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Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
The Erench Elections.

LONDON, June 11.--A dispatch from
Paris to Reuters Telegram Company says:
cat Cabinet council yesterday, pro-
posal to hasten the date of the elections
was not opposed. They will probably be
held at the commencement of the second
fortnight in July if the bureaux of the left
in the Chamber of Deputies, who will be
invited to discuss the proposal to-day,
consent TO IT, -
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
The President's Return.

The President returned from Annapolis
last evening. AS he does not receive on
Saturday, there was no delegation at the
White House to-day. Among those who
and friends, and Representatives Petit
bone and Neal.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
The Marine Band Concert.

The Marine Band will play at the Cap
itol grounds this afternoon. 1t is to be
hoped there will be no further trouble
about the music stands. The concerts
will be resumed at the Presidents grounds
next Saturday afternoon, unless there
should be an unlooked-for change in Mrs,
Garheld's condition.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
The storm at Asbury Park.

AsDURY PARK, N. j., June 1.-THE
late heavy storm has opened Great Pond
Inlet, which has been closed for some
time, to the sea. The action of the storm
has made the inlet wider and deeper than
before and almost navigable for heavy
draught vessels.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
Military Visitors.

Col. Lucius A. Barbour and Captain
Erickson, of the LIST Regiment ConRecti-
cut National Guards, of Hartford, were
in the city to-day making arrangements
for the visit ofthat regiment to The York
town celebration. Col. w. G. Moore had
them in charge to-day.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
New Trial.

. A motion for new trial having been
made in the case of Ed. MacRae, convict
ed of burglariously entering a room in
Georgetown and stealing two gold watches
and several other articles, the question
was argued to-day before Judge Cox and
a new trial granted.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11

An occasional passer-by saw two bug
giles and an ice wagon sunk in the mud in
front of the City Hall at various times to-
day The ice wagon was detained nearly
half an hour, being sunk nearly up to the
hub of one of the hind wheels.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
The Risen Lackawanna.

SCRANTON, PENN, June 1.-THE
Lackawanna river has overlooked its
banks and flooded the lower portions of
the city, and serious damage is feared.
Reports from along the Susquehanna and
Delaware rivers indicate high water.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
More Postmasters.

The President to-day appointed the
following postmasters: Hamilton Jay,
Jacksonville, Fla; Elliot s, Rogers, Red
Oak, Iowa; John B. Nicholas, Denton,
Texas; Judson Spohord, Huntington, W,
Va; Lewis IL. Ewart, Charleston, w. Va.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
An Artists Misfortune.

AS Mr.. Millais was leaving the Queens
levee a footman in shutting the carriage
door jammed two Of the fingers of his right
hand and crushed them severely.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
Another Earthouake I'm CHIC.

CHIC, June ia renewed shock of
earthquake in this Island to-day overthrow
a minaret and ruined several houses Two
men were injured.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11

The Commissioners to-day acknowledge
the receipt of an invitation to attend the
anniversary celebration of the Washing
ton Cadets, at the Schuetzen Park, on
Jnne 18th
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
Mrs. Garfield Conyalescine.

Mrs. Garfield is very much improved
and is now able to walk about her room.
DR.. Boynton is very much encouraged
over her condition, and says she will be
able to leave her room In about week.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
A Title for a Physician.

DR.. Kidd, whose name W as so frequently
mentioned during the Illness OF Lord
Beaconsheld, is, it is rumored, to be made
baronet.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
Disaster on the Coast.

The schooner Wilson, which stranded
on the 7th inst. near Turtle Gut Island,
and floatea yesterday morning, went
ashore last night while in tow fifteen miles
north of Narrow Inlet, and has gone to
pieces.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
A Rare Chance.

Those wishing to obtain bargains in dry
and fancy goods should be at the auction,
at store No. ia Seventh street, this even
ing, at Z o'clock, rs an immense stock of
dry and fancy goods is to be sold to the
highest bidder.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
A Memorial Park at Cincinnati.

