The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-12-12
GENERAL BREVITIES.

GENERAL BREvITIES.
THE Clay monument at Lexington,
KY, is in danger of destruction. The
stone of which it is built is crumbling.
A BILL is before the City Council of
Victoria, British Columbia, prohibiting
the herding together of Cinnamon.
For the first time in the memory of
living man, the year will pass without
the execution of the sentence OF death
upon any person in Paris.
A BAND of 1,5O0 sheep was burned to
death by brush fire near Ventura, CAL,
the other day. The fire surrounded the
stock before the herder could drive them
out of danger.
THERE is said to be great rush of
Burmese and Shan adventurers across
the frontier into Siam, attracted thither
by reported discovery of an immense
field of sapphires.
A RUSSIAN officer has invented an in
genious system of night signals on ves-
sells by lighting, by means of retlectOrs,
the smoke of chimneys. A code explains
the meaning of the divers colors.
The Mexican State of Yucatan has
adopted the name of Yucatan de Zavala,
in honor of Gen. Zavala, who was the
first Vice-President of the republic of
Texas. Gen. 'Zavala was buried Nov
II, 1886, on the bank of Buffalo Bayou,
in Harris County, nearly opposite the
battle-ground of San JacintO. If con-
sent be obtained for the removal of the
remains from their present resting-place,
4 vessel of the Mexican Government will
be dispatched to carry them to Yucatan
de Zavala.
A LONG time ago, in Mason County,
Kentucky, an old topper agreed to fight Il
ferociOus ram, the prize being a quart of
whisky. The whole village collected to
see the fight. Both man and ram
charged at the same time, but the man
quickly righted, and planting his foot
upon the lifeless carcass of his foe, de-
mandcd and drank the whisky. just at
the moment of collision the man had
dropped his head, and the nose of the
ram coming in contact with the elevated
shoulders, the animals neck was
broken.
A MOHAMMEDAN priest, Ahmed Eff
fendi, has been for years assisting a
company of Protestant missionaries in a
translation of the New Testament, re-
ceiving $25 per month for revising, cor
recting, and clothing in poetical Turk
ish their versions. This coming to the
knowledge of the Sheik-ul-Islam, he had
the priest arrested and tried by an &C.
clesiastical court. A religious excite
ment was stirred up, and was famed by
the Turkish press, and when the last
mail left Constantinople the court was
hesitating whether to sentence Ahmed
to fifteen years Imprisonment in a fort
ress or to death.
THERE is a venerable and benevolent
Judge in one of the Paris tribunals who,
at the moment of passing sentence on
priOner, cOnsults his assessors on each
side of him us to the penalty proper to
be inflicted. "What ought we to give
this rascal, brother?" he says, bending
over TO the assessor on the right. 81
should say three years. IS What is your
opinion, brothcr?" to the assessor on
the left. "Ishould give him about four
years. The judge with benevolence)
=" Prisoner, not desiring to sentence
you to a long term of Imprisonment, as
l should have done were | left to N.Y.
self, have consulted my learned broth
ers and shall take their advice. Seven
years"
Miss NJ. F. AUSTIN of the Central
Colony, Cal, has % acres of vineyard,
90 in bearing this third year from cut
tings, from which she has already made,
according to the Pacific Rural Press,
5000 pounds of raisins, and will add p
600 pounds more during the season.
The Muscat of Alexandria and Muscate
de GOrda Blanco are the varieties of
grapes used. Miss Austin employed
this season LOCO platforms during the
cutting process. Her vines yielded an
average of 10 pounds each of grapes the
first season of bearing. Her grape prod
uct this season will pay all expenses of
the vineyard, pay for the platforms,
boxes, etc, which can be used success
i've seasons, and possibly a small mar
gin above. She is very justly proud of
her success and enthusiastic over the
future prospects of the raisin industry in
this country.