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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
The Feeble Grow Strong
limited STATES MARSlAI'S SALE.

BY virtue Of writ Issued out Of tho District
Court Of the United Sta, 'p Tor the southern Dis
trCt OF Illinois, in admiralty, dated on Mund " the
18th ny OF August A. D., 1874, will sold at Pub-
lie Sale to the highest and best biider, Tor Cueh,
Rt New Liberty, Pope CounJ,. In Pul Oi tr'Ct, on
the fourth day o September, A. y. hsl between
the hour OF sunset of -ad day and 90 lock A, NJ
the fol owing d, scr bed proport tu-W't!
TIE wreck Ol the cam lun, O.. lie ir, intIud
ing her hOcrs, = eng no digger ,uGinu, doctor,
pump, grltc bIr+, sc to sam havnf hc"p order
ed by rnid court 10 bos,ld. JON A TANNED,
IT, s. Marshall.
Springfield, II - August 18Th, 1881
by II. T., DARWIN,
npuut"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
Very Remarkable Recovery.

Mr.. Geo. V. Willing, of Manchester,
Mich, writes; my wife has been almost
helpless for five years, so helpless that she
could not turn over in bed alone. She used
two bottles of Electric Bitters and is so
much improved, that she is able now to do
her own work."
Electric Bitters will do all that is eli aimed
for them Hundreds of testimonials attest
their great curative powers. Only fifty
cents bottle at Barclay Bros. (2)
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
CHI, AGO MEDICAL COLL GE,

Corner PfHlrio Avenue and Goth : t., Chicago
NJ CdiCnl Department OF
4 he N thwCstcin UniVors y
n. p, DAVl M O., Ill. D., Dcnn
The Go lcpatc wear will begin rpt ~, 1881 and
close March q, 1855, The COutpc Of sttuc,ipn II
grnt ed, Sludcu my divided into first second
and thlrd eur ,ln"sc~. Qun incatu,t for admir'
sion urc either n Degree o \ T.. cert II ntc oiR
reputable Ncudcwy or pr i'm m examination.
he method of u'lruC ION ~ -picnouriy pra =.
rira amt In ntpicd the Ward. OF the Mercy,
81. Luke y and N ,hlrl Reese Hospital di 1T
the beds e th1 ii k. the ,nC IT, err Course
win begin the dIy after q. An ~ Commerce
meut uui q nj ur H. weyls. Foes IN advance =
afr vat IN, $50; BE- 'urG-, 81 30; Den onsir1
l. r, 500 Hoe. ga. MIR 4 ~; II Lux .
500 L.buu or, .D; y phn o. liua,
tXaminr'I'H, R3,.u F'rlarl l-t p o,titi,ug"r'
Course, SaOuO FOR 10 her ul1rnui'n, s'Gr'ra
WAITER BAY, v. o., III D., secretary.
7lji.dl ~ Hto ST., nicap0, ~.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
He Knew When the Bride was Born

A rather curious incident occurred
lately at the Recorders Office. An old,
white-haired darby, leaning on his
cane, poked his head in the door OF
the marriage license department and,
taking, off his hat, said
"Scuse me, boss, but Use looking
for do place whar dey git a license to
marry"
Come in, thon," replied tho clerk;
"you've struck it the first time.
Come on hyar, chillen," the old
man said, reckoning to some one on
tho outside. These ere two wants to
get married, boss, and l came long
WIDEN kase this gal amt got no father
nor mother 'ceptin' me-"
"Iiow old is shep" asked the clerk.
"Shes berry nigh nineteen.
where's her fatherP"
dead, boss"
"And her motherp"
dead, too"
"How do you know she is nineteenp
She looks younger.
How'd l knowp l know kase |
brung her up"
'Where was she bornp"
"Now, femme see; her father died
befo' de war, and she was born just
after Marst' Lincoln was shot"
why, that was four years after her
fathers DEATH"
81 know it, dat's right, boss, she was
born four years after her father died. "
ooh, that can't bep'
But | tell you boss, knows it.
Her mother war living wild my folks
at de time, and it war just four years
after her old man died"
The clerk was stumped, so he called
up Recorder Farrclly to know what no
should do. The old darky failed to DO
shaken in his statement, and as it was
certain that she had father at some
timo the license was granted and tho
three sailed out to find preacher. -
81. Louis Post. Dispatch
Experiments are being made In
Switzerland with freless locomotives,
chemicals giving the motive power.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
An Editors Tribute.

