The Iola register., 1881-07-29

THE lola REGISTER.
PubNshed Every Friday.
lola. AANoAS'
NEWS AND NOTES
A Summary Of Important Evsnta.
The mortality record of Cincinnati
fer the week ended July 10th showed 264
deaths from sunstroke, and from excessive
heat 150-a total Of 414. The greatest num-
Der of deaths on one day from this cause was
06, on the 18th.
The fifth biennial Convention of the
National Cotton Exchange of America met
at St. Louis on the Goth, seventy delegates
being present. President John B. Laitte
declined q reelection, and Mr.. Louis Bush,
of New Orleans, was chosen as his success
sor.
A TELEGRAM from Fort Smith says
that Governor Overton, of the Chickasaw
Nation, has issued proclamation disbandlng
his militia, with the understanding, howev-
er, that their services may be required
shortly. The men are leaving for their
homes.
The Navajos are so greatly dissatis-
fed with their Agent, Galen Eastman, that
they have risen in open mutiny, and all the
Agency employees have fled from Fort De-
fiance to Fort Wingate for protection. The
Indians want Col. Edward Hatch reinstated
as Agent.
The National Educational Association
met at Atlanta, Ga, on the 18th. The ad-
dress of welcome was delivered by Governor
Colquitt and the inaugural address by the
President of the Association, j. H. Smart, Of
Indiana. Two hundred delegates were
present, representing thirty States.
THE Mississippi State Prohibition
Convention met at jacksonville on the Goth,
with 200 delegates, from thirty-seven coun-
ties, present. The action Of the Convention
looks to getting the next Legislature to sub
NIT to the people an amendment to the Con-
stitution prohibiting the liquor traffic.
The Ohio Temperance Reformers, in
convention at Loveland on the Goth, nomi-
mated the following ticket: Governor, Abram
R. Ludlow: Lieutenant Governor, Jason
McVeigh; Judge of the Supreme Court, Gid
con T. Stewart; Attorney General, Levi
Mills; Treasurer, Ferdinand Shumaker;
Public Works. Abner Davis.
GLADSTONE has announced the names
of the Commissioners under the Land bill.
They are Sergeant O'Hogan, Edward Fal-
coner Litton, Liberal member of Parliament,
and John E. Vernon. The HOme-Ruler re-
ceived the last name with prolonged groans.
name. Vernon is Lord Pembroke's agent
and well known In Ireland.
AMONG the indictments found by the
Criminal Court Grand Jury at Washington,
d. c., on the 18th, was one against Geo. w.
ingalls,, formerly United States Indian Agent
at the Piute Agency, for presenting false
vouchers in 1878. 1t is alleged that ingalls,
is defaulter to the amount of about 500, :.
600. The Grand Jury being discharged, the
Star-route cases 60 over till October.
LIEUTENANT RAY, of the United States
Signal Corps, sailed on the 18th from San
Francisco. with nine companions, on the
schooner Golden Fleece, for Point Barrow,
on the Arctic Ocean, where he will establish
q station for meteorological observations.
The house, ready for erection, instruments
for observations and provisions for three
years, are comprised in the outfit of the ex-
pedition.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD partook of a
good, hearty breakfast on Sunday, the 17th-
the first ''square meal'' of his own selection
he has had during his convalescence. The
day was very cheerful one at the White
House, and the doctors predicted that the
President would be able to sit up within a
few days, and within ten days be strong
enough to take a steamboat trip down the
bay, which it is thought will prove of great
benefit to him. As soon as his strength
is sufficiently restored he will 60 to Long
Branch.
The Socialistic Congress, which was
prohibited at Zurich, assembled at London
on the 10Th. Louise Michel. the amnestied
French Communist, Prince Krapetkine, the
Russian Nihilist, and other prominent lead.
ers were in attendance. The sessions of the
Congress were strictly secret, but public
meetings were also held, at which red flags
were freely displayed and the most incendi-
ary speeches made. Mrs. L. Lecompte, said
to be delegate from America, was one OF
the principal speakers.
SHERIFF TIMBERLAKE, who started
With posse in pursuit of the train robbers,
Int lo 1t fl., Z.