The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-08-06
ALL SORTS.

DRY LAKE, in Lake County, Oregon,
about twelve miles from Tulu Lake,
which has only held water two or
three times since the country has been
occupied by white people, is now large
lake. ii ''i's -
ATTENTION is called by St. Peters
burg correspondent TO the fact that till
now no Emperor of Russia has been q
widower. A new ceremonial for the
interment of the late Empress had there
fore to be improvised.
"A NEW method of suicide was re-
Gently chosen by Russian teacher. He
mounted his horse and madly leaped
from high precipice into river. The
man was drowned, but the horse,
though much hurt, came out of the wa
ter alive.
A LARGE plate-glass window on Ire
mont street, Boston, was broken the
other day in singular manner: A
passing horse-car struck pebble in
the street so hard that it was projected
through the window with the force of
musket- ball.
SEEDS of the cone-bearing trees of
California were formerly in demand
abroad at from one hundred to one
hundred and twenty-five dollars q
pound, and there are millions of trees
now growing in England and on the
continent Of Europe from seeds sent
from California during the last twenty
five years. Many of the trees are now
bearing seed, and hence the demand
for seeds from California has greatly de-
creased. .tia 3t-...l ).
LAURA MARKLE. of Kingston, N. Y,
betook herself to the middle of stream
to avoid service of q summons. The
officer pursued her. and tried to show
her the Judges signature, but Laura
declared that he was only trying to
drown her, and knocked the papers
from his hand. They floated down
stream and sank, and he had to strip
and dive for them. Sufficient serv-
ice,'' quoth che Judge, and the officer
doubtless thought it more than suffi-
cient.
MATHEW LYNCH, who was killed re-
Gently in New Mexico by a falling tree,
left an estate of over $4,000 900. He
was Philadelphian, Roman Catholic,
and bachelor, who fought through the
civil war and at its close went out to
New Mexico with small capital, which
he used in purchasing a canal supply
ing the mines OF Elizabethtown with
water. This started him on the road to
wealth. and later he discovered the Az
tee mines, which yielded 100000 q
month. His heirs are two brothers and
one sister.
THERE has been for some time on ex-
hibition in London seal, which, for its
extraordinary intelligence, is called
'the learned seal. It is kept in an
immense tank, and has been taught to
draw q small boat in which is seated q
lad who steers the craft, and whose
commands are implicitly obeyed by the
animal. After being embarrassed the
seal thrums the strings of q guitar
which the attendants place beneath its
fins, much to the delight and amuse-
ment of the spectators.
A CALIFORNIA heroine, who lives
upon her fathers ranch, in SiskiyOu
County, was recently introduced to a
bear in the absence of her father. She
did not bolt the doors and take refuge
under the bed. but summoned the fam
ilv dogs and turned then loose upon her
visitor. Bruin retreated to the nearest
tree. The girl then took down her
fathers rifle, and walking to the foot
of the tree, took deliberate aim and
fired. Fortunately the first shot proved
. mortal one, and the bear fell from
his ,>ovoh 1ooA