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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
Starting Plants in the House.

. 81
In the absence of a propagating house
much may be done in the way of start
ing early plants in ones dwelling. The
principal impeachment experienced is the
difficulty of obtaining in the spring the
proper kind of soil or compost to put in
the boxes. Professional gardeners pre-
pare the soil with great care the pre-
vious year. But, when there is nothing
ready. excellent results may bs obtained
by placing at the beginning IF winter
in the cellar load or two of any good
light sandy loan. In the spring. before
using this, run it through sieve. 1t is
a good plan to mix tablespoonful of
superphosphate to each half-bushel of
soil; then get some peet, moss or sphag-
mum, such as nurserymen use for pack
ing. dry it thoroughly and sift it fine.
and 10 each peck OF soil add two or
three quarts of this dry sifted moss, mix
carefully. and there will be as good
material for starting fine seeds as may
be desired.
Leaf mod may be substituted for
moss. The best is obtained from beach.
maple and oak woods and ought to be
gathered the previous summer and kept
until wanted. Before using it should
be mixed with equal parts OF sand and
sifted. For merely starting plants rich
soil is not essential Seed will germi-
nate in moss and sand as well as in the
richest mold. Alter the plants are
started and begin to grow. little plant
food is necessary. Equal parts of sods,
sand and well-rOttsd manure made into
a compost and worked over and sifted
until it is fine. is favorite material for
potted plants. Dried muck from the
swamps is useful material for the gar
dener. 1t will make heavy earth light
and dry sol moist. 1t will make cold
soil warm. 1t is an absorbent of water
and grasses, and is in itself a manure.
MucE should be exposed in a heap dur
ing summer, later turned to facilitate
drying, and when dry stored where it
will keep dry until required for use.
Boxes two and a half feet long, twelve
inches wide and three inches deep, made
Of haf.inch stuff. will be found con-
venient size for starting plants. though
these NAV be varied in size to suit the
windows in which they are to be placed.
They may be held in place by screw
at each end about an inch from
the top of the outmost corners, wound
round by piece of wire ofright length.
the other end of which is twisted round
a screw fastened to the easement
of the window. In boxes such as have
been described there is no reason why
plants should not be successfully start
ed. $50 81. rs
Whether plants are or are not started
in the house. q hot bed will be found
useful. Cod frames are, also great
convenience for hardening off plants
A well-sheltered spot in the garden
with sunny exposure is not, however,
bad substitute for cold frame.-N
Y. World. sa
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

and urging upon the present Con-
gress the importance Of making suitable ap-
preparation to enable the Secretary Of the
Treasury to continue this work and maintain
. rigid veterinary inspection and supervision
over the same.
The Grand Jury ct Washington indicted
foreman Dickson, Of the first Star Route
jury, for corruptly seeking to influence the
jury in the Star Route trial.
The Woman Suhragists were before the
House Judiciary Committee one day recently,
protesting against clause in Willett's anti
polygamy bill which DISTINGUISHES women who
now vote In Utah.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
Knife Handles.

First in Importance for the making Of
good cutlery is, Of course, the steel for
the blade. Next comes the material
that forms the handle, which it is the
principal purpose Of this dispatch to
consider. The substances thus used are
various and the whole world il laid I'M
der contribution to supply them. They
consist of ivory, pearl and tortoise Shell,
stag, buck, buffalo and all other kinds Of
horn, bone, foreign woods and various
patent substances known by the names
xylonite, parksite, ebonite. etc. The
cutting of these various materials into
sizes and shapes suitable for use by the
cutler is very large business by itself,
and with the purchase Of the material re.
quires large outlay of capital. For
instance, one dealer in Sheffield tells me
that his firm had on their premises at
one time ivory to the value of 100000.
No such stocks are kept at the present
time. The business of furnishing the
material for handles is known by the
general term of scale-cutting, the word
scales being used to denote the pieces,
of whatever material, that go from the
handle in all kinds of pocket-knives and
in the cheaper grades of table cutlery.
The business embraces also the cutting
of solid handles from ivory, pearl, shell
and other material for the best kinds OF
table cutlery. Some cutters purchase
the material and cut their own scales,
but it is usual to purchase of those who
make this a separate business. Of all
materials ivory holds the first rank. The
sources of supply of this increasingly
valuable material are Egypt. the East,
West and South coasts of Africa, and the
British East Indies. The following table
will show the quantities imported into
Great Britain during the year 1880, and
I,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
THE LATEST.

