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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

A DUBLIN dispatch of the 10Th says:
Healy and Walsh, tried at the Cork Assizes
for intimidating Farmer Manning, were ac-
quilted. They afterward received o great
popular demonstration. The latest victim
OF "Boycotting" is VIM. Bence Jones, an
EngIishman and large landowner, residing
ut Lisselane, County Cork. Because he re-
fuses to accept the Griffith valuation, as he
alleges, his tenants have been deferred by
threats from paying their rent; his
laborers are compelled to leave him,
and none dare buy his produce, be.
cause, when it is sent to the market
It is surrounded by a bowling mob. Jones
tried to ship eighty head of cattle and sheep
to Bristol for sale, but number of large
shippers informed the Steamship Company
that they would cease their dealings with 1t
IL the cattle were shipped. and the company
consequently refused to take the cattle, as
also did the Clyde Shipping Com
pany. Finally, the drovers refused to
tend the cattle, which. after stray
ing through the streets, were finally
driven by the police to the Great Southern
Railway, and that company forwarded them
to Dublin by train in spite Of the efforts OF
the "Boycotters to prevent the company
from supplying the train. The Land League
will support the Iaborers who left the estates.
The family of Mr.. Jones are tending the re-
maining cattle, protected by. armed police
and the house is guarded at night. The
seizure Of the lodge Is expected.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24
Harmless M0nOmaniacs.

FROM time to time public Offices and
institutions are haunted by people who
cherish some harmless delusion, and are
intent on telling their story to all who
will listen. One of these deluded people
is woman residing in New YORK, who
believes herself to be under the espion.
ace of two thousand detectives who fol-
low her in the interest of the German
Consul, who she thinks has secret offices
in police headquarters and deep designs
against her peace and comfort. She
tells all this with a rational air and
quiet manner until she perceiyes that
she is not credited, and then grows q
little excited and becomes noisy. Some
wears ago man with similar mania
infested the statiOn-hOuses and newspa-
per Offices. He imagined that he was
pursued, not by detectives, but by doc
tors who wanted his body for dissection;
and he would narrate to any one who
would listen, long tales of the methods
they pursued to capture him. He finally
disappeared. A curious little woman
regularly visits the public buildings Of
New York once every month and makes
formal demand of the various officials
for her rent for the use of the buildings.
Her mania is that she is the owner of all
the public property. In her demands
for her money she interrupts proceed
ings in the courts and other offices, but
she is never violent, and is easily in
duced to go away. She accepts any
thing in the form or shape Of q check as
payment, but if refused this tender she,
threatens . writ of ejectment. She is,
like other unfortunates of her class, per-.
fectly harmless. F.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24
Proceedings in an Arab Court.

An hour spent in courtroom n Tu-
mis- gives to a foreigner an insight into
the workings of this form of go-ern-
ment, that can be obtained in no oher
way. The Koran is the only law book.
From it is taken the civil as well as the
criminal law code, and all cases in dis
pute are submitted to the test of this
sacred book. The writer of this occa-
sionally spends an hour witnessing the
summary and speedy disposal of cases
in the Hides Court. There are no law
yers to torture, bully or befog witnesses,
and thwart justice by legal technicalities.
An Arab has a complaint against his
neighbor. Both parties are summoned
to appear before the Ferik City Magis-
trate.. The complainant states his case,
and if he has witnesses they also tell
their story. The defendant replies
and may also introduce witness
es. ALI questions asked, either of
the parties or the witnesses, are by the
Ferik, with view of understanding all
the facts of the case. Either party may,
if he so desire, have friend state his
case for him, but this is not usually done.
They have straightforward way of
coming at the facts, and excluding all
irrelevant matter that is worthy of imi-
tation. The decision is given in a very
few words by the Ferik. In all import
ant cases, if the parties are dissatisfied,
an appeal may be taken to the Bey.
/ Ali criminal cases involving capital
punishment go to the Bey for his sane
ton. In single hour this City Magis-
trate often hears and decides quite a
number of important cases, involving
grave questions of property, and even
Of personal liberty. Suits that, in the
hands of English or American lawyers,
and governed by the rules of our courts,
would extend over aperiod of months
perhaps years-with expenses that
would bankrupt both parties, and en-
rich several lawyers, are decided in a
single morning session, and pretty much
without expense to the parties. After
carefully observing the operations of
this simple form of deciding dis
putes and settling controversies,
I am led to believe. that
it is more direct, simple and inexpensive
than ours. Cases of simple thefts, as
saults and other unimportant crimes are
usually sentenced to receive certain
number of blows on the bottom of the
feet with stick. As soon as sentence
is pronounced the criminal is taken out
and the punishment inflicted without
DELAY, and the man goes about his busi-
ness-if he has any. At all events he is
not made . bill of expense to the city
or county. The Bey sits as Judge to
hear appeals once . week: Proceedings
are as direct and simple in this court as
in the court below. Interested parties
have entire liberty of speech. They tell
their story in the most unrestrained
manner. Questions are asked and an
swered, and cases promptly decided.
The object of the judges seems to be to
come at all the facts and do simple JUS
tice to all parties.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

