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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-17
An Elephant On the Track.

As a railroad tram was passing
through the forest, about thirty miles
from RangoOn. India a short time ago,
driven by Mr.. Stone, Locomotive Super
intendent, assisted by Mr.. Stewart, loco
motive fireman, a large elephant was
seen to break through the fence and get
on the line. Steam was shut off, and
Mr.. Stone tried to open the waste cock,
which, being in front of the engine,
would, ejecting hot water some distance
ahead, induce "tusks" to leave the track.
1t could not readily be opened, and the
engine was soon upon the unfortunate
beast. The brute had turned and fled
on seeing the engine, bnt was speedily
caught. The buffer beams of the en-
CINE being very low, the beasts hind
legs were taken from under him, and he
was forced to sit down, as it were, with
his hindquartes against the smoke
house, which was, of course red-hOt.
The poor beast managed to keep his
fore-feet going, though hustled along
faster than ever he had gone in his life
before, and in few minutes the train
came 10 a stand-still and he got away.
He moved Off the line at the double, up
rooted a clump of bamboo, then wreak::
ed dire vengeance on a tree, and was
last seen rushing through jungle, tear
ing and smashing everything in his
path. He was sadly cut and burned in
the headquarters. and will, probably,
never be Of use again. The mahout
luckily escaped with his life, while
those in the engine may safely congrat-
ulate themselves ON their escape. Ron
COON (Indja) Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-17

We presume that many Of our readers
have, like ourselves, had difficulty in read
ing newspapers and the like In railroad
ears after dark, because Of the unsatisfac-
tory light given by the lamps In use. We
heard yesterday that q gentleman Of this
city had invented new method OF light
ing cars, open to no objection, and last
evening we visited his factory, where at
our request, he showed US the principle of
his lighting apparatus. He has been three
years perfecting it. 1t is very simple. As
applied to railway cars. It Is as follows:
Outside Of the car, upon the end Of the
roof, is kerosene lamp. Leading from 1t
to the other end Is tube, say foot and
half in diameter, through which the light
is thrown by reflector placed behind the
flame. This tube runs along the ROOF, next
to the ventilating deck, and at several
points it is tapped" for light. At these
points reflector In the tube sends the
light into and across the car, through holes
similar to the ventilating holes, and when
the light Is once inside it Is sent down to
the seats by other refiectOrs placed inside.
tube, with the light at the other end. By
the disagreeable smell and smoke OF the
lamps now used, and get very fine light,
and are preserved from danger by fire II
the car meets with an accident.
The whole apparatus, except the aux
iliary reflectors, Is outside the car, and the
lamp is surrounded by q fire-proof, safe
an ingenious mechanism, such that, II
the car is upset or its balance disturbed
by derailment or collision, the fame Is In
stantly extinguished. This makes it very
desirable for use In postal cars, for usually
when they meet with accidents their con-
tents are burned. It was by reading that
the Government was looking for some
thing to use In these cars that theinventor
was led to make experiments. Last even
ing he showed us how fine wood turning
could be done under this arrangement OF
light in his factory, and piece was safely
turned out over forty feet from the lamp
as quickly and as nicely as It could have
been by daylight. The tube conducted
the light SO admirably that It was easy to
read fine print forty feet from the lamp
the length Of the room,-and further. We
see no reason why the adoption Of this ar
rangement on railroads win not be great
improvement, as regards both comfort
and safety. The apparatus is also very
desirable for private grounds, entrances to
stables, etc. It can also be used for foot
lights In theatres. It Il already attracting
the attention OF railroad men. Its cost
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-17
Couldn't Nominate Haskell Unani.
mOusly.
(Garnett Journal


tGarnett JOnnall
When motion was made in the Re
publican Convention to declare the
nomination of Dudley Haskell unani-
nous. it didn't pass. The delegates
from Franklin county had some serious
objections and expressed them then and
there. They stated that owing to GER
tain political complications in that
county and owing to the very pointed
instructions which they had received
from the citizens of Franklin county,
they could not and would not vote
for Mr.. Haskell, and the motion was
dropped. This delegation consisting of
Messrs. Harris, WATSON, Pyle, Fletcher
and Miller deserves the honor and
praise of their county for standing up
to their instructions and uttering their
solemn protest against this old fraud of
a pOstOffice dispenser. and Anderson
county heartily seconds her motion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-17
chapter Of history Is wen worthy Of pres
ervation, and We now for the first time
allow It to go forth, because the period for
its publication has arrived.


