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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
Execution Of a Wife Murderer.

NEWARK, n. j., Nov. g.
John Chisholm, for the murder of his
wife, was hanged in the Essex County Jail.
at lO:16 O'Clock this morning. When the
Sheriff announced in his cell that the hour
of execution had come, Chisholm declined
to hear the death-warrant read, stating tina.
all he wanted was to be prayed for. He
walked firmly to the gailows, holding
crucifix, and attended by Fathers Toomey
and Connolly. At 10:1G the trap was
sprung, and at 1922 Chisholm was pro-
nounced dead from stranguiation. Only
thirty-six persons Were present. The body
was delivered to his relatives, who gave
bond that the funeral should be private.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
WIT AND WISDOM.

Happiness is the best anodyne for
the violent passions.
Who is the richest individual in the
worldp-Philadelphia Journal. The
man who is happiest with what he has.
-Chicaqo TriGuHc.
Three New York girls have opened
q barber shop. They will not want for
patrons if they have pretty ''mugs. -
Yonksrs Statesman.
do you believe in an omen?' was
once asked Ned Sothern. ''Only when
it has W. before II" was the prompt
Theatrical Nesos.
Training up your child in better
way than you have followed. dear faith
err or mother, is the best way for you to
lead different life.-N. Y. Posf.
More than one rough customer has
never known how good he was until he
had killed somebody and heard the
lawyer who defended him sum up his
virtues Chicago Times.
What She Knew
She knew music. and painting. and style
And possibly knew bow ta<Dlrts. a
But. Saints of the Kitchen! she asked for
grid-iron to iron shirt.
Merchant T'rdreiler.
The man who covered his hen-coop
with tarpauiin, so that the roosters
would not gee the early morning light
and spoil his slumbers with their
clarion, spoke of the continuance as a
crow-bar.-Bostoas Transcript.
There is a sound reason why there
are bones in our meat and stones in our
land. A world where everything was
easy would be nursery for babies,
but not at all fit place for men. Gel
cry is not sweet until it has felt frost,
and men don't come TO their perfection
till disappointment has dropped half
hundred weight or two on their toes.
Who would know good horses if there
were no heavy loads?-C Chicago Times.
-"Where were you engaged last?"
asked lady of the new colored cook.
:. Yer oughten'ter Ak me dat, lady"
II just want to know, as it may tend to
give YOU character" ..Wall, lady, de
las time was engaged was down in
de bottoms / was engaged ter Bob
Phillips, de trifinist yaller man l cher
seed. Wy, lady, dat man stole my
year-r;ngs and ruined away. How many
times wus yerself engaged, lady. "-Ar-
kaasaw Traveller.
Advice to young ladies: You
want to know how to tell whether or
not he is spoons on you? Ask him to
button your glove. IL he do it readily,
Won may as well look elsewhere; but if
he goes to work with 50 fingers all
thumb" and tug and strain; if he tear
out button-hole or two; especially If
he scratch your wrist once or twice,
then you may be sure that you've got
him, and may pull him in at your
leisure. Post.
"A young man, apparently COM
mercial drummer, got on the train. and,
noting a pretty girl alone in the for
ward part of the car. approached her
and sipilingly asked: 'ls this seat en-
gagged, missah "No. SIR" she quickly
and pertly responded, but I am. and
he is going to get on at the next sta
ton" "Oh-ah-indeed-thanks-beg
pardonr' and he quickly picked up his
feet, after stumbling over them, and
went into the smoking-car to he alone
Express.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
Something Like q Battle.

FLE,nNGsBURG, KY, Nov. 9.
Samuel Carpenter, reputable stock.
dealer, who has just returned from Morgan
County, gives the following particulars of
fight in that county Sunday. The locali-
ty Is White Oak, which is very far removed
from telegraphic communication: There
has been feud between the Mckenzie and
Risener families for years, and armed par
ties from both sides met Sunday afternoon,
and at range of sixty yards exchanged
from seventy-five to one hundred shots.
Mr.. Carpenter heard the shots, and de-
scribes the noise as approaching battle.
Only one shot was effective, that striking
one of the RiSener party in the shoulder.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
Heavy Loss by Fire.

T, PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. ID.
The American Line Steamship Company
officials estimate the loss by the fire at the
wharves last nigh. at 100000. The proper
ty used by the company was damaged to
the extent of $4,000. The buildings and
wharves were owned by the Pennsylvani;
Railroad Company, and were insured. The
remainder of tie loss was on freight lying
on the wharf awaiting shipment on the
Lord Give. II consisted of six cars western
pork. $50 bales Of cotton, '0o barrels of oil.
5000 bags OF Gonr, 20 sacks of oil cake.
about 500 bags OF Indian meal and lot o
local freight. Il is believed all is insured
Some cotton and oil cake viii be saved.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
Standard Time.