The best of order IL observed while
eases are being examined, and The Mag
istrate is treated with profound respect.
aEhave noticed, too, that both parties
appear to receive the decision without
murmuring or attempting to remon-
strate, or even to can Ii question III
justice. A case has Just occurred1f
illustrates the rude ybue stem %
which certain efineSs 49,
the tribes in the intAors Il Il s
ly two well dressed Af to
the Uled Hamezs. I'll 61SSe46l
band of nomas1s ihh( hk Roe6Tntry
between Mospt Ge4 "a. UammametS
came one morning TO the Bardo and de-
manded adnfa6ce to the Bey, On bnsi-
ness Of ~ Importance. As the Bey.
Could mol he 56enf Just then, they were
taken t1fth6 Prime Minister, 81 Mus
tapha be1f Ismain. After the usual
salutatj Shs,, his Excellency requested
them r. state their business. The men
EWlr 4aohamed ben Add ALA, q wealthy
k164 Influential man of the tribe, and his
brotAefS in-law. Mohamed took from
this folds of his burnous a n,ys-
demonstrating package, which, on be-
ing unrolled, proved to be two human
heads; one that of q beautiful Young
woman, and the other of man, which
he laid before the astonished Minister,
and this is the story they told: Several
months ago Mohamed married a beau
tful girl of the Village Ouled Said, not
far from Hammamet, and brought her
| to his home, where he treated her with,
the greatest kindness, as he was yerv
fond of her. His business called him
from home, and expecting to be absent
many days, he took leave of his wife
and friends. Some changes in his af-
fairs induced him to return at the end
of the second day. He made his way,
quietly to the apartments of his young
wife intending to give her apleasant sur.
prise. To his horror he found with her
a young man, who, it seems, had been
her former lover. Being armed he
killed them both. He at once reported
what had happened to the elder of the
tribe. The woman's family were sent
for, and it was decided hat Mohamed
and the woman's brOther should take
the heads of the murdered parties and
90 to Tunis and place al the facts be-
fore the Bey. And here they were after
a weary Journey with the grim and
CHASTITY heads. Ihav, just learned that
the Bey and his judicial officers have
made q very careful and thorough ex-
animation of the cas-, and the decision
is that, as the crime of which the muir
dered parties were undoubtedly guilty
is punishable witt death, therefore
Mohamed ben Abe ALA is, by Moham-
medan law and b, the teachings of the
Prophet. as Clearly set forth in the
Koran, justiiet: He win be sent back
to his tribe witt honor. Who will say
that simple ruth, even in this our aey,
is not some tines more wonderful than
fictionp Dies not the decision COM
mend itsel to the approval of men gem
orally? md the case has teen disposed
of in 6w days without great public
scandal and without cost to the parties
or tcthe State.-Iunis Cor. Detroit Free
Prss.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

