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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15
PRRsoNAL AND LITERARY.

An American. Mis- Hardness. bus
xon the lonQ-sawed-for prize Tor excel
lence on the violin. at the Paris Con
servatory. =.
PRoBABLY the oldest copy OF the BE
BILE in this country Is owned BY Wliila@
F. Clay, of Camden. N. J. 1t was pup
lished in London in 1858.
EUGENE ScHUYLER's ''Life OF Petertne
Great," will be simultaneously puD!lsne0
in five different countries Immediately
after its completion in magazine form.
JULES VERNE, the novelist, has r1ade
$3.50, 900 from his writings. He Is hfty.
one years old, enjoys good health ana
works as hard as II he hadn't cent
laid up.
JOHN BRIGHT, the great English
statesman, has so great an admiration
for Milton's writings that he carries
with him wherever he goes copy OF
paradise LOST
The City of Caen is enjoying an ex-
hibition of rare books printed IN NOT
mandy; arranged in celebration OF the
four hundredth anniversary OF the M
PRODUCTION of the art into the city.
JOSEPH PARRY. of the University Cole
lege of Wales. has composed Welsh
opera. called "Blodwen, or the White
Flower" which is to be produced in
Cleveland and Cincinnati this month.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, says the
London Nanity Fair, ''is q learned,
kindly, strong, pleasant, honest man.
He writes with great quickness and IA
cility, and always with great correct
ness, that English language of which he
is so proud and so fond; and he IS per-
sonally altogether one of the most de-
ightful of men,"
HERBERT SPENCER, the distinguished
philosophical writer, is described as be-
ing of medium statue, s]imly built. long
legged and q great walker. He is
bachelor, living in quiet boarding.
house in the West End of London. He
talks with the same force and perspicu-
ity as he writes.
The Bradford (Yorkshire) Observer
says that Adelaide Nelson. while nur-
sery maid at Mrs. Padgett's. Hawkhill,
Guiseley, in that county, was most at
tentive to her duties, and very active,
never requiring prompting in anything.
In her spare time she learned accurate
ly passages from Shakespeare. So de-
termined was she to 60 on the stage-an
intention she often announced to the
family she served--that one evening
after leaving her employment at the
usual hour she started for London. She
slept the first night under the trees in
Hyde Park, and subsequently, got work.
in answer to an advertisement, as
seamstress.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

A TERRIBLE accident occurred on the
Pennsylvania Railroad In the suburbs Of
Pittsburgh on the night Of the 9th. The
Walls accommodation train left the Union
Depot in two sections, both being crowded
with passengers returning home from the
great political demonstration held that night
in the city. At the Twenty eighth Street
crossing the first section was compelled
to come to halt on account of another train,
and while standing still the second section
came up at considerable speed, the locomo-
tive crashing into the rear car Of
the forward section, which was packed
with passengers even to the platforms.
Mine persons were killed; eleven others died
within few hours afterward from their
injuries; while as many more were badly
hurt and large number sustained lesser in
juries. 1t is said that the engineer Of the
last train was unable to see the red light
displayed from the rear Of the forward train,
on account Of the crowd of persons occupy.
ing the platform.
THE cornerstone Of the Egyptian
obelisk to be erected in Central Park, New
York, was laid ON the 9th with impressive
ceremonies, in the presence of large mum.
Der Of people. A principal feature Of the
occasion was the Masonic procession and
ceremonies, in which all the Communicates
Of Knights Templar and Masonic Lodges of
New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Newark
and adjacent cities and towns participated.
ACoLLIsIoNo on the New York and New
England Railroad, near Willimantic, Conn.
on the night of the 9th, between passenger
and freight train, resulted in the death of
the engineers and firemen Of both trains and
the conductor of the freight train. Kenyon
and Flood were the engineers, Fonythe
and Hurley the firemen, and Aldrich the
conductor.
TROUBLE between the whites and In
dams in Oregon is apprehended on account
of the killing Of two Indians by white man
named Anderson Evarts, in . difficulty
growing out of the latter having charged
the Indians with stealing from his cabin on
Baker River. The Indians we're reported to
be gathering for revenge and the alarmed
settlers were fleeing to places Of safety.
The cattle sheds at Miller's distillery
at Sterling, H., burned on the 9th. There
were over l, 400 head Of cattle in the sheds,
L. 100 Of which were burned to death, and
of those gotten out many were badly injur-
ed. The herd belonged to Isaac Waixel, of
Chicago. whose loss is about 81, 900. with no
insurance. The loss on sheds and hay II
about SIC, 600; insured for 5000.
FRENCH & WARDS wooden mill at
West Stoughton, Mass. burned on the night
of the 9th. Over 900 employees are thrown
out Of employment. Several Of them were
injured during the fire.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15