CHICAGO, Nov. IS.
The new standard time of the central d.
vision or ninetieth meridian went into gen.
eral effect here at noon to-day. All roads
running out of the city except the Chicago
& Northwestern, Milwaukee & st. Paul, IL
linois Central and Michigan Central began
running trains in accordance Herewith.
Others begin next Sunday. Leading jew
elers set their chronometers back nine min.
utes thirty-three seconds to correspond
with the new basis. The Board of Trade
will be opened and closed by it TOMORROW.
The city has taken no official action in re-
gard to it.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
The Report of the Comptroller Of the Gun

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. Is.
The report of the Comptroller is in the
hsnds of the printer. From returns re.
ceived from twenty-four States it appears
there are 7SS State banks and Trust COM
panies and $50 Savings banks. Savings
banks deposits were S1,024 $50, ,Ss and de-
posits in State banks and Trust companies
$500, 374, 217. These returns do not include
bank deposits. The deposits of National
banks October 2, 1888, exclusive OF those
due banks, were 81 ,O63, 6)1 ,156. There are
749 private bankers in sixteen principal
cities, with deposits of So, A, 1888. There
are 2,6l1 private bankers in thirty-four
States, exclusive of the above cities, with
deposits of S1Sl ,2Ie, 757.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
THE LATEST.

THE LATEST.
A HONG KONG dispatch stated that three
thousand Chinese attacked Haid Zuong the
18th. The French garrison, supported by
gunboats, maintained its position. The
engagement lasted from nine in the morn
ing until four in the afternoon. The Chinese
retreated. The loss of the French land
force was twelve killed and wounded.
SECRETARY FRELINGHUYsEN has cabled
the commander of the Asiatic feet instruc-
lions about the course to be pursued for the
protection of American interests in the
case of war between France and China.
A. j. LEO, member of the Texas Legis-
lature, died recently at Hidalgo from the
effects of a poisonous fy-bite in the face.
ONE hundred members of the Chicago
Commercial Club joined in giving BAN
quet to General Sheridan, the other even
ing, at the Calumet Club room in Chicago.
WHILE Charles Keuffle and his clerk,
who kept country store in Lee County,
Tex, were recently preparing to leave the
store, a man entered, caught keuffle by the
shoulders and demanded money. Keuffie
went to the drawer and was unlocking it
when the robber shot him through the head,
clerk to pull the drawer out. As the clerk
was complying he received bullet in the
brain and dropped dead. The drawer con-
tanned only fifteen dollars. Mrs. Keuffie
and five children remained in the building
till morning, too terrified to give an alarm.
About four o'clock on the afternoon of
the oath as the east bound Southern Pacific
passenger train was about FOUR miles east
of Gage Station and thirteen miles west of
Deming, n. NJ, it was stopped by party of
seven cow boys, who opened fire on the
train. About twenty shots were fired, and
Webster, the engineer killed. The robbers
took out a plate and spread the rails,
throwing the engine, mail car, one coach
and the front end of the sleeper off. After
the wreck the robbers secured about seven
hundred dollars from the express car and
escaped. -.E H. .ag
The postoffice at Pottsville, Pa, was re-
Gently entered by robbers, who blew open
the safe and stole five thousand dollars.
Rev. ]. WILDER (colored), of Pittsburgh,
has prepared papers in a suit for conspiracy
and defamation of character against Revs.
Drs. Willigan, Sloan and Wilson, ministers
of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, ask
S15o, 900 damages and alleging that the de-
PENDANTS, by conspiring, declared him a
monomaniac and injured his reputation SO
that he could not pursue his profession and
gain a living.
Rev. WILLIAM MITCHELL, newly-installed
pastor of the Westboro CMass.) Congrega-
tional Church, was arrested the other
morning on the charge of stealing books.
1t is stated that when he was arrested he
offered one thousand dollars to keep the
matter quiet.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29

vide that no person under sixteen shall be
sent to the State Prison. The pardon was
tha roer,lt
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
GENERAL

