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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-19
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


An Augusta (Ga.) paper advises
school of technology of their own.
"A fire-escape on every school
building would be the right thing in
the right place.-Cincinnati Times.
The First Congregational Church
in Chicago recently received three
Cinnamon into its membership.-Chi.
cdq0 Netcs.
John P. Howard proposes to make
improvements at the University of Yer.
mont which will bring his gifts to that
institution up to 100000.
The immigration which is bringing
thousands to our shores is of God. Nc
such mighty movement occurs but the
hand of God is in it.-Christian Intelli-
gencer.
The North Nebraska Methodist
Conference has resolved that any mem.
Der who has fallen into the use O.,
tobacco ought to desist.- Chicago
Tribune.
"A young boy in Valley Falls. n. Y.
in order to escape punishment from 6
school-teacher, jumped from the SECOND
story of the school-house to the grounC
and had one of his arms broken.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, the oldest sor
of William H., has large room in the
basement of the Grand Central Depof
at New York fitted up for religious
services, which are held every Sunday,
well attended and looked after person.
ally by himself.-M. Y. Tribune.
The Jews of Vienna have an in.
dustrial school, in which children OF
their race are taught the mechanical
and artisan trades. 1t has already
turned out 1880 skilled mechanics
Last year the school had over $50 pu.
pills, of whom 40 were learning to be
carpenters or cabinetmakers, 65 black
smiths, 60 shoemakers, % turner's OF
wood and metal, and 40 whitesmiths.
Others were being trained as wheel
wrights and designers.
An enthusiastic company of one
hundred persons, old and young, gath.
cred before seven o'clock the Other
morning on the site secured for the new
South Baptist Church in Providence,
r, L., to watch the beginning of the
work of grading. The pastor threw the
first shovelful of earth into the cart, his
wife the second, and everybody present,
including the smallest Sunday-school
scholar, shared to the same extent in
the initial labor.-ProUidcncc Journal.
The postgraduate department oil
Yale College will take up this year Q
novel course of study, namely, that OF
railroads and their growth, shipping
and international trade, stocks and the
effect of speculation on the money
market. This is in line with the new
er and better conceptions of education
which are now beginning to gain cur
rencv. There is no doubt that com.
plete and practical knowledge of rail
roads would be of practical value &c
many of he young men who are grad
uated from college Chicago Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-19
Death Of n Baby Orang-Outang.

Kittie, the seven-months' old orang-
outang of the museum in Arch street,
lied at an early hour yesterday morn
ING. She had been ailing almost since
she arrived in the city, q week ago
Her maternal parent, seeing that she
was sick, tried TO cure her by beating
her about the head and swinging her
around the cage to such an extern that
they had to be separated She and
Tommy" were therefore put in q
compartment by themselves, but the
devoted brother, with almost human.
sagacity, discovered very soon that she
was defenseless. and spent his vacation
slapping her face and hitting her with
q stick that he wrenched from board
When he tired of this he would stand
her on her head and hold her by the
heels, q proceeding that did not con-
duce to her good health. Finally she
was placed in q small box by herself,
where she lay in little bed looking
very miserable. A physician visited
her daily, administering nauseous
drugs, which she swallowed with an
yelic composure. Her diet consisted
almost entirely of beef tea- Orang-
outangs in this country usually die
sooner or later of consumption, and
,ions of that disease were looked FOR.
but not found.
When Kittie had breathed her last
The remains were taken to the jefferson
Medical College and handed over to
Professor Henry C. Chapman for post
norton examination. He discovered
quite deep abscess on the side and
under the surface of the tongue, which
had caused death. The heart and lungs
were perfectly healthy. resembling
those Of a child, as did the brain,
which was large and well developed
1t is said that Kitty got the abscess os
her tongue through trying to talk~"
Philadelphia Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-19

