The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-07-04
GENERAL BREVITIES.


A PARTLY paralyzed boy stole ride
on Grand Trunk Railway car by hid
ing underneath On. truck. A spark
set fiie to his clothes, and he was all
ablaze when discovered. He died of
the burns.
VARIOUS Italian cities have begun to
erect monuments in honor of the late
King Victor Emanuel. The municipal
authorities of Milan have voted the sum
of 100000 francs for the monument
there.
FIFTY thousand dollars worth of
American meat was recently seized and
destroyed at Smithfieid Uondon) Mar
ket. Il was spoiled in Consequence of
a delay of 10 days in shipping at New
York.
DOCTOR took a fish bone half an
inch long and one-eighth wide out of the
throat of Jacob Schwab of Nevada,
Iowa, that had been working its way
around in the flesh of the neck for q full
year past.
JAMES LARRABEE of Stark, N. H., is
a man of remarkable physical powers.
He is sc years old, yet is able TO stand
up for two days and nights at his ac-
customed work as woodman In his
time he has finished mssts and spars for
500 vessels. He has not been ill in so
years.
A PRUDENT jailer in Buffalo lent ra-
Zor to Dunkel, the wife-murderer, in or
der that he might shave himself before
going to court for trial. The criminal
cut his own throat with the implement,
and thus considerably saved the county
the crest expense of convicting and
hanging him. ~ y.
IN Persia, no book can be published
which is not approved and sealed by the
Government censor. 1t happens that
the seal is under tie control of WON
an, the mother of the censor, who is a
bigoted Mohammedan and very bitter at
Christianity. Hence the great difficult
ty in getting Christian books printed
and circulated.
YAKoOB KAHN, the Afghan ruler, has
decidedly aristocratic appearance. He
is of middle height, straight and well
built. His complexion is that of an
Italian, his features being of the usual
coarsely aGuiline Afghan type. His eX-
preston is somewhat stern and care
worn, but indicates character and reso-
luton.
HOMES for friendless children in Eng
land do not appear to be Cvermuch
hOmelike and comfortable. The founder
and lady principal Of home for friend
less girls was recently on trial in Lon
don tor neglect and cruelty, and the tes-
tlmony showed that the poor children in
her charge were nearly starved, dirty,
ill-clad, and unhealthy, and were some.
times flogged with rope.
THE last swindle is in potato-bug
poison. A man goes about selling ten
cent packages, warranted sure death
topotato. bugs, with no risk from poison
ing as with Paris green."' Thu pack
ages are not to be opened until time for
using them. Then the victim finds two
square blocks of wood, on one Of which
is written: "Place the bug on this
block, and press firmly with the other"
EDWIN BocrH desires that Gray, the
]unatic who shot at him, shall be kept
securely in the asylum. 81 trust Gray
may become grayiindeed, ;" he says, sin
kind but careful confinement, or if earli-
er released, that his exit may be from
this earthly stage OF his dramatic ex-
pioits to that celestial scene where idiots
cease from shooting and actors are at
rest. II he be ever again at liberty, my
own life shall not value worth Il
rush. 30
THE reports from the silk districts
are, if possible, worse than ever. The
French crop is very bad. Respecting
that of Italy doubts are now expressed
whether it will reach even half an ay-
erage; and some estimate it at no bet
ter than a third of an average. The
Spanish crop is also said to be injured,
and so is that of Asia Minor. Finally.
the Japanese crop, which at first had
been represented to be good, is likewise
damaged->to the extent of Is or 16 per
cent. F-.f
WHEN the Gar entered his box at the
Grand Theater, st. Petersburg Gimme
diateiy before his departure for Livadia),
a part of the audience arose ard shout
ed: "Long live the Carl" The great
est part of the public, howe vsr, substi-
tuted the cry of "a Constitutionin A
tlmult ensued, with the usual interior
ence of the police; numerous arrests |
were made, and the sovereign, after a |
while, retired from his box. The heir |
apparent remained, and was at once ST.
luted with an enthusiastic applause and |
renewed cries of GA Constitutionn'
THE newspaper correspondents have
discovered an avowed cannibal near
Otis, Mass. He bears the not unusual
name of John Smith, and finished his
education as man-eater on the South
Sea Islands, where he entered into ali
the savage rites, and acquired an appe-
tite for human flesh. He stands accused
of eating a man in New Jersey, but de-
MES the charge. He admits, however.
that he offered to work six months for a
Blandford farmer in exchange for his
daughter, and that he made the propo-
sition with intent to feast on the girl.
As he can't get his man-fesh he eats
raw toads, snakes, and fish.
THERE is good deal of misconcep- I
ion prevailing in Europe about the So
,alIed Nlhilists," says Truth. As
natter of fact, they are nothing more
lor less than the Russian Constitutional {
party, that is to say, the party who
want Russia to be granted Constitu- ,
ion, a Parliament, and all the forms of
modern political life. The name of '
: Nihilists - is not one which the Rus S
ian Liberals have either created or |
dopted for themselves. 1t is merely &
ickname branded upon them by the r
'ourt party. That the majority of the f
ducated classes in Russia are on the O
ide Of the agitators may be inferred C