IT is stated that fresh confidential in
structions were recently sent from Rome
to the Catholic bishops of Ireland enjoin-
ing them to endeavor to create sentiment
influencing Catholics to act with the Gov
eminent. The recent orders forbidding the
holding of Orangemen and other meetings
were considered due to the good offices of
Errington, the English agent sent to Rome.
EXECUTIONS of persons connected with
the recent revolt are occurring daily in
Bulgaria.
A STATEMENT of losses by the gales on
the lakes from November IL to H. showed
the loss of fifty five lives and sixty vessels.
Only eleven of the latter representing about
6,0O0 tons and a value of over $500, 900 have
been released; twenty-six representing
5000 tons and a value of $500, 600 were total
losses.
The French brig Excoberg from st.
Pierre, for st. Male, was sunk by a collis-
ion at sea, October 20, and eighty persons
reported lost.
THE Republican Military Society of
Spain has issued an address to the army
and people, declaring that if the Govern
at the next session of the Cortes, the so.
ciety will adopt a revolutionary attitude.
CANADIAN dispatches stated that there
was little probability that the Government
would assist the destitute immigrants sent
out by the Imperial authorities upon I'M
perial responsibility. 1t was suggested
that the destitute or undesirable immi-
grants be shipped to the place whence they
came, as done by the authorities at
American ports.
THE boiler of the brig Erie Belle exploded
recently at kincardine, Ont, blowing the
steamer to atoms and killing Engineers
William Osgode, Frank Eckernhurst, Fire.
man William Sayles, and the cook, name
unknown. The remaining eight of the
crew, who were struggling i'll the water,
were picked up by life boat crew.
RECENTLY while the Communal Council,
at Rome, was discussing the question of
intrusting priests with religious instruction
in municipal schools, a crowd burst into
the hall, whistling and hooting. The hall
was finally cleared and the discussion re-
sumed with closed doors.
A TRAIN on the st. Martins & Upham
Railway jumped the track near Hampton,
Canada, recently. Three cars rolled over
an embankment into n ditch. Sixteen pas
sengers aboard were more or less injured,
some fatally.
COUNT CASTLEMONTE was recently cap
tured by brigands in Italy and ransomed
for 900
COLONEL CoETTAN, with Hicks Pasha,
sent telegram from Khartoum to General
Sir Evelyn Wood confirming the previous
reports of the disaster to Hicks Pasha's
(Egyptian) army. He says the whole
country has risen. The Government has
asked Baker Pasha to send 1000 gems d.
armes to Suaakim to help clear the desert,
but Baker Pasha refused to send them,
thinking that they were required in Upper
Egypt. 1t is stated that Turkey offered to
send 10000 troops to re-establish Mussul-
man authority in Soudan.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
A MICHIGAN MURDER.

An Aged Farmer, His Daughter, Son-in- !
Law and n Texas Visitor ChlorOfOrmed
and Murdered in Their Beds Near Jack |
son, Michigan-A Large Sum of Money
Known to be in the House the Probable
Incentive-A Negro Under Arrest on sus-
piciOn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29

Upon question of priority between
mechanics lien for lumber and a
mortgage, the commencement of the
building within the meaning of tho
statute is heEd to be the time of COM
menciag the excavation for the cellar
Thomas vs.. Mowers, Supreme Court Of
Kansas.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-01-26
THE SUM-,
NEW YORK, 1883.

| More people have read 1.-THE Sum duriag ths
year Just now passing than ever before since it
lst sa NJ e no other newspaper plbshed on
any year by SO many men and women.
We are credihly informed that people buy read
and like The Sum" for the following reasons,
Bee use its news columns present in attfueays
do a ana with the create possible accuracy whss7
ever has interest," for humankind; the events the
deeds and misdeeds, the wisdom, the philosophy,
the notable folly the solid sense the improving
present revolving in space. 80, - III -
Because people have learned that in its remarks
best Of its ability three hundred and sixty days
the whales as well as about the small fish, in the
lace OF dissent as plainly and fearlessly as When
sbpPGrsG Dy n gener approval The Sun has
ton OF readers and the furtherance of the common
so humble that The sun is Indifferent to his Vel
fare and his rights No man is 50 rich thatit can
citation Of men. IS powerful enough to be exempt
from the strict application Of Its principles right
Because in politics it has fought for a dozese
years, without lntermission and sometimes almost
in the recent owerwilening POPULAR verdict asainS
kobt sonism and for honest government. No matter
what party is in power, The Snn" stands and viii
continue to and like rock for the interes sSOf
the people against the ambition OF bosses, the en-
croachrnents Of monopolstS, and the dishonest
SCuttHcS vi puUlC IODDoIS.
All this il what we are told almost daily by our
friends. One man holds that The SUM- is the best
religious newspaper ever published, because its
Christianity is undlluted with cant. Another holds
That 1t Is the best Republican newspaper printed,
because thas already whipped half Of the rascals out
OF that party. and Is proceeding against the other
half with undiminished vigOr. A third believes 1t
to be the best magazine of general literature i II
existence, because its readers miss nothing worthy
OF notice that Is current In the world OF thought.
SO every friend of the sun discovers one OF its
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individual liking
II y"u already know the "sun,r you will observe
that in 1883 1t is little better than ever before Ii
you do not already know the Sum-" you will find
1t 10 be mirror OF all human activity srnrs
house Of the chuicest products of common.sepss
and imaslnation manstay ror the cause Of iTonis
est government sentinel Ter genuine jeff rsonaq,
Democracy, scourge for wickedness Of ev ~ spe-
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coming year. -lt 49,
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] Scarlet Fever
Cured. !

