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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04
PITH AND POINT.

The ancientS could beat us to deatf
painting pictures; but look at Ourtrames
/ -BaptiSt Weekly.
When n poor widow finds load OF
wood lett e. atuitOusly at the door. she
can conclude that she mas struck a ten
, der cho' d somewhere.
YES" he said. Its easy enough
to see that it's lie. But the difficulty
is to dcte' mine whether it WAS intended
to be believed or not."-DctrOt Post.
A Chicago philosopher has beer
creatures. The oyster, of course. IL
shells out well and pans out delightful
ly.-N. L. Hcra'd.
tome. little one, you're only full
filled half Your cOntract-yOu promised
to play four tunes and YOU have PLAYED
but two" Which fills the bill, nv
cavalier, for tune two are four, yor
know. "-Erchange.
A Young woman who was married
three months ago was asked how she
was getting along with the mysteries
Of housekeeping. "'Oh, I'm learning
very fast. Why, would you believe it p
she exclaimed, Il hemmed whole
towel myself in six hours Yesterday. =
EoS,Ou lost.
A man makes al awful row if hi:
wife takes his razor to trim little maze
on her little toe, or sharpen 4 lead zen
ell; but he thinks it is all right and
scoffs at her if she shrieks her feeble
protests when he takes her little en-
l,rnT cos n ont toll
phone wire. N. L. Mail.
How much do you think YOU car
get along on. my son? | want to allow
YOU enough to make decent appear
ance in society. but yet Twill not coun-
tenance ext avagance. Just my
idea. dad; think, say. about SO {
year and-er- expenses. YOU know.
would be about the thing. "-B0st0h
Transcript.
LET NE see" said the Young mar
Saturday evening a. he was going home
from his work; 'my wages is -. ker
get horse and buggy tomorrow anC
take my girl out r.din' for -. Thai
leaves -. | ken get along with SLOT
for S,cndin' money and will haze fifty
rents left to give mot ier for board. II
90. -Ciic"go Rcrc'd.
The old saw about the Jolly o wis
dom when igncran is bliss has just
been enforced by an old lady, who
speaking Of a Young man rather def
cicnt in brains, who had just reached
his twenty-tirSt birthday. said: oh.
dear; how bad poor George would feel,
if he We're bright, to think that he doesn't
know any more than ne does. ~. y
GTUahi".
-.'Beg Yer pardon, but do Yer think
| can find buffalo in New York; in
CURED Il Nath'l Wrinkle looking got-ur
If an American fellow pas
sengcr on the steamship. Buffalo in
New York? Certainly, only about iJC
miles from the city at the end OF the
Central Railroad ''Ah. yes, thank
yer; fcller down in the cabin just now
said there wasn't one thin two thou
sand miles New York, yer know. Can't
fool an old sportsman, yer know, With
that sort of CANNON. ~. Y. News.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04
THE WEST.

PROF. A. J. MANNETT, of Marietta, Ohio,
was recently elected Chancellor of the
Nebraska State University, which has been
without head for two years.
THE heaviest snow storm for years &C.
Cured in Central Illinois on the 22d.
A LARGE meeting of Democrats and Re-
publicans was held recently at Salt Lake
City for the purposes of indorsing Presi-
dent Arthur's recommendation of Legis-
iative Council for Utah; also for the pur-
pose of endorsing Governor Murray's stand
tor laws tor good government. The meeting
was addressed by leading men, and strcng
resolutions passed. The country was ,p-
pealed to to sustain the President and the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04
THE SOUTH.

