The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-08


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newspaper. Il
REPRESENTATIVE CULBERTsoN, Of Ken
lucky, who attempted suicide in washing.
ton, was reported better, with hopes Of his
recovery.
THE EAsEIgIDi9 gITEl#
A PRIZE fight CAMP off in Irving Hall,
Cleary, of New York, and Jack Burk, an
Englishman. 1t resulted in draw.
IT was reported that James r. Keene's
estate at Newport had been sold to Mr..
Fiske, of New York, tos-S So. OOa. ---s..-'a-a-i
FIVE of the Salvation Army of Bridge
port, Conn, were sent to jail for four days
recently for violation OF the city ordinance
by parading on Sunday.
GOVERNOR CLEyEsAND. was formally
notified of his Nomination BY the Demo
Gratis for the Presidency at Albany, N. Y,
on the 18th. w. F. Villas made the intro
ductory speech, when the address was
read by the Secretary of the. Notification
Committee. Governor Cleveland replied,
expressing his sense of the honor and of
the responsibility involved.
THE Republicans of Maine are preparing
10 celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of
ehe birth of that party at Strong, in Frank
lin County, where the Wings, Free-Soilers
and Independent Democrats united in con-
vention and the next year swept the State.
BEATTLE g. BRoTHKRs, wool merchants Of
Philadelphia, have assigned to Samuel
Lee. Liabilities, $4,000. The firm re.
fused to make statement.
On the 3Oth, at the Grand Union Hotel,
Saratoga, N. Y, Thomas A. Hendricks was
waited upon by the Notification Com
mittee and formerly notified of his nomi-
nation by the National Democratic Con-
vention to the Vice-Presidency of the
United States.
PAUL STEVENS, aged eighty-seven, of
Washington, ID. c., died recently at Cam
den, Me. He was Librarian of the House
of Representatives under Lincoln and
Grant. Since then he had been q claim
agent at Washington.
ROYAL PHELPS died at his residence in
New York on the 30th. He was seventy
seven years of age.
Mr.. BLAINE was reported busy on his
book. He was forced to secure the aid of a
stenographer, his time being greatly en-
croached upon by callers, social duties and
correspondents.
VENTURoLI, the once famous danseuse,
was arrested in New York the other day
for begging in the street, and was sent to
the work house for six months.
TIE shareholders of the wrecked Marine
Bank, of New York, have appointed COM
1nittee to confer with the Comptroller of
the Currency to ascertain the condition of
the bank. The committee will also report
as to the expediency of proceeding against
the directors.
OLD MOTHER MANDELBAUM, charged at
New York with receiving stolen goods,
says that she is the victim of police perse-
-cution and is used by them as catspaw to
further some schemes they have in hand.
Mrs. Mandelbaum is said to have amassed
prodigious wealth dealing in stolen goods.
-lsASxUMBER of coupons of the Pittsburg,
Cincinnati & St Louis Railway seven per
cent. bends were stolen from Henry Day,
iat- New York recently. Payment was
stopped. Fa1.HH'ft i9gS u. siTa3
.ssAsRw days ago, at New York, Horace
Merrill, an old farmer, complained to the
police that he had been robbed of $4,000.
A. little time afterwards he again COM
planned that he had been robbed, this time
of $4,000. 1t was then found he was under
the influence of liquor ..sa b. .s.tg.a
I RUFUS CoNNERs, serving twenty-three
years term for series of daring burglar
atiary througha broken window recently.
usCoLoNKL G. ID. WARiNa was sentenced
IN Long Isisnd City recently to fifteen
years in the penitentiary and a fine Of
$4,000 for killing his brother in-law. 49,
~ ~ ABour 70,o ee bushels of No. 2 red winter
wheat were found musty and out of condi-
ton in the Commercial Wharf, New York,
recently. -.
THE members * the Democratic Notifica.
tion Committee were qbanqueted by the
.Nanhsttan Club ut New York; dpiE
q THenAs DIczsog, President Of the Della
~are & Hudson Canal Company, who had
seeen i'll for some days, died at Morffstown,
n. l., on the 31st. isiTs 11risItt .4s&-rAs.t
. 1T was reported that a very serious rail.
road war was prevailing between New
York and Buffalo, Though carried on in an
sfregular way. s.A.'i.. .''.-'' .' -i''tl'
A sfAREIdNG story vas in circulation at
Philadelphia that the crew of the Julia
Baker, from New York te Point au Petrie,
lad murdersd their captain and were try
ing to sell theship and cargo The crew
were arrested at Key West Fla, and held
for Developments. gss.s .s..s,t-sfs4gF
A FIRE in the Wanamaker furniture fac.
tory at Philadelphia receu1y, caused .
loss of 500, 900. vii t.s,s.,'iI Ia,
JENNIE BARTLETT. of Boston, a beautiful
gTl, who was infatuated with a policeman,
killed herself with earbolie acid because he
failed TO keep an appointment
TEE Greedy survivors arrived 81 Ports
mouth, n; r., on the 1st. They wer,, most
cordially welcomed. The interview be-
tween Greedy and his wife and mother was
very affecting. Greedy was improving, in
health, but was still suffering from weak
ness, although he was erect in his walk as
ever Secretary Chandler promised pro
snotion to the returning survivors, Of the
re1pedhior. -. sFsz shAN gsfkE
ssrAT Narragansett Park races ON the Ist. |
JRgE&yefee trotse<1 mile in 2:1e, beating
- 0k record Of Maud s., which hereto
lore ranked as the fastest time on record, |
ssTHREE1 children of James Burgess, of |
Grindstone ISLAND, River Sc Lawrence,
were buried seeently while playing under
n BANK and an killed. They were dead
when found. 49,
AssfssAsT-PosrnAsrrR Carr, Of Boston. /
summoned to Albania, Ga, to participate |
iR9he trial of Chief Rnst-ofRoe Inspector |
af5ier, charged viii slabsslement while |