the battle Of San Vicente, has been shot by
order Of ~ military autherities. It b also
stated that Col. Ramirez, chief Of the Sina-
loa revolution, had entered Mazatlan in dis
rguise with tho intention Of taking steamer
bound for San Francisco, that he had been
betrayed BY his guide, and his capture was
expected every hour, when he would un-
doubleday meet similar fate to that Of Gov.
Rubi
Wepizooty has reached Cincinnati.
An affray recently occurred between
whites and Indians, about 80 miles east Of
Los Pines Agency, Colo, which bids fair to
lead to.still more serious results. Accord
ing to one account, two Indians invaded the
freightszs' camp Of ]. 81. jackson and acted
in threatening manner, which resulted in
A. T. Jackson, nephew Of j. H. Jackson,
shooting one Of the Indians, said to be son
Of Chief Sapanovari, killing him. The next
day the party were surrounded by Indians,
who demanded the men Vho did the shooting
the night before. Accompany Of soldiers had
meanwhile arrived at the scene of the trouble
and took the freighters in charge and
marched them to Kline's Ranch. Young
jackson was then started for Gunnison City
for trial, in charge Of several men, but the
party had only proceeded about three miles
when the Indians overpowered the guard, as
claimed by them, and took of their prison.
er, whose fate has not yet been learned.
Jackson's friends are indignant at the mill
ftary authorities for not affording him prop
er protection, and threaten to avenge his
death, IL such, as is probable, be the termi-
nation of his captivity.
THREE conductors and baggagemen
on the Kansas Pacific Railroad have been
arrested, charged with systematic scheme
for swindling the company by selling forged
tickets to passengers who were instructed to
leave Denver on certain trains whereby the
bogus tickets were taken up by one of the
conductors engaged in the conspiracy. tits
not stated to what extent the scheme had
been worked. ..asfie
THE Gillian forces, under the COM
mand of Capt. Patrick Lynch, have occupied
Chimtote, Peru, and, unless heavy con-
tribution is forthcoming, which has been de-
.manded, the place Is to be sacked. There
are large sugar manufacturing establish
ments at this place. Reports of peace be.
tween Peru and Chilli seem to be without
foundation.
THE Russian papers are filed with
accounts Of the great restitution prevailing
in the interior. Many deaths from starva-
tion have occurred. .rsa
VIReIN1A's population is 1,309, 1886,
being an increase over the population of 1870
of 2s4, 172, or about % per cent.
Two masked highwaymen captured
one of Barlow & Sanderson's mail coaches,
eight miles from Denver, on the night Of the
It'll. Strange to say, the only thing taken
was the unregistered mail pouches. There
were two passengers on board, neither of
whom was molested, and the express pack
ages and registered mail pouch were left in.
tact.
AwELL-DEFINED case of yellow fever
is reported from New Orleans, but so late
in the season as to cause no apprehension Of
the spread Of the disease.
Two cases of yellow fever were re-
ported from Key West, Fla, on the 9Th.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15
HUMOROUS.

PRAIRIE chickens are game to the
last.
DOES person become stone blind
who is petrified with establishment?
A WAC says of q topper: His nose has
passed the rubicund. Chicago Tribune.
PARADOxICAL: The person who wish
es to stay in this world will avoid the
deadly corset. Boston Courier.
ALMOST time for husking bees.-Nha-
ca Journal. We'd just like to see you
husk bee once.-M y Graphic.
"YoU can't play that on mer' said
the piano to the amateur who broke
down on difficult piece of music.-M
=. NeUs.
He who has ridden in q country
stage coach knows how cream feels
when it is being churned into butter
Boston Transcript.
THERE are hundreds of entertaining
writer's who would be good historians
if they did not know 50 many things
that have never happened.-M o.
R;cGyu,se.
A CALIFORNIA woman seven feet tall
and weighing two hundred pounds
broke her heart for love of little runt
of a man, wearing number four boots
and leading poodle by q chain.
"WHAr is meant by the power be-
hind the throneT' asked the teacher.
"The ace" replied the smart, bad boy,
(which is greater than the king" p.
S.-The s. b. b. stayed in after school.
-Hasokeye.
EVEN q deacon won't say grace when
he steps into q railway eating house.
He knows that it would be asking too
much to request that he be made thank
full for anything he will get there
Boston Post
THAT Spanish baby over which such
q great fuss was raised is pug-nosed and
almond-eyed. and we can't help but
feel glad ont One baby ought to be
as good as another the world over
Detroit Free Press.
ENQUIRER" asks: els the Great
Eastern the largest vessel ever builta''
An impression has got abroad that she
Is, but such is not the case. The Nav
flower, in which the Pilgrim fathers
came to this country, was the largest
ship that ever plowed the waters. The
old furniture scattered over this coun-
try brought over by the Mayflower
would fill the Great Eastern . dozen
times or Norristos0n Herald
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15

