The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-27

what Il really is, or those who pre-empted
large portion of the town she and now
! wish to sell them at high figures? The Com.
missioner, of the Land Office decided in
favor of the former. ...r.
lbg..a GENERAL.
OVER 5000 cigars were seized the other
day by the customs authorities of Toronto,
Canada, under the new rules about not
having boxes properly labeled.
AN attempt, which was thwarted by the
police, was made recently at Dublin, to set
fire to the house of James Carey, the in
former.
AT late election for member of Parlia-
ment' in Wexfordsborough, Ireland, con-
siderable luminosity was shown toward
O'Connor Don, the Liberal, and he was
hooted as he drove through the streets. The
mob became so hostile that it was charged by
thepolice. Thirty policemen were injured,
twelve seriously. Some of the policemen
who were isolated, were knocked down and
trampled upon. Radmon, Parnellite, was
elected.
AT recent meeting of the Conservative
members of Parliament, at which Sir Stat.
ford Northcote presided, it was decided to
oppose the Suez canal agreement. :
TOTAL of values Of exports, breadstuffs,
June, 1883, 81 ,545 ,936; June, 1882, go Log;
six months ended June 80, 1881, $50, las, 0S6;
same period 1882, .$64, Sj6, $50; twelve
months ended June 30, 1888, 500 1915, 491;
same time in 1885, SIT ,OO1, 1886.
THE Egyptian Government has accepted
xha afPa Enc nd Tn, inf tal
tricts wooden huts, where cholera origina-
ted, were burned.
AT Port Stanly, Canada, lately, Hattie
Arkell and Bessie Morley were drowned
while bathing in the lake. The father of
Miss Arkell the day before received news
| of the sudden death of his brother. At
| Quebec the same day two sons of Mr.. Lord,
| aged thirteen and fifteen. and a son of Mrs.
Marchand, aged sixteen, were drowned
while bathing. Mrs. Marchand's husband
and two sons were burned to death only a
short time ago.
The cholera seems to be abating at
Damietta and other points in Egypt first
attacked, but at Cairo the mortality is
great. Sixteen towns are infected, andit
was decided to form a Gordon around
Alexandria to prevent the influx of refu-
gees from infected districts.
BUSINESS failures during the past seven
days numbered 16S as compared with 159
| the previous week.
| AT the first days great international
shooting match at Wimbledon, in England,
the American team won the match, 200
yards range, by a score of 352 to $40 for the
| British team.
BY the explosion of a powder mill re.
Gently at st. Petersburg, Russia, the mix.
ing room was destroyed, nine persons
killed and two severely injured.
THE LATEST.
THE Department of State received the
announcement of the death of Hon. James
NJ. Priest, Justice of the Supreme Court Of
Liberia. Judge Priest was born in Paris,
KY, and went to Liberia in 1885.
| QUARANTINE has been abolished through
out Egypt, except at Alexandria and in
the province of Fayson, where it is main
tanned at the request of Sir Edward Malet,
the British Consul General. The revised
list of the deaths at Cairo the DIST gave the
number at 292. Among the victims were
four Europeans.
! CANADIAN authorities have issued .
PROCLAMATION establishing quarantine on
vessels from Mediterranean ports.
Two Deputy Sheriffs seized the pool box
at the Palmer House in Chicago the other
night within few minutes after it had
been brought from the race track. The box
was in charge of William R. Armstrong and
Ira E. Bride, official pool sellers, and had
been placed under the table in the dining
room while its custodians were eating sup
per. Seizure was made at the suit of John
w. Conley, who had claim of 5000
against Armstrong and Bride for alleged
breach of contract. The box was found to
contain 1000, and after abstracting 5000
and receipting for the amount, the box was
returned by the officers.
| AT the second days shoot at Wimbledon
between the American and British teams,
the former won the 800 yards match, and
the latter took the prize for 800 yards.
| In New York one day last week a French
pauper was sent back to England on the
steamer England, and Swedish pauper
was returned on the City Of Chester by the
Emigration Commission, who also shipped
a man and his wife and four children by
the steamer England because they were as
sisted to emigrate and had no means of
support. 80.
A FIRE at Montgomery, Pa, recently de-
stroyed the planning mill of Barber & Hem
derson and the general store of Henderson
& Scully. The loss on the planning mill
was $4,000; Henderson & Scully's loss
5000 and other buildings were damaged
to some extent, making q total loss Of about
$4,000.
TIE latter part of the past week storm
of unusual severity passed over northern
Illinois, northern Iowa, southern Mime
sofa and southern Wisconsin. The damage
to crops was very great in many places,
and many barns and farm buildings were
wrecked.
DURING dispute at Maybury, Ark, re-
Gently, between two farmers, Jas. Golden
and Chas. Posey, over cattle, Posey threat
ened to whip Golden, who struck him ON
the head wish hoe, causing instant death.
HANLAN and Courtney are expected to
make q match at Ottawa, Canada. for
1900, to be rowed over the Lschine course
! in September next.