the President Of the company, was sp-
pointed to the place. The embarrassment
IL claimed to be due to the failure OF the
State to afford public domain for the loca-
ton of land certificates to which the road
is said to be entitled. The creditors are
less than q dozen I'm number.
Willow FEVER has broken out at Brew
ton, Ala, and trains pass that place with
out stopping.
THE late municipal election in Nashville,
Tenn, resulted in an overwhelming victory
for the Citizens Reform ticket over the
candidates for reelection of the old NUM-
cipal regime. The Reform ticket was COM
posed of blacks and whites, Democrats and
Republicans, and party lines were obliter.
ated. 1t was the first time in the history
of the City Government, since the negroes
were invested with citizenship, that the
whites and blacks were united.
The negro who murdered Policeman
Street, of Huntsville, Ala, recently by
splitting his head with an ak, was taken
from jail by fifty masked men and hanged.
He refused to give his name. His confed-
crate was still at large, with heavy reward
offered for his arrest.
MOBILE and other towns in Alabama
have guarantined against Brewton, where
yellow fever prevails.
A YOUNG Jew named Halpert, was re-
Gently arrested at San Antonio, Tex, for
forgery upon the banking house of Kidder
Peabody & Co., of Boston, for $4,000.
WHILE Jailer Raillard was attending to
his usual duties in the Jail at Clinton, La,
recently, he was seized by the prisoners,
bucked and gagged and six prisoners
walked out.
AT Danville, Va, recently, John A.
Ferguson, tried for the murder of Police
man Parks, was declared not guilty. The
jury acted on the instructions of the Court
that man has a right to defend himself,
even in killing an officer, if he endeavors to
arrest him without a warrant.
j. NJ. TURPEN, postmaster at Bastrop,
La, was found dead in bed the other morn
ing. Death was supposed to have been
caused by an overdose of choral.
Two drunken negroes recently murdered
man at Russellville, KY, for which they
were lynched.
A SPECIAL from White Bluff, Tenn, gave
an account of remarkable attempt at
murder near that place, recently. Rev. A.
A. d. Nicks was shot in the arm, and fur
Their up the road he was shot again. 1t was
developed tAat stepson of the preacher,
Rollie Nicks, aged thirteen. and a negro
boy, Albert Bell, plotted the murder of
their respective fathers, and Nicks danger
ously wounded his. The negro boy con-
fessed and both were Jailed
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-19
THE SOUTH.

WILLIAM STREET, policeman of Hunts.
vile, Ala, while recently attempting to
arrest two negro thieves, was seized by one
while the other killed him with an ak.
Two Deputy United States Marshals,
named Weatherford and Perry, who were
guarding Indian prisoners at Fayetteville,
Ark, recently got into a quarrel while
gambling, and each shot the other. Both
died.
THE report of the National Cotton Ex-
change, of New Orleans, for September.
showed the total movement of this years
crop, to ports and overland, to be 362, 1873
bales, an increase of 21,069 bales; ship
ments to spinners, IA $40, against 10, 2S4 last
season.
AN Austin (Tex.) special says the Austin
& Northwestern Railway was placed in
the hands of a receiver. j. A. Rhomberg,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-19
THE EAST.

The Bank Presidents of Boston recently
ment by Congress of National Bankrupt
Law, equitable in its provisions for debtor
and creditor in all sections of the country,
is indispensably necessary to the mainte-
nance of confidence between banks and
their constituents.
THE German bi-centennial parade in
Philadelphia, was one of the largest of its
kind ever witnessed in that city, fully 90
DOC men and 5000 vehicles being in line.
The streets along the line of the procession
were literally jammed and windows and
seats were at a premium. At Newark, N.
j., the celebration was also great success,
fully 10000 people being in line, and bust
ness generally was suspended.
JOHN SLAXwELL, from Millersburg, O.,
was recently arrested in New York on a
charge of having in his possession several
finely finished photographs of United States
Treasury notes of from one dollar to twenty
dollars, for both sides, from which he was
endeavoring to have plates engraved. A
large number of finely executed photo
graphs of legal tender notes were found in
his possession, and in his room was an I'M
finished letter to his wife, saying he had
contracted for a part of the work, and it
would cost him 81 800.
ar the Lancaster (Pa.) County Prison,
She other evening, while two watchmen
were on duty, Ike Buzzard, of the notorious
brothers of that name, got out of his cell
and locked the watchmen in. Securing the
cell keys he released eleven other prison
ers, the worst criminals in Jail. After help
ing themselves to something to eat they
left by the front door. The criminals were
under sentence of from five to nineteen
years.
DURING the session of the General Con-
vention of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
at Philadelphia, the Committee on Amend
ments of the Constitution reported it mex
pedient to change the name Protestant
Episcopal" The report that it is inexpe-
nient to change the name "General Conven-
ton" to "Triennial Convention" was
adopted. 1t was also declared inadvisable
to introduce the proposed canon against
divorce.
SIX children of John Stouffer were re-
Gently poisoned at Ligonier, Pa, by eating
"ccus. rOuT WERE saved Win 0llQcultY
and two were reported dying.
AT school election, in Lansingburg, N.
Y, recently, the ladies cast two hundred
and twenty-five votes out of a total of one
thousand. A number of women were chal-
ienged, it being alleged that they were i'm
ported from Troy. Several negresses voted.
The Springhurst summer residence of
Thomas w. Pearsoll, the New York banker,
at Groves Hill, Conn, burned the other
morning; also great part of the elegant
furniture. Everything about the house
was OF the most costly material. The
house was finished about year and a
half ago at cost of over 500, 200. The loss
was $125.ooo; insurance, $4,000.
THE other morning special train passed
through Pittsburgh, Pa, en- route from
Portland, Ore, to New York, comprising
two hundred Oregon pioneers, not one of
the party having settled in that State later
than 1854. This was the first through train
ever the Northern Pacific road. The ex.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-19
Counterfeit Postal Notes.
INDIAyAPoLIs, md,