"Yell0W Jack"
IAtchison Champion.l
The yellow fever excitement at New
Orleans, throughout the South, up the
Mississippi as far as Cairo. and along the
Ohio to Cincinnati, is very great, and APP
parently increasing. The telegraph told
US, yesterday, that the health officers OF
New Orleans had forbidden any further
reports to be made Of the number Of cases
and the mortality in that city. It seems
to us that this Is q very ill-advised course;
it will certainly lead to grossly exagger--
ated stories, and thus do far more harm
than II the exact truth were stated daily.
All the towns in Texas. along the Gulf Of
Mexico and the Mississippiriver. are main
tanning as strict a quarantine as possible
against New Orleans, and general anxiety
prevails. One or two cases were landed
from steamer in Cincinnati, but the dis
ease does not seem to have spread or as
sumed an epidemic form. Even the peO-
pie Of Chicago are somewhat alarmed, and
are calling upon the authorities to cleanse
the streets and alleys, and adopt other
preventive measures.
There is said to be something peculiar
about the operations Of the disease in New
Orleans. It attacks both whites and
blacks, whereas In former visitatiOns the
cOlOred race have been almost. il not en-
tirely, exempt. It also RACES among chill
dren, whether acclimated or npt, which is
quite unusual. It Is not confined to the
lower classes, where filth is likely to Re
found more plentiful, but attacks as well
the better classes, those Of more clearly
Ives and habits. We find in an exchange
q tabular statement Of the dates when the
scourge has made its appearance in New
Orleans during the present century, and
the fatality attending it, and asst possesses
much historical interest at this time we
copy 1t:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-17

IL I'D that gsst NJ with he spring.
- ~ along the sunny blue,
- hover round your last yeax's nests,
q e1t the shining heavens thro';
1ne skim along tho meadow-gIass,
AWong the AoWers sweet and fair,
- Gloon upon the pointed roof,
o. Quiyfing, balance In the air;
- ksRA1ds Of the summer days.
3 A. Quick 70 dart across the lea,
~ other birds be fairer yet
n deareBt of ell birds are ye.
Doar q the messenger Of spring
Dotprs the buds have opened wide.
Ooor vhon our other birds arc here,
Dear in the burning summarize;
III whom the lonely autumn wind
About the flying forest grieves,
n vain We look for you, but ind
Ycuf mpty nests beneath the caves.
Dora Read Goodale IN st. Nicholas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-17

'Aae 1epeA "ohAe, pa' '4'e aeoe1s - '''ela'
and he went at 1t on that memorable
morning with more than nus usual enthu-
s1asm. The mountain has curious form
&C us northern point, where the ngnt tooK
place. IL is i,4OO Ieet ABOVE the Iennes-
see river, which runs at its loot Inc pau:
saoe or brow Is perpendicular Tor thirty or
iofty ieet; linen IL slopes Ior ABOUT nve
nunoreo ieet 10 1encn almosl leVei
ssreun Oh Two nundred lees IN widtn, run.
ning Iol several mnes souInward, on Dotn
SUES OF sne mountah. linen Slopes
ga.m 70 tne aver nv AUS noI.neh a m ho3 Ia,
". JUL, I.een =. i us m S az; p Inc ,eSe.
,sw MeIe Juss peoM u,s pSho III O,i .Ie
Taun s.ope au III Th auI SS q. 1 sa lulu jill, tho
.ord ~ ~. nao a ntia;n s IT, ou ~
t.aI . Sao it tpe. aeuo. ~.
~. -. ~ on,., - ..tooi ILL, ~, ts;a e p,H
h,'t =; nv IT, rs.r and at o . tn
n,nnnts;n oha,a ;nstood 30 Soiov. LII t te
raheI nos;tion. and th;s 10 ,root;coIIw vhat
vos dpna 'N '"'' 20 p'"0'' "'"'
Natnre favorod HooLor,s MA, II had
haonn raining aarly IN tho noo1nino-a mere
drizzla bowerer which continued onIv a
saw hours The mniStura of the earth
formed a heavy m;st which envaloned the
base of the mountain slowly ascending
Hinder cover of this mist or foo Hooker
moved Gearv WHITAKER and Grove
several miles soutb Of the rebel works and
marched them still nndiscoverad directly
m the side ~ the mountain until thew
reached the nalisades Mt the ton. Thev
conId on M further nm without scaling
LADDERS There thew were formed in
echeion nv brioades- the one on the right
hnoD;no tha nsIisadea and On were march.
ed Directly north AGAINST the rear of the
reheI worka Meantime Osterhaus under
Hookor,e I;roctions was maLin0 a 1av;I NJ
q chou q, TAXING their worts Inv assault in
front and thns occnnvinr The rahals' at
to,tio, Tha ,o;st ~ for u,os ran;dIv
oIoa,;nr ora,, ,ron, hotuasp cstarbana and
tra rohais vhan The firing cansaJ n To
1ro,v heavy again and n SOON Settled
So,,,,, t"nor5 fha h.sa ~ tho ,no,,ntoin
Ard met ~hout tb;s time those in Cbatta.
nooao soSaroI ,n;ias oUay conId COO above
thiS yo;st NJ, cloud Gaory come e,alIontiv
so-warJ IN Tho rebal roar and after q few
n,inmtea, airing cantnre their works and
oho,,t : .n0 T,;sonors Caorv told mo
that n,1ht bo had about ann lint T was in
Tho not1;ntic mood ot that mo1nent to throw
IN ON FOR e,ooJ count Tho rect of the
rohals ran awayto the road on the cast
eide Of the mountain. and skirmished ali
NIGHT with Gearv. who nushed forward to
,ef th;a ono rao1v hy which thew couId
march tn Rraoo's aid The rebels went to
the summit and marched twenty miles
south. where there was a mass by which
thew descended newt dav and Joined Rrarp
IN rotreat Newt ooroinc tho 95th
Gearv's scouts climbed the Palisades nv a
ladder which WAS nj hand and finding no
hodv tn nrevent or object thew hoisted
tho s+orc ond str;Oae IN tba ,,ost ~ tha
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-17
ElIssn's Rarly Liz.

