The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-04-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

the royal dignitaries assisting at the festivi-
ties were Prince Alexander Of Bulgaria and
his father, Prince Alexander of Hesse,
brother Of the Empress Of Russia; King Al
bert and the Crown Prince Of Saxony; the
ducal families OF Baden, Anhslt, Mecklen-
burg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg- Strelitz
and other distinguished persons.
! SAMANA, Santo Domingo, has been
almost entirely destroyed by fire.
THE first through car to Port Royal,
s. C, over the Cincinnati Southern Railway,
with the Port Royal delegation from the
great railway celebration, arrived on the
21st, in thirty-four hours from Cincinnati.
SAMUEL II. MYERS was hanged at
Cleburne, Tex, on the 18th, for the murder
Of Mrs. A. Hester, In February, 1877.
JOHN QUINN, aged So, leader of the
Fenian invasion of Canada IN 1853, hanged
himself at Buffalo, N. Y, on the 21st.
Ar Marshall, Tex, ON the 22d, Frank
Lewis, proprietor Of q boarding house, poi
soned his twelve-year old son and then took
fatal dose himself. Both died. Lewis had
for some time exhibited symptoms OF in
sanity.
THE Grand Shereef of Mecca has
been assassinated by Persian fanatic,
dressed as Dervish. The agitation among
the Musselmans on account of the crime is
said to be intense.
A NEGRO was recently lynched near
Honeyville, Page County, Va, for killing q
little son of his employer, at whom he had
become enraged for some trivial offense.
Two young children of a colored
mannamed Aaron Thompson, who lived in
the second story of small frame building
In the western suburbs of St. Louis, were
burned to death on the evening of the 23d.
The explosion Of a coal oil lamp in the apart
ment set fire to the building. A colored
woman named Mrs. Kennon, who lived in
the lower part Of the house, made an heroic
effort to save the children, but was unable to
do SO. She was badly burned.
The President has nominated James
B. Angel, of Michigan, Minister to China.
vice George F. Seward, recalled. Also,
John F. Swift, of California, and William Fl.
Trescot, of South Carolina, Commissioners
to China to negotiate treaty.
At Lawrenceville, Pa, on the oath,
Sidney Green killed his wife and then shot
himself dead to avoid arrest. No cause
stated.
A SEVERE snow storm prevailed
throughout the Eastern States, extending as
far West as Ohio, on the oath and 25th. Rail-
roads were blocked in many localities.
PARLIAMENT was prorogued on the
oath. Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice
left for Germany on the day following.
Mr.. E. D. STAMFORD has resigned
vile Railroad Company, on account Of i'll
health. Mr.. II. v. Newcomb, former Vice.
President, succeeds him, and Mr.. E. H.
Green, former Second Vice-President, is
promoted to fill the vacancy. 1t is stated
that all differences between this company
and the Nashville and Chattanoo-
ga have been amicably adjusted.
THE Interior Department has been
informed that large number Of Sitting
Bulbs band have applied at Fort Peck for
rations, Offering to surrender their arms
and ponies. These surrenders, Secretary
Schurz says, will have to be made to military
posts.
THE. Rhode Island Democrats have
nominated Horace NJ. Kimball for Gov
ernor.
The Tennessee State Greenback Con-
vention will be held at Nashville on the 9th
of May, to select delegates to the Chicago
Convention.
The Atlantic and Great Western Rail-
way Company has ceased to exist, its entire
property and franchises having passed into
the hands Of the newly organized New York, |
Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad Company. |
WILLIAM BARTON, the young negro |
who killed James Clatterbuck in February,
1879, was hanged at St. Charles, Mo-, on the
18th. He made q full confession.
SENATOR BALDWIN, of Michigan, re-
ferring to the Christiancy scandal, says tina.
both parties are more or less to blame, but
not criminally so.
SENATOR TELLER has given notice of |
an amendment to the Ute Indian bill, pro-
viding for certain yearly allowances to Mrs.
Meeker, her daughter and other sufferers by /
the White River massacre.
The Democratic State Convention of
Minnesota has been called at St. Paul on the /
10th Of May.
Two Texas colored murderers were
hanged on the Goth: John Henry, at Cersi-
cana, for the murder of Alonzo WATERMAN,
also colored, in January, 1879; and Allen !,
Towles, at Fairfield, for the murder of his
wife. On the same day George Jackson was
hanged at Dallas, Ga, for the murder of
Jack Moss.
AT St. Louis, on the Goth, Jacob Frey,
an Alsatian, cut his wife's throat and then
his own. Both were taken to the hospital