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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09
WIT AND'WISDOM.

People who are not rich, but live as
if they were rich, are the least likely
ever to become rich. And society
is full of such people. Chicago Journal.
The great secret of getting on well
with the world, secret which few
have learned. is to know when to speak
and especially when to keep still.
y. Herald.
"A circus might gain the reputation
of having the champion eluilibrist if it
would engage a man who would step
out of the sawdust and balance the
books of Newark Savings Bank.
Y. Graphic.
DIR. Schliemann, it is stated, will dig
northwest of Athens in search of Fer
icles' grave. We suspect suspicion
has got abroad that the late Mr.. Pericles
was poisoned, and it is proposed TO hold
a post norton examination on the tody.
The guilty should be brought to justice.
-NOrrjS,oUn Herald.
Down in Salem the other dav a
bright little girl was sent to get some
eggs. and on her way back stumbled
and fell, making sad havoc with the con-
tents of her basket. "Won't you catch
it when you get home, thought en-
claimed her companion. ''No, indeed,
won't" she answered. 'Te got 3
grandmother" --BOstOn Post.
A gentleman isiting school had
book put into his hand for the pur-
pose of examining class. The word
inheritance occurring in the verse,
the querist Intercepted one of the
youngsters as follows: WHAT is patri-
mony.' Something left by 8
father" "What would you call it il
left by a motker?" Matrimony"-
". Y. Ledger.
Customer: "What do you ask for
Your half dollar tea?' Shopman
well. our regular price is seventy five
cents. but I'll let you have i: for sixty:
ONLY don mention it. please" Custom.
er is battered and takes pound at
once. When he comes to think it oveI
afterwards his mind grows unsettled,
but having gi en- his word and being an
honorable man, doesn't mention it.
"A greenhorn went to a menagerie.
where an Orang outang particularly
stru k his attention. Several gentle
men were conversing about the animal.
one of whom expressed the ooinion that
it was a lower order of the human
species. The countryman did not like
this idea, and. striding up to the gentle
man, expressed his contempt for it thus
'.Pooh! pooh! he's no more human
species than be-"
DIR. LANCER states that the fat of
child contains less oleic acid. but
more palmitic and stearic acid than
that of adults. besides being richer in
the butyric and caproic acids Per-
haps this is what causes the infant &c
yell so vocferously during the night,
bu.we can't always tel. 1t may be
the richness of the butyric and caproie
acids. and it may be displaced pin
NorristOWn Herald.
The American people. in adopting
any great reform, are all much like the
Yankee who bet with Gutchman that
he could swallow him. The Dutchman
lay down on a table, and the Yankee
taking his thumb in his mouth. nipped
it severely. "Oh, you are biting me
roared the Dutchman. why, you old
fool" replied the Yankee. Ibid you
suppose 1 was going to swallow you
wboIep,'
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The first telegraphic instrument
was successfully operated by S. F. b.
Morse, the inventor, in 1885, though the
utility was not demonstrated to the
world until 1842.--N y Herald.
AN Ohio family of six weigh a ton
AN average of 277 pounds each. The
fathers weight is 480 pounds. the
mother's 286; the Oldest 307 and the
weight diminishes to the youngest who
weighs 1T pounds.
Foreigners smile at our little army
of 5000 men, but they would look very
serious if we should call out tie re-
serves. Uncle Sam has 6, 797, 900 citi-
zen soldiers 10 call upon in case of an
emergency. Springfield Mass. } Union.
Massachusetts has had twenty-fiv
State Treasurers, and of. the 1858, 086,
OH which have passed through their
hands only S21. 600 was ever lost. and
that as long ago rs 1908, by defaulter
who bore the appropriate name of Skin
ner.
Persons who tell of the marvellous
speed of railway trains should bear in
mind that an engine moving at the rate
of sixty miles an hour passes over
lightweight feet of ground each Sec
ond. A horse trotting at speed of
2:1O covers more than forty feet per
second.
"A New York firm offered prizes to
those of its customers who should come
the nearest in estimating the number OF
peas in glass jar exposed in its store.
The guesSes varied from l, COO 10 !, 200,
600. The exact number was Al. 479,
and the first prize was given to a man
who set the number at A. AIS.
The Pennsylvania State Board OF
Agriculture estimates the wheat crop OF
the State at %, 425, 900 bushels, from
1.495, 900 acres. Returns from fifty
nine counties report an increase. vary
ing from two per cent. in Schuylkill to
forty per cent. in Lancaster, over the
yield of 1881, while decrease of from
one TO ten per cent. is shown in seven
counties.
Somebody has figured it out that
the aggregate cost of the pictures in the
private galleries of New York City is at
least S6.0O0.OOO. w. H. Vanderbilt
heads the list with $1,000 900. and then
comes Mrs. A. T. Stewart, $500, 600;
Mrs. Catherine L. Wolfe, $50, 900. and
August Belmont S35O.000. These gal
leries are filled almost entirely with the
works of foreign artists.
Fifteen corporations are engaged in
the manufacture of cotton goods in
Maine, with a capital of $40, $40, 600,
and fourteen in the manufacture of
wooden goods, with a capital of 50, l24.-
600. About 75 per cent. of the
woolen and 80 per cent of the cotton
operatives are Americans. The weavers
average from S3S to S42 per month, the
spinners about S1.40 per day, on q gen.
eral run of IL hours per day.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09
THE LATEST.

