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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18
The People Greatly to Blame.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, April 9.-Judge VIII
liam ConHor. in a published letter regard
ing the laxity of the Iowa criminal laws, as
well as their enforcement, says: IF we
are going to blame anyone here in Iowa for
this state of things, the people themselves
must assume a pretty large share. They
send to the Legislature lawyers, many of
whom make living by defending
criminals. These men, composing the
entire membership of the judiciary
committee, prevent any reform of
criminal procedure. They sign pc
titiOns to pardon criminals regardless of the
merits of the case, and help to set free the
few who are so unlucky as to get convicted.
They make no demand upon the Legislature
for reform in this direction, although they
sign numerous petitions for the pardon of
two or three murderers." The Judge urges
that District Judges should have longer
terms. larger powers, better pay, and that
defendants privileges should be curtailed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18

passing any words, commenced q fusiIade
at the building. Drew's nephew, lately
from Missouri, attempted to run from the
house and was shot through the neck and
instantly killed. There have been nine
arrests, including some Of the most re-
spected citizens of the county.
CONSIDERABLE snow fell in Virginia on
the 9th.
ATTEMPTS were being made to recover
the bodies of the victims in the Pocahontas
mine, Virginia.
CAPTAIN r. M. ANDREWS, q well-to-do
farmer Of Sumter County, 8. c., ninety
four years old, proposes to walk from
Sumter to Boston on a wager, over the
same route he used to make the trip in the
years before railroads were constructed.
CAPTAIN JOE Shelly, commanding q
company of Texas Rangers, reports from
the Lower Rio Grande the Wholesale steal.
ing by Mexicans of horses on both sides of
the river. He captured several hundred
head and turned them over to the authori.
ties. Fence-cutting has ceased in the terri.
tory of his command.
The excitement over the alleged gold
discoveries near Hot Springs, Ark, is now
much milder than ten days since. Several
hundred tenderfoot prospectors have re-
turned from the diggings with unfavorable
reports.
In pulling down an old chimney at VAL
ley Fails, Tex, two young men found con-
cealed under the hearthstone an iron oven
containing gold and silver to the amount
of y 800. The money had evidently been
buried between twenty and thirty years.
FIRE at Pensacola, Fla, the other morn
ing destroyed the Louisville & Nashville
freight depot, Golay mills, transfer stable,
Hoffman House restaurant, Masonic build.
ing and several other minor buildings.
Loss Sc, 900.
The work of recovering the bodies of the
miners killed and buried in the Pocahontas
mines was being pushed forward rapidly.
Out of sixteen bodies recovered only six
were identified.
DIR. JAMES NJ. RAMSEY, the distinguished
physician and author, died at Knoxville,
Tenn, the other night, aged eighty seven.
He was the author of a history of Ten.
nessee, and for many years President of
the Tennessee Historical Society.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18
Surrendered,

ST. PAUL, MINI, April 9.-Detectfve
O'Connor returned to St Paul with keenan,,
the defaulting Treasurer of Jackson county,
O., whom he arrested on Saturday on a
farm, where he was working under the name
of Reed, between Blue Grass and WolcOtt, Ia
keenan, came to ST. Paul without requisitiOD
papers, saying that he knew his arrest
would come sooner or later. The prisoner
was placed in tie county Jail pending the
arrival of officers from Cincinnati, they
having telegraphed that they. were coming
with requistion from Governor Hoadly.
keenan, declined to make any statement on
the train. However, he told OCOnnor that
the amount he was alleged to have de-
faulted, 10000, was too large, and that he
was only short $4,000.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18
Wants a Controlling Interest.

CHICAGO, April ct is said that negotia
tons are pending between Jay Gould anC
General Palmer, of the Mexican National
for the purchase of a controlling interest, in
order to extend the southwestern system to
the City of Mexico. 1t is said that Gould
proposes by this move to forestall his rival
the Texas & st. Louis, from securing foot
hold in Mexico. The latter road runs to
Gatesyille, Tex, and it has been an open
secret that an extension was contemplated
to Laredo, with a view to securing entrance
into the City of Mexico over the Mexican
National. The Texas & st. Louis has run.
ming arrangement into Chicago over the Hi
nois Central, and the Gould system enters
Chicago by the Wabash.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18
Another Railroad to kansas CITY.

