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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11
Terrible TRAGEDY.

Last Thursday night an ATTEMPT
was made by Joseph Brickley to muir.
der the entire family Of MI. Willet,
consisting of himself, wife, son, daugh.
ter and nephew, living in Elm town
ship, few miles east ot>1ola. Brick
ley had two years previous, married
Cynthia Willett, With whom he had
lived until February last, at Parsons,
at which tipes she left him because her
life was >1epeatedly threatened, and
she Was afraid to longer live with
hip< After her return to her fathers
h6use he came to Zee her and failing
/ to get her to live with him again, he
pretended to shoot himself. A few
weeks since heEeturned and brought
the Methodistminister of Parsons with
him, and sought an interview with
his wife Which she declined. Last
Thursday he again came to lola and
requested lady stopping at the Min
eral Well, to 60 out with him to see
his Eife, which the lady refused to do.
He then went to hardware store and
Purchased q Ratchet and about one
O'Clock at night went to Mr.. Willet's.
The house contains three rOOms-a
small bedroom and sitting room in
front and q kitchen, back. Mr.. and
Mrs. Willett slept in the kitchen, the
two young men in the bed room, and
Mrs. Brickley on a lounge in the sit
ting room. He effected an entrance
through a window in the kitchen,
went to the bedroom and sprinkled a
couple ounces of chlOroform, which be
had bought at Holmes drug store in
Parsons, on the bed and begun his
work by striking one of the young
men-the nephew-with the Ratchet.
The first blow hit him on the hand
the second on the head which render
ed him insensible. It being dark he
began striking blindly at the brother
and inflicted six severe cuts on the legs.
His wife ran in and caught him and he
gave her severe cut on the left arm.
She pushed him into the kitchen
where the old folks were trying to get
a light. He succeeded in striking
each once or twice, but fortunately
with the pole of the Ratchet. His
wife chung to him heroicaly while he
was attempting to use his revolver.
He succeeded in firing one shot hitting
no one, and then struck his wife in
the mouth with the handle of the re-
volver. knocking out one tooth. At
that time the brother came in armed
with bed slat>with which he struck
Brickley on the head two or three
times, and then seeing the Ratchet on
the floor picked it up and hit him one
blow which fractured his skull and
killed him instantly. Brickley also
had a sharp knife which he evidently
lost soon after getting in the house.
The coroner's jury rendered verdict
of "Justifiable Homicide" The house
when visited presented terrible sight,
with Brickley lying in pool of blood
in the kitchen, and the rest of the
house turned into q hospital with
blood stains over everything.
Mr.. H. H. Brickley, Of Leavenworth,
a brother of the man who was killed at
Mr.. Willett's last week, was in town
He does not think his
brother was as black as he has been
painted. He will remove the body
back to his old home in New York
State. Mr.. B. seems to be very fine
young man and has a good
reputation at LeavenwOrth. It is a /
very sad affair all around.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11

The third term," whether there is
anything in the idea or not, is dead.
No man will hereafter attempt to
gain the nomination for President the
third time. U. S. Grant has received
his first defeat. But "resurgam" can
be written over his coffin,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11

The lola REGISTER suggests that
Capt. Henry King, of Topeka, would
make good Governor. The only OBJ
lection We know of would be the strife
it would create among the magazines
as to which would publish his mes
sages.-Atchison Champion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11

The Maine Greenbackers nominated
H. nj. Plaisted for Governor last week
and the Democrats assembled and rat
flied the same. The CPS. and DIS. will
probably unite on an electoral ticket
which will support Sammy"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11

The Republican platform points t
facts and figures. The Democrat
platform will doubtless point to ciph
erS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11

Our Republican ''crow" resemble
spring chicken after all. The ticke
is all right and don't you forget it.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11
County Central Committee.

lola, HANS, June I'd, 1880.
There will be meeting Of the Republican
Central Committee of Allen county, at the court
house in lola, Saturday, June IL, 1850, ut Up. m.
for the transaction of such business az may
properly come before it.
The committee is composed Of one from each
township, as follows: Geneva, p. R. Mcclure;
Deer Creek, E. H. Funston; Usage, ID. ID. Brit
ton; Marmaton, z. p. Keith; Elm, j. W Del
aplain; lola, H. A. Perkins; ElsmOre, j. w.
Cox; Salem, David Ferguson, Humboldt, T. e..
Sherman; Cottage Grove, X. V. Blair.
H. A. PERKINS, Chairman.
T. c. SHERMAN, Sec'y.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11

