The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-06-03

AFTER the shooting, ana received PROBABLY
fatal wounds. -
The. Mexican Congress has approved
the Eads marine railway project. Congress
has given the President full power to con-
tract with States and private parties for the
construction Of railways for eight months.
The Northwestern River Improve
ment and Canal Convention, at its recent
session at Davenport, Iowa, adopted resolu-
tions favoring liberal Government appropri-
ations for 2 system of cheap transportation
by water route, connecting the Mississippi
River and its tributaries with the Eastern
Atlantic seaboard and the Gulf Of Mexico,
and especially indOrsing the scheme for the
construction of canal from the Mississippi
River, on the most direct and feasible route,
to the Illinois River at Hennepin,. and thence
to the lake at Chicago; also the proposed ces-
sion of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and
Improvements of the Illinois River, by the
State Of Illinois; and declaring that the Erie
Canal should be made free Of tolls. .9i iCo-
AT Pittsburgh, on the 26:h,l Mrs.
Egler attempted to start fire with kero-
sence, when an explosion followed, her
clothes we're ignited and then the dwelling,
which was burned to the ground. The hus-
band Of the unfortunate lady, who set about
saving his children, was badly burned about
the face and hands. He forgot one child,
whose eharred remains were subsequently
found.
The Arkansas Democratic State Elk
ecutive Committee have issued an address to
the people Of the State setting forth the
points of dispute between the members of
the party on the. question Of the States in
debtedness. The address urges harmony in
the party and united front in the next
compaign; that the debt question shall
not be made test of party fealty; and rec
ommends that constitutional amendment
be submitted by the next Legislature to the
people declaring what part Of the debt shall
or shall not be paid.
A GANG of desperadoes, armed and
disguised, pillaged the store Of J. A. Tai
bolt, at Mountain Home, Baxter County,
Ark, the other night, securing q. large
amount Of money from the safe, which they
forced open, besides many valuable goods.
They then set fire to the premises, which
communicated to some powder stored in the
basement, the explosion Of which COM
pletely demolished the building. The rob-
bers escaped.
IT is announced that Mr.. Morgan,
Minister to Mexico, is to be retained in his
present position, at least until next winter.
The speedy construction Of the Ar
kansas extension of the Texas & st. Louis
Narrow-gauge Railroad, from Texarkana to
Cairo, ILL.,, is said to be fixed fact. ,r -.
The graves of the Confederate dead
at Richmond were decorated on the
26th. Business was generally suspended.
Visiting communicates of Knights Templar
from Boston and Providence deposited
wreaths of flowers and evergreens upon the
Stonewan Jackson monument. mag 80
The eleventh annual Convention of
the National Woman Suffrage Association
opened at Boston, Mass, on the 26th, Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton presiding.
The barn Of Andrew Sears, near
West Jefferson, Madison County, o., burned
on the 18th, and four small children of the
owner persisted in the flames They had
been playing in the barn and it is supposed
they set it on fire. e
The house, barn, corn-crib and all
the grain and hay belonging to John Smith,
Vanceburg, KY, who was driven from home
by the regulators recently, were burned on
the 9th.
AN official estimate of the grain crop
in Nebraska is 10000. 900 bushels, an in
crease over last years crop of about 80 per
cent. The wheat crop alone is estimated at
16, O0O. 900 bushels, which is gain Of about
so per cent. E KS
SOUTHEASTERN Indiana promises a
magnificent peach crop.