The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-04-23
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.

4 BRIEF sUnAARY OF THE WORLDS WORK.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
DIR. EDWARD V. II. KINEALY, of
mons and well known as counsel for the
claimant in the Hchborne case, is dead,
aged sixty-one. $3.50, -. -.
The Irish members Of, Parliament
ak equalization of Irish franchise with En-
glish,, and extension Of the Ulster tenant
right to all Ireland Hu hl.aft < ,lt.ggiiff-f
HERR BRAcKE, well known Social
list member of the German Reichstag, is
dead. i"a'1,
THE Massachusetts Republican State
Convention was held on the 18th. Two sets
of delegates at large were presented, one in
favor of Senator Edmunds for President, the
other in favor of Gen. Grant. The
Sherman men joined hands; with the
Edmunds forces, and the Blaine men sup
ported the Grant delegates. ., The balloting
resulted in the choice of the Edmunds dele
gates, the highest of whom received 700 votes
out of q total Of l 900 votes cast. ...itnu a-sy
THE Chicago Grant meeting, hold on
the night of the 18th in Central Music Hall, y
was addressed by Senator Logan, Mr.. Emory
A. Storrs, Hon. Leonard SWEET and others.
The halDwas packed to its greatest capacity.
GEN. GRANT had a fine reception in
Memphis on the 18th. Three white and two
colored military companies, the Police and
Fire Departments, and many civic societies
<rn - .fff
GEN. GRANT, had an enthusiastic re-
ception at Little Rock, ON the 18th. There
was. a, procession, followed at night by .
banquet. 3, rae 4at rn o-,osir, 49,
THE fifteenth anniversary Of Lin
coins death, April 10, was commemorated
by appropriate services at his grave, at
Springfield, III. ------,---,-.-'----------
FULL returns of the British Parlia.
mentary. elections show that the Liberal
majority over the combined opposition, in
Guiding Home Rulers, will be about sixty.
The Irish members who are pledged to fol-
low Parnell's active. policy number thirty
six. - ..'i
SENATOR GROVER, of Oregon, is in
very poor health. He has not occupied his
seat in the Senate for the past three months.
and his friends say they have but slight
hopes of his ever being able TO resume his
Senatorial duties. ~ 49, -.
The Missouri Republican State Con-
vention; held at Sedalia on, the 18th, in
structed its delegates to the Chicago Con-
vention to cast their votes for Grant and to
vote asa unit gTu.asn- 20 ,4girt,l 9tiI II |
The Iowa Republican State fConven-
ton, held at Des Moines on the 18th, elected
q Blaine delegation to the Chicago 'Conven-
ton and Instructed the delegates to vote as
IT is reported that at conference of
leading Grant men recently held in Washing !
ton, the name Of Gen. Key, Postmaster
General, was considered fayorably in con-
nection with, the second place upon the
Presidential ticket. II, ~, ,''-.. |
THE Kentucky delegates to the Chi
cage Convention are instructed to vote as
q unit tor Grant. IsIsq,E q,tsriZ.' ..is gaal
RIGHT REV. ANTHONY DOMINO PEI
LIcIER, Bishop of the Catholic diocese o
San Antonio, Tex, died on the 18th, Of car
buncleef the neck, aged 81. u 1ui. "'s %
L0KD LYTTON has rendered his resig
nation Is viceroy Of India, in consequence
Of the Liberal triumph 1t the recent cleo
lions. -. = n Z, . " 7..'i 4
THE Louisiana Democratic State
Convention adopted resolution favoring
Gen. Hancock as the Democratic nominee
for President, but the delegates to Gin
cinnati go uninstructed, except to vote as q
unit and Tor the maintenance Of the fwo.
thirds rule, t......,,f.1..,,.. i,,,,,s.
j. S. WRIGHT, member of Parliament
elect from Nottingham, England, and chief
of the Birmingham school. of Radicals, Is
dead. 81 ,nHGl - "J.ubaet - sn.f-9yrl
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COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
The Mississippi Valley horticultural
Society has arranged to hold grand Horti-
cultural Exhibition in St. Louis on the |
eth, 9Th and 9th of next September. The |
exhibition will probably be held in the large |
hall Of the Chamber of Commerce.
THE Georgia Central Railroad and
Georgia Railroad have leased to the Louis
vile & Nashville Railway that portion of
the Western Railroad of Alabama extend
ing from Montgomery to Selma, giving the |
Louisville & Nashville Railroad the option to |
purchase the same. The purpose and OBJ
tect Of the Louisville & Nashville Company in |
leasing this short branch is, it is understood, |
to exclude from Montgomery all COMPETE
ton. By this means, business which has
gone from St. Louis, New Orleans, yicks-
burg, and other points to Montgomery will |