The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-13
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GENE RAL,.

GENERAL. ,,a
Mrs. Kate Ward Burt Is ssthe light
ming calculator of the Census Bureau.
| The hammer with which John Paul
Jones nailed the historic flag to the
mast of his ship is owned by gentle
man in Indiana, Pa.
| "A project is on foot in Vera Cruz to
build grand moles, docks and quays, in
anticipation of the growing commercial
intercourse between Mexico and the
United States.
-Salvini seriously wounded the actor
who was playing Cassie to his Othello.
in Phiadelphia, by accidently stabbing
him with . sword in the scene OF the
drunken brawl.
Baseball accidents are now in
order. The first comes from Boston,
whefe player missed ''stinger" and
caught it on his head. He will not play
ball any more.
The Khedive has declined to furnish
q contingent in the event of war with
Greece, on the ground that the present
state of Egyptian finances does not ad-
NIT such q considerable military expen-
diture. The Sultan is reported to be
greatly incensed by this refusal.
The process of swearing the allegi-
ance of 81, 600, 600 or more subjects of
the Gear occupied more than ten days.
In St. Petersburg the workingmen in
large factories had to repeat the oath,
word for word, after the officials, who
then placed an approving mark on the
passport of each man.
1t is feared that there has been
great mortality among the bees in West
ern States during the past winter, not on
but because there was such scant sup
ply of food last summer that the indus
trious tribe failed to lay up sufficient
stores for the winter.
Louise Michel, the Partisan Com.
munist, in speech at the Acazar recent
ly, said that when the proper moment
for blowing up Paris arrived she would
not trust anybody to fire the mine, but
would do it herself. Her political opin-
ions were considerably in advance of
those of her audience, and she received
but faint applause.
"A few days ago the Hamburger Cor
respondent celebrated its cent-semi-cen-
tennial, or 18th birthday. Its issue on
the occasion made 200 pages, and was
q history in brief of the journal since its
commencement, and consequently his
tory of the world. Among its contrib
utors have been Schiller, Leasing,
Goethe and Heine.
Mr.. Edward Schefflein, one of the
mining millionaires, was once ''muIe-
puncher" at Tough-Nut, Prescott and
other camps. One day while at Camp
Huachuca he announced his purpose Of
starting out to make fortune. ooh,
yes" replied bystander, 'syou'll find q
tombstone" Schefflein soon afterward
ssstruck it rich" and named the now
thriving camp Tombstone. His first act
after making the strike was to settle
800, 900 on his mother.
"A Piute squaw. suspected by her
tribe of being witch, was killed in the
Harmony Mountains, near Winnemuc-
ca, New. Many of the Indians are very
reticent with regard to the matter, but
one of the red Cotton Mathers made 3
statement that the woman had caused
the death of several braves by casting
upon them the evil eye, and that party
of avengers had taken her to the grave
of one of her victims and there executed
her in the most approved style. The
murderers believed they were perform
ing q religious duty. Il.
Under the heading, ga Radical
Cure for Drunkenness" Hungarian
paper tells the following Russian story:
"a workman brought q complaint
against four of his fellows that they had
given him twenty-five blows with stick.
The accused on being asked for their
defense produced an agreement in
writing, one clause of which expressly
stipulated that if one of their number
drank to such an extent as not to be able
to attend to his work, the others were to
measure out to him twenty-five blows,
and that they had merely carried out the
agreement. Upon this the magistrate
discharged them, remarking that they
were not deserving of blame for what
they had done, but rather of praise"