ALTHOUGH there are some very fine
ships in the Sultan's navy, the officers
are in many instances 1amentably ig-
norant Of their profession. 1t is said
that Turkish Captain was once or
dered to take his ship to Malta. After
an absence Of about q month he reap
peared at Constantinople and reported
that he had searched carefully and was
convinced that there was no such place
as Malta in the Mediterranean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15
Postal Statistics.
WAsHTNorON n

WASHINGTON, October l.
THERE were In the service Of the Post-ofice
Department the 3Oth Of June, 1850, s. s62 con-
tractors for the transportation of mails on
public routes. There were also 1857 special
officers, each with q mail-carrier, WHOSE pay
from the Department is not allowed to exceed
the net postal yield Of the ofice. OF the pub
lie routes in operation there were u, liz aggre-
eating in length 34a,S08 miles, at an annual
cost Of SIS, ,91. Adding compensation of
railway post-ofice clerks, route agents, mail
route messengers, local agents, etc, amounting
to $S54S,27s, the aggregate cost of the entire
service for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1880,
was $22 6,209. The service was divided a.
follows: Railroad route, s. $40 miles in length;
annual transportation, q. 497, 4s3 miles; annual
cost, $40 FL, OF which amount 81 zee 2l6 was
for railway post-onice car service. Steamboat
routes, q $40 miles in length; annual transpor-
tation, 5,06S. 5S8 miles; annual cost, $751;, FL
Other routes on which the mails are required to
be conveyed with celebrity, certainty and secur-
ity, 236, S4S miles In length: annual transpor.
tation 5t.070,9o6 miles; annual cost, $7,32l,-
499. During the year railroad routes were in-
creased in length 5,a29 miles, and in cost $751;
6Sl. Steamboat routes were increased 1850
miles In length, and in cost $l32, $50. Star
routes were increased In length Il. 768 miles, at
an increased cost Of $919.6o9. There was an
increase over the preceding year in total
length Of routes Of q ,17 miles, at an increase
in annual cost Of $2,0si,1s3 The Increase in
cost for railway post-once clerks. route agents,
ETC.. amounted to $26e ia, making q total In
crease in the cost Of the service over the pre-.
ceding year Of ,aN.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15


A DRAMATIC and exciting scene was enacted
in the Equity Court to-day, during the prog
ress of the hearing OF habeas corpus case in
volving the custody of William Edgar Thorn
as, four years Of age, son of johnson p. Thorn
as, who had given it over to the charge of his
daughter by af0rmer wife, Mrs. Cuttings The
child was brought into court to-day by its
mother. Mrs. Thomas has been living apart
from her husband for some time. The father
said it was his desire that the child should be
given into the custody of Mrs. Cuttings, as his
wife was unfit to keep it, and the court made
an order accordingly. MIR. Meloy, the bailif,
was directed to turn the child over to Mrs. Git
tings, and went to the mother for that pur-
pose. Mrs. Thomas caught the child by
the wrist and refused to give it up.
A struggle ensued between the moth
er and officers Of the court for
the possession Of the child. The mother
fought desperately, and it was with the great
est difficulty the child could be taken from
her. When finally her grasp was broken she
shook her clenched fist in her husbands face
and charged him with being the cause of all
her trouble. He made some reply which added
to her rage, and rs he sat down she struck him
behind the ear with her clenched fist, knock
ing him and the chair over. The courtroom
was finally cleared, and the contending parties
went of in opposite directions. The child
evinced a decided preference for Mrs. Git
tings, and showed pleasure at the decision of
the court. Within half an hour another petit
ton was filed by Mrs. Thomas for writ of
habeas corpus, requiring Mrs. Cuttings to pro-
duce the child. which, she states. was placed
in her charge by her husband, and is now I'M
lawfully withheld from her. Arule was issued
and made returnable next Saturday.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15
PASSING EVENTS.