Alexander Swift, brother-in-law Of the
Cary sisters, Alice and Phoebe, has
bought the old Leary homestead, known
as Clovernook, and intends to repair the
building, and to make of the grounds a
memorial park, In honor of the early oc-
cupants of the place.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
PROPOSALS. FOR PURCHASE OF
POSTS

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DIS
TRICr OF COLUMBIA,
WASHINGTON, June 10, 1851,
Sealed proposals Will be received ut this
Office until the 18th instant, Tor purchase
from the District of Columbia of Two hum
bred (2OO), more or less, extra long Cedar
Posts, now ut Holmead Cemetery,
For further information apply to the SUI
perintendent ON the ground. BY order OF
the Commissioners.
WILLIAM TINDALL,
jell-3t secretary.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11

Only one marriage lchnse was register
ed to-day. The happy parties are James
Garrett and AIollie Cockerill.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11
A Brick Residence.

Francis Miller will build brick dwell
ling on Second street, between E and F
northwest, at cost of So, 900.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11

AL-Wool Blue FLANNEL suits $40;
warranted fast color. l. Hamburger IL
Sons, 615 PENNSYLVANIA avenue.
Daily critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-11

Drafts on London, Dublin and Paris, at
II. d. Cooke, Jr., u Co.'s, 1929 F St.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27
Throwing the Hatchet.

In the fourteenth century the situa.
ton of Public Executioner to the City of
Florence became vacant, and, as it was
a place of considerable emolument,
there were three candidates. A day
was appointed for public display of their
several abilities. The first candidate,
with knife, cleverly separatedth the head
of the victim from his shoulders. He
was outdone by the rapid stroke of the
second, whose glittering broadsword
struck terror into the hearts of the sur
rounding multitude. The third and least
promising held in his hand q short
Ratchet, and, when the victim was ex-
tended with his head on the fatal block,
approached him, and in allow whisper in
CURED if he was q swift runner and If
he could swim we'll. On being answered
in the affirmative, he desired him to
spring off his feet and cross the river.
The executioner then put on a. fierce
look, swung his weapon round his head,
but, instead of making it descend on the
devoted creatures neck, struck it with
great force into the blocki Shouts of
execration rose from the crowd, and the
trembling wretch, astonished athis WON
derful escape, had nearly gained the
opposite bank of the river before any
steps were taken to pursue him. He
had scarcely, however, gone ten yards
on dry land. when the executioner, tax
ing steady aim, threw his Ratchet with
such effect that the body continued rum
ming some time after the head was oil!
From this rather improbable incident
the common phrase of throwing the
Ratchet i said TO be derived.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

/ The Senate adjourned sine die on the
10th. In executive session the following
were confirmed: Wallace r. White, Maine,
United States Attorney, Idaho; James G.
Weaks, United States Marshal, Western Dis
trict of Louisiana; Thomas j. Jordan, Pa.
Indian Agent, Ponca Agency, Indian Ter
ritory; Woodford, Tenney, McDougal and
Knox for New York Attorneyships and Mar.
shalships; Schofeld, Judge of the Court Of
| Claims; Chas. A. Gould, Collector of Gus
toms, District of Buffalo Greek, N. Y. John
L. bravo, Surveyor of Customs at Pitts
burgh, Pa The nomination of VIM. E.
Chandler for Solicitor General was rejected
10 te %. Senator Cameron, OF Pennsylva-
mia, was the only Republican voting nay,
but several Republicans did not vote at
all.
AT the request of the Secretary of the
Treasury, George l.. Clark, Chief of the
Pay Division, Fourth Auditors office,
Treasury Department, and William B.
Moore, Deputy Fourth Auditor, have ten
dered their designations, to take effect i'm
mediately. Violation of the rules Of the De-
partment, in accepting a personal check in
settlement of Paymaster's account, is the
cause Of their summary retirement.
UP to May IS, notices of extension of
5-per-cent bonds at 31-2 per cent received at
the Treasury Department aggregated $141, :
l15,O5O. u
THOMAS A. Scorr, ex-President of
the Pennsylvania and Texas Pacific Rail-
roads, is dead.
AN agreement has been reached for
the consolidation of the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton & DAYTON and the Cleveland, Columbus,
Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroads.
A BUST of George Buchanan ARM
strong, the originator of the American rail-
may mail service, has been set up at Chi
cago.
MORE than 300, OOO copies of the Re-
vised Testament have been issued in New
York City.
JEROME FURLoNG, recently engaged
as travelling agent for st. Louis whole.
sale house, committed suicide by shooting
himself with a revolver. Family troubles
and want of employment were the causes
which led him to commit the rash act.
THREE men were killed and five in
jured by an accident at the Golden Terra
mine, Deadwood, Oak. A number of others
were buried beneath falling timbers. One
workman was thrown by the compression Of
air nearly eighty feet out of the tunnel
against the side wall of tne open cut, and
instantly killed.
JOE STEVENS (colored) was hanged
At Edge6eld, 8. c., on the 10th, for murder.
He took his place on the trap with frmness,
waving his hand kerchief.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27
Official Etiquette.