AhD SOS Ahs
WHILE family named Gray, consisting
of man, wife and two children, and two
middle-aged ladies from Illinois, were
crossing Petit Jean Creak, near Paris, Ark,
recently, they were swept away by the
swollen stream and all drowned.
AT Pine Bluff, Ark, the superintendent
of a gang of convicts, was found guilty of
whipping prisoner SO severely as to cause
death, and was sentenced to the peniten-
t:ary for twenty-one years.
The other night, as the collector of the
First National Bank of Nashville (Tenn.)
was going to the post-office with the days
mail, he was assaulted as he passed his
own gate and beaten on the head with a
large stone, the assailant securing the bag
with the mail and disappearing in the
darkness.
ABOUT eleven O'Clock the night before
Christmas Henry Pferfer, Wright McLe-
more and Thad McLemore We're taken from
a saloon at McDade, Tex, by fifty well
armed masked men, carried a mile into
the brush and hanged to a tree. The men
were under arrest for horse stealing and
other crimes. The next day six men,
friends and relatives of those hung, went
to town and provoked quarrel with some
of the men supposed to be engaged in the
hanging. A fight ensued, during " hich two
of the six, Jack Bayley and Asa Bavley,
We're killed, and third, Howard Bayley,
badly wounded. A young man named
Griffin, was also mortally wounded.
A STREET fight took place at Allendale,
:. c., on Christmas, in which two persons
were killed and five others wounded. John
Hudlett, Marshal of the town, Evan and
Joyce Strange and others, had an alterca-
cation with Frank Weaver and Ulry Mid
dleton, in which the two Stranges were
wounded. Returning from this fight, which
was carried on until Weaver and Middle
ton got nearly out of town, they met l.. B.
and Frank O'Bryan and Gus Allen return
ing from dinner party, when one of the
Strange boys insulted them. A general
row ensued, sticks, knives and pistols
being freely used. Evan Strange and Tom
Hudfett were killed outright, the two John
Hudletts severely wounded and the two
O'Bryans slightly.
MISS STEVENSON, a young lady living
near Bastrcp. La, was accidentally shot
and killed Christmas day by young man
named Kitchen.
GENERAL MCKENZIE, commander of the
Department of Texas, has been temporarily
relieved of command on account of nerv-
Gus prost-a.iDn and mental depression,
and it is stated his condition is such as TO
lead his friends to send him to the Military
Insane Asylum at Washington. During
the war he was twice severely wounded
and had much nervous trouble which af-
fccted him for years. His friends fear
that should he recover from his present
mental prostration he will be incapacitated
for active service,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04
A WEEKS NEWS.
by Telegraph and Mail
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Senate met on the oath and only
transacted executive business. 49,. The Speaker
laid before the House a message from the
President, transmitting the report Of the
Secretary of State and papers relating to the
trial, conviction and execution of the late
Patrick ODonnell. The Speaker announced
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04
FORGED INSTRUMENT.

One whose name has been forged to
a negotiable instrument MAJ maintain
an action against an indorsee of such an
instrument to compel its surrender on
n release therefrom, and the courts
Ecve equitable jurisdiction to grant
such relief.-Hardy ct al. VS.. Brier, Su-
rreme Court of Indiana.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04

-" Washington" remarks a promi-
nent society leader at the national cap
ital, sis every year growing more at
tractive to persons of means, and it will
soon be the center of American art, sci
ence, literature and fashion, as it now
Is the political center.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04

Thomas then turned and picking up a stick
hit his brother over the head, inflicting in.
juries from which he died during the night.
jeff. was twenty-three years of age and
Thomas thirty. Both were stock traders
and well to do. The trouble is said to have
grown out of business relations.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04

One Canadian firm has sent eleven
tons of frogs legs to New York thi,
season.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04
ALTERED NOTE.

When in suit on promissory note
1t is adiudoed 10 be void because it had
been altered in material part, the
holder of the note can recover on the
original consideration paid for the note
without returning or Offering to return
lt-Eckert VS.. Iickel, Supreme Court
of Iowa.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04
VERBAL. PRDNISE..

A verbal p omiSe Of \ to ,ndcmn fv
Is for %ivinm So 'uri fore. not a
promise t, pay III" debt of third per,
son, hut Is an ORIGINAL prom and
need no. be II WI ting TO enable the
promise" II rrcoy,I a ~ SUM becoming
..'r'' 20 him tl,reundcr.--n rHitt -.
Bickford, Supreme ourt o, New Hamp-
shire
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04

shareholders of National Bank are
liable until Il transfer o their shares Is
made on Tie books of the bank. \ trans
fer of shares after the bank has become
insalIcnt can not be- constt ued tn release
the Sharcholde from liability To- the
creditors OF the bank Irons. ENccu-
tor, etc. vs.. Manufacturers Nat. Bank
of Chicago, L. :. Cir curt. \. ID. Ii.
linOis.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04
PAYABLE.

shares Of StOcH in q III n,ng corpora.
ton whose principal Office is in Cal for
MIA ani whose eutir" property is in an
other state. are, when held by citizens
OF California. taxable in that state, a.
though the corporation is obliged t"ray
taxes on its property in the other state.
San Francisco ". Fry, Supreme
(.,Mrt of California
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-11
Plennrn Council work.