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
testify to the most excellent Qualities of Pr
Darbys Prophylactc Fluid. As a dsinfectant ana
detergent it is both theoretically and practically
superior to any preparation with which am -acs
quainted.-N. T. LUrroN, Prof Chemistry.
Darbys Fluid is Recommended nv
Hon. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, of Georgia
Rev. CHAs F. DEEMS, DID,, Church of he.
Strangers, N. Y; =
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1NDISPENSABLE TO EVERY HOME.
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Diphtheria
ty{
Prevented.

The physicians here
use Darbys Fluid very
successfully nthe treat
ment Of Diphthcria.
A. SroLLENwRRcK,
| Greensboro, Ala.
Tetter dried up.
Cholera prevented.
Ulcers purified and
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In cases OfDeatii IL
should be used about
the corpse lit will
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ant smell.
The eminent Phy-
stefan, j. MARION
SIMS, n. D., New
York, says: al fssl
convinced Prof. Darbys
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valuable iisinfeetan, -
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-01-26

L are Air ,aso,
harmless and purified.
Fer Sore Throat Il is :
sure cure.
Contagion destroyed
For Frosted Feet.
ChiIblains, Pile s,
Chafngs, etc.
rheumatism cured.
Soft White Complex
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it can't be surpassed.
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l used the Fluid during
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-01-26

Low down in bitter DUSK in starless night,
woman With red rose in her hair
Told the wan moments of In bitterness,
Dazed with the depths OF her own dun despair
Along her pathway sh"ne.no beacon ray
" Love" she cried. You led my feet this way.'
:, Mrs H. T. n. White.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-01-26
poetry.


Far up the pure white heights of womanho,d
She stood In starry light serene and calm;
A lily on her breast, and in her eyes
deep. sweet peace; in san and bloom and: balm
Her pathway stretched across the cloudlrss day
'Oh Lovep she smiled, you led my feet this way |!
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-01-26
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PR0PHYLACTIC
FTIJTD
FLUID.
For Scarlet and
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Diphtheria, Sail
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Sore Throat, Small

A Household Article for Universal
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all Contagious Diseases. Persons waiting on
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diseases are caused by disorde ed Kidneys or Livrr
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years people suffered great agony without being able
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dSkeo Wnotner Cney nad any materials for
making likeness-a photograph, sketch
or anything else for me to 20 by. mo
they had nothing" "Could she describe
her CLEARLY ~ She thought she could, and
there was print that was very much like
her, but she had mlstaid it. I mentione
that with such disadvantages and in such
an absence of materials l did not antlc,.
pate very satisfactory result. I had
painted portraits under such circumstan.
ces. but their success much depended upon
the powers of description of the persons
who were to assist me by their recollection;
In some instances l had attained a certain
amount of success, but ia most the result
was quite failure. The Ill dical atten-
dant came, but did not see him. learn
ed, however. that he ordered a strict
watch to be kept n his patient till he came
again the next morning. Seeing the stat
OF things, and how much the little lady
had to attend to, retired early to bed
The next morning heard that her father
was decidedly better; he had inquired
earnestly. on waking, whether was really
In the house, and at breakfast time he sent
down to say that he hoped nothing would
prevent my making an attempt at the por-
trait Immediately. and he expected to be
able to ste me in the course of the day.
Directly after breakfast l set to work.
aided by such description as the sister
could give nae. l tried again and again, but
without success, or, indeed, the least pros
pect of it. The features, 1 was told, were
separately like, but the expression was
not. [ toiled on the greater part Of the
day, with no better result. The different
studies made were taken up to the inva.
lid, but the same answer was always re-
turned-no resemblance. 1 had exerted
myself to the utmost, and. in fact, was not
a little faJigued by 50 doing-a circum-
stance that the little lady evidently notic-
ed, rs she expressed herself most grateful
FOR the interest she could see took in the
matter and referred the unsuccessful re-
suit entirely to her want Of powers of des-
,riptlon.
She also said it was so provoking ! she |
had a prnt-a portrait of lady, that was |
10 like. but it had gone-she had missed it |
from her book for three weeks past. 1t was |
he more disappointing, as she was sure
it would have been of great assistance
asked If she could tell me who the print |
Was of, as. If l knew, could easily pro-
cure one in London. She answered Lady
N. A. Immediately the name was utter
ID the whole scene of the railway carriage
CONTINUED on fourth pose.)
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