The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-08
THE BATTLES ON THE NILE

II
An Alexandria correspondent with the
English army in Egypt says that after the re-
cent battle at Kassasin two acres of ground
were thickly strewn with the dead Egyptians.
The bodies of Egyptian soldiers were hacked
and slashed almost out of semblance to hui
manity by the long broadswords of the
Guards. Arabi's loss in this battle is esti
mated at 400 killed and wounded.
On the 3lst, Arab Pasha, sent to Gen.
Wolseley, asking an armistice eight days.
Gen. Wolseley refused, but offered any arnlis
tice for one day. Nothing, however, will be
done for several days unless Arab again forces
the British lines.
A dispatch from Alexandria the LIST, says
Nah Mould Fehmy, Arab Pasha's Chief
Engineer and military adviser, was recently
captured by the British, and handed over to
the Egyptian authorizes, the Khedive first
guaranteeing that he would not be put to
death without the consent of the British
After being questioned by the Egyptian Min
listers concerning Arab Pasha's movements he
was imprisoned. A fresh reconnaissance showed
that Tel ell Kebir is strongly entrenched, the
fresh water canal forming natural defense.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
Gen. Sherman denies that he will retire
before the law requires, but he will relinquish
| the command of the army if the President will
| order, so as to give Gen. Sheridan chance to
| make recommendations to Congress next
December.
The Tariff Commission is coming West. On
the I'd, there was asession at indianapolis.
| A case of genuine Asiatic cholera is reported
from Hillsdale, Mich.
| L. d. Ross, well known Kansas City ticket
"scalper," has been detected in issuing bogus
tickets, and committed to Jail.
| The Utah Commission have concluded the
work necessary to secure a thorough revision
of the registration lists. Officers are being
appointed in every county with deputies in
each precinct, with power to purge the lists
of every voter DISTINGUISHED by the Edmunds
law. This comprises every person, male or
female, who, since the passage of the law of
1882, has at any time lived in violation of said
law. 1t is not expected that the result Of the
election will change materially the existing
conditions of affairs in the Territory, the mon
ogamic Mormons still being in the majority.
Five hundred mules have been purchased in
the st. Louis market for military service in
Egypt.
A desperate attempt to release political
prisoners from the Saratoff jail is reported
from ST. Petersburg. The jailer was killed,
but the fugitiyes were arrested by citizens.
John d. Wickeser and Charles Cline were
building school house near Upper Sandusky,
Ohio, when the structure fell, crushing and
Instantly killing them.
c. Schwartz, pawnbroker on the Military
Plaza, San Antonio, Texas, was stabbed to
death by an unknown person the other even
ing II is supposed the assassin was detected
in committing theft and that Schwartz un-
dertook to detain or arrest him.
Daniel n. Sherwood, for fifteen years mail
rout agent on the North Carolina Railroad.
from greensboro to Goldsboro, was detected
In purloining registered letters, and confessed
that his depredations had extended over q
period of ten years. He subsequently COM
mitted suicide by poison.
Over $50 lives were lost by the recent inun.
dation at Ben Ficklin, San Angeles and other
places in Texas. The loss of property was
enormous.
There were seventy new cases of fever at
Brownsville the Sd, and the epidemic seemed
not in the least abating.
The s-year-old child OF NJ. Lyon, a merchant
Of Evansville, Ind, was drowned by falling
from ferry boat at Uniontown, KY.
/ A desperate attempt was recently made by
the prisoners on the second floor of the jail, at
Dallas, Texas, to escape. They overpowered
the guard who took them their dinner, and
, lyere gagping him when the Jailer appeared
ion the scene with pistol in hand, which put q
stop to the proceedings, and the prisoners re-
. turned to their cells.