The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

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"A contract has BEEN let for the con-
struction Of a Suspensions bridge across
Niagara River. below the falls, for the
use Of the Canada Southern Road, to be
completed risxt August. -
Reformed Pirate: What is the
difference between economy and mean
nessp Well, If a man squeezes to save
little money, he calls it economy; his
neighbors call 1t meanness. 1t depends
on who does the calling.-Boston Tran
script. = y
AT Knoxville, Tenn, recently, .
happy couple from Granger County were
entering the clerk Office for marriage
license, when, the bride was SO overcome
with bashfulness she ran off up Main
Street. With the aid of two clerks she
was headed of, caught and put through.
"A work on the diseases of elephants
is being written. Their more prominent
affections are stated to be meningitis,
apoplexy, vomiting, collie, enteritis, ha-
maturia, tetanus or lockjaw, pneumonia,
anthrax and '.foot and mouth disease"
This is book that no family should be
without Post.
"A man who died recently near SYRIA
euse, N. T., made provision for the
disposition of $62, 900 of his estate but
made no disposal of $150,OOO worth of
property in adjoining counties. 1t is
supposed that he had carefully figured
out the amount of the lawyers fees and
left the larger amount for them.-Chica-
90 Herald. '''A
"A desperate fight among horse
traders attending the Scotch fair at Fay
etteville, N. c., occurred the other
night. Over thirty men were hurt, two
MORALLY. Harvey Underwood was shot
by the wife Of man he had attacked
with knife. More than one hundred
persons were engaged in the fight, and
the authorities are greatly worked up
because of the affair. The riot started
from dispute between two PARTIES
Philadelphia Press.
John Grismer had always been
poor, and when he put twenty dollars
into the plate at church at Connellville,
Mo-, there was thought to be some mis-
take, but he said that he really desired
to make the contribution. The note was
soon identified, by means of its number
having been recorded, as part of 81, 1000
recently stolen, and then Grismer con-
fessed. What he had intended as re-
lief for his conscience led to his detec-
tion.-St. Louis Globe.
In the matter of identiications the
NOrristown Herald is unrivalled. Here
is its latest triumph: "a New York cor
respondent saws that in the course of an
argument in the Supreme Court, on
Monday morning, Mr.. Marks, we'll
known member of the legal profession,
suddenly rose and struck the opposing
counsel a violent blow in the face. A
well-known member of the legal rofes-
sion, ehp We should say so. Every
one who has witnessed the play of Uncle
Toms Cabin knows Marks, the law
yer" IN. Y. Graphic.
English travellers, who write about
this country, are usually surprised be-
cause the tomato is used almost as gen.
orally as the potato. Thomas Jefferson
brought tomato seed from France, where
he saw that that vegetable was extern
sively used as food for swine. DIR. Dio
Lewis used to say that the too frequent
eating of it by human beings produced
salvation. The Italians have taught
Americans that fine tomato sauce makes
macaroni more palatable. But there are
many poor cooks who hide their short
cOmings by putting the tomato into every
dish; so that one chef recently said of
another: 40, he'd put it into church
plate. IN. Y. Herald.
--One of the smallest dwarfs ever ex-
hibited in this country was Dole Dutton,
who made tours up to about ten years
ago. At that time she was eighteen
years old and was said to weigh only
twelve pounds. The reason for her re-
tirement from public life was the diff
Guilty in managing her. She was
freakish little creature and sometimes
would refuse to go on the stage at oil,
compelling her manager to refund the
admission money. In 1875 she married
a man Of ordinary stature named Swain,
but separated from him soon. Their
only child died in infancy. The news
of her being taken to an insane asylum
hopeless lunatic does not surprise those
who knew .her.-Chicago Herald.
The funeral of Joseph w. Butler
was held in Fulton recently. In accord
ance with frequently expressed desire
of the deceased man, 10 minister was
present. The services were novel and
interesting. A choir, composed of four
neighbors, sang the hymn Nearer my
God to Thee" at the conclusion of which
Mr.. l.. b. Babcock, of Volney, arose and
in brief words paid tribute to Mr.. But
Ter as man Of honor and intellect, and
one who lived according to the dictates
of honest convictions. Then Squire
Tinker spoke of the exemplary life he
had lived during his acquaintance with
him for more than half century. Other
friends testified to his worth. His son,
Jay S. Butler, then spoke of his fathers
leading characteristics Her
aid.
- Science in the Workshop.