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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20
Speculations About the Comet.
WASHINGTON, October Q.

WASHINGTON, October Q.
Prof. Skinner, of the Naval Observatory,
was interviewed this evening in relation to the
opinionof Prof. Proctor and other eminent
European scientists, that the present comet is
that of 1913 and 1850, and that 1t will again re-
turn in 1883 and fall into the sun, causing ter
rible disaster to the earth. He said that while
Mr.. Proctor had q reputation among astrono-
mers for making rash announcements, there
was no use in ridiculiny his idea. The comet
now visible, he said was certainly very re-
markable one, and in some of its features was
an extraordinary phenomenon. As to the
possibility of a meeting between the comet and
the sun, at some time, in the near future, he
said, such an event was by no means improba-
BILE. He did not think it would be safe at this
time to hazard a definite opinion on Prof. Proc
tors prophecy: 1.-THE comet will be visible for
month yet, and we hope" he said, ito be
able, with the aid of q telescope. to follow
it month and a half. We have not made q
sufficient number of observations yet, nor has
it been visible long enough, to determine its
subsequent course. We don't know as YET,
nor will we be able for some time to find out,
whether the track of the comet be that of q
paraboa or an elliptic. If 1t be the latter, there
is some reason to expect serious consequences.
The great comet now visible travels in patch
practically coincident with the comets of 1913
and 1870. Hubbard found the period of revo-
luton of the comet of 1873 to be over five
hundred years. The period of revolution of
the comet of 1890 was over thirty years. The
period of the great comet now visible is not
yet calculated with certainty, owing to the lin
tied time of observation. These three comets
at the time of the nearest approach to the sun
must traverse the solar atmosphere, thus ex-
periencing q 81 cat degree of resistance. The
facts. as far as ktnwn, are that these comets
are observed to travel i'm the same psth. If
they are the same comet, that comets path
must have been violently changed by some
outside force. If they are not the same comet.
then the hypothesis of PrOf. Stafford that they
are pieces of the 1913 comet may be held as
probable" Prof. Skinner concluded by say
ing that it was idle to make any positive pre-
dictiOns of the future movements OF this COM
ct until it had been observed throut longer
arc. He said that even if Prof Pro. tors pre-
dction should be borne out it wouldn't neces
sariy follow that the destruction of the earth
would result. 1t was all owing to what the
omet might be made of. He did not believe
il to be so very ponderable an affair. and in
the face of its coming i'm contact with the sun,
the sun may be able to take care of il without
any difficulty.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20
Death by an Electric Shock.

James Steinders. German in the employ of
the Brush Electric Light Company, accident
ally received shock from a line which he was
adjusting at the corner of Elizabeth and Canal
streets this morning, and was almost instantly
killed. He was at work At the top of pole,
making q new connection for the wire. When
he received the shock he did not fall to the
ground, but his foot caught in some telegraph
wires below him, and he hung suspended in the
air. The foreman and two other line men
with whom he was working Immediately went
to his assistance, and he was lowered to the
ground by means of rope. They carried him
to the Elizabeth Street station, but he
did not regain consciousness, and when
the surgeon arrived he was dead. The
current must have passed through the arms
and chest. The skin on the palms of both
hands was hanging in strips as though it had
been scared with a red-hot iron, and the ex-
preston of the mans face even in death was
one of intense agony. The foreman does not
know how to account for the accident, as
Steinders had been in the employ of the COM
pany for more than a year, and was always
considered to be a cautious man. He knew
well the danger which is incurred in handling
wires through which a current Is passing, and
yesterday morning he had been engaged in re-
adjusting several other "live wres,' as they
are called. The foreman had warned him to
be careful when he started to ascend the
poles. The company had been erecting sew
eral new poles in Elizabeth street, and tho
men were engaged in changing the wires
from the old poles. In order to do this il
is necessary in the case of live wires to put
in what is called a 'spare Leg or an extra
piece of wire, so that when the original line
is cut the circuit may not be broken. Tho
wire had been cut by StrinderS before the cir
cut had been made and ii is supposed that I'm
turning round tn get in a proper position to
complete the work, his foot slipped and he
caught the end of the wire he had just cut
without thinking what he was doing. The
wire was one which supplied several Broad
way stores AMI furnished electricity for forty
lights. The engine by which the current il
generated il one of one hundred and twenty
five horse power. In cases of this kind death
usually results instantaneously, and 1t is prob
able that Steinders did not get the full force
of the current.-N. Y. EUening Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20
An Interesting Incident.