1NDIASAPoLIs, md, Oct. Q.
The discovery was made to-day that
counterfeit postal notes were in circulation
n this city. Four or five of the spurious
notes were redeemed at the Post-office
before the fraud was discovered. In each
Instance the notes called for $500, and
purported to have been issued at Youngs.
town, o.; E. r. Mills, Postmaster. The
Postmaster at that point is George r.
Williams. The paper upon which they are
issued is genuine, and the supposition is
that it has been stolen from either the de-
partment or some Post-office, and after re-
moving the name of the original Office by
acids, then the blank was filed by printing
thereon "Youngstown, Ohio.n
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-19
Fatal Shooting ARRAY.

A fatal shooting ARRAY occurred last
night at negro dance held at Woodstock.
The participants were Eben Perry and
~ had been intimate with Hicks wife, and
had caused trouble between the wife and
husband, at whose house he boarded. Las.
night the two men met at the dance, and il
is claimed Hicks demanded reparation. A
quarrel ensued, in whick Perry fired a shot
at Hicks, who turned, chased Perry around
the room with Ratchet, at one time throw.
ing the weapon at Perry, when the pur
sued man turned and fired at Hicks, the
ball taking effect just above the left eye,
causing almost instant death. Perry sur
rendered to tbs officers
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-19
THE three fuoitive slave, who

The three fugitive slave, who ar
rived in Boston recently from Cuba say
that they were held on a plantation ter
miles east of Santiago. called Atiko.
and owned by Mariana Valanti, who
has about one hundred and fifty-five
slaves, thirty-five of whom are women.
They till the soil, pick fruit and make
sugar. and are obliged to labor from
four o'clock in the morning until eight
in the evening. their meals meantime
being nine bananas each.-Boston Jour.
nal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-19
THE LATEST.

THE LATEST.
AFTER the retirement of General Sher-
man and the accession of General Sheridan
to the command of the army, General Han
cock, at his own request, will remain in
command of the Division of the Atlantic,
with headquarters at New York. General
Schofield will take command of the Divis-
ion of the Missouri, with headquarters at
Chicago, and General Pope will succeed
the last named in command of the Pacific
Division, with headquarters at San Fran
cisco. Brigade General Augur will succeed
Major General Pope in command of the
Missouri Department, with headquarters
at Fort Leavenworth. Brigade General K.
s. Mackenzie, will succeed General Augur
in command of the Department of Texas.
The Department of the South has been con-
solidated with the Department of the East,
Major General Hancock in command.
NEARLY complete returns from the Ohio
election showed total vote of nearly 712 900.
The Prohibition amendment was defeated
by about 10000 majority. Hoadly's ma
jority seemed to be between ten and twelve
thousand, with the Legislature Democratic.
The Republican majority in Iowa was put
at 10000. Legislature strongly Republican.
The Lyceum theater in Chicago, built
Immediately following the great fire of
1871, and then known as the Globe theater,
was partially burned the other morning.
In the second story were a number of
sleeping apartments, occupied by Thomas
Grenier, lessee of the theater, and family,
six persons in all. All escaped except
uor fxuo nfy- of
who was forgotten in the excitement and
suffocated. The loss was placed at about
81, 900.
THROUGH the carelessness of young
man who was acting as engineer on the
Southwest road, near Uniontown, Pa, re-
Gently, a collision took place, resulting in
the wrecking and burning of several cars
and the serious injury of number of pas
sengers.
A YEAR ago the wife of A. H. Herrick, a
well-to-do ranchman near Grand Junction,
Colo, left him. Herrick afterwards OBJ
tanned a divorce and married Margaret
Thompson. Mrs. Herrick returned short
time since, and upon meeting Herrick and
wife, shot and instantly killed his second
wife. She was admitted to bail, and COM
menced proceedings to recover some of Mr..
Herrick's property. The other afternoon
while the Sheriff and Mrs. Herrick were at
the ranch looking up the cattle, Herrick
shot and killed Mrs. Herrick and then gave
himself up to the Sheriff.
ALFRED WHITE, the youngest Of the gang
of horse thieves known as the White Boys,
recently attempted to commit suicide at
Madison. Ind, by taking morphine in Jail.
Two of the boys were recently. sent to the
and the others were being
hunted DOWN
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-19
GENERAL.