Both houses of Congress were engaged the
27th, discussing the Tariff bill. .....r..
The Colorado Legislature elected Thomas
NJ. Bowen, of Rio Grande, to the United
States Senate for term of six years from
March 4, and Hon. H. A. W. Tabor, Of Ara
pahoe, for the short term, each Of whom re-.
ceived the full party vote
The expert who examined the accounts Of
the late Treasurer Polk, of Tennessee, finds
that his defalcation is $780,, 1915 rfar.
A. courier recently reached Hermosillo,
Sonora (Mexico), begging for immediate
military assistance near Casa de Janos,
on the chihuahua frontier. The people
there were surrounded By thirteen hundred
Apaches. All available cavalry and infantry
left Hermosillo at once, under command of
Colonel Garcia. Everybody In Sonora hoped
the American soldiers would cooperate. ]"
Colonel Irish, Chief of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, died at Washington,
recently, of paralysis of the heart. IN s.rf
General Francis A. Walker, in company
with Secretary Teller, had an extended con-
ference with Senator Hale recently, during
which . plan was agreed upon to expedite the
closing work Of the census. Walker win
assume charge Of the Bureau at once. .,
About six O'Clock on the evening Of the 9th,
the jewelry establishments of Louis G. Addor,
at Sedalia, Mo, was robbed Of over $500 In
money, eighteen watches-four gold and
fourteen silver, besides quantity of other
jewelry, consisting of rings, chains and the
like. Mr.. Addor had been in the habit of lock-
ing up his store while going to supper, about
half q block away. While he was at supper,
the robber or robbers effected an entrance
through the back door with small crowbar,
which had been stolen from the Missouri Kan
sas and Texas Railroad shops. A t-' Jay
Another remittance of q, 600 marks was
sent from St. Louis for the benefit OF the
sufferers by the food in Germany. .iqodfp.
A party Of bandits led by Jesus Bonacoss
were attacked near San Juan Jalalasco,
Mexico. recently by rural soldiers under Cap
tain Thomas Lemon. A desperate fight en-
sued, and the bandits we're defeated, having
eleven killed. Six soldiers were killed, includ-
ing brother Of Captain Lemon.
Another explosion occurred lately in the
Steam Heating Co.'s pipes, corner Broadway
and Maiden Lane, New York, severely injunng
two men and damaging property in the
vicinity to q considerable extent. These e1-
plosions are creating much excitement and
the citizens are talking earnestly about legal
proceedings against the company. 'l'l' pm
A few days since car ran of the track at
Winooski Falls, Vt, colliding with another
car loaded with kerosene oil, which exploded,
setting fire to the large wooden storehouse
close to the track. The storehouse was con-
sumed, with the contents, which consisted of
wool and mill supplies OF all kinds belonging
to the Burlington Wooden Company. Loss
500, 900; insurance 5000. saHI Hirile.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
A Month OF Horrors.

Three weeks of the new year have elapsed,
and they have literally been three weeks
crammed full of horrors On the I'd a fat
boat sunk on one Of the North Carolina
rivers, drowning eighteen convicts, and a
similar accident in Germany drowned thirty
five persons, while by the floods In Germany
and Hungary, about the same time, no less
than 40 persons persisted. On the 9Th the
fine steamer City of Brussels, of the. Inuian
Line, was sunk by collision in the harbor
of Liverpool and twelve lives were lost, and
on the 9Th the ship British EmpSe was
burned at sea and sixteen persisted. On the
next day, by the explosion of a mine at
Coulterville, in this State, ten were killed On
the 10th occurred the dreadful disaster in Mil
waukee, occasioned by the burning OF the
Newhall House, by which at least eighty per
sons needlessly persisted. Four days later q
still more terrible calamity occurred in tho
burning of the circus at Berditcheff, in Po-
land where 26S persons were roasted in the
flames. On the 18th a gunpowder factory at
Meriden. in Holland, exploded with terrific
force, unroofing almost every house in the viii
lase, breaking glass eight miles away in Ans
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
The Dominion of Canada has three

The Dominion of Canada has three
cent letter postage, penny postal-cards,
and free newspaper postage on papers
sent from the office of publication The
service is nearly self-supporting. The
current appropriation is trife over
two million dollars. The policy has
been to reduce rates and popuiarize
the. system ss rapidly as possible.
When the revenues exceed the ex-
penses, the latter rate will be further
reduced.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

The fruit of idleness usually runs to
seed. If you don't believe it. look at
the tramp. s. ,a st5 =
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
A Terrible Mine Disaster in New South
.rAhA n Wales. ''Nah ,
San FRANCISCO, January q.