| The Senate the Sd passed unanimously
vote of thanks to President Davis. Mr.. Ed
munds was elected President to succeed Mr.
Davis. The Deficiency bill was passed. The
House bill to adjust salaries of Postmaster.
also passed. After rushing through q great
amount of business the Senate took recess
The house agreed to the conference reports OF
the Legislative and Army appropriations bills
The conference report upon the Tax and
Tariff bill was then submitted and after debate
the bill was passed, 152 to 116. A number Of
contestants were awarded seats at the las,
hours of the session in order that each nigh,
draw the two years pay, $4,000, and mileage.
The two Houses were declared adjourned a,
noon Sunday.
Governor Alexander H. Stephens, of Geor.
gia, died At Atlanta on Sunday, March 4th, al
the age of seventy-on years.
The Tax and Tariff bill Immediately after
passing the House was enrolled and taken to
the President who affixed his signature and il
became law. A number of members voted
for it under protest.
The bill to pay Joseph C. Irwin, formerly OF
Leayenworth, now of Independence, No.,
some $500 for cavalry horses furnished at
Fort Leavenworthi in 1872, passed both branches
of Congress.
Harvey N. Follansbee, Clerk of the Superin-
tendent of the Boston Police Department
and Treasurer of the Police Relief Association,
lately embezzled some 500, $50 of the invested
funds Of the latter organization. He had been
specializing in stocks and made full confes-
sion. He was held for trial in $40, 900 bail.
Secretary Chandler received cable message
from Minister Hunt, st. Petersburg, stating
that Ensign Hunt and party, including Bart
lett and other survivors of the Jeanette ar
rived at St. Petersburg all in good health.
The steamer Yazoo was recently sunk about
twenty miles above New Orleans. Nine
persons were drowned.
W. H. Pratt, President Of the Bank of Mo-
bile and Vice-President of the Mobile and
Montgomery Railroad, while attempting to
pass between the cars of freight train at the
L. & n. depot at Birmingham, Ala, recently,
fell and was run over and killed instantly, be-
ing terribly mangled.
A late fire at Albany, N. Y, destroyed Dun
laps elevator and other property. The loss
by the fire was about 100000. A falling
building killed three men and severely injured
a number of others.
Robert Magee, Of Buffalo, n. Y, aged
twenty-eight, the other day fatally shot his
wife, aged twenty-five, the ball entering the
right eye. He then shot himself in the fore
head Magee will recover. Cause, jealousy.
At Arkansas City, Ark, the river rose SO
suddenly that great flood was thought to be
inevitable. The people took their property to
places of safety and left on every train. The
negroes fed panic-stricken.
The total receipts from five concerts of
Nilsson at Cincinnati was $4,000.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09