CLEVELAND December l0.-The Press.
this afternoon published the following
concerning the third plenary council
lately held at Baltimore. At recent
meeting # archbishOps of America in
Rome, suggestion with reference TO the
election Of bishops was made and was
acted upon a. Baltimore. Heretofore, a
the demise Of bishop, the vacancy
was filled in this manner: ht bishops 0f
the province would meet and select three
names for the biShopric and forward
them to Rome, with endorsements, 10
each digHisSumUS (mOSt worthy dtdittOH
(mOre worthy and digHus (wOrthy).
and in most cases the candidate recon-
mended as diqHisvunaS would be chosen.
The propaganda authorities supervise
these episcopal appointments and the
disciplinary government of the
church, but the final approval comes
from the Holy Father himself.
A decree was adopted at the late
pienary council, that. hereafter,
new mode of electing bishops viii take
place. Heretofore, the bishop of the
diocese had full power to remove Il
priest from parish, and the priests had
no voice whatever in the selecting of the
candidate Tor blSheprie. Hereafter, each
0lshOp Will appoint court of consultOrs.
composed Of six priests of his dlucese.
Inc court of priests will be ire 70. ovable.
lhey WI nave power to try cases with
we OlSh6p, and each member will hold
ms very important office for life. Be
sues TINS Upper cent. of the priests Of the
uloceSe designated by the bishOD will be
mace rectorS, and their pastorate shall
De Lremovable. After being selected
the bishop will be poWerless t. remove
them, except for cause. After trial. in
'ie selection OF COnSultors. the blshop
may choose from among the rectors or
llay dPLeiht other priests, but whoever
ar gfe appointed, they remain as such for
III; Ae new mode of eleclng a bishop
~ WHl OS az follows: On the demise OF
eila' algniTary, the rectors and con-
sulIorS oil the diocese will meet and
SEM ulree names to Rome. Then, if
tne bishops Of the province object to
:, or more OF the names on the priests
i!St' the bishops can forward the objec-
IONS, OF, Il they choose, can make up
81 entirely different list and send to
nome. Rome then passes on the whole
DuI rev cases could arise on
y, Mhieh bishops of the province would he
!I I. TO interfere with the will of the
l press IN the diocese in the appoint
u.e!lt ol Their own bishop. This
- - S'ei.i attaches great Importance
10 the position of re, tor or
SohsuItator The bishops are said tn
nave concluded that in each province
they Will throw their united sn6n ,Cr NJ ;1
favor Of one of the Catholic nanerS y, ~
the provinces. 1t is also said that tba
bishops OF the United States deS;re i 20
see two Catholic daIlieS established On
at New York, the other at CHICAGO TIL.
reason perhaps, why the above has NOT
appeared in the Catholic papers is The
GGencacy Of giving the news of tbe
Council before its work is author;fs-
liVeiy me- 1e public. The information i
Denied from authentic sources.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-11
Texar& Pacific Directors.

PHILADELPHIA, December 10.--John
a. Wright, chairman of the committee
of Philadelphia bondholders of the
Texas & Pacific Railroad company. has
issued an address To the bf ndholders.
stating that the committee has had cor
respOndence with Jay Gould, Pre- ident
of the company. IN reference 10 the
reimbursement of the financial affairs of
that company and the various propO-
sitions for such adjustment have met
with heapproval OF the committee ard
been aSse ted 70 by Mr. Gould. The
address gives theplan proposed. which
includes the election as the next
meeting of stockholders, of the follow
ing director, eight nominated by Gould
and eight by the committee, on the
18th: George Roberts, President OF
the Pennsylvania railroad, {haVing beer
selected by mutual agreement);
John A Wright, john Markoe, James
p Scott, Charles o. Baird, John c.
Bullet. Isaac J WiSter J. Y. Hutchin-
sen, William WusOr. Jay Gould, r s.
HAYES, Russell Sage, T. T. Eckert.
George j. Go Id, T. L. Alnes, \. L. Hop
llins, john c. Brown AMI George B.
ROOerIS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-11
SANITARY SUBJECTS.
, Conference in Washington
on the Matters.
rpe pLEXARY COUNCIL WORK.
-dsraus Black Robber-Te&as
= - =. directors WiIkinson's
Failurs- Trouble ia Dakota
1870 sanitary Conference.