San FRANCISCO, January q
From the Sydney Herald the following de.
tails of the disaster ut the Australasian Mine
Of December IL are obtained: T. .- . as
The accident occurred at $50 a. m. in drift
from No. g shaft, which Unexpectedly broke
into the old workings of No. l shaft. The wa
ter rushed through with great force, and in a
few moments the lower levels were flooded,
and the food rose thirty feet In the shaft
The men employed at this point fed for their
lives along the drift to station where twelve
reached the cage and were hoisted to the sur
face. Twenty-seven men in the other part
of the new workings were unable to reach the
shaft, and the only hope was that they might
be able to reach and ascend a distant winze
leading to an upper level.
The scene at the top Of the shaft was pitiful
Mothers, wives, children and friends gathered
there, waiting almost without hope for news
from below. The pumps at once started,
throwing A,000 gallons per hour, and all the
miners in the district assembled to lend assist.
ance. The body Of water was so great that the
pumps lowered 1t very slowly, and a diver was
sentfor to attempt to penetrate the mine to
learn the fate OF those below. The project was
found impractcable. $500, 1se-
In the afternoon of the 18th the water was
only breast high in the drift where the men
were supposed to be, and an attempt was made
to reach them by wading, but the vitated air
drove back the relief party, and several SINH
bar attempts were made during the night.
About seven O'Clock ON the morning of the
18th two searchers came up the shaft cheer
ing, and reported that near Wine No. II they
heard the words: "Its all right. We are all
right" About six p. m. word came up the
staff that the lost were found. The news
spread like wildfire. The whole neighborhood
Hocked to the shaft. Tanks were improvisei
as carriages On which TO raise the men to the
surface, and half an hour later John Manley
was brought up alive. He had been caught
by going to warn a comrade Of the danger
when q heesc might le have escaped
Soon four others were brought up, all
greatly exhausted, but in a fair way to
recover. The cage rose again, when the ter
riDle truth was learned that the twenty-five
remaining in the mine had persisted, The
whole party had been caught in the drift, the
water rising SO high that only by clinginy to
the timbers could they keep their chins above
water. One by one during the sixty hours
struggle they had dropped OF exhausted and
drowned In the flood. the strongest only hold
ing out until relief came. The bodies were
found lying scattered about the floor of the
drift The victims were inferred on the 10th.
Liberal subscriptions were taken up for the
families Of the deceased.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
THE EAST.

August Nebinger, postmaster ut Steelton,
Pa, was arrested recently, charged with re-
tanning money received from money orders
and extracting money from letters.
A fire in Boyle's distillery at Pike Run, near
Belle Vernon, Pa, destroyed the distillery,
warehouses and storeroom, together with g.
600 gallons Of whisky. Loss, $4,000.
The New Jersey Senate and House in joint
States Senator by majority OF two.
The Philadelphia Association Of Manufac-
turers of Textile Fabrics, recently adopted
resolution urging upon Congress the neces-
sity OF ending the tariff agitation by the pas
sage at once of the Tariff Commission bill as
amended BY the Ways and Means Committee.
Thomas Maher, jr., Isaac L. Street and
Joseph Myers, the first named Democrat, the
other two Republicans, and all election Of
icers of Philadelphia, have been convicted Of
making false returns. U#..
Albert G. Wheeler, of Syracuse, N. Y, was
arrested at Chicago lately on capias issued
out by the commission firm of David Bows q
Co. The firm alleges that in 1879 1t employed
Wheeler as its agent in Syracuse; that by va
rious devious practices, such as sending orders
in a fictitious name, pocketing the re-
ceipts when the order was made money,
and leaving the firm to pocket the
loss when otherwise. By procuring duplicates
Of the firms billhead and doctoring its state
ment of his account, he became indebted
to them, with interest, in the sum Of 81, 900.
which they ask the court to compel him to pay.
Miss Katie Judd, prepossessing French
woman, aged twenty-five years, was arrested
recently at Newport. r. l., for setting fire to
and robbing the $4,000 cottage Of John G.
Weaver, the proprietor of the Ocean House,
which was destroyed a few nights previous.
Miss Judd, in 1873, was employed by j. A.
Stanwood, of Topsfield, Mass, and was tried
and convicted of burning his house and SEN
fenced for the offense. When arrested last,
she had in her trunks over $4,000 worth of
dresses and other finery belonging to Viewers
family. . I'.@ f.'.
The Delaware House Of Representatives
killed the Senate bill to abolish the whipping
of persons guilty of murder in the second
degree. r.. sd. r..r... 90 t...#..
One day last week the City Of Wilkesbarre,
Pa, which is partly built over a coal mine,
was greatly excited over the sudden giving
away of the earth and sinking Of buildings
and sidewalks. The surface is liable to drop a
foot or more at any time, topping houses into
the general wreck
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