The following table shows the mum.
Der of ballots taken and the number Of
votes each candidate received. It L.
taken from the dailies of Wednesday 81
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11

Kansas cast six votes for Garfield
and four for Grant on the last ballot.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11

The commencement exercises of the
Kansas institution for the blind will
be held June 18th 1850, at Wyandotte.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11

Wonder if Geo. VIM. Curtis car
swallow Arthur for Vice President?
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11

The Kansas City Journal will soon
have new web perfecting press. 1t
will be the only one Of the kind west
of the Mississippi.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11

Garfield is the second choice O
every Republican heard from as yet.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11

The "Ohio man" is numerous
once more.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11

Hayes received one vote on the 10,
II, IL, Is, and % ballot. Harrison one
on the3 ballot. Davis one on the II
ballot. Hartranft one on the 10, 20, q
and % ballots. Phil. Sheridan one on
the 80 ballot. Conkling one on the 81
ballot.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11
Who said "crow ?"
Blaine, of Maine, is resting.
How do you like the ticket ?

A "dark horse" is the animal to bet
On.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11
Republican Congressional
Committee.

A meeting of the Republican Central Commit
tee of the Second Congressional District of Kan
sas will be held in the city Of Fort Scott, on
full attendance of the members of the committee
is desired. W. S. BUCHAN, Chairman.
j. 7. SHEARMAN, Sec.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-07-23
IN UNrRIED LOT.

All, if romantic younglings could only
see the troubles that await them when
they cross the portal of matrimonyl AS
they for the first time take possession Of
their new house, and enjoy its cheering
aspect, its regularity and quiet, and its
expression Of domestic peace, of joy,
they anticipate naught but bliss In a
few years how changed One after an
other has been added in various ways TO
the company which began only with two,
until at length they find themselves
presiding over numerous circle of
children, and relatives and domestics-
the father and mother both involved in
responsibilities, from which they would
have shrunk, had they anticipated them
at. tie outset. In few years this happy
circle must be broken in upon and scat
tered. Death comes and takes away
Abram I; young lady with pink bod
ice and black eyes comes in and carries
off Alexander; third. determined to
die sailors death, ships before the
mast on canal fourth, growing COW
etous, starts for California; while fifth,
in all probability, comes to grief. At
last the father and mother are left alone;
and, after fifty years of love, trouble
and vexation, they find themselves
worse off than when they started. They
are not only alone again, but they are
alone without the hope of any more COM
pany Fortunate that matrimonial as
pirants do not foresee all thisl
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-07-23
DISEASED PORK.

Thorough cooking effectually prevents
any danger from eating trichinized pork.
DIR. Dietzsch, chemist to the Industrial
Museum Of Zurich, states that SO far as
boiled or roast meat has reddish color
or emits a reddish juice when cut, the
trichinm, il present, will be living. The
use Of smoke in curing hams viii not
kill trichin@ or serve as substitute for
cooking. If enough salt be added to
meat to kill these parasites, the meat
will be unfit for human food. But, if
people will take their meat raw, or
"rare," as they call it, they would do
well to examine it under the micro
scope. Gut thin portions Of the flesh,
not larger than a pins head, with a
sharp razor in direction parallel with
the fibers. Take the specimens, and,
after placing them on slips Of glass,
tease them out little with the needle,
moisten them with little gIycerine or
water, and examine them with mag
nifying power Of from 80 to 100 diane
ters. If at first no trichin@ are visible.
wet the specimens with single drop q
a solution Of one part Of potassa and IF
teen parts Of water when the muscular
fiber becomes transparent, and the
trichine, if present, are brought into
full view. The portions Of the animal
most affected by trichinm are the sinewy
ends Of the muscles.
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roon roR RrFrEor1oN.