KANSAS CITY, April 1.-THE Big -Four
and Ohio & Mississippi having both an.
nounced that arrangements had been made
for running through cars from Cincinnati to
Kansas City, the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton now comes to the front with another
through route. An official of the road said
that the route was not paper one, but that
the Cincinnati, Hamilton IL Dayton would
put on through cars from Cincinnati to Kan
Sas City this spring to certainty. The
route will be to indianapolis, then over
the Indiana, Bloomington & Western to
Bloomington, and from that point over the
Chicago & Alton. The car which will leave
Cincinnati at 6:45 p. m. will reach Kansas
City the next evening at T:07.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18

to July % This secures representation
from twenty-five States Of the Union. The
convention will be held in Lafayette Hall,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
PREsIDEsr BERGH, Of the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals, New
York, Indignantly protests against the
chamber of horrors in the wax-work
museum as more demoralizing than all the
dime novels In the world.
DAVIS & TAYLOR, -four and grain deal.
ers of Boston, suspended on account OF
the death of member of the firm, who
was its financial manager. "
THE Elisha Graves House at Northamp.
ton, over two hundred years old, burned
recently.
REPUBLICANS Of the Twentieth and
Twensy-sixth Congressional District of
Pennsylvania have instructed for Blaine.
ONE Thousand five hundred miners Of the
West Moreland and Pennsylvania Gas
Coal Companies, at Irwin Station, Pa,
went out on strike.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18
Army Claims.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-Seven claims OF
army officers for longevity pay were decided
by the Court of Claims yesterday. All (which
involved the question as to the authority Of
the executive to reinstate an officer after re-
signation or dismissal. The details of the
cases were different, but as to the general
import of the question involved the court
decided the executive had not the authority
to reinstate an officer after his successor had
been nominated or confirmed. decision Of
treat importance to the army, as by it q
number of officers, thus restored, have been
jrawing pay while not legally in the ser
rice.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18
She Thought He Was Dead.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April Nm. Alex
anderH Grows, of Bradstreet's Financial
Reporter, is in the city, and is the hero Of an
unpleasant romance. He married Miss Mar
quet, of Iowa, in 1859. He soon afterwards
enlisted in the army, and was reported
killed. He did notreturn, and after many
years the wife gave him up for dead, and
married man in Jacksonville, Ind.
Mr.. Grows met her on the street a few days
ago and the recognition was mutual. The
lady was so shocked that she has been very
sick ever since but in the meantime con
tinues to live with the husband in Jefferson
vile.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18
THE SOUTH,

FRANK JAMES was arraigned at Hunts
vile, Ala, before Judge Bruce, for the
Mussel Shoals robbery and pleaded not
guilty. The case was set for April 16.
A, GENERAL strike of all the mechanics
working on buildings, and in factories and
car shops, was inaugurated at New Orleans
on the 18th.
LEE, POLLS & Co., pork packers of Rich
mond, Va, have suspended.
THE Directors of the.Louisville Board of
Trade have endorsed the action of the New
York Chamber of Commerce asking Con.
gress to stop the coinage of silver dollars.
NEAR Chico, Tex, recently, band Of
armed men went to the homo of Smith
Drew, a noted character, and without
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18
THE EAST.

The sheet iron mills of Refs Bros, at
Carlisle, Pa, have started up.
The eastern part of Pennsylvania was
visited by the heaviest snow-storm Of the
season on the 9th.
THE Allentown, Pa, Iron Company,
formerly one of the most prosperous manu-
featuring concerns in the country, is adver.
fisei for public sale May Z. The company
has mortgage debt of 81, 100000.
HOGAN e. BILLING, bankers of New
York, have assigned. It was with this
firm that Carroll, clerk in the ComptrolIer's
dice, negotiated duplicate coupons of city
banks.
THE time of holding the National Con.
vention of the Prohibition Home Protec-
ton Party has been changed from May q
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18

There IS a large deposit of whit.
earth, or white M d, as it is COM
monty call d, within the corporate linn
its of Greensboro, "a, which has the
property of extracting grease from doors.
and has been used from time immemo-
rial by the housewives of the own for
tina purpose. IL is also used quite ex-
tensively for whitewashing hearths, and
in some instances as taken the place
of whitewasn for fences.-Caieago
Mems
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18

-Ro, ert Wilkinson, of brooklyn, SUI
perintendent of the So .iety for the Pre-
vention OF Cruelty to c lid en-, has dis
covered that kind ofrock an rye an
DIV sold in at city conta rs I 'sel Oil in
such proportions that two pounds OF the
andy would constitute fatal DOSE
Troy Times.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23
TOWN
OR - sxSa a .sN e. - g i 4
FOR THE
ZO2r7e OF E0sIeU.

