The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-30

John r. Morris, Of Illinois, While Mod.
Rowan. Of West Virginia, Van B. Dye, Of
Arkansas. f&J " i3 s.Ff- .tar
TEXAS had another ieluge Of rain on the
21st. In places the fall ranged from four
to eight inches in twenty -four hours. Sc.
rious washouts occurred. The rain was
accompanied by tornsdoes. gi fH.
y FIFTEEN boys, Of Rarrodsburg, KY.
were poisoned, recently, by eating wild
parsnips. One died and eleven others
were in moro or less critical condition.
The Louisiana Legislature elected James
B. Eustis United States Senator to succeed
Jonas.
AT Freeport, La, John STICKY and vii.
liam White, rivals for the hand Of young
lady, shot each other, both dying. STICKY
received forty-two shot in the bowels and
stomach. sl, 7..-..r,,,i.,,,,. rf.,,gr
/, 1t was believed the humanrsmains found
in soap box at the depot in Chattanooga,
Tenn, were those Of Herman Krouse, muir
dered at st. Adams, VT, by Oscar Meyer.
The Sheriff of Marion County, La, while
attempting to arrest a negro named Tai.
man, was shot dead by the latter. A mob
put rope around the negroes neck and
hanged him TO tree. -af gr.
GREAT damage has been done to prop
erty and crops in Texas by recent heavy
rains and high water.
The elections in Virginia passed of
quietly, and the Democrats were victori-
Gus in almost all the cities. r.rr.li ''.
ELLEr, DEWEY g. Co., of Richmond, Va,
wholesale dry goods, have assigned. Liza
bilities, 500, 600; assets not known. Dewey
thinks he can pay dollar for dollar. Pre-
ferred creditors amount to $1oS,O0O. ,U
II. c. BLANCHARD, coffee merchant Of
Richmond, Va. failed recently.
3. aE GENERAL. ...
THE Premier of the Cape of Good Hope
has declared the Colonial Government
opposed to the settlement by Germany Of
Angra Peguena, and especially the cres.
ton Of a penal colony. rI.-.... .....I H.
ZEBEHR PASHA sent messengers by three
distinct routes to Khartoum to discover
General Gordon's fate. 1t was expected
the messengers would return in August.
HENRY f. GILLIG, President of the Amer.
lean Exchange in Paris, gave dinner re-
Gently to Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor
of ''Liberty Enlightening the World"
THE duty on cattle and sheep has been
doubled by the French Government, and
lie Paris says the French artists will avsngs
the refusal of the United States Congress to
reduce the duty on works Of art. They will,
the paper says, demand that the French
salon exclude the works of American ar
fists. ..-5.f... f...t... r........... ...... ..
IN the second game Of the American La
crosse team in England, the Lancashires
were their opponents. The Americans won
by to O. During the play for second goal
one of the Lancashire men was compelled
to retire from the field on account of injar-
les sustained. .'- ..' ...
Is The five hundredth anniversary of the
death of Wycliffs, the early English re-
foSner and translator of the Bible, was
held in London on the 21st. ..... fN-
A DISPATCH from Berlin says: While q
regiment of infantry were marching across
a bridge Just completed for the purpose of
testing its strength, a portion Of the struc-
ture gave away, precipitating many of the
soldiers and bystanders to the ground and
intothe river. Twenty persons were in
jured, some of them mortally. So
The body of wealthy Englishman
named Falkenbridge, was found in bed at
a hotel in Winnipeg, under circumstances
indicating murder. Did"
MINISTER MORTON has written to Premier
Ferry, of France, denying that the House
of Representatives rejected the bill reduc-
ing the duty on work of arts, or that the
House applauded the vote.
IT was reported the Bank of Montreal
exported eight million dollars in gold to
New York during the recent financial
troubles. -....
MURcIA was the principal city damaged
by the floods in the southeastern part Of
Spain. The roads were rendered impassa.
BILE, bridges destroyed, and travel sus-
pended. Twenty persons were reported
missing. ..
FAILURES for the past seven days in the
United States were 212; in Canada, twenty.
Total, 232-an increase of twenty-three.
LORD ST. LEoNARDs, who was indicted
for indecent assault upon a servant girl in
England, was convicted. Court reserved
Judgment.
The French brig Senorine, with fifty
three passengers and nine of her crew,
sunk to the eastward of the Great Banks.
All persisted. She left st. Malo, France,
on the 9Th of March, laden with a general
cargo, bound for st. Pierre, and succumbed
to gale on the 9th of May. F....
THE LATEST.
A CoUsHATTA, La, special of the 18th
said: The besviest rains OIL record have
fallen here during the past ten days, and
the river is higher than for number of years
Crops are suffering, and hands are unable |
to work. All the creeks and bayous Of !
any consequence are swelling into i'm.
mense proportions, and planters and bust