ALMOST as quaint as the well-known story
OF the Spanish monarch who was roasted to
death because the official justified by the pre-
scriptiops of court etiquette in removing him
from inconvenient proximity to roaring fire
did not happen to be Within the palace pre-
cincts at the time Of his Majestys extreme
need Is an account Of a recent suicide in st.
Petersburg. A certain Prince, Il handsome
spendthrift, had married wealthy bourgeoise
for her money, and this union had turned out
SO unhnppily that, a few days ago. he hanged
himself to windOw-frame in his study. One
of the servants happened to enter the
room almost Immediately after he had
completed this arrangement, beheld him
suspended. and summoned her mistress,
who was dressing for q ball, to the
spot. When the Princess caught sight
OF her husband he was struggling with cOnsid-
erable energy; but not venturing to make or
to authorize any attempt to cut him down, or
otherwise relieve him from his precarious sit
uation. She simply ordered her servants to ac-
quaint the police with the exact state Of affairs.
The foOtman t6ld the porter; the porter com
mari,icated with the Rardevpf on duty In the
street. BY the time this official had made the
matter plain to the pristav. or police Lieuten-
ant. and that functionary had sent for the
police surgeon 10 accompany him to the scene
Of the catastrophe, some three hours had
elapsed: and when the executive removed the
Prince from the wndow-frame that unfortu-
nate nobleman was as indisputably no more ~
good Queen Anne herself.
Walt Whitman Is being dined and
Gonized in Boston.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27
PITa AND POINT.

The weight of the world-about
twelve ounces to the pound. Detroit
Free Press.
"A move in the right direction pre-
vents collision when teams meet.-W. D.
PscGystsse. .y.f--.s---.s 4,.,..-
"A tooth-pulling shop is known as q
sore gum manufactory.-P Philadelphia
Chronicle Herald.
sc What is the moon good for?''
asked Prof. Miller. ssWhat are its prin-
cipal uses?'' And the smart bad boy
looked up from the foot of the class and
said, "To rest the gas companies. -
Burlington Hawkeye.
The man who knows the most is not
an owing man.-Man is like carpet
when he is kept down by tax.-Man is
like pin; the size of the head does not
indicate how sharp and pointed he may
.-WhitehGll Times.
Specimens of the mephitic plant
known as skunk's cabbage are sold in
the streets of New York under the at
tractive name of California lilies, and
they smell so much better than the
streets that there is quite demand for
them. Anything is welcome as a change.
Boston Post. g.
Tight lacing caused the liver of an
Indiana woman to grow fast to the
epigastrium, causing her death. Ladies
can not be too careful in guarding
against such calamity as this. When
tight lacing must be INDUCED in the
epigastrium should be removed and
locked up in the bureau drawer for safe. Z
ty.--Chicago Tribune.
She was a young lady fresh from
boarding-sGhool, and she went into the
laundry to learn how to iron shirts. She
did not succeed very well, and she said,
"Oh, Katy, shall never be able to get
any polish on this bosom. - ssSure,~
MISS" was the answer, s.you want to
put little elbow grease on it, ''Please
got some for me right away, Katy"
the innocent response Boston Courier.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27
Perils of Somnambulism.

