the late A. T.
Stewart. The Herald estimates the
number of Mr.. Stewards "cousins" at
about two thousand.
Democratic Delaware dominates her
only statesman and a considerable part of
her population, Hon. Thomas F. Bayard
for the Presidency. Mr.. Bayard, if NOM
mated, would be worse beaten than any
man who ever stood up to Delaware's 50.
cred institution, the whipping-post.-
Commonwealth.
The total gold coinage for the month
Of May, as appears from reports received
by DIR. Linderman, the Director of the
Mint was $3,176, 160; trade dollar COIN
age, $3lS, 100; subsidiary silver coinage,
$3.50, los; minor coinage, $12, 475; total
number of pieces struck, 1O,215,634
total value Of the coinage, $685., $40.
This is regarded Is . very large coinage.
General Sheridan said at q recent re.
union of the Army of the Potomac: al
lndorse everything said by General Sher.
man and Dix. I believe in charity, but
| do not believe that charity should all
be on the one side. The minute q man
'ays he is sorry he rose up against the
government in war, then / am willing
% extend charity, but when hear men
N the South saying they are still hostile |
% the government, then have no char |
ty to extend them"
The good effects on. our commerce of
he present disturbed condition ofafairs |
n Europe may be seen in tho report Of
ast weeks New York, Philadelphia and
baltimore grain exportA In one day en-
were made of 79O, 900 thou
and bushels Of grain ct New York, l99,.
10 at Philadelphia, and $4,000 at Balti- |
nore-in all . single days engagements
or export Of l,02l 900 bushels. The
war in Europe will doubtless
V unhealthy for the Russians, Germans,
Austrians, English, and especially for
he Turks, but it will give our trade
uch start IS it has not had for many