An interesting incident, says the New
York Commercial Advertiser, occurred
the other day in the Western Union
Telegraph office. A number of gentle
men interested in stock operations were
clustered around the tape, elbowing each
other anxiously to read the quotations
A little man with black beard entered
and approached the tape, which he could
barely reach. A big, burly, good-natuted
fellow in the crowd took him by the
sleeve, and patronizingly saying, lyon
are little fellow, and we'll let you il"
showed him into position. The little man
smiled and looked at him through the
corner of one eye, glanced at the tape,
thanked his new-found friend and retired.
An amused bystander stepped up and
said, "Do you know who that isf' "No,"
said the other carelessly. "Well, that
vas Jay Gould"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20
THE WEST.

A crazy Frenchman created q stampede on
Fourteenth street, New York, one afternoon
lately by dashing through the street when il
was crowded, and with a pair of sharp pointed
carpenters compasses commenced stabbing
women right and left His victims were Mrs.
Stolzenbsck, Miss Louisa Checker, Miss NJ. L.
King, Miss Pauline Fielder, Mrs. Thomas
Worth and Mrs. Mary Hanley. The latter win
probably die. The lunstic was finally arrested
by officer Hanley, the husband of one of his
victims
! Recently, while an engine pushing an empty
Nat car was going down a steep grade on the
Mosquito extension of the South Park Rail-
road, near Alma, Colo, the fat car struck q
mule, throwing the engine and car down
an embankment. Conductor Jack Bludsoe and
two unknown men were instantly killed.
A mob at Evansville, Ind, attacked the jail
and forcibly carried of the wife murderer
Redmond, for the purpose of lynching him.
Officers fired on the mob and killed one man,
but the Others got of with the murderer.
Theodore Finney, ten years of age, killed
himself recently at Bellwood, Neb. The boy
was an insatiate deyourer of blood and thun-
der literature.
A. w. Ross, member of Ross & Lysle, coal
dealers of Cincinnati, was found murdered
about midnight on the 9TH, between the rail-
road and his residence at Glendale, o. His
head was beaten to a jelly. His watch and
part of his chain and his pocketbook were
taken. He was treasurer of the Coal Ex-
change of Cincinnati, and attended the an
nual meeting the night of the murder. The
corporation of Glendale and villages of Hart
well and Wyoming offer a reward of IS, 400
for the capture of the murderer, which sum
viii probably be increased by citizens of Gin
cinnati.
ii. C. Mead, wealth banker of Waupaca,
Wis, bachelor of 60, was shot and killed In
his bank by unknown persons recently, and
Che bank robbed of several thousand dollars.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20

AT Trouville. de c. to her
husband, who comes home ut four
o'clock in the morning: SAT what time
did you get in this morning." "About
midnight, dearest. about midnight-a
few minutes after, perhaps" Yes,
24O minutes after-I counted them"-
lie Figaro.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20

Foreign born citizens are not
numerous in Alabama. Of the 269, 1874
voters in that State, 136, 058 are native
born whites and 11S, 1913 colored. and
only 5, 4O3 are foreign-born. Georgia
has 32l, 44S voters, OF whom III, 04 are
native-born whites and LIS, Al colored,
and only 5,923 foreign-born.-& l.
GrQDhtc,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20

Ira Townsend. long known rs "the
hermit of Powel.on," died in the Phila
delphia alms-house the other day. Fol
years he lived in lime box not more
than eight feet square, from which he
had to be'dislodged by force when the
exigencies of local improvements madt
his occupancy of the place no longer
possible. His relatives in Vermont are
in comfortable circumstances
c10o Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20

"A Los Angeles man claims that the
Juice from eucalyptus leaves has in
duced the hair togrow on his bald head
He was in the habit of pounding to 8
pulp the leaves which he applied to his
head for the cure of headache. He was
surprised to have new and abundant
crop of hair commence to grow.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20