Thereon p. Kcator, Editor of TT. Wayn
Ind, "Gaaete," writes: "For the past five
years have always used DR.. Kings New
Discovery, for coughs of most severe char
acter, as well as for those Of milder type.
1t never fails to effect a speedy cure My
friends TO whom | have recommended it
speak OF It IN same high terms. Iavir Z
been cured by il of every cough have had
for five years, consider 1t the only reliable
and sure cure for coughs, colds, etc" Call
at Barclay Bros Drug Store and get a Free
Trial Bottle. Large size $l00. (2)
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
Hard to Believe.

It's hard to believe that a man was cured
of a Kidney disease after his body was swol-
len as big as a barrel and he had been given
up as incurable and lay at deaths door.
Yet sucha cure was accomplished by Kid
ney Wort in the person of M. NJ. Devereaux
OF Ionia, Mich, who says: "After thirteen of
the best doctors in Detroit had given me up,
was cured by Kidney-Wort. | want every
one to know what boon it is.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30

Life had became burden to L. d. Hill,
of East Montpelier, VT, but the new speci-
tic for rheumatism and neuralgia, made a
new chill of him. He writes: 81 have
been suffering from rheumatism for over
SIX months, and had grown so bad as to
lose all use of my hands ard arms. After
taking a few doses of your Athlophoros the
paiu left me gradually, and the swelling
went away"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30

A letter to the Omaha Bee says; Prl-
vate Suisse, of the Sixth infantry, was
tried for dosertion and sentenced to
seven years in the military prison. He
is shackled with twelve pound irons,
both legs being shackled together in
such way that he can hardly walk.
and he has been so Tor nearly two years
and he is compelled to work aud sleep
with them on. They are never of.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
BuCKlen's ApnIca SaIyp

The Best Salve IN the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles. 1t is guaranteed to give per.
feet satisfaction, Or money refunded. Price
% cents per box. For sale by Barclay
Brothers
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
Cheap Homes in Arkansas and Texas


Along the lire of the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway, Texas aud
Pacific Railway and International and
Great Northern Railroad, are thousands OF
acres of the choicest farming and grazing
lands in the world, ranging in price from
$500 to 5000 and $4.O0 per acre, in a
healthy country, with climate unsurpassed
for salubrity and comfort. Send your ad-
dress to the undersigned for copy of sta.
tistcs of crops raised in Arkansas and Texas
in 1882, and make up your mind to 60 and
see for yourself when you learn that the crop
for 1883 is 80 per cent larger than that of
1882. To those purchasing land owned by
the Company, and paying one-fourth, one
half, or all cash, a proportionate rebate is
allowed formoney paid for tickets or freight
over the Companies lines.
H. c. TOWNSEND, Gen'l Pass. Agt
st. Louis, Mo.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
Stages of the River.

River marked by the gauge at tn
port, at 2l2 p. N. yesterday, 8 feet II
inches. Rise during previous twenty
four hours, 0 foot inch.
Chattanooga, Aug. 29.-River foot 10
inches and falling.
Cincinnati, Aug. 29.-River 4 feet s
inches and rising.
Louisville, Aug. 29.-River 3 feet 9
inches and rising.
Nashville, Aug. 29.-River # inch
and falling.
Pittsburg, Aug. 20.-River 0 foot in
ches and falling.
st Louis, Aug. 29.-River II # inch
es and rising.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
II YOn Dol

lfyou want to sell anything,
If you want to buy anything,
If you want to increase your business,
If you want to hire anyone,
If you want a situation,
If you have a house to rent,
IL you want to rent house,
Advertise in TIE CAIRO BULLETIN.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30

Frank D. MlIot, the "a artist ,,oE w" On M" his
some SoI " IN England, wa, detained 'w s%nv
arriV" hours by the police wn"o oa '"uy
ty-,o ,uim " to SEQ if tho COMPOUND
wduld explode.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
A Fair Offer.

The Voltaic Belt Co., of Marshall. Mich,
offer to send DR.. Dyes Celebrated Votaic
Belt and Electric Appliances on trial, for
thirty days, to men, old and young, afflIct-
ed with nervous debility, lost vitality, and
many other diseases.
See advertisement in this paper.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30

1t is some slight comfort to know
that other nations beside ourselves
sometimes blunder in the construction
of war vessels. Tho Ajax and Aga
memnon of the British navy, which
took nearly eight years to construct,
and cost about s., 100000. are pro-
nounced to be failures Per contra,
private firm on the Thames built an
ironclad of 5000 tons for a foreign
Government in two years, which not
alone embodied all tho latest improve
ments, but cost only quarter of the
amount which has been s1uandered on
thu Ajay and Agamemnon.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30

Quantity and QlaItv In the Dia-
mond Dyes more coloring is given than in
any known dyes. and they give faster and
more brilliant colors. 10c. at all druggist.
Wells Richar lson e. Co., Burlington, Vt,
Sample Card, 80 coIors, and book of direC-
ton for &c. stamp.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
Southern Exposition, Louisville, KY,
August 18th to October 25th,

The Illinois Central X. r. tickets to
Louisville and return Mondays and Tues,
days of each week, at sob. Tickets
good to return on twenty days from date of
sale. Two daily trains leaving Cairo 2:15
a. m. and 3:45 p. IN. A. II. HARMON,
6w Gen. Pass. Agt
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
Announcement.