Mr.. Cockre Il showed that the Legislature that
authorized the compilation was the only one
was not the fault Of Mr.. Lowe that the laws
he was employed to compile were bad or
were subsequently repudiated. He deserved;
gained Legislature. After some further DIS:
CUSTOM upon motion of Mr.. Allison the.
Senate went into executive session: $500,
pension Of 500 a month to the widow Of the
late President Tyler: The Funding bill was;
temporarily laid aside and the Fertilization
Appropriati1n bli was coIsi t REQ IN n nit
passed. Mr.. Belford Or. Colo introduced
bill for the retirement OF small iegai-tender
notes Mr. Gibson P La from t the Gom% nit;
appropriating 81 800, 900 for the Improvement
of the Mississippi River, to be expended by
and under the direction of the Secretary OF
War in accordance with recommendations,
plans, specifications and estimates, and I'M
der the advisory supervision of the Mississippi
River Commission. Ordered printed and re-
committed.
DEC. 16.-The Educational bill was fur
Their considered in the Senate. Messrs. Pugh,
Maxey and Garland supported the original
bill: other members favored amendments of
various kinds. The bill went over. In the
House the Pension Appropriation bill was
again taken up In Committee OF the
and the Committee rQse and reported the bill
to the House. MIR. Bland 3D., MOI asked and
obtained leave to have printed IN the record
the substitute which he proposed to offer for
the Funding bill. 1t appropriates OF coin
now in the Treasury the sum of 500 900, 900
for the payment of the interest bear
ing debt of the United States falling
due during lssO-1ssl. and directs the
Secretary of the Treasury to cause
to be coined the maximum amount OF silver
dollars in the manner now authorized by law.
and to pay out such dollars in redemption of
the public debt. Section , repeats all laws
authorizing the issuing of bonds for the pur.
pose of funding or redeeming the interest
bearing debt of the United States. A joint
resolution was adopted providingfor adjourn
day ex- President Grant visited both Houses,
each of which took a ten minute adjournment
in honor of the event. =
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

CONTACT VIII sOWe DuIuIuS grease VI tuC
stove.S rz7zsa1aa-7 49, s1''-s 7-a.s --1'-s=s-
GEORGE SCOTT, half-breed Indian
and negro, was taken from the Jail at Bra
iii, Ind, the other night, by party OF
masked men and hanged. Scott was guilty
of most brutal assault upon the wife of his
employer, Joseph Allison, a well-to-do
farmer living in the eastern part of the coun-
ty. 1t was rumored that the unfortunate
woman had died from the effects Of his bru-
tai treatment.
AT Lawrence, Mass, Miss Pinkham
was shot and instantly killed by her para
mour, Mr.. Workman, married man with
family, and until recently Overseer OF the
Washington Mills. Workman subsequently
shot himself, and is not likely to recover.
Jealousy.
A TERRIBLE coal-oil accident is re-
ported from the vicinity Of Napoleon, Liv-
ingston County, Mo. The wife of James
Jones, well-to-do farmer, was filling q
lighted lamp, when the oil took fire, causing
the explosion of both lamp and oil-can and
throwing the burning fluid over Mrs. Jones
and her two children, one young babe,
the other girl aged IA years: The babe
died from inhaling the flame; the little girl
was struck in the head by a piece Of the
shattered glass, which penetrated her brain,
causing almost instant death. The mother
was enveloped in flames, and although her
husband ran from the barn, where he was
at the time, and stripped off her burning
garments, she only lived a short time.
ERNEST A. THoMALEN, stamp clerk
in the Chicago Internak Revenue Office, has
absconded with s., $50 belonging to the Gov
eminent.
Two more cases of trichine have &C.
Cured in Chicago, the victims being II. c..
Hansen and wife. 1t came from eating raw
sugar cured ham. Neither was expected to
live.
The boiler in Fabel & Sons soap fac
DRY at Louisville, KY, exploded on the 18th,
killing Phil Hempel and fatally injuring two
or three others.
Rev. FATHER BERNARD DoNNELLY,
a venerable Catholic priest, died at Kansas
City on the 18th.
The Keystone Vinegar Factory a
Erie, Pa, burned on the night Of the 18th,
and three firemen were killed by falling
walls. ... f..-
AT Leavenworth, Kans., a girl named
Chadwick, aged II, was fatally burned while
endeavoring to eXtinguish fire caused by
the upsetting of a kerosene lamp.
A BOILER explosion at Garrettsville,
O., on the 18th, killed John Langston and j.
G.. Durfee, and injured several others.
AT Albany, N. Y, Charles A. Burt,
maltster, shot and killed Kate Smith, his
mistress, and then killed himself
The Ohio State Grange has recently
been in session at Columbus. All the cOun-
ties in the State except four were represent
ed.
GENERAL GRANT and Mrs. Grant
have been given dinner by the President
and Mrs. Hayes at the White House.
ELIAS MCVEIGH and his Hired man,
named Barrett, were murdered by two In
dams near Eufau:l, I. T., on the 18th. 1t
is believed the Indians were hired to do the
deed.
The Kansas and Missouri Horticul-
tural Societies met in joint session at Wyan-
dotte, Kans., on the 18th.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