This remarkable inventor. OF whom the
public has recently heard SO much, Il still
q young man, having been born In l347
Milan, Erie county, Ohio. His mother wa
Of Scotch parentage, but bonn In Massa
chusetts; she was finely educated, literary
and ambitious, and had been teacher in
Canada. Young Edison's only schooling
came from his mother, who taught him
spelling, reading. writing and arithmetic.
He lost his mother In 1862, but his father,
a man Of vigorous constitution, Is still hv-
ing, aged seventy -four. When he was
seven years old. his parents moved to
Port Huron, Michigan, The boy disliked
mathematics. but was fond Of reading. and
before he was twelve years old, had read
the Penny Cyclop@dia," Humes En-
gland, and Gibbons Rome" He early
took to tine railroad, and became news
boy on the Grand Trunk line, running into
Detroit. Here he had access to q library,
which he undertook to read through; but,
after Swimming over many hundred mis-
cellaneous books, he adopted the plan Of
select reading on subjects Of interest to
him. Becoming interested In chemistry,
he bought some chemicals. and fixed up a
laboratory In one Of the cars. An unfortu-
nate combustion Of phosphorus one day
came near setting fire to the train, and the
consequence was, that the conductor
kicked the whole thing out. He had OBJ
tanned the exclusive right to sell papers on
the road, and employed foar assistants; but,
not satisfied with this, he bought q lot Of
secondhand type, and printed on the cars
a little paper Of his own, called the Grand
Trunk Herald. Getting acquainted with
the telegraphic- operators along the road
he took notion to become an operator
himself. In his lack Of means and OppOr-
tunities, he resOrted to the expedient OF
making his own apparatus at home. A
piece Of stOve-wire, insulated by bottles,
was made to do service rs the line-wire.
The wire for his electro magnetshe wound
with rags, and in similar way persevered
until he had the crude elements Of tele-
graph; but the electricity being wanting,
and as he could not buy battery, he tried
rubbing the fur Of cats backs, but says
that electricity from this source was q
failure for telegraphic purposes Popular
Science Monthly for August.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-17
How Much Liquor Is Drank.

The Rochester Democrat says that
Prof. Henry A. Ward, of that city, hav-
ing been applied to by a member of the
British Parliament for statistics in re-
gard to the liquor traffic in this cOun
try, in turn applied to the Commits
siOner of Internal Revenue and received
from him the following letter:
WASHINGTON, June "a, 1878.
SIR: Your letter of the 18th inst. to
the honorable the Secretary of the In
terror, asking for some statistics in re-
gard to the liquor traffic in the United
States for a member of the English
Parliament, was referred to this office
on the 18th inst. In reply, l have the
honor to state that the only official in
formation can give you on the subject
is derived from returns to the Treasury
Department of the quantities of dOmes-
tic spirits and malt liquors on which
tax has been paid, and imported liquors
that have been withdrawn for cOnsump-
ton. The returns for the fiscal year
ending June so, 1877, are as follows:
Spirits distilled from whatever materials
gallons AT ,456, $50
Ale, beer lager beer. and porter barrels 99O2 353
Imported spirits Of all kinds gallons 49,, 3S6 67O
Imported wines In casks and bottles, gal
Ions. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5.723,i 400
The following is statement of the
amount of special or license taxes paid
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-17
CATTLE.