After August 9th to regular Subscribers
who are not in arrears, The BULLETIN will
be delivered
FOR 90 CENTS PER WEEK,
Payable weekly, or WEEKS Tor One Dollar.
No reduction for payment in advance, but
if subscribers prefer to pay yearly or half
yearly in advance, they can do SO without
extra charge.
The BULLETIN will contain ALL the To-
cal news without fear or favor, and six col
umns Of telegraph news ~ hours in ad-
vance of the St. Louis morning papers.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30

Mr.. Phillip Reichart, postmaster, New
Baden, Robertson CO., Texas, writes that
Mr.. Charles Levine was entirely cured of
rheumatism by St. Jacobs Oil, the great
main cure
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
Weather Report,
Summary of Meteorological Record OF
Yesterday Afternoon fur this
Weather District.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WAX DEPARTMENT,
SIGNAL SERVICE, U. S. A. :
WASHINGTON, AUGU II 80, 1884.

IJIUNNT UNIV INN, . u IN (
WASHINGTON, AuGU 4 80, 1884.
Sky mostly clear. Barometer below 10
except IN spots. Thermometer ranged be-
tween SO and 100. The latter figure VAS
reported from Shreveport, and was the
highest mark reported this summer, in this
district. Rain WAS reported from It.
Leus, OF i; Pittsburgh, 06; Cincinnati, .01 /;
Louisville, OF Chattanooga, IA.
THE BULLETIN thermometer stood as
follows at the different hours OF tue day
given in the diagram below:
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
Legal Blanks Kept Eor Sale

at The BULLETIN office.
Warranty Deeds,
Special Warranty Deeds,
Chattel Mortgages,
Quit Claim Deeds,
Real Estate Mortgage,
Sgpcnas,
Executions, Summons, Vcnire,
Garnlshee Blanks. &c.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30

Hop Plasters are clean, sweet and pleas
hnt to use. Fresh Hops combined with
Balsams and Gums. More powerful than
any other porous plasters % cts. Q2)
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
SPECIAL NOTICES.
For Rent.

A cottage on 10th Street, second door
west of Walnut. Apply to
jt Il. w. WHITIOCK
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30
Letter List.

LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING UNCAuLED
FOR IN THE PosToFFICE AT CAIRO, I'LL.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 80, 1884.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-30

Cairo, IL, Aug. 9th, 1881:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-22
Home Comfort.

Upon the wife and daughter of FAM
liz really depend much of the comfort
and happiness of home. The peace
happiness and harmony of life are
made or marred by what some people
call trivial hings. Is it a trivial thing
20 a man when he comes home wearied
and harassed by the tolls OF the day to-
find a cheerful. neat home, everything
in order, a dainty set tea table, with its
inviting display OF we'll cooked food,
and his wife and daughters arrayed in
their best, with smiles of gladness Oh
their faces to welcome him? No, it Is
not trivial tc him, for his health and
comfort depend, in great measure.
upon his home. Therefore it is very
important that the daughters OF our land
should be trained for good housekeep-
ers. Taught not only to keep a neat
house, but how to cook, for the mis-
tress of house needs great deal Of
knowledge and skill in these duties
atlanta CONSTITUTIONS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-22
PITH AND POINT.
She advertised.
Little Bopeep she lost her sheep,
And diu.a't know were to find EN-;
She advertised. and they came home,
nIa rsriuIr Ir1.ll dallaI.s h.LiL,l ON,