A LONDON dispatch of the 18th says:
The Government has definitely agreed upon
q programme regarding special powers for
the maintenance of law in Ireland. The
suspension of the habeas corpus constitutes
an important part thereof, and this will be
proclaimed Immediately upon the conyen-
ton Of Parliament. .,.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

A STATE Convention of Kansas Farm
ers is called to meet at Topeka, on the 18th
Of January, to consider among other things
the relation that railroads sustain to the peo-
pie, and to adopt such measures as will Sc
cure justice between producers, shippers
and transportation companies.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

THE fate of young jackson, the
freighter, has finally been ascertained by the
finding of portion of his remains near the
place where he was captured by the Indi-
ans. He was shot and killed. The body Of
the Indian johnson has been exhumed and
shows that he was shot, as stated by his COM
napiOnS
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

GENERAL GRANT visited Washington
on the 18th, to remain few days. A dele
cation of the ''Boys in Blue" escorted him
from the railway station to the residence OF
General Beale, who entertained him during
his stay in the city.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

THE President has nominated Judge
William B. Woods, of Georgia, to be Asso-
ciate Justice of the U. s. Supreme Court,
vice Strong, resigned. Woods is now U. S.
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, compris-
ing Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Texas. He was appointed
from Alabama, but is native of Ohio.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

The November report of the Mem
phis Cotton Exchange says the gathering of
the crop has been greatly retarded by the
cold and wet weather, not over 63 per cent.
on an average having been picked to date.
The average yield is % per cent. less than
last year. About one-half the crop has been
marketed .s......E r--...t.. ... D..
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24
An Indian Ball in Montana.

MONDAY novel and interesting per-
Torrance, in the shape of a dance, was
enacted on Main Street by over 100
Sioux and Cheyennes, who were accom-
panied by about twice as MANY squs"s
and papooses. The warriors .uors gro.
tesquely dressed in a style which would
have been decidedly cool even in sum-
mer; as it was, the day was quite chilly,
and the dusky braves had to keep up
vigorous dance to feel at all comfortable.
The ceremony commenced by their all
suuatting on the ground in large circle,
when Hump, who seemed to be the.
leader, struck the drum few taps; they
all jumped up and commenced circllng
around, shaking the sleigh-bells with
which they we're all Ornamented IN .
very lively manner, making pleasing
accompaniment to the humping of the
large drum, which by this time was
beaten by over q dozen Indians, all,
however, keeping q sort OF monotonous
timA to which the dancers kept step:
All ofthe participants in the dance had
their bcdies painted various hideous
colors, seine being green. red, blue,
black, and many. parti-colored, with
their faceG ,painl in many colors and
looking very igssaA 49,. s.o%,ncn ut
upon them all wasPafa e nhmher OF
horseshoes, which repres - number
of horses owned by eskh 4ldi7,anak <t
each of the stores a1(lSsaldat ~
barrels of crackers. caddidg pb3 10,
and large quantities of sugar aud gay
printed calico were given, WHICH h6eed
them greatly. The dancing was Kept
up for several hours, and was witnessed
by many ladies and citizens, to whom il
was very interesting. After getting al
they could from the stores, they dis
banded and dispersed to their camp the
other side of Fort disqualification
Journal. III
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

The newest design for scarf-pins is q
gold candlestick in which is set minia-
ture candle, having for its wick n dia-
mond of size and brillixncy to suit the
taste and purse of the purchaser.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

A MAIL and baggage car on the Lou
isvilIe Short-line Railroad was burned on the
night of the 10th near Lagrange, Ky. Moth
ing was saved from the car excepting two
trunks. Charles A. Price, express-messen-
ger, was badly burned. ...
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

MEDICINE BULL, the Brule Chief,
was recently accidentally shot at the Lower
Brule Agency by a revolver that dropped
from the pocket of Mr.. Beveridge, Agency
Clerk. The wound is serious one, but not
necessarily fatal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24
New Bills Introduced.
TO REGULATE COMMERCE.