e29, 900, the largest sum ever paid by the Cen
| trail Hudson for personal injuries. A. B. VAL
entine, of Bennington, VT, received Is. 600 for
the death of his son and q, 900 for the death Of
the latter's bride.
A sleigh-riding party Of thirty-two prom
inent Germans, ladies and gentlemen, OF Haw-
ley, Pa, in large sled, recently slid of the
icy road into the empty Delaware and Hudson
canal, forty feet. All were injured, six Sc
riously. Reinhard Warg, . merchant died
from his injuries.
A proposition has passed both Houses of
the Massachusetts, Legislature for biennial
elections of State officers and sessions Of the
Legislature.
The mint coinage at Philadelphia for Feb
ruary was 6, sec, 40 pieces, valued at 81, lO0,
&c.,
The Western NAH Association, of Pittsburg,
met recently and decided to close their fac
tories for two weeks more.
John Goodwin, Chicopee, (Mass.) con-
tractor, has absconded, with liabilities Of from
SIS, 900 to 100000.
The Annex to Harvard College, composed
Of lady pupils, is in its fourth year, and the re-
suit has been most satisfactory. The standard
of work was exceptionally high in number
Of instances. The number of students aver
aged from thirty to forty. An endowment Of
$l00, 900 is wanted, or the Annex will be closed
within year or two.
The largest shipment Of live stock this win
ter, consisting of I'll cattle and 1, 10 sheep,
has been landed at Birkenhead, England, by
the steamer Victoria, from Boston. The ami
mails were in healthy condition; sixteen
sheep died on the passage, but not one Of the
cattle.
John O'Neil, a liquor dealer of Whitehall,
n Y, was recently tried at Rutland. Vt, and
found guilty of 457 offenses, fined 50, 1000, with
$500 costs and months Imprisonment. The
alternative sentence will be eighty years i'm
prisonment.
While John s. Brown, Treasurer Of the
Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company,
of Philadelphia, was in the office of the Presi-
dent Of that corporation recently, sneak thief
entered the private apartment Of the Treas
urer's office and stole $40, 200 in consolidated
five per cent bonds of the Peoples Passenger
Railway Company.
The Massachusetts House of Representa-
tfves, by a vote of 127 to co. rejected the bill
giving women the right to vote for city and
town officers, to hold city and town offices, and
to vote in town meetings.
Thomas Hayes, of Troy, N. Y, has begun
suit to recover 4, 400 acres of land in Texas,
alleged to have been granted to his father. the
Sheriff of Atascosa County, nearly fifty years
ago.
Colonel A. K. Mcclure of the Philadelphia
Times was arrested recently on the charge of
80 n
man at the capitol. The suit is the outgrowth
Of articles published in the Times in reference
to Irish Catholic circulars distributed during
the recent Gubernatorial campaign.
Walter ]. Hosford, young married man of
Thompsonville, Conn, recently asked Belle
Young to marry him. She refused. He then
attempted to shoot her and killed himself.
Lane S. Dennison, of New London, Conn.,,
fourteen years old recently killed himself as the
result of dime novel reading
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09
L Warning to Investors In Government
TAnde

One day last week deed was brought to the
Recorders Once here to be recorded, which
was executed in 1890 Durng all these years
the holder has hal no record title to his farm,
and, had the original owner been 80 disposed.
could have sold 1t again, and had the second
purchaser recorded his deed he would have
held the legal title. There are thousands of
like instances in this and other States. Every
holder of a deed of real estate should make
sure that 1t Is on record. In the United States
Land Office here are nearly 10000 Govern
mental patents Of land. which should be in
possession of the owners Of the land, and on
record In the proper county. Some Of the en-
tries which they represent are thirty and forty
years old. tits not generally known. or this
would not be the case; the holder of this land
has no evidence Of title to his land whatever,
and should he die no conveyance could be
made, and there would be trouble in settling
the estate. All he holds is the certificate
of purchase from the Register and Receiver
of the Land Office, which, If he will read, only
shows that he has paid so much money for a
certain quantity of land-a simple receipt for
money. 1t gives no title, and guarantees
nothing. II he has sold the land on the bas 8
of such certificate he has done SO without legal
right or title. 1t is wellknown that in the
rush for Government land twenty-five years
ago mistakes were liable to occur, and did oc-
cur. In many instances, certificates and
patents were duplicated. In several instances
when parties received their patents 1t de-
scr bed an entirely different tract of land from
the certificate. In one instance person, who,
after waiting many years, came here to get
his patent or deed, found it was for a tract diff
ferent from that described in his certificate.
He had sold the land and given a warranty
deed. The land d scribed in the patent had
already been taken by another purchaser who
received certificate for the same land,
had got his patent, and sold 1t again. The first
purchaser having discoy cred the conflicting
title, sought to correct it, when he discovered
his mistake, and that certificate of purchase
was not deed by a large majority. 1t cost
him good sum of money TO settle with his
grantee. Probably 5000 holders of Govern
ment land In this State are in the same fix, and
1t is only by surrendering their certificates at
the hand office that errors, IL any exist, can be
corrected. This is true of all purchases of
Government land in any State. And here
arises another difficulty. If the original pur-
chaser has died, and it is discovered that
wrong tract has been decided or patent d, a
new patent or decd can not issue, for Lana can
not be conveyed to dead man. Hence, every
holder Of Government land, whether the orig
fnal purchaser or not, should know that the
Government patent is of record. Land sharks
exist everywhere, and they will cause trouble
when least expected.-Dcs MOines (IdD Special
to ST. Louis Globe -Democrdt.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09

