The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-01-23

married young lady, Miss Cavingel, to
whom he had long paid attentions, but
whom the father declared he should not
wed.
PARNELL and Dillon had an enthusi-
astic meeting in Boston on the night Of the
18th.
THE House Committee on Elections,
in the contested case of McCabe VS. Orth,
Ninth Indiana District, has granted the Pc
tition Of contestant to go on and take testi-
m0ny.
GAMBErTA, Republican, has been re-
elected President of the French Chamber of
Deputies.
Ex-EMPREss EUGENE has notified
the steamship company that she will en-
bark with small retinue on board the
steamer Cape of Good Hope on the 18th of
March. Arrangements will be made to ex-
pedite the voyage so as to enable the ex-Em-
press to arrive at the scene Of the Prince
Imperial's death by the first of June, the
anniversary Of that event.
SENATOR LAMAR had a stroke of
paralysis at his home in Jackson, Miss, on
the 18th. His condition, although declared
not dangerous by his physicians, was such as
to give his friends grave apprehension.
GEORGE G. HARDING, editor of the
Indianapolis Saturday Herald, has been ac-
quilted after weeks trial upon the charge
of attempting to kill Light, editor Of the
Democrat. Harding was defended by ex-
Gov. Hendricks. There was no question
as to the main facts of the shooting, but the
Jury evidently held that Harding was justi-
fed in attempting to kill Light for what the
latter said about him in the Democrat.
Gov. HoYT of Pennsylvania has
aroused great indignation among the Repub-
licans of the Luzerne district by his appoint
ment Of Stanley Woodward, an old school
mate and intimate personal friend, but an
ardent Democrat, to the Judicial bench in
that county. Stanley Woodward is son of
the late hief-Justice Woodward.
AMONG recent nominations made by
the President are: E. B. Pomeroy, United
States Attorney for the Territory of Arizona;
Henry NJ. Atkinson, United States Surveyor
General, New Mexico. IA w
SAMUEL j. MEDILL, managing editor
of the Chicago Tribune, was on the 18th
married at Quincy, ILL.,, to Miss Nellie B.
Carson, only daughter of Gen. Jshn B. Car
son, General Manager Of the Hannibal and
st. Joe Railroad. The wedding and recep-
ton were conducted in style of great mag
nifcence.
GENERAL GARFIELD, United States
Senator-elect from Ohio, had public recep-
ton at the Capitol at Columbus on the eve
ming of the 18th.
PROF. SAMUEL GARDINER, formerly
Government Electrician, and well known
inventor, died suddenly at Buffalo on the
18th. t A s.
Mr.. B. w. LEWIS, Jr., First Vice
President of the Wabash, st. Louis and Pa
cific Railroad Company, has resigned, and
he is succeeded by Mr.. A. L. Hopkins, who
is advanced from the position Of Second
Vice President. 80 Il
PARNELL has an income of $500
from his estates.
LANE EMMONs, Treasurer of the
Town of Everett, Mass, is defaulter to the
amount of $4,000 and has .absconded. 1t is
said that other officials are implicated.
REV. ALBERT BUSHNELL, the first
American missionary to the western coast of
Africa, died at Sierra Leone on Dec. last.
Mr.. Bushnell was native of Rome, Oneida
County, N. Y, and went out as missionary
in 1S43. He was very influential in pro-
curing the abolition of the slave trade
and smeliorizing the condition of the ma
tives.
The House Committee on Military Az
fairs have agreed upon report in the Fitz
John Porter case. The majority report signed
by all the Democrats of the Committee, will
recommend that Porter's disqualifications
be removed, that he be restored to his
former rank and privileges, and that the
sum of $4,000 be awarded him in lieu
of back pay. The minority report,
signed by the Republicans of the Commit
tee, agrees in recommending that Porter be
restored to his former rank, but without
any compensation for back pay, and also
disagrees with the assertion of the majority
that injustice was done him through the
erroneous finding of the Court martial by
which he was tried.