Representative McCoid's R., IOwa) bill to
regulate commerce by railroads between
States, provides that railroad companies, and
all persons operating the same, shall on or
before March /, 1881, make out and publish
schedules of rates, fees and charges for trans
portation of persons and freights which
schedules shall be legal rates, the same as If q
part of the act. In such schedules there shall
be one uniform charge for loading, unloading
and handling, and uniform mileage rate tor
hauling, per car, whether shippers use one or
more cars: The blu lays dSwnas the t cardinal aa
ing such railways the performance OF
impartial public service for fair private
profit, and any acts or omissions OF
competitors, any pooling, drawbacks, rebates,
discrimination, or failure to furnish facilities
to other intersectingsor connecting railways,
shall be null and void, contrary to public
policy, and in violation of this act. The bill
also contains a penal clause Furnishing all
such acts in violation of the act; provision
for changes made in the schedules upon thirty
days published notice thereof, and provision
for q committee of the House called the Com
mittee on supervising Railways, composed OF
United States TO investigate and report add.
tionaSsafeguards, restrict and needed leg
islative power. TO sit fkya. -ton and take tes-
H&sf.z.-t4S. .. -..f
CIVIL sERyIc4 REsopx. ~ Z.
The bill introduced BIT nepresetatsye Willis
3D., Ky.) relative to c1vu service reforsl. pro-
Government holding commissiOns for four
years shall hold indefinitely, or until remov-
ed by death. or by authority OF visiting laws,
and that all future commissions shall be SO is
sued. It authorizes and empowers the Pres
ident to issue a proclamation by which he
may appoint all officers commissioned for
four years to hold indefinitely: that all com.
petitive examinations shall be held
publicly upon a notice published
thirty DAYS in the newspapers
of the District of Columbia. and that report
of the respective standing Of those examined
be published. the examiners to sign pledge
to conduct the examination impartlally. 1t
requires promotions to several grades of
clerkships in the departments to be made
from the grades Immediately below upon the
results of competitive examinations. 1t re-
quires the heads of departments hereafter,
under their oath of office, to observe the fol-
lowing rules in making appointments: That
he will not consider creed, political feelings
or opinions, birthplace or residence, nor
services which a person may have rendered
any political party or any candidate,
nor his or her affinity or relationship to any
Senator or Representative or other person of
political intieence, provided that service in
the army or navy, or being the widow or
daughter of n soldier or sailor disabled or
killed in the service of the United States, may
be taken into consideration.
The bill provides that the President NAV
designate not exceeding ten positions in each
of the departments to which this rule shallnot
aDDly,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

THE Lake Erie and Western Railroad
is to be extended from some point on its line
between Lafayette and Munice, Ind, to st.
Louis. The new road will be about go miles
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

IT. is reported, upon apparently good
authority, that Jay Gould has virtually ac-
quired sole control of the Iron Mountain
Railroad, through the purchase Of 10000
shares of stock from Thomas Allen. The
price paid is said to be 100000.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

THE President has accepted Secretary
Thompson's resignation, and designated Sec
rotary of War Ramsey to act as Secretary OF
the Navy ad interim. =i.-f 'i
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

PRINCE, Democrat, has been re.elect-
ed Mayor of Boston, and seven Of the twelve
Aldermen are likewise Democrats. The
Council stands 45 Republicans to 26 Demo-
Gratis. -'.r.rE ... .." ....
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

The Republicans and Low-taxers of
Tennessee are said to be maturing combi-
nation to place Governor Hawkins, Repub-
lican, in the United States Senate, and q
Low-taxer in the gubernatorial chair,
through the resignation of the Lieutenant
Governor. .......-....
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-24

FOURTEEN deaths from diphtheria
have occurred at Fox Lake, Wis, and the
public schools have been closed for the year.