Little Bopeep she 10 It her sheep,
And diu.,'t know were to find 'em;
She advertised, and they came home,
Ora yging gold dollars behind EN-.
philadelphia CdU.
Boys, don't leave the farm" No,
BOYS, Just take the farm right along
when you go anywhere. You will find
it handy if you fail to get situation in
the city. as you probably will.
"A scientific journal dis uses "e rgs
as food" This strikes us q; being
rather sensible idea and produc tive of
much more good than discussing eggs
as bouquets.-OH CITY Blizzard.
-"Good morning, Uncle Jim"
"Good morning." well. you got
your daughter married OF, have youe'
ayes" ideally, Providence smiles
upon YOU" "Smiles. No, bless you.
she snickered right outn'-M Y. Sun.
New Girl-Oh, Missus, there.
the matter with the milk
Mistress Mercy me! What is it? New
Girl-A yellow scum has gathered on
top of it. I'm feared it's spoiled. Mis-
were you brought up?
New Girl-In New YOrrick.. Mistress
l thought so.-PhilGietphiG Cal.
~ am cheost as full ash bag Of
-four" re1 arked an inebriate to a sober
friend. There is difference between
you and sack of flour, however,"
"What ish diderence?" When q sack
is full it can sta d up, but when yo3
are full you can't even lie down on the
ground without holding on. "--ISras
Siftings.
An exchange thinks 1.-The time may
come when the thunderstorm may be-
called upby artificial means" Gomez
Why, bless yoI, it is here. Tie only
artificial means necessary is TO get up
a sunday school picnic. There may be
an occasional failure, but it is about as
r liable as anything on this eper-chang-
ing glob,-save death and tIxes.-
HeraLt.
-'.Is nv shaving agreeable to you,
sr?' locua ious barber ked Gus
TONER whom he had been tlaving alive.
.'Mv wife would admire livery mucn,"
rather indefinitely responded the man
IN er torture ..Ah, said the barber.
with grea: compla eney, ladies are
often excellent judges of their husbands
being well shaved. And YOU think
mine will suit. sir?' .'No doubt of il
in the World. 1t was only this morning
she became angry because told her 1
could not a lord to by her a spring
bonnet and said ought to be skinned
alive The barber lost himself in re-
lection. "-Pittsburgh Chronicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-22
Yellow Fever.

New ORLEANS, La. August 4.-Presi
dent Holt Of the State Board of Health.
was notified by the Marine Hospital Service
that vessel-the British ship Deertield-
was anchored off the mouth of the. river with
yellow fever on board. The Deeriielc
stopped at Havana on her trip out. where
one of the crew died of the fever, and pro
ceeded TO New Orleans. The Captain WAS
at once notified not TO enter the
river, and that if he entered it his vessel
would be detained at quarantine forty days
and not allowed TO discharge her cargo. He
was advised to take the Deerfield to ship
Island. He was, however. still just out OF
the passes, apparently undecided how to
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-22
Brought In.

HOLDEN, Mo-. August 13.-Baily, one Of
the principals in the murder of old man
Hess Oh the 5th inst, was captured and
brought in yesterday. He was well armed,
and surrendered near Rockville, after find
ing escape hopeless. The guilty parties,
three In number, are all in the hands of the
officers, and will be brought to Holden for
preliminary hearing. Baily's appearance
in this city cKeated quite an excitement, and
the officers started almost Immediately for
Warrensburg with the prisoner He would
probably have been introduced to the halter
had he remained in this city few hours. The
feeling is very bitter against him. His cap
tors are Charles Vert and d. S. Wallacs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-22
Shocking Suicide.

PHIIo, Ill. August 14.-Miss Gertrude
I. Boomer who had been a teacher in the
village school for several years, committed
suicide in a most shocking manner. 1t is
supposed that oyerwork unsettled her mind.
Without giving any intimatiOn of her in
tentiOns, she left the room in which her
mother and several other persons We're
seated and, passing out through the
kitchen, entered an Outbuilding in the yard
A few moments later she was discovered
crouched in the building. her hair and cloth
ing sheet of flames. She had thoroughly
saturated her garments with kesosene oil
and applied match. She was horribly
burned, and, although the fire was speedily
extiBguished, died during the night.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-22
a Scoundrel.

p ASHLAND, Wis, August 14.-James
Nagle, keeper of a house of ill-fame at
Glidden, met an eleven-year-Old girl named
Fannie Hoth going to school last Friday,
about one mile from the village Of Glidden.
He dragged her into the woods and ravished
her, threatening to kill her if she told. The
child went home and told her parents what
had happened, aud her father procured .
warrant for Nagle's arrest. Nagle was cap
tured at Glidden Saturday. He was taken
to Butternut for safe keeping. The geatest
excitement prevails there. Threats Of
lynching were heard on the streets and the
officers brought him to this city. He was
brought before Justice Elsner, whes
the girl identified him.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-22
THE LATEST.

