The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-04

THE lola REGISTER.
Published Every Friday.
lola KANSAS
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary Of Important Events.
THERE are snow-drifts thirty feet higl
In the vicinity of Kingston, Ont.
THE President nominated Edward c
Billings, of Louisiana, United States Circui
Judge for the Fifth Circuit.
GENERAL SKoBELoFF has captured
Geek Tepe after hard fight in which bot
sides sustained heavy losses.
Ex-Gov. SPRAGUE has fled q petition
for divorce from his wife. The principa
grounds alleged are desertion and adultery
THE President has nominated Stanle..
Matthews Associate Justice Of the Unite'
States Supreme Court, vice Justice Swayne
resigned.
The Tennessee Legislature, on tn
2Sth, elected Howell E. Jackson Unite'
States Senator. He is I" State Credit
Democrat.
GERMAN sgriculturists are earnestl..
complaining against the importation
American productions, which, they say, Sc
riously affects their interests. e
Mr.. SHAW and the other Irish mem
bers of Parliament who seeded from tn
Home Rule party have been asked to resigl
their seats by their constituents.
SENATOR MAXEY, of Texas, was re
elected on the first ballot. The vote stood
Senate-Maxey, %; Throckmorton, 8; Davis
1. House-Maxey, 81; Throckmorton, "a
Davis, 5.
A COMPANY has been organized a
Chicago for the construction of q new tele
graph lire to New York and other Easter
points. New York capitalists will co
operate.
C. H. VAN WICK has been electe'
United States Senator from Nebraska. II
served several terms in Congress some year
ago from the old Tenth New York Congress
sional District.
UNDER the Springer resolution for
postal telegraph, the Post-office Commute
is authorized to send for persons and papers
and will doubtless investigate the Wester
Union Company's affairs.
REPRESENTATIVE MURCH, the Main
Greenbacker, says that in the coming con
test for the Speakership the Greenbacker
will muster ten votes, which will be cast TO
q regular Greenback candidate.
THE jury failed to agree in the Iris
Land League trials. The announcement 9
the result was loudly cheered by the specta
tors present, and the event was celebrate
In Dublin and elsewhere by bonfires, pa
rades, etc.
SIX million bales is now believed t
be a possible figure for this years cotto
crop. This enormous amount would be al
most million bales greater than that OF la:
year, and more than million greater tina
that of the year before.
THE German Admiralty has resolve
to dispatch war vessels to the west coast I
Africa for the purpose of Furnishing the nj
groes who lately plundered the Germa
steamer Carlos when stranded On their shor
and who maltreated the crew.
An English company with a capt.;
of s., 100000 has been organized for the pul
pose of establishing line of ocean steamer
for the transportation Of cattle from tn
country to England. Four steamers OF tt
proposed line will be built soon.
IT is reported that Sitting-Bull h,
surrendered to the Canadian authorities ar
proposes to 60 to Fort Buford under tt
protection of the Canadian police. He sa
he intended to surrender to Major Brothe
ton, but was afraid he would be treacherous
dealt with.
The House Committee on the Inte
oceanic Canal have voted to reject the clau
embodied in the bill incorporating the I
huantepec Ship Railway Company provi
ing for Government guarantee Of six p
cent. dividends OH $50, 000, 900 Of stock. ca
tain Eads expresses himself as being neve
theless sanguine that Congress will ult
mately sanction the proposed guarantee.
The Ponca Commission unanimous
recommend that the Government allot 1
acres of land to each man, woman al
child of the Ponca tribe Of Indian
said lands to be selected by them
their old reservation in Dakota or
land now occupied by the Ponca Indians
the Indian Territory, said lands to be secur
to them by patent and not subject to lien
conveyance in any manner, either volu
tarily or Involuntary, for period Of thir
years.
The deadlock in the Pennsylvan
Legislature over the election of Unit