THROUGH the breaking of an axle of the
baggage car, three passenger cars of the
Canada Pacific Railway were thrown from
the track and burned near Deux Rivers,
Canada, recently, Nearly two hundred
passengers were in the cars. A number
were severely injured, but none were re-
ported killed.
A. NJ. SULLIVAN, Member of Parliament,
recently said that O'Donnell, the slayer of
Carey, is an American citizen and that his
trial will not take place until American
counsel have had time to reach England.
MOODY and Sankey are reported to be
holding successful series of meetings in
Limerick, Ireland.
er of Carey, says he has received only f3O0
so far for the defense of his client, which
has been spent bringing witnesses from
Cape Good Hope. O'Donnell complained
of the severity of the prison rules.
THE bursting of the boiler of the drainage
engine at the Santa Rita mine, near Pieves,
Mexico, recently killed several persons,
among them the Superintendent.
SMALLPOX and yellow fever still afilict
portions of Mexico.
A CAPTAIN of artillary, at the City of
Mexico, recently killed his sweetheart and
then himself. Jealousy was the cause.
THE National League of Dublin an.
nounced the receipt of $1,000 from AUS
tralia and like sum from America. The
League condemned the partisan conduct Of
Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
in proclaiming the League meetings in
County Clare, while tolerating the adj
dresses of Northcote in Ulster, which re-
suited in an assault upon convent.
MANAGER URENA recently attempted to
assassinate the President of Santa Domingo,
at Neyba, Hayti, and the President shot his
assailant dead.
The failures in the United States and
Canada for the week, ended October 10Th,
were 1S7, against 1S3 for the previous week.
There was some increase in the Southern
States and in New York City.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-19

"A good lawn rs q luxury that every
farmers home should have.-EzcAanga
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-19

cursionists went TO New York and there
separated, large majority having been
natives of that State.
Rev. ERAsrus SEYMOUR, Presbyterian
minister Of New York, was in court in
Boston, recently, when his son was being
sentenced for forgery, and said he did not
wish to interfere with the judgment of the
Court. The mother Of the prisoner caused
q scene by rebuling the father for his
course. Young Seymour forged his fathers
signature.
JOHN B. GRIFFIN, Seneca B. Miller and
George Mulskin, charged with dynamiting
a house at Pawling, Duchess County, N. Y,
resulting in the death Of Samul Grover,
were subsequently captured.
The Prohibitionists Of New Jersey NOM
mated Rev. Solomon Parsons for Governor.
THEtwo hundred and fiftieth anniversary
of the organization of the First Congrega-
tional Church in Hartford, Conn.,, was held
in that city on the 18th and 18th. The
church was organized in 1865, in Cambridge,
Mass, and afterwards removed to Newton,
and the church company, with its ministers,
Thomas Hooker and Samuel Stone, emf
grated to Hartford in 1886. The anniversary
celebration was that of the first organiza-
ton in Cambridge.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-04
With Per and Pencil.