THE LATEST.
In San Francisco r, ed. Nj. Zawart, a sa.
loonist, shot and killed d. Halsloop re
Gently and then killed himself.
Hon. JOHN Cool, ex-United States Sen.
ator from South Carolina, died suddenly
in Washington the other day.
GREENvILLE, Texas, was again badly
burned on the 18th. The fire was incen-
surance, S2N,OOO.
THE greater part of the business portion
of Grenada, Miss, was destroyed by fire
on the 10th. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
So, 900.
MISS DORA BUCK, of Lincoln, Neb., sister
to Private Henry, OF the Greedy party, has
telegraphed to the Coroner of Long Island
City to extume the body and make an ex.
animation. . ..E
PITTSBURGH, Pa, was visited recently
by the worst storm of the season. Hail
fell as large as marbles, roofs were blown
off, and several houses struck by lightning
or blown down or demolished.
The proprietor and editor of the IHomp-
sons Bank Note Reporter were arrested in
New York recently, on a charge of black
mailing tie Nassau Bank.
H II. HADLEY, whom John /. Davenport
charged with writing the Morey letter, de-
MED it most emphatically, and threatened
to make disclosures.
A SIx-YEAR-oLD daughter of Lyman
Trumbull, of Illinois, died at Bar Harbor,
Me-, recently. she ran against an earthen
teapot, in the hands of cook, knocking
out the b5ttom with her head, the contents
scalding her badly. The cause of her death
was concussion of the braiu.'
The dead body of G. H. Tyler, Treas
urer OF the Boston Bijou Thea,er Company,
was found in the water at Hull, Mass, the
other day.
ANoKA, Mimi, suffered a very serious
loss by fire on the morning of the 18th.
The total loss amounted to about one mil
lion dollars. Whole streets were swept
away. Washburu s. Co. lost 500, goo in
the destruction of their bank, opera house
and n portion of their saw mills.
COLONEL marbles, of Glen Alice on the
Cincinnati Southern Railway, was killed
by his son. recently. The father was
drunk and attacked the boy when the lat
ter struck him with a clab and crushed his
skull
LIEUTENANT GREELY, in another inter-
view, says he knew nothing about the con-
dition Of Lieutenant Kislingbury's body.
He and Kislingbury were on good terms. II
hey practiced man-ea,inz he did not
NOW it.
GEORGE W. CHIDs, of the Philadelphia
LEDGE. gave dinner at his cottage at
Long B,anch recently to John Welch, Ex-
Minister Ia England, U. 8. Grant and Cen
raj Rome2. Mexican Ministers, were
lmong the guests.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-22
In stoppipp street cars a Boss

In stopping street cars . Boston
woman shakes her book. New York
woman throws her parasol at the
drivers lead, a Brooklyn woman
whistles. a Chicago woman puts her
foot on the track, ST. Louis girl winks
DIT the conductor, a Cincinnati woman
says: "Huha, huha!" and Pitts5usgh
woman paralyzes the horses with .
mile.--h2sburgA Chronicle Telegraph.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-22
BAR HARBoR. Me-, August a..
Congressman Calbertson's trouble

Congressman Culbertson's trouble
recalls the fact that in all the history Of
Congress suicide attaches alone to Ken
lucky. Elijah Hise, who was a candi-
cate for reelection rc che House at the
time, shot himself at home in fit of
dependency, and ex-Speaker Of the
House John White killed himself upon
being accused of having "crib5ed" the
brilliant valedictory which he delivered
upon leaving the chair, and which the
press and the public had greatly praised.
-ChicaQO Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-22

during the cyclone in February
last a calf belonging to George W. Sim
son had one of its legs broken. MIR.
Stinson tried his surgical skill upon the
broken limb and succeeded in cutting
off the broken limb and curing it. He
then attached a wooden leg to the stub.
and reports that the calf has as good
use of itself now as is had before the
injury. -EGtonton lGdl MESSENGER.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-22
A WEEKS NEWS.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
WASHINGTON NOTE.

II, A NUMBER of bank presidents have writ
ten to the Postmaster-General asking him
b exclude the Thompson Bank Note and
Commercial Reporter from the mails. As
sistant Attorney General Freeman said the
Postmaster General had no power to pro-
tt-ct bankers from this sheet
The Chief Signal Officer has secured con-
sent for the Postmaster General to hoist
the cold-wave flag on post-office buildings
throughout the country to signal for the
benefit of farmers and others the approach
q of cold waves The flag is white with black
. center. uit
Z The Indian Bureau will send special
agent to the Indian Territory to learn the
opinions of the majority of the Kiowa,
Wichita and Comanche Indians, relative
TO leasing their lands to cattle men. 1t
was understood by the Indian Commits
sioner that the majority of the Indians op
pose the lease