They have very particular folks
town has sued the managers of steam
boat excursion which failed to return
home at the time advertised.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20

Near Heber City, Wasatch County,
Utah, recently, Thomas Davis killed his
son, youth of twenty-one. The boy
Davis had decided to leave his home.
He was packing his clothes in bundle
on the floor, and was on his knees. when
his father came up behind him, and
with repeated blows from a neck-yoke
fractured the boys skull in eight differ
ent places. Chicago Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20

Wonders in nature never cease.
The last one is that Of lamb with three
mouths. 1t is on farm near Marlboro,
O., is healthy. and has no trouble in
eating. Chicago Neus.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20

The grasshopper has 120 times the
kicking power of man, taking size into
account. What failure man is, when
you come to think it over.-Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20

Kansas has furnished 400, 900 head
of fat cattle for market this year.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20

"A "boss" carpenter at Jacksonville,
Fla, is one Of the gentler sex
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20
THE SOUTH.

A Dallas, Texas, telegram says that six
persons were killed on the East bound train of
the Texas and Pacific, ditched at Sweet Water
The train was badly damaged.
Rev. j. L. Denton, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction of Arkansas. jumped from
the balcony of Judge Gregg's residence in
Fayetteville lately and was killed. His mind
had become unbalanced of late, caused it is
supposed by charges from his opponents Of
misuse of funds, of which charge he had been
indicated.
Reports from Pittsylvania County, Va, state
that the rayages ofdiphtheris in certain locali-
ties has reached an alarming extent. Nearly
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20

h Capp shot and instantly killed R. r. Elgin,
bookkeeper for Seabright Bros, and danger
ously wounded W. K. Eagan. A party of COW
boys took Capp from custody and lynched him.
This was the second lynching in that county
within three days.
The crops of wheat sown from California
grain in Loo Choo, Japan, result so splendidly
that large preparations are made for similar
experiments in various parts Of the Empire.
Col A. w. Slayback, one of the most bril-
liant lawyers and an e1-member of Congress
from St. Louis, was shot dead on the evening
of the 18th, by John Cockerill, Managing Edi-
tor of the Post Dispatch. At about half past
O'Clock, Col. Slayback and W. P. Clopton
went to the office Of the paper, Col. slayback
being very much excited over an article that
had appeared in the Post Dispatch rejecting
upon him. Upon reaching the Office, the
stairs leading to the reportorial rooms were
climbed in haste, and Cockerill and slayback
met face to face. The Colonel began to de-
nounce Cockerill in q scathing manner for the
assaults made upon him by the paper, and in
the fury which had taken possession Of him,
the Colonel wanted satisfaction for the
outrage which had been inflicted on his
honor. Cockerill, who had the advantage OF his
adversary by reason of his self possession,
drew his revolver and fired at Slayback, who
fell MORALLY wounded, and gasped his last
breath in few minutes afterward. The af-
fair caused the most intense excitement, and
at one time mob violence seemed imminent.
Cockerill surrendered to the authorities.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-20

1888, served in the Confederate army during
the war, and has since practiced law in st..
Louis, where he attained q high standing at
the bar, both on account Of his legal acquire
ments and his natural gifts Of oratory. His
brother, Chas. E. Slayback, is President of the
st. Louis Merchants Exchange. Col Stay
back was the law partner Of Col. James o.
Broadhead, and the animosity Of the Post
Dispatch grew out of the lstter's nomination
to Congress in the Ninth District, that paper
having espoused the cause of John NJ. Glover
At Syracuse, n. Y, an express train struck
. carriage containing Jno. r. Millonee, aged
%; his wife, aged "a; and Mrs. II. c. Com
stock and Mrs. Munro Burgess, two elderly
ladies visiting from Marathon, n. Y. The
three women were killed and the man serious
ly injured.
Professor Sumner, of Yale College, made
an extended argument in favor of free trade
before the Tariff Commission at Philadelphia
At Germantown, KY, George Cooper shot
and killed George Insco, former sutton for
the hand of his wife, while the two latter were
promenading on the fair grounds.
The cotton returns of the Department of
Agriculture for October indicate an unusual
size and vigor of the plant and capacity for
large production.
General Grant, who has been visiting in
Philadelphia, says he is taking NO interest
whatever in the present campaign; that his
presence in the State has no bearing whatever
on the canvass, and that he is entirely out of
politics.
October returns of the yield per acre OF
wheat, estimated from the results of thresh-
ing, foreshadow product slightly exceeding
SOC, 000,0O0 bushels, and possibly reaching
100000. The average yield per acre sp-
pears to be nearly IA bushels, on an acreage
of slightly less than 81, 0Oo, 900 acres.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-05-31
The Markets.