SADIE LORD, of Clinton, Me-, q bright little
lady sixteen years of age, had an adventure
the other night which is narrated in the Au-
gusta Journal. Miss Lord is an active yOuI q
body, and sometimes the events of waking
hours so crowd into her dreams that she COM
mits strange freaks Of somnambulism. Her
father is Gead, and she lives with her mother
and brother on farm. On the night in q,les-
ton mother and daughter went to bed early
and were soon asleep. The young man came
in soon afterward and retired to his chamber
over his mothers apartment. About $50 Mrs.
Lord awoke. She was terrified to find her
daughter gone The mother listened q moment
and then heard some one moving in an I'D.
joining room. She at once proceeded to the
spot, and found Sadie putting on her clothes
and fast asleep. She called her name softly,
not wishing to rudely awaken the dreamer
The moment her mother spoke the girl
grasped a shawl and, half clothed as she was,
ran out doors like q startled deer. Mrs. Lord
tried to follow her, and could discern the out
lines OF her 1.-THE form Fastening toward the
railroad tra:k. It was time for the Pullman
train from Bangor. The mother could hear
the shrill whistle in the distance. What If her
darling should be crushed beneath the cruel
wheels! She saw the moving lantern of one of
the section men, and shouted to him to inter-
cept the fugitive, but he did not hear her.
The train came nearer and nearer. The
great headlight of the locomotive threw
a dazzling path of light adown the
track. The girl, unconscious of her dam
ger. crossed right in front of the engine and
narrowly escaped from the very jaws of death.
Heaving great sigh of relief that her darling
was free from imminent peril, the mother re-
turned to the house and called up her son. He
an hour, when he aroused the neighborhoOd to
assist him. The church bell was rung and the
entire community turned out. A little after
midnight the wanderer was found. She had
crawied under the barn belonging to Charles
Baker, about oDe-third of mile from her
no ne, and had nestled beside a great ox-cart.
where she was slumbering as peacefully as If
she was in her own comfortable bed. She was
gently awakened and taken home.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Il =
DIR. Hsrz, afoisign electrician. has
shown that it ispOssible to telephone SIX
hundred miles.
M.vAder has just been awarded
5000 francs by the Paris Academy OF
Sciences for his advances in phonetic
telegraphy. as also telephony. ~
Vines are said to extract yearly
from the soil only about three -fcurths Of
the quantity of potash and phosphoric
acid that the cereals take up.
Paris has oxygen gas works capa-i
BILE of supplying about II 900 cubic feet
of oxygen daily. Nothing is known as
to the method.of producing the gas, as
the establishment is still in its expert
mental stage; but if the oxygen is of the
purity claimed, and can be sold at rea-
sonable price, the enterprise bids fair to
succeed.
M. Lefranc has called attention in
the Journal de PhaTmGcie to wooden
mattresses as q possibly fertile midas for
disease. In q large city such mattresses
may represent millions of feeces that
have been only partly cleared of grease,
and have, moreover, been affected by
long use through successive generations.
They are rarely efficiently purified, and
might become an active medium for the
propagation of infection.
"A suggestion to employ artificial
lights for the capture and destruction of
noxious insects has found considerable
favor A medal was awarded at the
last exhibition of agriculture and in
sociology in Paris for lamp especially
10, I'd 81, oh a.
trio light has been found to be very
effective insect-trap, and its eventual
coming into use for this purpose in bug
infected gardens and orchards may be.
regarded as among the things that are
possible.
M. Muntz's experiments (the iodo-
form reaction) show that alcohol is to
be found in all kinds of water, except
very pure spring water. Rain and river
water contain about one gram per cubic
meter; snow and cold rain little more.
1t also exists in the earth, even poor
soil, in the quantity of 100 to 200 grams,
giving the iOdOfOrm reaction. The
diffusion of the substance in nature is
accounted for on the theory of the de-
struction of organic matter by various
agents of fermentation.
"A thermometric bureau has been
established in connection with the Win
chester Observatory of Yale College,
for the more accurate graduation and
verifcation of thermometers. The Their
mometers in common use are, as rule,
not graduated with any approach to
scientific accuracy, and the best of them,
however exact they may be when new,
increase their readings rapidly within a
few months, so as to become as much !,
as 90 in error in the course of year.
This is matter of particular Importance
with clinical thermometers, of which
several thousand are bought every year;
and to instruments of this class special
attention is paid.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27