SEC. !. Re it ordained by the Town
Council OF Easley.now sitting in Com,.
Gil, and by Authority of the same, that
from and after the passage Of this Ordi-
nance that all Ordinances heretofore in
force are repealed.
SEC. 2. That drunkenness, fighting or
attempting to tight, or acting in u DOis-
ferrous manner on the streets, is pro-
hibited, and any person or PERSONS so
offending shall be arrested aud fined at
the discretion Of Council.
SEC. 8 Any person or persons con-
victed Of any obscene conduct or using
profane or vulgar lang,,ag. on the
streets or side walk. shall pay a fine of
not lesa than one, nor more than five
dollars Tor every such offence.
SEC. 4. Any person or persons gull
~ of obstructing the sidewalks by rid
ing or driving wagons and vehicles OF
amy kinu whatsoever thereon, or by
hitcbing horses to fences, gates, or ob-
'structing in any other manner, shall
pay q fine At discretion 81 Council.
SEC. S. ANY person or persons found
guilty Of shooting on the streets or pub
Tic highways, or vacant lots Within the
incorporate limits, shall Day y fine of
one dollar for each and every offence.
SDc. 6. That any person or persons
hovse-rac,ng or excessive running Of
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23

BE it ordained by the Town Council
OF Easley now met and sitting in
Council and by the authority of the
same; T"at tax Of fifteen cents upon
every one hundred dollars of the value
"f all taxable property of this town be.
and the same is hereby levied for the
purpose OF defraying the current ex-
penses of the town Government for
the fiscal year, commencing June the
lst, 1884, and to meet such other in
|debtcdness as has been, or shall be, pro-
vided for by the Council.
Amended SEC. End as follows:
That all taxes assessed in the pre-
ceding section shall be due and pay
able from the 1st day OF September to
the lst day Of November 1884.
SEC. 8. That all taxes and assess.
ments or any portion thereof charged
against any property or party for the
present fiscal year that shall not be
paid on or before the 18th day of No.
vember, 1884, the clerk Of Council shall
proceed to collect the same, together
with a penalty OF fifteen per cent. on
the amount SO delinQuent in the same
form and manner rs is now prescribed
by State law for the collection Of tax
es due the State
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23
BOG(sAN CASH.

1t seems that the shooting of
Boggan Cash, which resulted in his
death, was absolutely necessary
for his capture on Thursday morn
ing of last week.
The posse which went in pur-
suit Of him, either had to retire
from the scene Of danger without
capturing him, or they had to use
fire arms for their own protection
and his immediate capture.
Now which was right. or is
there any question about it? AL
most every one will conccdc That
the posse acted in q lawful and
just manner, and that Eoygan
Cash was the cause Of his own in
Simultaneous death. The man that
had ridden rough shod over com
munity, met with hard death
rather than subject himself TO the
course of the law. If
ne had come at once and given up
he might have expected more sym
pathy from the people at large,
and would have had the Justice of
a trial, but rather than act tkus it
sccms that he wanted the people
'ot the State to succumh to his own
personal desires in the matter. and
ito make him an exception TO the
general rule Of treating offenders
Iof the peace.
Those who attempt to run rough
shod over a community will vet
find out, that such cannot last in
'SOuth Carolina. Thcrc will he
tounu but few Spotiord s in our
State, and where such exists,
there are men who, true to their
country, will go forward in the
maintenance Of good government,
and in the suppression Of bnllics
who want to have their own way
in everything.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23