BALTIMORE, May 31.-VirgniaG s deferred -;
do consolidated 62 do second series 81 y; past
due coupons -; new 10.4Os 43 bid to-day
Cotton quiet and steady; middling lbs. Flour
dull; Howard street and Western super 3 25a
81 so; do extra 4 75aS5 IS; do family 6OO,
So Is; City Mills super 3 5Oas4 u.s. do extr,
5 COAST 30; do Rio Brands 25aS7 81; Balti-
more high grade family SO 90; do winter wheat
patent 80 IS. Wheat Southern steady; Western
lower; Southern red 136a139; do amber 140a
144; No Western winter red spot 1877 lsa131 h
May 137a137la; June 137a1371, July III lsa
1919; Aug 117a117l. Sept 1863 .a117la Corn
Southern steady; Western easier Southern
white 80; do yellow s4as5; Western mixed spot
79a7?; May 79tla79; june 7saa7sa4 July
1915 bid. Oats steady and quiet; Southern Goa
63; Western white 61s64; do mixed 6Oa61
Penna 60a63. Rye quiet at s5a90 Hay steady
prime to choice Penna and Md 17a$15 Coffee
firm; Rio cargoes ordinary to fair Slaa9k,. Su.
gar quiet; A soft 99s. Whskey quiet at 2Os
81 81.
NEW YORK, May 31.--Stocks strong and fairly
active. Money 3. Cotton dull and easy; uplands
IDS; Orleans 12as. Flour dull and declining
Wheat heavy, unsettled and laa1 1sc lower Corn
heavy and a.a1c lower.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-05-31
The Egyptian Question.

LONDON, May 3l,-A Paris telegram to
the Daily Telegraph says: Contrary to the
assertion of many of your contemporaries
the French government is now taking the
iniatitive in Egyptian affairs. f. DeF'rey-
cinet, the Prime Minister, has the cordial
support of Germany and has now come
round to the project of an intervention by
England and France acting as the manda
tories of Europe and desires that it may re-
ceive the solemn sanction of Europe in a
conference No credence need be attached
to rumors ofhostility to the action of France
and England.
A despatch to the Times from Cairo says
The natives are escaping from Cairo to avoid
signing the petition for the reinstatement
of the late minister, the withdrawal Of the
ultimatum, the departure of the squadrons,
the recall of the Consuls General, and the
deposition of the Khedive. No time must
be lost to employ measures for saving the
life Of the Khedive.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-05-31

Mr.. JOHN PAUL, who was elected TO Con-
gress by the votes of men protesting to be
democrats, yesterday essayed the vain and
remarkable task ofjustifying his apostacy to
his State, section and party, and his support
ofthemost ultra andproscriptive radical men
undmeasures by asserting that the tax payers
of Virginia are opposed topaying their State
debt, though nothing is better known than
the fact that had it not been forthe hundred
thousand non tax-paying negroes who
voted with him, that debt would never have
been repudiated, as nineteen out of every
twenty tax payersin the State were opposed
torepudiation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-05-31
To.DAY's TELEGRAPHIc DISPATCHES.
To.day's Congressional Proceedings.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Favorable reports from committees were
made upon several Senate bills, which were
placed on the calendar.
Bills were introduced for the reliefof Fitz-
John Porter; the House army appropriation
bill for the erection fpublic buildings at
Lynchburg, Harrisonbuurg, Abingdon, Va.
HOUSE.
Immediately after the reading of the Jour
nal, the House resumed the Mackey- Dibble
contested election case and Mr.. Atherton,
Of Ohio presented the views of the minority
upon the case, promising his remarks with Il
denial OF the statement that the Democratic
side was afraid to enter into its discussion.
He spoke for nearly two hours making a
very strong argument which was attentively
listened to, and applauded by the democrats.
Mr.. Ranney followed Mr.. Atherton in sup
port of the committees report and was fol-
lowed in turn by Mr. Moulton in strong
argument in behalf of Mr.. Dibble. Mr.
Jones, greenbacker from Texas, then took
the floor in Mackey's behalf and attracted
as much attention as the monkey cage does
in circus. He sustained the Speakers
arbitrary ruling
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-05-31
A Card.