The fact that there is nothing on the coin to
indicate its value except the ''v'' on the re-
verse was soon made a note Of by coun.
terfeiters, who at once commenced gliding the
pieces with gold and palming them Off on un.
suspecting parties for five-dollar gold pieces,
and hence the Government authorities have
ceased tn, further minting of the new nickels.
There being a limited number of the new
pieces in circulation in different sections of
the country lively demand has sprung up
for them by coin hunters, and they are al.
ready commanding premium of from one
hundred to four hundred per cent. over then
face value.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09

A Russian claiming to be noblemas
has been arrested in Boston for getting
money under false pretenses. Although
speaking seven languages he was unable
to tell the truth in any Of them.-Lopea
Courier.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09
THE SOUTH.

A late fire at Paris, KY, destroyed one
whole block with the exception of the Presby-
terrain church. Loss, from $4,000 to $780,
CO.,
The tobacco mandatory of Myers Bros. &
Co., at Lynchburg, Va, was burned recently.
Loss, $4,000. Insurance, $4,000.
Two freight trains on the Virginia Midland
Railroad collided recently near Bethel, Va,
killing Albert Hovey. engineer, and Thomas
barley, fireman, and seriously wounding five
others. A misunderstanding of orders caused
the accident.
The Texas Legislature appropriateAs75,0J $50
per annum for frontier defense.
In Union County, Ark, recently William
Wilson approached Marshall Parnell's resi-
dence to elope with his daughter. He was dis
covered by Parnell and his son and shot dead.
Deputy United States Marshal Woody ar
rived at Dallas, Texas, lately one Doc Nc
Kasson, whom he captured in Cleburne. Nc
Kasson is charged with being implicated in the
attempted robbery at Blum Station, on the
Santa Fe road, last summer, in which one Of
the robbers was killed by the guard.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09
WARRINGTON NOTES,

The Senate in executive session decided to
postpone consideration q the Mexican Com
mercial Treaty until next December. The
treaty with Mexico providing for retrial of
the We'll and La Abra claims, was similarly
disposed OF.
A statement just issued at the Postofice
Department shows that during November of
last year Postoffice Inspectors arrested forty
nine persons for violating the postal laws of
the United States. OF that number nine were
discharged, as no cases could be made against
them.
extradition treaty between the United States
and Spain.
Senators Bayard and Beck withdrew from
the conference committee on the Senate Tariff
bill after sitting two hours and vainly endeavor-
ing to have the House resolution reported to
the Senate with the explanation that it limited
the action of the House conterees, and there
fore under Ingalls, resolution the Senate con-
ferees must withdraw. Representatives RAN
dali, Morrison and Tucker each successfully
declined to serve on the committee on the part
OF the House.
Public debt statement for February: Total
without interest, S5l3, 243, 4O4; total debt
tprincipaD, 81 SIS 451, 039; total interest s11,-
691, 76S; cash in treasury, S3O6, 266, 74S; debt
less cash in treasury, 81 $50 276, Ia; decrease
during February, S9,63O,67s
1t is stated that although an extra session
OF the Senate is improbable, there are posi-
bilities likely to arise which may make it i'm
perative.
Washington dispatches state that compa-
ny of cattle men have leased all of the land
the Indians will rent in the western end of the
Indian Territory. 1t is understood that this
tract embraces fifty or sixty miles square.
Secretary Teller refused to approve the lease,
and the cattle company decided to take their
chances in renting from the Indians. 1t is
thought the lease Of SO large q tract by one
company will result in driving the small deal
ers in cattle from that section of the Terri
tory.
The coinage at the various mints for Feb
rusry was q, 5is $50, of which s., 400, 900 were
standard dollars.
The Conference Committee on the Revenue
and Tariff bill recommended the adoption of
the Senate bill with very few changes of gen.
eral importance, except in The metal schedule,
Ia which the committee recommended some
increase of rates, especially in regard to steel.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09
THE EAST.

