The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-07-09

BARREL" which lighted up the city Is by
an electric light for the space Of five seconds,
and then exploded with . reverberation that
shook the entire city, was the remarkable
celestial phenomenon that occurred at Ma
con, Ga, on the night of the 10Th ult. Great
excitement was caused by the unusual ap-
partition, and the colored inhabitants rushed
into their houses in alright, filing the air
with screams and prayers.
THE great Irish-American rifle-match
took place at Dollymount, near Dublin.
Ireland, on the 10Th. The first range, of 500
yards, was atie436 to 1876. The second range,
900 yards, was won by the American team,
their score standing 4S6 to 42S for the Irish
team. The third range, 1000 yards,
was also won by the Americans,
the score being 420 to 416.
Grand totals-Americans, 1892; Irish, ,2SO.
Clark, of the American team, carried off the
honors of the day, making total score of 2l9
out of possible 225. The contest was wit
messed by a large number of spectators, the
Lord Lieutenant being among the number.
His Lordship rendered the teams private
banquet in the evening.
SIX escaped convicts from the Idaho
Penitentiary stopped stage-coach on the
Challis and Utah line, relieved the seven pas
sengers-fve men and two women-of all
their valuables, and then Invested them Of
all their clothing. The unfOrtunates travelled
several miles in a state OF nudity, and, pro-
curing some sheets and blankets, continued
their journey to the railway, where they OBJ
tanned suitable apparel.
ARTHUR HOUsER, a Cincinnati boy,
found an old pistol, and in a playful mood
pointed it at his seven-year- cousin,
Sarah Ruckstahl, and pulled the trigger.
The pistol was of course loaded, and the ball
penetrated the little girls forehead, killing
her almost instantly.
An excursion boat, the Long Branch,
containing 1000 members of the Hanson
Place Baptist Church and Sunday school at
Brooklyn, N. Y, on the 10Th, was run into
by an oil lighter just after she had cast off
from the pier and had about reached the
middle of the stream. The force
of the collision was so great
that the bows of the steamer were
torn away below the water line, and the YES
sci filled so rapidly that there was some dan
ger of her going down with all OH board.
Fortunately she was kept afloat until she
reached the New York shore, when
another steamer came alongside and all of
her passengers were transferred without ac-
cident. There was almost panic at one
time, but probably few on board knew to
what extent the steamer was injured.
GEMS. POPE and Hatch have had
conference in regard to the distribution Of
troops I'm Southern New Mexico. They have
agreed to scatter soldiers in small detach-
ments over the entire exposed territory and
give Gen. Buell. 800 men for active service.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals, on a
motion to set aside an indictment against
negro on the ground that the Grand Jury
was composed exclusively of white persons,
holds ''that so much Of our statutes as ex-
cludes all persons other than white men
from service on juries is unconstitutional.
md that no person can be lawfully excluded
from any jury on account of his race or
color"