AvoNAy recently arrested in Cincinnati
for drunkenness proved she was the wife of a
California millionaire, whom she deserted
years ago, before he became wealthy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

WASHINGTON TERRITORY boasts Of being
out Of debt with money in the treasury.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

JOHN DAY found a stretch Of fifty m-,es on
Colorado trail without . bar. He set mp
one in q tent forthwith, and few travellers
were able to get past without yielding to the
unexpected temptation he made money
fast, and Kept . in 3 tin box, whfh was I'M
der the counter when he was awake and his
pillow when he slept. The other day he was
found with half q dozen bullet holes in his
head, and all the profits gone.-San francisco
Chronicle
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

QUEEN VIcroRIAi large real estate owner
in New York. An advance in rents by her
agents has changed the tenants in a large
block on Broadway near Eighteenth street.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

-FAIRMouNr PARK in Philadelphia will soon
become q national nursery. 1t has been de-
cided to plant there trees from every State in
the Union. Philadelphia Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

Missouri is sending acorns to Europe to
Improve the forests. --r
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02

CHICAGO receives twenty-four carloads Of
oysters a day, and sends half OF them on to
the westward ,unbroken. The Western de-
mand constantly and rapidly incre- ses.-Chi.
eGgo Tribune.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-30
LAND OF THE eEYsERg.

A GRAND FIRST-CLAsS EEK
OURSION, will leave OGDEN, July
18th, for the Wonderland, YELLOW
n r0NE NATIONAL PARK, Via
Utsh and Northern Railway and Bassett
Brothers, Stage Line from Beaver Can.
yon, along Smooth Roads and through
Beautiful Scenery. Time Is days.
Faro, Round Trip-Ogden to Fire Hole
Basin and Return, at the extremely low
Rate of $45. Children, to II, Half
Fare; under 5, Free.
Tents, Cooking Apparatus, Camping
Outfit Except Blankets) Free, with one
Cook to each Ten Persons. No staging
at Night. Provisions Hauled FREE
Fifty Pounds of Bedding. Hunting and
Fishing Apparatus TO a Person, Hauled
Free. Light Spring Wagons and Teams
or Saddle Horses beyond Fire-Hole Ba-
sin ct Special Figures to the party.
Within two days ride Of this point may
be seen Yellowstone Lake and Falls,
Aammonth Hot Springs, Upper Geyaer,
Basin, and other of Natures Wonders.
Privilege to Lay Over at Pleasure,
Returning within Limit of Ticket Time.
Parties South paying One Full Fare
OF tho Utah Central Railway to Salt
Lake City will be returned at Half Fare.
We sell Return Tickets, Salt Lake to
Ogden, at So each.
Certificates of Deposit for q Limited
Number of Tickets may be had II B. 81.
Schettler, Cashier lions Savings Bank,
Salt Lake City, or g. n. Tribe, Mer.
chant, Ogden, which must be secured on
or before the 18th. Apply at once.
o. h. RIGGS.
JOHN w. SMELL,
je21 Manager
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-30
.ES@1l5ES3SEszB1
IN s=S:Se ~
~ ~ &. 81 "a
utah CENTRAL HALLWAY.
-S-S-S---
PIONEER LINE OF UTAH.
The Old Reliable, Standard Gusge,
Solid Road-Brd, First Glass Equip
menss, rum nE between
OGDEN, SALT LAKE, PROVO,
NEPHI, JUAB,
MILFORD.
ON AND AFTRR
MAY 21st, 1883.
PIONEER LINE OF UTAH.