Norwich, Conn, was lately shaken up by q
heavy earthquake, causing great alarm among
the people. About the same time brilliant
meteor shot across the sky from northeast to
northwest, emitting dazzling white light,
and the flames giving an apparent diameter Of
eight feet
Mary Daniels, claiming 100000 from the
Central Hudson Railroad for injuries received
in the spuyton Dusvl disaster, settled for
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09

were sentenced to fourteen years, and Earl
and Jackson to twelve years in the peniten-
tiary.
PJ. Fried, formerly an extensive lumber
merchant at Oakland, Neb., has sbsconded,
leaving unpaid liabilities to the amount Of
$21, 900.
Senator Orvflle II. Platt has been elected
member Of the Republican National Commit
tee, in place Of the late Marshall Jewell.
George Washington was recently shot and
killed pear East st. Louis by Albert Honesty.
Both were colored, and jealousy the cause.
At Columbus, Ohio, the jury in the case OF
]. d. Watson, the lobbyist charged with an
attempt to bride Representative Black, Of
Cleveland, last winter, returned q verdict Of
guilty. The penalty is from three to ten years
in the Penitentiary.
Peter Dakestrom, farmer living twelve
miles from Fargo, Dakota, lately attempted to
kill his wife with sledge, leaving her for dead.
He then hanged himself. His wife will recover.
Dakestrom was the richest farmer in the
vicinity.
George Mcmillan, of Canton, Ohio, who shot
his wife and then tried to kill himself, was re-
Gently found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09
The New Genet.

Privae scientific o. 8, vItions of the new
Swift comet which was discovered on Friday
night last at Rochester, N. Y, were made at
the private observatory of George Glider.
sleeve in this city last evening" The result
was highly satisfactory. The position of the
comet was found to be approximately in right
ascension 23h 53m., and declination, north, &c
deg. Com. The position is northwest by west
and near the horizon just after twilight. The
central condensation of the comet was almost
stella, and it was surrounded by q large
mass Of haze. The tail was about tn rty
minutes long, but very faint. The comet is
very bright in the telescope, and on dark
sky, away from the twilight, could be seen by
the naked eye. Its motion since its discovery
has been eastward eleven degrees and north.
ward half a degree, a probable indication that
1t has been around the sun and is going of
into space. One may, therefore, get nearer
view as it passes the earth. but If it is still on
IT'S way toward the sun there will probably be
a more brilliant display. More observation is
needed before anything definite can be said
The gentlemen engaged in making the observa-
ton last evening have also been watching the
course Of the large comet Of last autumn,
which is still visible in the telescope. 1t was
seen last night almost due south. at an eleva-
ton of about thirty-five degrees above the
horizon, appearing as faint brush of light in
the heavens.-Bdlfmore, Nd, Deb 2D Special
TO Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09

A BIN containing 5000 bushels of cotton
seed at Lancaster, Tex, exploded recently
from the generation of gases. The report
could be heard two miles, and was terrific.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09

A CURIOUS case, the first Of its kind ever
tried in Boston, or, indeed, in Suffolk County,
enliyened the routine o; the Supreme Court
few days ago 1t was the trial of an action
for damages brought against William A.
Young, saloon-keeper Of Charlestown, by
Isaiah c. Knowles, to whose minor son the
defendant had sold liquor. The jury, after
being out about an hour, brought in YER
diet Of 500 for the naturalization Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-09

AT Athens, Ga. a negro child was recent,
born with full set of teeth.
National Republican., 1883-06-22

EoR SALE
Three-story and Basement Brick Dwelling. rooms
and bath room, all modern improvements, in first
class order located Eighth street northwest, be-
tween Mt. Vernon Square and l. streets reasona-
BILE price, accommodating terms, small cash pay
ment,
Twostory aud Basement Brick Dwelling, Q rooms
and bath room, all modern improvements; hnelot,
with fruit and berries; twostory brick stable. T
Fourteenth. Price reasonable, terms easy, small
cash payment
Iwostory Pressed.brick Front Dwelling, stone
trimmings rooms bath ROOM and cellar; all mod
ern improvements. Seven tn street northeast, bo-
tween and b. Price, 1890; cash, $500
TYLER a. RUTHERFORD,
Real Estate and Insurance,
1928 street northwest
TT1wo COTTAGES AT GLYMoNr FOR SALE