A DESPERATE battle has been fought
near Fort Ewell. Texas, between seven
State Rangers and band Of about thirty
outlaws. One ranger was killed, but the
outlaws were routed and two Of them cap.
tured.
BILL EDWARDS, notorious horse
thief, has been shot and killed in Lincoln
County, N. NJ, by Sheriff Mckinley.
HEDDON, Cashier of the First National
Bank of Newark, N. j., has been sentenced
to seven years in the State Prison for misap.
plying funds.
A DOMESTIC tragedy occurred in
Honey Creek Township, vigo County, Ind.
Alexander McPeters, Jr.. killed his wife and
sister-in-law, Ellen Baxom, shot at his
mother-in-law, and then killed himself.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27
Miscellaneous Items.

IT is reported at Lawrence that John
Walruff, the brewer, received assurances at
the recent meeting Of the Brewers Associa-
tion.at Chicago that he could have all the
financial help he needed to test the validity
of the State Prohibitory law in the United
States Supreme Court. It is understood
that he is prepared to make test case, and
that the papers are already made out for his
arrest and the placing of his case in the
course Of adjudication.
The annual session of the Grand
Lodge Knights of Pythias begun at Topeka
on the 18th. There was a grand street
parade of uniformed Knights and prize
drill, in which Lincoln (Neb. Lodge, visit.
ing organization, carried off the first prize
and Atchison Lodge the second.
Miss Matte Knight, a step daughter
of Edward Bond, living near Melvern, Usage
County, committed suicide by taking strych-
nine. An imprudent love affair was the
cause.
The Topeka barber-shops are now
closed on Sunday.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27

The relics of Charlemagne at AK
la-Chapelle will be exhibited in July for
the benefit of the faithful. Every seven
years these souvenirs of the great En-
peror are publicly exposed in the eatile-
dral, a1d devotees flock to the old town
by thousands.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27
wounded

A LONDON telegram announced that
on the 18th copy Of the revised version Of
the Scriptures was presented to the Queen,
and Immediately thereafter it was placed in
general circulation.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27

In collision between the Marine
Brigade and the people at Killarney, Ire
land, on the 18th, several of the latter were
wounded.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27

ADvIcEs from Tunis report ten
hours battle at Soukelarba. Both the ma
tives and French lost heavily in killed and
wounded.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27
NEWS AND NOTES
A Summary of Important Events.

MAY Is was generally observed
throughout the South by decorating the
graves of the Confederate dead.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27

The citizens of Gold Hill. New, are
threatened with the destruction of their
town. The ground is settling so rapid
~ as to crack the window panes of the
railroad depot house and other build
ings. A crevasse in the height orhood
of Fort Homestead is constantly widen
ing and the ground is gradually sink
in0.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27

COUNT Won ARNIM, the Prussian d.
plomatist, is dead. He was German En-
bassador at Paris, and was subsequently
found guilty by the High Court Of State on
charges Of betraying his country, offending
the Emperor and insulting Bismarck and the
Foreign Office, and sentenced to five years.
penal seryitude
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27

In letter from U. S. Grant to Sena-
tor Jones, of Nevada, the Presidents ap-
pointment of Mr.. Robertson is referred to
as follows: "When it comes to filling the
most influential Office in their State without
consulting these Senators it is great slight.
When he selects the most offensive man to
be found, it becomes an insult, and ought to
be resented to the bitter end"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27

THERE is extreme agitation through
out Italy in consequence of the King having
intrusted Signor Sella with the formation Of
Cabinet. There were unfavorable demon
STATIONS at Naples, Florence and Pisa, as well
as Milan, where the military charged a mob
and a number Of persons were wounded.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27

STANLEY MATHEWS appeared at the
Office Of the Clerk of the Supreme Court on
the 18th, accompanied by Chief-Justice
Waite, and took the oath of Office. The
Chief-Justice ordered the commission of
Justice Matthews to be entered on the
record.