IF man has love in his heart he
may talk in broken language, but it will
be eloquence to those who listen.
LIKE many other virtues, hospitality
is practiced inits perfection by the poor.
If the rich did their share how would
the woes Of this world be hghtened
SO QUICKLY sometimes has the wheel
Of fortune turned round that many a
man has lived to enjoy the benefit Of
that charity which his own piety pro
jected.
Ar 30 we are all trying to carve our
names in big letters upon the walls Of
this tenement of life twenty years later
we have carved it, or shut up our jack
knife.
OVER the triple doorways Of an
Italian cathedral there are three in
scriptions spanning the splendid arches.
Over one is carved beautiful wreath Of
roses, and underneath the legend "All
that pleases is but for moment" Over
the other is sculptured cross, and
there are the words GAN that troubles
is but for moment" But underneath
the main aisle is the inscription: "That
only is important which is eternal.
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APHORISMS.

To LIVE long it is necessary to live
slowly.
GIvE neither counsel nor salt until
asked for it.
THERE are calumnies against which
even innocence loses courage.
He who commits injustice is ever made
more wretched than he who suffers il.
AMAN should make it part Of his re-
hgion to see that his country is well gov
erned.
THosE who give not till they die, show
that they would not then if they could
keep it longer.
He who is false to the present duty
breaks thread in the loom, and will
see the effect when the weaving Of a life
time is unraveled.
BE then like the bird perched upon
some frail thing, who, although he feels
the branch bending beneath him, shows
that he has wings.
A FRETrun disposition takes the fra
GRANGE out Of ones life and leaves only
weeds, where cheerful disposition
would cause flowers TO bloom.
THE office Of religion is, not to drive
us back upon ourselves in anxious self
criticism, but to take us ont Of ourselves
and unite us to the whole, in loving self
abandonment.
THREE~FoURTHs Of all the Baptist
churches in the country are in the
South. The membership Of this denom-
ination in the Southern States is 1,500,-
600
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-07-23
NO HOMES ON THE PAoIFIo COAST.

NO HOMES ON THE PACIFIC COAST
The saddest phase of this coast-prob-
ably of all gold and silver mining re-
gions--is the absence of homes. We
mean real homes, whose founder laid the
first hearthstone and made the first
clearing with the thought that on that
spot he was to do his. lfe's work, and
there at last, amid familiar scenes, sink
into that sleep that is final. The ab-
sence of this disposition has made nom
ads Of the men Of this coast. They came
here originally with the thought that in
a little while they would return and
make the home OF their future in the
lands of their birth. Could the air.
castles which have been erected in
thought by men ON this coast while ly-
ing in hunks in rude cabins, or in blank
cts around camp-fres, be woven into a
picture, what a city it would make ! But
the years have stolen by; except in iso-
lated cases, the bewitching dreams have
never been realized, and, while the
hoped-for homes were never builded
back in the lands Of childhoods, neither,
alas, have they been builded here. We
do not mean to say that there are not
plenty Of families living in what they
call homes. But those who have homes
which were created with the expectation
that they would be permanent, that in
and about them was to be boarded the
gathered treasures of lifetime, are
very few. This might, perhaps, be ex-
pected here in the desert, but the same
is true Of California, especially in the
country. As a rule, the farm-houses Of
California and their surroundings are a
perpetual sign Of /" For sale" On many
Of these farms men and families have
lived for quarter Of century, and still
il has never been home in any rightful
sense of the word. There has never
been time that the husband and father
has not intended to sell out in the course
of few months, and never a time that
the family has not hoped he would
Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise.
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FoRFEIrs ron FUN.