m
,r..,,s .rox. December T. At d
.a-.,oa Of heath officers, Drs. storm
Gun p,be and Raymond, the commit
u, . Iiirsctsn-s appointed 4; tne
=. I'm, convention presented an IN
- renorton that subject. in which
p'' I'D mat most of the Weil-adYer-
II y 'd,sinfectants now on the market
IlS''' ..,'rsliable and defective. States
a'e III. ,y-r, Chen called Ia Their order
an -...,,,ts stafing the Sani' airy condl-
10 .,.,a regulations, ana what epecla
''- ..-,.r...ioD was being made IN each
Plti;rr to resist and restrict cholera
~ ra,,nr,s. 50 far as made, gave 4
! He .',.i-srv survey of che several
I'm the course of his report Tor
TIy1,t,,.,c DIR. Mccormack referred in
Irei,'..I.,Ilv 10 the epidemic disease re-
cently prevailing IN the mountains Oh
~ o.,.Tarn portion of that State and
V;ryinia. and stated that competent
'.liT1,,.,I inspertors had been sent by the
Ct hoard Of health OF Kentucky 10
"a, rod district to investigate
49, outbreak. HIS (McCOrmaek'>) in
,-r,.,.,Ioa. indicated IN tie news 50 tar
-oas,yed from that locality, was that
tbor. was some eXaggeratiOn. When,
hn,rever he should receive the report
tro,n the inspector, and should have
bod an ANALYSIS made of the water TO
.rbicb the disease was attributed, he
rr,rIl5 bt able to speak more confidently
an tbe subject. After receiving reports
frorn about eleven States the conference
adjourned until tomorrow.
Members of the conference had an
audience with the President this after
moon Al which Secretary FreinghuyseD
u.s. nre.enr. Erastus Brooks, president
of the conference, made an address, in
which he thanked the President for the
interest he had taken in matters relating
IN the public health, and expressed the
hone that he would aid them in accom-
nlishing the objects of the conference.
The President replied briefly, saying
thai he and. the Secretaries of
State and the Treasury were
at present considering the subject
Of the imnortation OF rags from infected
ports. and hoped committee might be
anpdnted at the conference to confer
with theni OH the subject. In the
course of infOrmal talk. Secre 'arv Ere
Tugbuysen remarked that he thought
the best place for diSinfecting rags was
the port Of EXPORT. Brooks replied that
E majority of the delegates were Of the
same opinion. Arrangements were
made for further consultation on the
subject. between Secretaries EreIng-
huysen and McCuIIOch ana the com
miitees OF federal legislation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-11
Trouble IN Dakota.

FARGO, D. T.. December TO- This
evening Colonel Tyner. of the Govern
or's staff, of this city received an order
from Governor Pierce to order out the
Guards. and have them ready to leave
on a special train over the Fargo South
ern at 6 am. tomorrow, for Redtieid,
where trouble is reported over the county
seat matter. a special will arrive from
Bismarck with the Governors guards,
and. with a part of both the companies
of Fargo, proceed to Sphinx County, in
the morning. Much excitement exists.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-11
All the Rage.

To captivate the popular taste and
surpass all previous efforts to please the
palate. requires no small amount of
knowledge and no little skill, and when
we remember that the very agreeable
liquid fruit remedy. Syrup of Figs, IS as
beneficial to the system, as ii is accept
able to the stomach, We readily under
stand why it is the universal faTorite as
a cure for Habitual Constipation and
other ills arising from a weakness, or
inactive condition of the Bowels. Kid
news. Liver and Stomach. Sample
bottles free and large bottles for sale by
al Druggists. Z. c. NJ. l. Drug store
Wholesale agents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-11
Mutuer..us s.lnrL Rnhher

LITTLE Rock. Ark, December IO.-In
Lincoln County, Monday, Joel Thorn
burg a prominent planter, heard a noise
%hlle passing Theodore Smiths resi-
9ence. lie Apr .ached. and while Ioot-
ing through the window MAS shot
IL 'he breast by d negro who was roh-
ping the house. The negro then weHt
10 lanes Wilkes near by. r,bhine
j also About shutdown he wao
captured IN he woods by off
zenS' and on attempting to eScane
before rea>..iGg the iail t., Til, .itv i ;
was shot dead Thornburg viii re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-11

