The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-01

ton nominated Thomas 2. Morrow for
Governor; General 8. 8. Fry, of Danville,
for Lieutenant Governor; Lewis Cyarrigus,
exc Confederate, Of Rnsleville, for Attorney
General; Leroy R. Hawthorne, of New
port, Auditor; r. Lawrinay, of Paducah,
Treasurer; j., D. Pinkerton, Of Grayson,
superintendent of Public Instruction, and
J. w. Asbury, colored, of cynthiana, for
Register Of the Land Office. .ft3
Tn municipal election In Alexandria,
Val, resulted in the election of Democrat
ic Mayor. and Council. The Readjusters'
vote was very small.
wHiLf Circuit Judge Sanders was in
court at Helena, Ark, the other day, ex-
amiping hook, DR.. 3. O Moore desired an
interview in regard to his claim against
Phillips County for services when Sanders
was County Judge. Sanders declined, say
ing he was busy, when Moore struck at him
and fired two shots. The second shot en-.
tered the Judges left hand, and inflicted a
severe wound, but not serious one. Both
are old and prominent citizens. Moore was
arrested.
The EpiscopsliCouhei or Kentucky have
almost unaninousit decided upon a'divi-
sion of the State, into two Dioceses, owing
to the great amount Of labor entailed upon
a single Bishop.
THE Southern Assembly of Presbyterians
in session at Lexington, KY, directed that
the correspondents with the Northern As
sembly should be by, delegates in 1884 and
a 10 xy Iak<a,. 81
were received from and seht to the North
ern Assembly in session at Saratoga.
n MEMORIAL DAY was observed by gen.
eral suspension of business in Richmond,
Va. In the afternoon $4,000 graves of Con
federate dead in Hollywood Cemetery were
decorated. One interesting feature of the
occasion was the presentation by Phil.
Kearney Post No. 10, G. A. R., of mag
nificent floral monument to be placed upon
the grave of General George E. Pickett.
GENERAL.
A QUANTITY of arms and cartridges was
recently been discovered under bridge
near Dublin, and England proceeded to
again become alarmed.
THE ceremonies of the coronation of the
Car were inaugurated in an imposing man.
ner at Moscow on the I'D. The streets of
the Russian capital were crowded and the
pageant was represented as being the
grandest of the present century. Nothing
occurred to mar the pleasure or cast a cloud
over the inaugurating ceremonies, and roy
atty was in its glory. The festivities will
continue fourteen days. i-i 1898
DELANEY, one of the Phoenix Park muir
derers, has been reprieved.
The recent unprecedented SHOWS, frosts
and cold weather created much uneasiness
as to crops in various sections Of the coun
try. 80 ~
The forty-fifth annual report of the Pres
byterian Board of Publication, recently
made, showed the publication of 1891 ,00a
copies of books, tracts and periodicals dur.
ing the past year. Receipts from all
sources for the year, including S3S.5S6 bal.
ance, were S2S1 ,124; expenditures, So, 442 ;
aggregate receipts from sales, Sl95,42d.
IT is said the sugar crop of Cuba will be
four hundred and fifty tons less than last
year.
A PROCLAMATION announcing the corona.
ton of the Gar had this high-sounding
reading: sour Most August, High and Pu-
issant Sovereign, the Emperor Alexander,
having assembled the heneditary throne Of
the Empire of all the Russias, the Kingdom
of Poland and Grand Duchy of Finland,
which are inseparable from it, has deigned
following the example Of his predecessors
and their glorious ancestors, 10 command
that holy solemnity of coronation and an
nointment, in which the Empress will par
ticipate, shall, with the help of Almighty
God, be performed on May 81. The solemn
act is announced to all His lMajesty's faith
full subjects in order that on the joyful day
their most fervent prayers may be offered
to the King OF. Kings, and that they may
beseech the Almighty to send grace and
blessings upon His Majesty's reign, for tho
of peace and tranquility to
the greater glory of His Holy name, and the
constant prosperity of the Empire"
The Parnen fund now reaches total of
100000 and is daily increasing. fsi'-
JOHN DILLON, in letter to the Dublin
Freendn's Journal, advises the Irish peo-
pie to make the Parnell fund such sue
cess that the "Pope will realize how griev.
ously he has been deceived by the English
Government and the miserable pauper
landlords who infest Rome.",v ~ i-s
The business failures, throughout the
country the past seven days numbered
15s, as compared with III for the previous
week. OF these Al were in the Western
States. Is.1 .l,t 80 "a srHga7s
i.5ss1ia rHR CLA4Fsr.,if I5tas
VAGUE rumors were ,circulated;a at Wash
ington of a disaster to General Crook, who
is hunting the hostile Indians in the noun
tains of Mexico. One was that Crooks In
dian scouts had mutinied and the General
killed, and others that the whole command
had been massacred. The War Depart
ment discredits all such rumors, although
they have nothing official from Crook
e A LATE fire In the Lake Erie Company's
nut and bolt works, in the extreme north.
eastern part of Cleveland, Ohio destroyed
the warehouse, screw cutting house, engine
house, packing house and about third of
the main building, Including considerable
stock and machinery. Loss, $4,000. Gov.
cred by insurance.. igsW' lpG D. ..ir
DEMOCRATS. claim q sweeping victory in
the late Virginia elections, while on the
other hand the Mahonites claim they have
not only not lost ground, but have carried
many counties where they did not think
their ticket would be elected.
ST. PETERSBURG dispatches confirm the
rumors that a rupture between China and
France is imminent. tits believed that the
French Minister at Pekin and the Chinese
Minister at Paris will shortly receive their
passports. eft5ge-.g,. ..t
AT the late session of the General Coun-
Gil of the Reformed Episcopal Church in
Baltimore the Committee on the State of
the Church reported 1o,5e7 Sunday School
scholars, ,193 commandments; collections,