I6Hoe 0ve0108 ware n Oeoo00Rs
THRxs brilliant planets shine in the October
evening sky. Jupiter heads the list, for he
passed his periheiion. or nearest point to the
sun, ON the 18th Of September, and reached
his opposition. or nearest point to the earth
on tho It'll Of October. He IL now forty-si1
million miles nearer the sun. and one hundred
and eighty million miles nearer the earth than
when at the most distant point from each.
Nearly twelve years must pass before he win
again be IN % favorable conditions for obser.
walton. Therefore every lover Of the stars
should watch the movements Of this superb
planet a. no comes darling above tho eastern
horizon - soon - the daylight fades, beam
ing Like young moon and casting percepti-
BILE shadow. He now reaches the meridian
about midnight and sinks in the west a. the
sun rises in the east, being visible throughout
tho night. He IL 30 near that his moons may
be seen in an opera-Rlass, and his telescope ap-
pearance il beautiful beyond expression. The
rudy spot still marks the commotion agitat-
ing his surface, and his belts are painted in
radiant hues Of purple. pink and blue which
far outshine terrestrial tints. isplanet now
rises about six O'Clock, but ct the end of the
month win rise about four.
Saturn is next in interest, following closely
in the footsteps of Jupiter. q few degrees to
the northwest Of his rival. and rising half
hour later. He is travelling slowly toward per
iheli0n, which he does not reach till 1884, and.
IS his perihelia occur at intervals Of about
thirty years, few observers see him more than
once. or twice at his brightest phase during q
lifetime. Saturn reaches his opposition ON the
18th Of October, and Is then at his nearest
point to the earth, being in q line with the
earth and sun, with the earth in the center.
He is not nearly so brilliant as Jupiter. but no
observer will fail to recognize him, or note his
fine appearance, for his usual murky tint has
given place to . soft, pale yellow. This, as
well as his increased size, is due to four causes,
his opposition. his approach to perihelion, the
nearly wide-open presentation of his rings,
and his northern declination. He may now
be seen coming up in the east about half-past
six; at the end of October at half-past four.
One other planet divides the evening honors
with Jupiter and Saturn. This is Venus, and
very bright-eyed Observers may now pick her
up shortly after sunset in the glowing west.
She has passed her superior conjunction with
the sun, and is now coming toward US. She
sets about three-quarters Of an hour after the
sun: in the evenings of late October she will
linger above the horizon for about an hour and
a quarter after the sun has disappeared. But
while Jupiter and Saturn will soon be on the
wane, she will increase In brilliancy, and pro-
long her stay in the west. Before November
closes, she will eclipse them in the brightness
Of her shining. reigning during the winter
months the most radiant star in the armament,
the acknowledged queen of the shining host
that stud the sky.-YOltfs Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

A FIRE in the underground works Of
the Vulcan Mine, 1t Leadville, Coio., on the
4th, caused great excitement and some de-
struction to property. A number Of miners
were rendered insensible by suffocation
while trying to cut OF the connection with
other mines, but It was thought all would
recover. The fire originated from the burn
ing of IN old shaft-house used rs boarding
house, the burning brands Of which dropped
into the shaft and set the timbers on fire. It
was finally quenched by building bulkheads
in al the branch levels, 30 - to Genuine the
flames to limited compass.
IT is reported from Mazatlan, Mexi-
co, that ex-Gov. Rubi, who was captured at
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15

GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
JOSEPH MoOREHoUsE, of Elizabeth,
N. j., died on the 4th from hydrophobia.
He was bitten by dog with which he was
playing in May last. The wound was eau
terixed and Moorehouse thought no more
about it until the day before he died, when
he was attacked with spasms and died with
in "a hours.
A FEW days ago DR.. Lynch, of Dem
ton County, Texas, administered morphine
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-05-27
A Nice Lot of Officers.