SYRACUSE, December I0.-rhe failure
of Wilkinson & Co bankers, for $500,0tO
has created good deal Of excitement
in this city. The firm made assignment
to Charles E. Hubbelr. Among the de-
posters were the City OF Syracuse,
1920 coo; County of Onondaga, $l6, 600;
$4,000. 1t is thought that speculation
in stocks was the cause of the failure.
Alfred Wilkinson, member of the
Stock Exchange, is said to have lost
over 500 900 in stocks. He was a special
partner in stock brokers firm which
failed The firm six wears ago, was re-
ported to be worth $500 600.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-11
.Ohn Bros.
Our Entire Stock Of
CLOARS ~ WR - PS
Has BEEN MARKED DOWN
And lot of Ladies Walking Jackets 70
IS cents on the dollar.

Mise listers at cost. La, les Felt, Fan
mel and Quilted Skirts and our entire stock of
Shawls tail new, A 1 COST.
Fifty pairs l0-4 Grey Blankets worth 81 90.
TO be sold at $2;75. Fifty pairs ia heavy
Grey Blankets, worth s. 90. to be sold at $3.50.
Fifty pairs Ia extra heavy Oregon Blankets,
worth $3.50 reduced to $3.50. twenty-five
pairs 104 heavy White Blankets, former
price $500, reduced tO.$4 %. Twenty-Five
pairs Ia heavy White California blankets,
former price $500, duce to $3.50. Thirty
pairs IA extra heavy California. Blankets,
former price 5000, reduced to $500.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-29
GAS, OIL AND ELECTRICITY.
The Electric Light Not the Best for l.Irh
lnuses.

The Electric Light Not the Best for l,IeI,t-
Houses.
The London Standard, in a recent TO-.
sue, says; The remarkable experiments
with regard to the relative values of oil
gas and electricity as light house n,
past been in progress ON the South Fora-
land, have already reached an imnortnn,
stage, which affords some Indication nr
the nature of the forthcoming rrnort oc
tho Elder Brethren of the Trinitv
House. 1t has been found that Inv means
OF concentric lenses light nearly no
powerful as the electric light can he OH
tanned without the same risk of failure
ana ~ comparatively small cost. The
question of lighthouse illuminn.
tloh ~ ono which can only
be decided by practical experiment.
anu no experiments could well be more
searching ana thorough than those
which are being carried ont under M "
direction of the Trinity House commit.
tee. Not only is the penetrating mower
OF the various lights being Observed
from number of stations situate nj dif
ierent distances on land and at the yari-
Gus coast guard stations within the focal
area, put the Trinity yacht Argus Is en-.
gagged IN making series of very impor.
tant observations from the Ghannrl
whlle results are being noted on hoard
the Gull and Varne lightships.
The public will awaitwith anxious h,-
terest the verdict of the Elder Brntbra,
in the hope that it will DO the means "f
avoiding those disasters of which il 10
notorious that lighthouses are com.
monty the cause. 1t il an open secro,
th9t very large proportion Of our fixed
lights are positive source of dnngor
nom their want of distinctive cbaracier
Although the present experiments nre
pelhg made with view chiefly 10 dotnr-
i,iillnihS INC luminosity of the various
ilSntN, " Is 10 he hoped that before tho
INJURY Is terminated there will be "A
iul investigation into the merits oi
lashlhS ana revolving lights. MANY
experts doubt the practirabilitv ~
making the "dot and dashr system gor n
eral, aud colored lights have boon al
most universally condemned. hcrana,
Of the difficulty of distinguishing them
rom tho side lights of passing Vessels.
but more are no two opinions as 10 iho
necessity Tor giving lighthouses an nm
ihiStaNAnlN distinctive character.
Tho Board of Trade hnyo doio,,,o1
tlleir unl!oS wit regard to this question
TO the Trinity House, and this h a hone
iul sign that some practical rosult Nm
be forthcoming. As the leading ught.
house authority In tho United kingiom
tho Trinity House possesses Tho bnsI
possible machinery for making such
an inquiry, and the COMMITTEES of nracti'
cal and distinguished seamen who
are entrusted with tho duty of MAKING
inc report are peculiarly uunliiieJ FIR
such task. Indeed, the Trinity Honse
occupies an almost UNIQUE position
among official bodies, and il Is distin.
guished for discharging its multi(arions
duties with a thoroughness and do.
red tape. '''"'uu Win