Prime, av. 1 800 to I 400. 49,.
Fair to good. Az. !. $50 to I 300.
Native butcher steers, AZ ] 900
to 1, $50. ........
Native feeders. Nv. 900 to ], $50
Native stOckers, Nv. 500 to 600
Native cows, fair to good. ........
Native oxen, choice. ..............
Native oxen, fair to good. ......
Wintered Texan steers. ....-...
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-17
ST. LOUIS.

GRAIN.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-17
PRODUCE AND PROH1s10xs.

Wheat, No. 2.
. M q
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-02-26

Don't try to do too much. A Main
Street man undertook to make his wife
learn to eat with her fork. the other
day. aud now he wears beefAake un-
der his eve. The pathway ofthe reform
er has always been a good deal like Jor-
dan.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-07

SPELLING match in Pelsonyille'
Miss, ended in u row. One cont estsist
said that p-l-o.n.g-h was alone correct.
and another as exclusively maintained
Pillow. The sehoolnaaster ruled that
both were right. but. in the absense of
dictionary, the prevailing sentiment
was that there could not possibly be
two correct ways of spelling one word.
A book was thrown at the schoolmas
tiers head. and u general fight ensued.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-07

An Italian named Charles Pizzola.
engaged in the manufactureof sausages
in San Francisco, and distanced all
competitors 10 the business. The
sausages put up at his establishment
had peculiar flavor. which epicnres
declared could not be excelled. The
Mechanics Institute awarded him a
premium for the best sausages in the
city of San Francisco. He had reached
the zenith of fame as sausage maker.
and was rapidly acquiring a fortune.
and thinking, like all other millionaires,
of building mansion on Mob HILL An
unexpected catastrophe has probably
prevented the realization of his hopes
and seriously injured his business. A
hoodlum of whom he had purchased a
cat entered complaint against him for
cruelty to animals, as he chopped off
the cats tail with his sausage cutter
aud dipped the stump in brine. as was
subsequently, shown, to prevent
hemorrhage. He was arrested and
taken to the Police Court. and notwith-
standing the fact that he pleaded
guilty to the charge, the Court admit
ted evidence which showed that he
had been an extensive purchaser Ct
eats. and gave rise to the suspicion
that his saus .ges owed their peculiar
aud delicate flavor to cat flesh. A
butcher testified that bleeding cats by
ehopping of their tails had tendency
to whiten the flesh and fatten the ami.
mails. The defendant explained that
he bought the cats to keep rats and
mice off his premises, but it was shown
that he had purchased dozens of them
feom different boys, aud that he in.
sariably chopped off their tails. Since
the trial. crowds of men aud boys as
sembled nightly in front of Pizzola' .
place of business, and by news and
eat-cslls, compelled him to close his
place of business at unreasonable hours.
Ills visions of a-mansion- on Mob Hill
lave vanished. his business is ruined,
aud the saus ages which the Judges at
at the Mechanics Destitute pronounced
she bsstiothe city, fiad no more pur-
IN lserS In the market
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-07

Grant county, Ky, has officers who
are too cowardly or too corrupt to en-
force the laws; therefore Frank Turner.
although he had killed four men. was
still at liberty. Nobody dared to quar-.
rel with bin, and. in order to get an
antagonist. he sought out Peter Judd,
who had recently fought with the des-
perado's brother. Turner called Judd
out of his house and demanded an
apology. Judd instantly promised to
apologize. Turner was isappointed
by this easy victory. and demanded
Judd to apoligizs on his knees, hoping
that he would. by refusing. give pre-.
text for bloodshed. Judd subm issively
got down on his knees. Then Turner
stabbed him to death. The officers did
not arrest the murderer even then, but
mob hanged him.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-07
HOW LOUISIANA WAS CARRIED
FOR HAYES.