Three robbers, armed to the teeth, re-
Gently broke into Prussian's house in
Constantinople. He gave up his watch
and 500 in Turkish money. but thew
wanted more. They bound him hand
and foot, and compelled him to tell them
where they would find the key Of his
business safe. This safe happened to be
IN a room on the third floor, at the top
OF the house, and thither the three rob-
bers hastened, leaving the owner bound,
ana threatening to return and shoot him
II ne called for assistance. But as they
went upstairs, his wife, who had been
watching what was taking place from an
other room, slipped quietly in and cut
the bonds OF her husband. Aiming
themselves with revolvers, the pair
crept quietly up the stairs, came upon
the robbers, and without q word shot
down two of them. The third threw
down his weapons and begged formercy.
The .Prussian bound his late assaila1t
fast, and leaving his wife to watch over
him with loaded revolver in her hand,
fastened to the nearest police station.
There he found the officer in charge alb
sent, and on inquiring for sub-officer
was told that the latter were also away.
Ihereupon the Prussian asked four of
the men to accompany him to his house
and take the bound burglar into GUS
tody. Arriving in the room where the
two men had been shot, the zaptiehs
looked at the two corpses and the pris-
oner, and recognized in the former the
two sub-oficers, and in the latter the
officer Of their own guard. "
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-05-27
Railroad Statistics.

There are some eighty five thousand
miles OF railroad in the United States
operated by some six hundred different
companies. There are over twenty
thousand stations. On these lines are
thirteen thousand locomotives, thirteen
thousand passenger cars, five thousand
baggage, mail and express cars, and
some five hundred thousand freightc cars.
No reliable statistics show the number
OF men employed on this eighty-five
Thousand miles of road, butitis estimated
that there are about forty thousand en-
gineers and fremen, twenty thousand
passenger train conductors and brake
men, about the same number of baggage.
mail and express men, and at least fifty
thousand men on freight trains. Add
station agents and clerks, train despatch
ers, telegraph operators, yardmen, road
masters, trackmen, watchmen, flagmen,
freight laborers, machinists, car builders
and repairers, employees in round
houses and shops, and last, but not
least, presidents, general managers, SUI
perlntendents, the auditors department.,
treasurer's department, general ticket
agent and freight department., &C., and
we have almost a million men employed
in the railroad business of the United
States. Add to this the number of men
employed in the manufacture of railroad
supplies, in Car and locomotive works.
in rolling mills, in cutting ties, &c., and,
perhaps, we could bring the number of
men who derive their living from rail-
roads in our country alone to nearly two
millions
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-05-27
The Plague in England.

~AAS
''Richard Dawson, (brother to ye
above-named Thomas Dawson, of Brad
ley) being sickle of ye plague, and per-
cyveing he must die, at vt time rose out OF
his bed and made his grave, and caused
his nefew, John Dawson to cast strawe
into ye grave, which was not fare from
ye howse, and went and layd him down
IN ye sayd grave and caused clothes to be
layd upon, and soc -deptd out of this
world, this he did because he was a
stronge man, and heavier than his sayd
nefew and another wench were able to
bu1ye, he died about ye xiii ofAugust,
thus much was I credibly tould, he died
1925. John Dawson, some of We above
mentioned Thomas came unto his father
when his father sent for him being sickle
and having layd him down in ditch
died in it, the xxx day of August 1925
in the night. Rose Smyth servant of
ye aforementioned Thomas Dawson,
and last of vt household died of plague
and was buried by William Cooke the v
day OF September, 1925, near unto ye
sayd howse.'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-05-27
Opening the " Neva."

One of the most interesting of st.
Petersburg holidays is the breaking up
of the ice in the Neva. It occurred this
year on Sunday, April 18th, and was
celebrated in the usual way. Gen. Kor-
sakoff, the commander of the Petropav-
loysky fort, that stands just opposite the
Winter palace on the other side of the
Neva, crossed the river in beautiful
gilt boat, accompanied by his staff in
full uniform. At the middle of the river
he drew goblet of water and carried it
on golden tray to the Gar, who, sur
round ed with the highest dignitaries of
the state, received him in his palace.
Congratulating him on the return of
spring, the commander presented to the
czar, the earthly ruler Of all Russian
lands and waters, the goblet. The czar
drank the water, amid the hearty cheers
of the bystanders, filed the empty gob-
let with gold coins, and handed It back
to the commander. The latter then re-
turned to his fort. The granite quay of
the Neva was thiokly covered with peo-