IN ~ ~, M ~ a 40, l. O .
horses inside Incorporation, shall be
deemed guilty OF an offence, and ur,on
conviction thereof shall be fined at the
discretion Of Council.
SEC. Z. That any person or persons
found loating in Town for more than
five DAYS, and not engaged in some in
dnstriai pursuits. shall b. arrested by
Town Marshal and brought before the
Council, and upon failing to show
some visible means OF support, such
person shall be requested to leave
Town within the next twenty-four
hours. and, upon falling to do 80, be
prosecuted for Vagrancy under the law
Of the State.
SEC. 8. That Sleight-of-hand, Circus
Shows. or any kind of Exhibition eX-
hibitcd within the incorporate limits
of the Town shall pay II license OF not
less than fifty cents nor more than tif-
~ dollars, at discretion of Council
SIC. 8. That all Pedlers and Anc-
tionrers selling goods and clattels with
IN the Incorporate limits of the Town
shall pay \ License Of not less than
five nor more til III twenty dollars per
day. aud any person violating this Or
hinanr" shall be fined at discretion of
Council
>EC. lr. No person or persons shall
retail Spirituous Liquors. Brandy
Peaches or Bitters. inside the Incorpo.
ton. and amy pei son found guilty of
doing so shall be fined at the discretion
OF Council.
SEC. II. That all residents of the
Town of EaSley, who are liable to
Road duty under the Laws Of the State,
shall pay to the Clerk of the Council
Two Dollars and Fifty Cents Street
Tan. or shall work five days under the
direction of the street Overseer. Fur
t|,crnorc, be it Ordained, That One
Dollar be paid to the Clerk by the Goth
day of May, 1884. or work on streets
two days, the balance. One Dollar and
Fifty Cents. to be paid on or before the
25th day OF July, 1881. OF work three
days. Be it further Ordained, That
any person who shall refuse or neglect
to pay or work in accordance with the
foregoing Section, shall be liable to
Indictment before II Trial Justice ,ll-
der the Laws Of the State us for viu-
latiOn OF the General Road LAWS of
the State.
SEC. II. That it shall be the duty Of
the Town Marshal to promptly arrest
any person or persons who is found
violating any of the Ordinances Of the
Council, and contlne them in the Guard
House until they are discharged by the
Council.
SEC. l3. That if any person or per-
SONS convicted under any Ordinances
Of the Council shall fail or refuse to pay
the fine or fines imposed, the Council
may compound them and receive street
labor-o'Ie day to be equal to fifty
cents If Conncil furnish mcals-or
one dollar if laborer furnishes his own
meals.
Board Of Health.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23
SDCcINL ZME.


SEC. q: No person, firm or corpora
ton, shall be engaged in, prosecute or
h havo; ,tt, ~, ""S o;'s,.tHe .. proiessi"n
49,, .;l, n;', ,,Sa' ''1:ou ,: "".lo". ''''V'''S
49, o. n"'.' t''" " ~ ..' ;. 'I'sI '"A tHereoh
%,,a;' u, H,'o"s, !" , WV I''c'! ana every
,n"ro,n,;In ] ,oI,,', n,"I. VI T''s'''ess "ne'her
;n,r ia ,,,nen s>',''' w.. o' '.''',"i"ct''r
'1 "'s ',.i S"S, s"'"H "ne't"1 s''a'! no1
w~s" on. s,,,} ~ "",'t' "'io l,os.s"m" ny M o"'
% ,.,,'or, '',, ~, p'H & !" 'n.'s" ~ @l."'' ahn
49," tho,,sn,l ,7,I",,v az q, ~ -, sAceSs OK
GnH G"t ,I,"" t|n,'', Wv, ""..s, a.. wv upon the
additional thousand or frnct;nn,, mr.,
thereof: each Hotel three dnllnrS. ...n,,
Saw Mil and Cotton Gin three ,o,lars.
each Warehouse five dollars: rnch Rnn,
and Shoe shop one dollar; each Black
smith shop one dollar; each Sewing.
Machine Agency two dollars; eacn
Photograph gallery or Artist one dol
lar; each Cotton WeiSh"r one dollar;
cacn Livery, Feed and Sale Stables
!nfee dolfafs; each Horse and Buggy,
t1orse anu wagon or other Vehicles
kept or offered for hire by any other
person or persons except by 1t regular
!icel'Scd stable, one dollar; each Agent
FOR the sale OF Fertilizer shall pay Il liz
cense OF 1Ve cents upon every ton Of
tered for sale.
Amy keeper of warehouse. Q Y
other person or persons VINO Sb -
liver or cause to be delivered any rer-
tillizer upon which tax has not been
paid; and any person or persons carry
ing on or prosecuting any business or
Occupation mentioned in this section
without first having taken out a license
for the same shall pay q fine not to ex-
cecd twenty-five dollars nor less than
fifty cents.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23
ABOUT CONGRESSNIEN IN TWO
OF OUR DISTRICTS.


