The Iola register., 1882-05-26
CURRENT TOPICS.

cURREN -T0PICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
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FATHER HAYES, at Charlton, Iowa,
defended the Cavendish assassins from hil
pulpit in the Catholic Church last Sunday.
AcYcLoNE which swept over the re-
gion of Shreveport, La, the other day,
killed three persons and damaged much
property. ~ AkE2 e.
INDIANS attacked train on the Con-
ception road, Mexico, on the 18th, and
killed five men and two women. They also
attacked the hacienda of San Lorenzo and
killed two herders.
INDICTMENTS have been found at
Washington against William Brockway and
Charles Smith for stealing from the Treas
ury Department the plates and dies from
which were printed the spurious bonds
placed on the market by them.
TIE Longfellow Memorial Associa-
ton haye issued circular asking for con-
tributions Of 81 each for the purpose Of per:
manently preserving the residence of the
poet and erecting an enduring memorial to
his fame on the grounds of his residence.
RECENT heavy rains in Arkansas have
caused incalculable damage to crops and
mill property. The cyclone which swept
through Montgomery County was far more
destructive than at first reported. Several
lives were lost and at least one hundred
families were made homeless.
THERE is supposed to be in existence
800, 900 In surveyors scrip. falsely repre-
sented to have been Issued ut Santa Fe by
an Assistant Treasurer Of the United States.
John d. Cameron, of Sioux Falls. Dakota,
has been arrested for connection with the
fraud and taken to Yankton.
The Egyptian chamber of ,notables
have convened to lay plans to depose the
family of Mehemet Ali, of which the pres
ent Khedive is a member. The ministry is
preparing the forts on the northern coast,
and many Europeans are leaving Cairo. 1t
Is rumored that France has proposed to
England the dispatch of an allied squadron
to Alexandria.
The arrest of Doc Holiday, an al
legged Arizona stage robber, desperate and
murderer, is creating great excitement in
and about Denver, Colo. 1t is still believed
that the arrest is only plan of the cowboys
to get Holiday in their hands and murder
him. These rival factions in Arizona have
terrorized that part of the country, and af-
fairs are taking political turn. In some
sections the cowboys are In the ascendency.
In the star-route cases at Washing
ton, the other day, a deputy marshal report
ed that he had been unable to arrest John
w. Dorsey or to learn his whereabouts.
Judge Wylie ordered the crier to call Dor
sey's name, when that individual walked up
to the bar to plead not guilty. The hearing
was adjourned to May 25, the marshal being
reminded that he was responsible for the
safe-keeping of Dorsey until bail was fur
nished. Afterward the culprit gave bonds
in $4,000.
Two hundred applications are before
the President for positions on the tariff
commission. Secretary Folger says there
will be two protectionists, two free-traders,
and five practical merchants on the board.
1t is understood that ex-Secretary Kirk.
wood will be chairman, and that ex-Gov.
ernor Bullock, of Georgia; Samuel A.
Haines, of New York; j. L. Hayes, of Bos-
ton; Robert P. Porter of the Census Bu-
reau, and Henry w. Oliver, Jr., of Pitts.
burgh, will be members. s. ...'' -
In connection with the statement that
agents of Faure, the Partisan electrician,
have come to this country with the Faure
batteries for the storage of electricity, q
New York paper informs capitalists that
Faure's storage patent is in interference in
the patent Office with one of Charles F.
Brush's numerous patents of similar char
acter, and that Brush, in a case recently de-
cided in that Office, proved priority of his
invention back of the earliest date claimed
by Faure for his French patent.
j. r. SH1PHERD has declined to fur
nish the Peruvian investigating committee
with documents showing what he did to en-.
force the claim of the company, and has ad .
dressed to Chairman Williams q letter
protesting against the liberty accorded to
Mr.. Blaine in the Investigation. He states
that he is prepared to supply all the evil
dence called for, including letter from the
President of the United States, and waits
to know il he is to be heard. 1t Is learned
that Robert r. Hit, formerly Assistant
Secretary of State, will be summoned to q
secret session.
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A REMARKABLE suit was begun at
Pawpaw, Mich. the other day. B. A. o.
ney, the wealthiest man in Van Buren
County, filed bill in chancery to restrain
Jane Ann Manley, of Hartford, from COL
lecting or disposing Of note for SIC, 900,
given by Olney and held by her. While Wis
iting her in December last, he AYERS that
she removed from a basket nearly $50, 900 in
money, notes and mortgages, which he had
therein, filling the basket with chips. He
did not discover bis loss till next day, and
when he demanded the re.urn of the miss
ing property which she held she refused,
and on the contrary threatened to destroy it
unless he gave her $40, 900. To recover the
securities he yielded to her demand, and
now he asks to be relieved from paying it,
alleging duress. ~
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