The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-01-21

THE lola REGISTER.
Published Every Friday.
lola. KANSAS.
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
HARRIS NJ. PLAIsTED was inaugurated
Governor of Maine on the 18th.
GOVERNOR CHURCHILL, of Arkansas,
was formally inaugurated on the 18th.
GENERAL JOHN F. MILLER has been
elected U:.ited States Senator from Califor-
mia.
SECRETARY SHERMAN is of the opih-
ion that we can not float three-per-cent.
bond.
TIE Western Union and the Ameri-
can Telegraph Companies have been con-
solidated.
THE Maine Legislature has adopted
the committees report, declaring Plaisted
elected Governor
PARNELL will ask for select commit
tee Of the House of Commons to inquire into
the outrages in Ireland. -
GENERAL GRANT has published over
his signature in the Chicago Tribune . long
article advocating the construction of the
Nicaragua Canal.
( JUSTICE SwAYNE's resignation will
be rendered in few days, and current ru-
NOR at Washinton is that Stanley Matthews
will be his successor.
THE House Committee on Military
Affairs, by vote Of six to three, decided to
report adversely upon the bill placing Gen.
Grant upon the retired list.
THE House Committee on Education
and Labor will report favorably the bill pro-
viding that proceeds of sales Of public lands
shall be applied to the education of the peo-
pie.
GOVERNOR CRITTENDEN, of Missouri;
Governor CuHom, of Illinois; and Governor
Porter, of Indiana, were all inaugurated
with appropriate ceremonies on Monday, the
10th. p
A PLOT to depose the Rajah and
massacre all European residents while in
church, has been discovered at Kolapore, in
India, and twenty seven natives have been
arrested.
PRESIDENT HAYES will give a series
of State dinners prior to vacating the White
House. The first of these was rendered to
the Justices of the Supreme Court and took
place ON the 18th.
THE defense in the Land League trials
opened on the 18th. McDonough denounced
the prosecution as landlords indictment
against the tenants of Ireland. The court
room was crowded.
MONDAY, Jan. 10, was noted as the
coolest day of the winter so far in many To-
calities. At Galena, ILL.,, the mercury went
down to "a deg. below zero, and in the vi
cinity of Dubuque it was reported at 80 deg.
below.
THE latest Cabinet speculation at
Washington is that Sherman, after his cleo
he IN 20 <or Torn,
and remain in the Cabinet, and that Foster
will then be chosen Senator by the Ohio Leg
islature.
MISS ANNIE PREssON, daughter of Rev.
W. NJ. Presson, was burned to death en- the
9Th, at Nashville, Howard County, Ark. She
was sweeping the hearth when her clothes
caught fire, and as there was no one in the
house, she was burned to . crisp before as
sistance could be obtained.
TIMOTHY CooPER, colored, has re-
ceived verdict for $1,000 damages under
the Civil Rights act against the Peoples
Omnibus and Baggage Company of Chicago,
for forcibly ejecting him from one of their
conveyances on account of his color. This is
the second trial and reversal of the former
verdict. ..tt.'- ,
The New Orleans Times reports that
Jay Gould is negotiating. with every pros-
pect of the bargain being consummated, for
the purchase Of the Morgan Railroad to
Donaldson, which is to be made part of
the New Orleans Pacific Road, thereby has
tening by year the completion Of that road
to New Orleans.
GOVERNOR FOSTER of Ohio denies
the rumor that his withdrawal from the Sem
atorial contest was in pursuance of an I'M
Outstanding with Garfield and Sherman that
the latter should resign and enter the Cabi-
net, and he (Foster) succeed to the Senate.
He says there has been no understanding
whatever about the matter.
A NUMBER of delegations of colored
men have waited upon Gen. Garfield at Men
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