oncl Evins Of Spartanburg has de-
clincd running on account Of the
delicacy Of his health. In the dis
trict which he represented since
1876, there are now four or five
candidates who desire to be his
successor. Union and Columbia
each want to be represented, and
accordingly Coils. .McKissick, Mum
70 and Yeomans have all been spo-
ken of. Col. Evins has made a very
acceptable member to Congress,
and the change to another man
may prove only an experiment for
the better. Strictly speaking we
have no absolute right to dictate
in the matter, but we would like
to see Col. w. II. Perry Of Green
vile promoted to this high position
Of honor, and who is so well qual-
fled to fill it, Two years ago he
lacked only a little Of receiving the
nomination. He in all probability
would be as good 81 representative
rs his people could send to Con-
gress, and no doubt would 90 great
credit to himself and constituency.
A deep and thoughtful man, and
one alive to the interests Of our
country.
Regarding this district, Of which
Col. Aiken has for eight years been
the representative, and who has
faithfully served his people rcceiv-
ing time after time the support Of
the conventions, we would adyo
cate change, and we take great
pleasure in bringing before the
public, the name Of Col. r. f.
Bowen, Of Pickcns County. Col
Bowen is a man whose influence
for good has been widely felt. His
greatly enterprising and energetic
character, should bespeak for him
the full confidence Of our people.
His qualifications for a fine repre-
sentative in Congress are unques-
tionable, and he should receive the
heartiest support Of our people.
Pickens has not yet been repre-
Sented either on our State or Con-
gressional tickets. The time has
come when we ought to have some
showing in these matters, and we
shall advocate the nomination of
Col. Bowen for Congress.
Abbeville has been represented
sufficiently long to concede to a
change. Without disparaging the
merit of other new candidates, we
i
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23
Board of -HeuZth.

An Ordinance was submitted bN the
Honorable Board OF Health, and adopt
ed by the Council and embodied with
the foregoing Ordinances, as follows ::
SECTION |. That on or by the first
day Of June. 1854, all citizens Of the
Town be required to have all privys,
hog-pens, decayiDg matter. either veg
etable or animal. or anything else that
may produce POISONOUS air on their
premises be cleaned or removed.
SEC. 2. That the Town Marshal be
required to inspect the premises Of
each OF the citiZens OF the Town, ac-
companied by one member of the Board
OF Health, once In each month.
SEC. 3. That all citizens failing to
comply with Sec. OF this Ordinance
fifteen days after being notified by the
Town Marshal. their premises will be
put IN the proper sanitary condition at
the expense Of the owner of the lot.
DIR. j. W. EARLE.
Chairman B. OF II.
DIR. Il. j. GILLILAND. Jk.,
Secretary Is. OF IL.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23

Let the people in our county
take up Col. Bowen and carry him
forward and do our part in placing
'him in the position, which he so
truly deserves.
, 1884-05-18

An L gentleman, who has studied
the subject statistically, tells a New York
Sun reporter, that the blondes are gradu-
ally dying out. In one hundred studies
made from women, indiscriminitely, in
1910, he found that the blondes numbered
forty-seven, the mezzotints, twenty-one,
and the decided bruncttes, thirty-two. In
1870 a similar number, picked at random,
showed a ratio of tw~enty-nine blondes,
twenty eight mezzotints and forty-thIee
brunettes. The old g~entlemen's last OBJ
servation was made in 1850, when he dis
covered twenty-thrce pure blondes out of
n hundred women, twenty-five semis
and ffty-two brinettess Previous to 1915,
he says, the tendency was in the contrary
direction, but the large influx of people
from Southern Europe and the %increas-
ingly great number of Jews, together with
the greater persistence of the dark as com
pared with the light color, under the in
fiuence of intermarriage, are responsible
for these changes.
, 1884-05-18
THE CATTLE INDUSTRY.
Live Stock Notes From the Various
Regions.

There are now at the shearing corrals OF
the Wyoming Wool company, across the
river from this city, between 5000 and
5000 sheep, /, 500 OF which have just been
sheared, and yet, up to the present writ
ing, but one has died from the effects Of
storm of yesterday, last night and to-day.
The temperature is very mild; and, the
storm having now ceased, ne losses are
apprehended, save, perhaps, a few lambs.
Boomerang.
Movement in the wool market continues
backward at all points. Buyers and grow
ers cannot meet, Buyers are Indifferent
and the growers confident. In Georgia
nothing is doing. In Texas there lisa DIFF
ference Of tos5 cents per pound between
buyers and sellers, and nothing as yet do
ing. In New Mexico about the same
state of thugs is prevalent and California
follows in the procession Rates for the
new clip can { be quoted here, because, as
a matter Of fact, no purchases have as yet
been made.-Denua NelnS.
w. II. Blore, a gentleman Who operates
a 3,000-acre ranch about nine miles from
Longmont, was in Denver yesterday. The
gentleman is an extensive breeder Of fancy
horses and cattle, and has some as choice
mixed and thoroughbreds as can be found
in the West. He was the tinst man to in