Express Trains leave Salt Lsks
daily at TAO am, making direct
connection at Ogden with the
Union Pacific Railway for Park
City. Denver, Kansas Citys Omaha,
Council Bluffs, Chicago and all
Eastern points and Utah and North
ern Railway, for daylight trip
through Cache Valley.
Express Trains leave Salt Lake
daily at 3.55 pm, making cOnneG-
tion at Ogden with Central Pacife
for all points on Pacific Coast, with
Utah and Northern for Cache Val
ley and all points on Oregon Short
Line.
Express leaves Salt Lake daily at
Z am, connecting at Lehi Junction
with Salt Lake aud Western for Tin
tic, at Nephi with Sanpete Valley
Railway for Sanpete County.
Through Train for Southern
Utah leaves Salt Lake daily at 3.SS
pm, connecting ut Milford and
Frisco with Stage Lines for all
points in Southern Utah, Nevada
and Arizona.
Express Trains arrive fromOgdeu
at 11.20 am and 40 pm. daily.
Through Train from Frisco, NH
ford and Juab arrives at OPS a.ln..
daily
Express Train from Juab, Nepki
and Provo arrives aE $50 pm.
JAS. SHARP F. COPE.
RAsst.IGen. Supt. Gan. E. 6 2. Agt
JoBH SHARP,
General SuD't.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-30
British Bits.

London, %. - Bourke, conssrvat i've,
gave notice 10 the Commons this after
noon that he would move that no ar
ran cement for a second Suez Canal
would be satisfactory unless it provided
for q reduction of rates and adequate re-
presentation Of British shipping in its
administration.
Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, under for
eign secretary, replying to q question by
the crown, said the government had re-
ceived no Remembrance or representation
from the a american government in regard
to psupsr immigrants. H 6t
The Standards Berlin correspondence
says that Germany bas suggested the
mediation OF Russia in the difficulty be
tween France and China.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-30
ABloody villain.

St. Louis, Cat Blonde City, Kasper
County, Mo-, yesterday, Lane Britton
was arrested b7 A. N. Davis, constable
of CRANKY, assisted by g. e. Davis. of
Joplin, and Hutsop, of NeUsho. The
charge against Briton was murder, COM
Tnilted some time ago. After the arrest
Britton was permitted to 60 into bis
house to obtain his coat. He reappeared
with revolver, opened fire on his cap
tors, and instantly killed a. N, Davis
and shot G. G. Davis in the head, NOR
tally wouuding him; he then mounted .
feet berse and fed. A large party Of
citizens folio 1ed in pursuit, but Brlttop
has probably escaped into Indian terri
tory. -----.--------
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-30
TELEGRA.PHIC
WASHINGTON.

Washington, 29.-Quartermaster GEN
eral Ingalls, has requested to be placed
upon the retired list of the army from
the lst Of July. BE will then be forty
years in the service. There is consider
able speculation as TO his successor. GEN
erals Hslibird, Sexton and Perry are the
most prominent csnd, dates for the posi-
ton.
a point ofimpertance TO pensioners has
just been DECIDED by the acting secretary
Of the Interior In the case of the spplica-
ton OF John Il. CGllett, for an inc reass
of pension. The decision CONSTITUTES the
law of June, 1874, defining total and
permanent helplessness to mean perna-
nent injury requiring regular personal
attendance and aid of another person,
and thosa conditions vera found in the
present case. The sppl.cs was
granted. This is reversal Of q previous
decision.
The President has appointed the fol-
lowing postmAsters: Frank D. Conger,
Washington, D. @ (Oonger is q son of
Senator Conger, Of Michigan; s. W..
Ohuboucf, at Gold Hill, Nevada.
Mr. Willsmor, Charge dAff4ires Of
Russia, was to-day presented to the Pres
ident and delivered 8 letter from the
Emperor Of Russia expressing his appre-
citation Of the action of this government
in accrediLinR Mr.. Hunt as special repre-
sentative TO Moscow on the occasion OF
the imperial coronation, in ordering a
vessel OF the navy to Russia. and in
directing the presence of Admiral Bald
win at Moscow. The President said
such acts were no less spontaneous than
due to the friendly relations which have
so long bound the two countries together,
and that the opportunity to testify their
good will on 90 suspicious an occasion
had been very gratifying to the govern
ment and people Of tie United State.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-30
r. r. Casually.

Liarabea, Wis, GAS a freight
train on the Northwestern road, drawn
BY. two engines, was crossing the iron
bridge near Norwslk yesterday morning,
the structure gave way, letting down
both engines with three cars on top OF
them. Albert Gething, fireman OF the
first engine, was scslded to death, and
w. d. Hsllinbeck, the engineer, was
scalded slightly, though not seriously,
The engineer and fireman of the second
engine escaped serious injuries by jump
ing in the water The bridge was q
strong one, but was undermined by the
food.