A List Of amusing forfeits, which will
make the company laugh and not offend
the person called upon to pay them, are
herewith given:
]. Put newspaper upon the floor in
such way that two persons can stand
ON it and not be able to touch each other
with their hands. BY putting the paper
in the doorway, one-half inside and the
other half outside Of the room, and clos
ing the door over it, the two persons can
easily stand upon it and still be beyond
each others reach.
2. To 60 out Of the room with two
legs, and come in with six. Not difficult,
if one thinks to bring chair along on
the return.
8. To act the dumb servant. The per-
son who has the forfeit to pay must act
out the answers to the questions put by
the master of the ceremonies; as "How
do you make bread ?" "How do you eat
soup?" etc. This forfeit will cause much
merriment, if proper questions are put.
4. Put one hand where the other can
not touch it. One can get out Of this
difficulty by putting one hand on the
elbow of the other arm.
5. Place pencil on the floor SO that
one cannot jump over it. May be done
by putting it close to the wall Of the
room.
s. Put a question that no one can an
swer with a "no" This is not hard il
one thinks to ask, "What does yes
spell ~
Z. Push a chair through finger ring.
This forfeit is made by putting the ring
on the finger and pushing the chair--any
other object will do as well--with the
finger.
s. Put yourself through keyhole.
This was great puzzle to us for while,
but when piece Of paper was taken with
the word yourself" written upon it,
and pushed through the hole, it was all
clear.
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A KNOWING sNAKE.

Georgia man was fishing near
rock under which was snakes den,
when the reptile came gliding from
foraging expedition, and was disappear
ing in the hole under the rock when,
with a dexterous ERovement, the man
seized him by the tail and threw him
twenty feet away. The snake hardly
knew what happened, and again essayed
to enter his domicile in the same man
ner. Again he was treated as before.
Never despairing, for the third time the
willy sepent came to the rock. This
time he approached deliberately, as if
contemplating the situation. For a
while he kept his defensive position,
when he carefully began to uncbil, at the
same time disappearing tail foremost
into the den, to the admiration of the
man who had been amusing himself at
his expense.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-07-23
gDKAv VENGEANCE.

Some wood-choppers working near
Secret canon, New, being attracted by
screams and groans in gulch close by
the trail in which they were going to
work, came to where squaw was found
securely tied to tree. Upon closer ex-
animation they found dead papoose
strapped to her back. Upon untying
the ropes that bound her, the squaw ex-
planned that the Indians charged her
with killing her papoose to get rid of it,
and had tied her, with the dead baby
on her back, to the tree, where she
would have been left to die had it not
been for the arrival Of the white men.
This is considered heinous offense
among the Indians, and the killing Of a
boy papoose was what caused this pun
ishmens to be inflicted on the squaw.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-07-23
JOSH B1LL1NaS PHILOSOPHY.

Cunning IL very cheap edishun ov
wisdum it develops among the animals,
and hay even seen idiots who had it.
A yung sloven ends bi being filthy
old man.
However mizerly a woman may be
she seldum shows it in her bonnet.
Itallwuss bothers the devil to kno on
which side to attak a bizzy man.
We see in others the virtues and vices
we have got ourselfs, but we see the
vices the plainest.
There are but few things judged by
their merits, but rather by the way they
affect our opinions or interests.
The men who have the strongest in
telects have the weakest memorys, they
trust more to invention than memory.
Where thare is one man who knows
how to do thing, and does it, thare are
three who are satisfied by telling how
it ought to be done.
The top ov the ladder IL ticklish
spot, yer are liable to fall emmy time,
and kant pix out the spot yer are GO
ing to strike.
Menny man who haz made fust-
rate konstable haz split hiz milk bi be-
ing made Deputy Sheriff.
The man who haz no lnv of applauze
IL either an angel or an idiot, probably
the latter.
The CRATE ov mankind liv just az the
birds do, from hand to mouth.
A man better have no creed at all
than to have one he is always anxious to
fight for.
Jealousy sleeps with one eye open and
the other ajar.
Hope IL the halfway house between
fear and fruition.
1t IL difficult to define our happiness
without making it look suspicious.
The man who IL original in manner
IL generally more or less so in thought
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-07-23
rARDY People.