FALLS CHURCH, Va, May 10, 1892
The article signed Stranger" in your column:
of May Sth, 1882, would not be entitled to notice
were it not for the effect it might have among
persons not familiar with us.
The anonymous author made himself stranger
upon being discovered
In justice, however, to the persons whose hon
csty, and Christian character were impugued by
that article We pronounce the libels of the writer
false Tho church has had no OCCASION to com.
plain of the misappropriation of her funds. That
the funds on hand would not liquidatc all the in.
debtedness, naturally resulted in the settlement,
of those considered the most worthy without re.
gard to individual wishes; and, simply because
MIR. Henderson was not permitted to dictate to the
remainder OF the congregation as to their action
ne needs must fly into the public prints and give
vent to the overflow of an enlarged spleen
The congregation have no cause of complaint
against the pastor or ruling elders. The criticism
OF stranger was unnecessary, unchristanlike
and untrue, and our greatest regret is that circum
stances should have rendered it necessary to take
any notice whatever of the article.
j. H. JOHNSON,
my3l-It Clerk End Baptist Church.
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ALEXANDRIA,, VA.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 81, 1882.

ALL THE republican and many of the So
called independent newspapers of the North
pretend to believe that the stand the demo-
Gratis are making in the L. S. House Of Rep
resentatiyes for right, justice and the OBJ
servance of established rules will rebound
TO the injury of their own party, inasmuch,
they say, as it will show the people that
that party is not yet prepared to take charge
Of the interests of the country. They make
the assertion, founded upon ex parte evil
dence, that Mackey was elected, and then
say, that as the majority should rule, and as
they have the majority, they will give him
his seat, and that the opposition Of the
democrats is not only silly in view of the
force against them, but evinces rebellious
spirit that should be crushed out, and
usually conclude what they print in refer
ence to the matter by saying that the dem
ocrats should submit to the power of mem
ber5, and if there be any resulting damage
let the republicans be responsible for it, and
that the people will hold them to that re-
sponsibiity In other words though the
minority has laws and rules with which to
defend itself against the oppression Of Il
temporary majority. it must not avail itself Of
those defcnscs, but must surrender ut discrc
ton, and lcaveto the republicans, who elected
the majority, the cure Of the resulting evils.
But experience proves that the proposed
remedy would be worse than the disease, for
.h, TO,
representatives. rs Mcssrs Robeson Orth. Van
Noorhis, and other leading republican
members Of the House, adopt in its entirety
the doctrine of Senator Sherman, that any
thing is justtiable in law and morals that
will beat down the Democratic party, and
such men, instead ofcorrccting political evils
would not hesitate TO increase them. The
rules of the House.as established, provide tn,
way by which they shall be changed, and the
democrats are contcnding that any prupos
ed change shall be made in the manner pre-
scribed. The republicans observed those
rules as long as they were in the minority
hut now, having Il ma ority Of three or four
they pay no attention to their requrments
aud change them, not in the prescribed way
but in the way that best suits their present
purpose. The ri ght is always worth con
tending for and, Mr.. Edmunds TO the con
trary, success is not the measure Of merit
and much of the misfortune that has at
tended the democrats in recent Years ha
been the legitimate effect Of their failure t
stand up for their rights. In the present
instance they are bamelesI in this respect
and they have injured their party by thei
long continued and well conducted defense
of that fundamental principle of free insti
tutions, the rights Of the minority, then sl,cl
Institutions will soon tice from this country
their almost list place Of refuge, and the
glovcd tyranny of one man be soon substi
tuted for that Ola naked and irresponsible
maioriLy