James E. Anderson. q Supervisor of
Registration in Louisiana at the last
Presidential election. is now resident
sf Eureka. Anderson. it will be re-
membered, commended with Mrs. jerks
m lying match for the championship
OF America and came out second best
he- has been interviewed By a Sentinel
reporter aud explained the situation
rs follows:
Each parish. or county, had a Super
visor of Registration, who was ap-
pointed by the Governor. He had alb.
Eolote control over all the election ma
ehinery in his district. No man could
vote who did not hold certificate from
aim, and IL was in his power to dis
franchise legal voters upon various pre-
texts. He designated the polling
places. appointed the commissioners,
aud made a consolidated report of the
various polls, which he forwarded to
the Returning Board. The law also
provided that in case of riot or blood.
shed at any poll. or if any corrupt
means had been used before or on the
day Of election, the Supervisor should
report the fact to the Board, who
simply acted as court of appeal. You
will raadiIv oaa fhn po;uf of that A., a,
Let as apply it to Eureka county. Say
there were eight polling places; five of
them would give. q. Republican ma
jority, which would be overcome by the
Democratic majority ut the other three.
Now. IT for any reason one or more of
the Democratic polls could be excluded
1t would give the county to the Repub.
ticans; 80 the Supervisor. when he de-
sired to save the parish, could either re-
tnse 10 count certain polls on any pre-
sext he saw tit. or he could forward a
protest to the Returning Board. who
being Of the same political faith. and
understanding his motives, would &C.
sept his statement without question.
snd throw out the polls for hun, 1t
Was snch tsaversty on Justice that
tAsE people OF no Northern State
would have submitted to. it for a
moment.
Il was with such power that was
sent to the parish of East Feliciana in
ss7es It embraced an area of territory
s& large 40 the State Of Delaware, and
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-07

WILLIAM Z. EvARTs' mouth will hold
focr yards of the English language
without crowding.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-07

EASTERN DISPATCH Rs

WASHINGTON. Dec, 6.
Linderman's term has expired, and 1t
is Questioned if his commission Will Do
renewed. Liuderman is lying very Ill
here. and it is doubtful whether he re-
covers.
Organization of the Next House.
New YORK. Dec. 6.
The Suns Washington special says:
The Republicans are turning heaven
and earth to capture tbs organization
of the next House. II they can elect
three Republicans in California they
can tie the Democrats. and with the
help of the doubtful, Greenbacker elect
the Speaker. Gorham. under the pre-
tense of making flying visit home.
was sent to California to set up the
pins for the little game.
General sensimsnt of Indifference.
49, New YORK. Dec. 6.
The Tribune's Washington special
says: The strong feeling of hostility
toward the President which the Rspub-
liean Senators and Representatives took
no pains to conceal year ago. has
given place to very general sentimen
of Indifference. There is less DISPOSE
ton to attack the President openly
bat there is. no evidence of any cor
diality of feeling.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-07

A Vermonter has invented "a bottle
that will always turn right side up. thus
falling to spill the contents, no matter
how drunk the owner is."
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-07

In is reported that General Thomas
Ewing, Of Ohio, and Senator Jones, of
Nevada, have purchased the james
River and K4nawha Cauai in Virginia.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-07

Two Umatllla Indians. convicted of
numbering man named Coggon near
Pendleton, Oregon. last summer, are
sentenced to be hanged January End.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-07
SALT, SALT
The Desert Salt COMPANY

is now prepared to furnish choice article ~
hiLiINa SALT in Quantities to suit
at reasonable rates.
ADDRESS ORDERS: -"DEsEar SALT Cow.
PAsY'4 Browns station, @. p. r.. r..
aul6-T3-tf
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-07
Lat OF Unclaimed I.,tse,s

neuhaihihg In the Postofiice al Winnie
mucca, New, on the TIA day of Decem.
Der. 1878.
bonebrake, Fred w. Bowley, Bart
Ooan' hehfy Erskine, Alfred
Evans, David Fitzp.tr,ck .lohn +
Fitzpatrick John III. Fleming. M n 9
Foster, X. Ii. Farrell James
Grenheim. M. .Gelierman Frad
uiadden; John M. Roach. B,rney
Young, |. H. Watt. James
Wait. John j.
Persons calling for any of these
letters will please say. Advertised
December 7th. 1873"
+. @. ROBINS. Postmaster.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-12-07

Ths Columbarium. as the cremation
house 10 the cemetery at Gotha. Ger
many, is called, has been completed.
The town authorities have decided that
the collins for cremation are not to
measure more than q 25 metres in
length, 0.75 in width. O.72 in height.
The urns to DO placed in the Column
barium are not to have more than {. 80
metres in height and 0.40 in diameter.
The cost of cremation will b. about Sc.