An enthusiastic statistician has ascer-
tanned the number Of tardy passengers
at railway depots to rate at ten per day.
OF every hundred there were twenty
nine men and seyenty-one women. The
statistician was not surprised that the
male sex should show to advantage, but
the disproportion astonished him when
he reflected that many men are delayed
by the fault Of their wives, while the
contrary seldom occurs. More people
miss local trains than express trains
the proportion being as three to one.
In winter the number of these unfortu-
mates is least, and in the warm months
Of July and August it is greatest
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him with a vigilance and tenderness
which he fully appreciated was arrang-
ing fresh flowers in vase on the table.
"Hilda, said he, slowly, where has
my granddaughter Marian been all this
time?
"She went away sir when you were
first taken i'll. She was afraid of the
disease"
"And she left meP"
"And left you, sir."
"There was gratitude |" he muttered
hoarsely. "And when is she coming
hack ?D
Hilda laid down her roses, and looked
with pathetic, feeling eyes at him.
"She will not come back at ali, sir, !"
she answered. I'VE dared not tell you
before, but-but her fight was in vain.
She died of smallpox last week."
The old man turned away with a
smothered groan.
"Hilda," said he, "you viii stay with
4h0E lOu Will uOb A0hNb nc thOne
Nay, do not speak. 7 know who you
are. 1 recognized your name when you
first came. You have looked at me with
your fathers eyes many time since.
Hilda, think God has sent you to me. !"
"Oh, grandpapal" And Hilda knelt
weeping beside his chair, scarcely able
to believe that his loving arms were
around her neck his tears dropped on
her brow. "Oh, dear, dear grandpapal
I have SO longed for some one to love-
for some one to love mel''
And good little DR.. Hooper was well
satisfied with the result of Hilda's ex-
pertinent at earning her own living.
Heaven manages these things better
Than we do" thought he, as he remem-
bered his attempt at softening Judge
Harrison's finty heart more than year
before
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DANGER FRoM 4 rHosrnonUs BURN.

DANGER From A APHoSPHORUs BURN.
The Medical Times and Gazette men
tons the case Of young man who,
while travelling from Paris to Lyons, Lit
a match by scratching it with his thumb
nail, and piece Of the incandescent
phosphorus penetrated under the nail
and made slight burn, to which he
paid no attention. But after an hour
the pain became intense, the thumb
swelled, then the hand, and next the
forearm. He was obliged to alight at
a station on the journey and send for q
medical man, who declared that imme-
ate amputation Of the arm was neces-
sary. The patient insisted on postpon-
ing the operation for few hours until
the arrival of his father, for whom he
had telegraphed. Before the latter,
however, could reach his son it was too
late the poisonous matter had gained
the arm, then the shoulder, and any
operation became impossible. he died
in great agony in only twenty-seven
hours after the burn. The case shows
the danger of handling phosphorus in
the manner described.
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HER ooURr1NG DAYS.

"How it does remild me of my
eourting days +" exclaimed Mrs. Good
ington, remarking the blush that the
delicateIy-turned compliment of Ara
minta's young man had brought to the
girls cheek. I" In those halliard days,
when was young and perceptible, how
frustrated used to feel when Daniel
paid me condiment, as he always was
doing Yes" she continued, stopping
to brush off the tear that trembled at
the tip of her attenuated nose. "Daniel
was one Of thousand And he never
changed during all Of oTlr years Of patri-
mony."
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4 MARRIAGE sEnrroE 4. D. 1850

Matrymonye was ordeyned Of God for
two causes. Fyrst, pryncypaIly into Of
fyce to bryng forth children to Goodies
servyce, also into remedye to flee forny-
cacyon and lecherye. For the first
cause it was ordeyned in paradyse before
AdaDq's synne; for the seconde cause it
was ordeyned out of paradyse after
Adams synne. Thre good things be
pryncypally in matrymonye. The fyrst
is fayth that eche of theym keeps truly
his body to other and medic feshely
with none other. The secOnde is bring
yth forth and nouryshynge of children
to the worship Of God and to Goodies
servyce. The thyrd is the sacrament Of
unyte and the endless loue bytwene
Cryste and holy chirche. And the
faythful loue that out to be bytwene
husbonds and wyfe betokeneth the loue
that ought to be bytwene Cryste and
holy chirche. Notes and Queries.
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RrAKNESe.

Lever, the novelist, noticing that the
hand of woman, who was bringing
him some tea at small country hotel,
shook tremulously, kindly said TO her,
"I am sorry tosee, Biddy, that you have
a weakness in your hand "Ohl your
Honor she replied, with q glance Of in
describable humor, "the weakness is
not in me hand. but inside the tay-pot. :"