.'No, Sir; I don't believe newspaper men are
more dlssipated than any 9th Or class of men who
earn their living by their brains.'' said Mr.. A.
H. SIegfrled, manager OF the advertising de-
partment of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press. Still,
those of them who do desk work are tempted to
stimulate, for It's very hard on the nerves and
stomach.
IA for e1amplo-P"
..As for example. in my own case. I stuck to
my desk on this paper until my nerSes were like
. bunch Of telegraph wires after = gale. and my
stomach kept about as good time Is q two-dollar
wseoh. Ny friends suggested this and the doc
tors advised that. but one day I caught on to
An I'D of Parker's Tonic. and tried 1t. I have
never sndorseda proprietary medicine before.
but shall depart from my rule and say that the
Tonic Ii not merely the best thing but the only
thing that breaks up these attacks. All desk
workers should make Q note OF IT.
This preparation, which has been known as
Psrkerss Ginger Tonic. will hereafter be adyer-
fused and sold simply under the name Of Par
ker's Tonic. As unprincipled dealers are con-
stAntly deceivlng customers BY substituting In
1rrIor articles under the name Of ginger. and as
ginger 10 really An unimportant Ingredient, we
drop the unloading werd.
There 10 no change. however. In the prepare.
ton itself, and ali bottles remaining In the
hands Of dealers, wrapped under the name OF
Parksg's Ginger Tonic, contain the genuine
medicine IL the facsimile signature OF Htscox&
Co. 10 1t the bottom of the outside wrapper.
iulyQ1m1 81.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-04
SHERIFF,9 NALE-

r virtue Of = decree for partition aud order Of
- sale, issaed from the Office OF ths CLERK ofths
Jacob 8. burr, David p. Hurr, Henry Hurr.
Elizabeth Hsder and Frederick Aadsr, bar hns.
and Maggie A. Hnrr. Minors, By Godfrey r.
kauPp, their guardian. plaintiffs, ex psIte. to
me directed, and returna6le to the August term,
1883, OF said court. I will, on
TUESDAY, AUGUST TN, 1883.
between the hours OF nine O'Clock in the
forenoon and i've O'CLOCK In the afternoon Of
said day, and In front OF the court house door,
Missouri. during the session OF the ssid osircSHit
: tss s'sssss Diaass. ss1l ca.s * = h sasf'o Fl
said PLAINTIFF ex parte In said decree and order
OF sale. In snd To- the following described
c count. sst q l.f :itea.e' . lyin 81! and q, being IL tas
Wit: The northwest quarter Of ssctIon thirty
four ls4l; the southwest quarter Of he north
half g the southeast quarter Of seciioa shissy.
iSns 1sf faar e.. fsa, the s. sou.1we:. quarter q ssos,se
ir.cts , o. land sit t:t sae OF o re s.i I1li Ies. sSod as, s.sssd
scrss decided BY Charles {. Ewing and Hrniidss
1859. recorded IN deed book No. /, ct paSss 81
and ll0, beginning on the township line bStWeen
at The corner q sections thlrty-Ihfse 1851 md
thirty-iour l34l in township iorty.nine llSi,
ared fi iSSo1lni 9ods. .5e6 5s.I; n thence ; ss.. sns haa:
thence west one hundred [lO0l rods ;thencs south
sold by sad Jacob Hnrf in his lifet,ms to one
Stephen Rennsbsrger by deed dated 18th fAsy
ls1o. to-wit; Beginning q the southwest coSner
l49l, renge ~twenty-seven f27l; thence eat,
twelve ll2] poles; thence north thirty -six 1881
south to beginning. All OF said lands being sit.
nats N township forty-nine l49l. range twenty
seven l11J. and containing In ali after dedustinR
eighty one hundredths 1884 and sO-IOO1 acres.
Given under my hand, this Srd day or July.
1888. BENJAMIN EIi.rOTT "''
july7td Shsri1.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-04
Superior in Every Respect.

The celebrated German Pulmenic Elixir COM
monly called German Elixir, but recently intro
duced on the American continent. has no equal
in the world for the cure of all Throat and Lung
diseases, Catarrh, Consumption, Bleeding OF
the Lungs, etc., etc. 1t is rich in the medicinal
properties of ties, wild cherry. honey. hore-
hound. etc. Go to your druggist, Charles w.
Loemis, and get . bottle; he will present you
with one dollar and sixty-nve cents worth of
choice music. arranged for piano and cabinet
organ. The medicine was first introduced on the
Pacific Coast. and Is now sold everywhere. Be
sure you get only German Elixir. as there are
other medicines with the word German attached
70 them. The genuine bears the PIussian coat
Of arms and the signature of DR.. Channlng
White on the wrapper, the name blown In
every Is cent bottle. Samples % cents
ZACH. apr13cowly.