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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-03-20
THE LATEST.

THE Canadian Government was reported
considering scheme TO fit out an armed
schooner to watch the fishing grounds of
the maritime provinces and prevent Amer
lean fishermen from taking fish in Cana
dian waters.
PULASKI, TENN, was visited by ter
rible fire the other night, burning several
houses. Loss, So, 600; insured for $4,000.
Three men sleeping over saloon were
burned to death. Two were drummers
from other points. Their namos are un-
known.
REVENUE raiders had prisoners recently
In hotel at Highlands, Ga, near the
North Carolina line, when a rescuing party
of miners attacked the hotel, and William
Ramsey was shot and killed. The raiders
were not hurt.
The British steamer Standard sailed for
London January 81 and has not been heard
from, and is supposed to be lost.
ZoBEHR PAsHA was recently arrested at
Alexandria and his house searched. A doc
ument was found proving his completely
with the Mahdi. Zobehr Pasha is the per-
son whom General Gordon asked to be
made Governor of Khartoum.
THE clearinghouse returns for week
ended March II showed an average de-
crease of I42
A TIGHT-RoPE walker going by the name
of Leoni, fell from a cable stretched across
a street at Stockton, CAL, the other day,
and broke his neck.
The Vandalia line on the 10th reduced
the New York passenger rate from st.
Louis to S1l, another cut of 81.
FRANK BoNHAM, who was accused of
numbering his mother, brother and sister
at Radical City, Kan, on the Sd of Febru-
airy last, was lynched at Independence,
consequent upon the Judge granting
change OF venue, which incensed the peo-
pie very much.
The Governors of Kansas and Missouri,
together with the Railroad Commissioners
OF both States, had a conference with the
officials of the Missouri Pacific on Sunday,
March u, at st. Louis, with reference to
the prevailing railroad strikes. After con-
sultation it was agreed to concede to the
strikers all that was demanded-namely,
the restoration of :',e old rate of wages
and also, in future, 10 give thirty days no.
tice before altering the rate of wages
paid railroad men. The strike on the
Wabash system continued, and at Spring.
field, Ill, the strikers were stopping freight
trains in the usual manner.
IT was stated in London on the 18th that
Bismarck, since the amicable settlement of
the recent troubles with England, was
using his whole influence with Russia to
avert war.
NEAR Huntington, Pa, two unknown
Italians while working on the railroad
were run over and killed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-03-20

The only country where labor is
anxiously wanted Just now is along the
River Plata in South America. a Won
derfully rich country, with a salubrious
climate and Offering great opportuni-
ties. The Buenos Ayres Standard says:
Notwithstanding the enormous influx
OF immigrants there is great and
pressing demand for hands. 1t is no
exaggeration TO say that if the arrivals
last year had teen two hundred thou
sand not one of them would now be un-
employed. In fact, some of the crops
in the upper provinces are lost for want
of hands. Only last week some hun
dreds of new arrivals refused two dol
lars a day and beef rations, which is
double what they could earn in the
United States
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-03-20
Attempted Murder ana Suicide.

New YORK, March "a few pedestrians
passing the junction of Division avenue
and Hooper street in Brooklyn at eleven
O'Clock last night were startled by the sound
of three pistol shots, fired in quick success
sion, and woman's screams. An officer
ran to the spot and found Susanna Geiser,
pretty Young brunette, lying on the side
walk. She was nearly exhausted from loss
of blood. She had been sho: by her
lover, Valdine Hoefner, painter, of No. 90
Devoe street, twice in the right shoulder
and once in the left breast In another
moment the fourth report was heard short
distance away. Here Hoefner was found
with bullet il his brain. He was dead
when reached. The girl was removed to
St GATHERINGS Hospital, where she told in
a faint voice that HOefner pressed his atten-
tons upon her, but had been repulsed.
Susanna lives with her uncle on Deyoe
street. 1t is thought that the wound in
her breast will prove fatal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-03-20

Georgia Railroad struck on the 18th. The
strikers were members Of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, and they said the
cause of the strike was the unjust discharge
of three members.
AT Nashville, Tenn, the jury in the case
Of . criminal libel suit against the Erening
Banner brought in verdict of guilty and
imposed the nominal fine of ifty-one dol
lars. The libel suit grew out of publica-
tions concerning the penitentiary and the
management Of convicts. The Banxsr ap-
pealed.
GOVERNOR LOWRY, of Mississippi, com.
muted the sentence of William Hardin, to
be hanged March IA, to Imprisonment for
life.
AT Montgomery, Ala, recently, Joe
West (colored twas hanged privately in the
Jail yard. Only the Sheriff, his deputies,
the doctors and three others required by
law were present. West admitted his
guilt.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-03-20

ture, and bad debts. The manuscript Of
ssIn the Ranks" was sold for 500; "Free-
DOM" . spectacular drama, brought 81.
Messrs. Brooks & Dickson had paid 5000
for it. The sale brought about $500.
SUPERINTENDENT SNowpEN, Of the
United States mint Of Philadelphia, stated
he had received over $1,000 trade dollars
since March A, and that letters from the
holders of coin in various parts OF the
country were pouring in upon him.
AT Washington, Pa, judgments aggre-
eating $4,000 were entered against Irwin
Kramz, drover.
A. D. CooKK's furniture factory above
Easton, Pa, together with saw mill,
boiler house and 200, 900 feet Of lumber was
destroyed by fire recently. Loss, $4,000;
insurance light.
Pools thermometer works and Mastin's
fax factory at Oswego, N. Y, burned the
other morning. Loss on building, 5000;
insurance, $500. POOLS loss, $4,000; In
surance, $16,5O0.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-03-20

An unusual occurrence is reported
by jackson Miller. who lives near Bur-
lington, VT. A portion of his farm, to
the extent of an acre, has SINK over
thirty feet. The surface is depressed,
but it retains nearly its normal appear
ance. The earth upon all sides of the
depression is almost perpendicular, and
the tops of trees that went down can be
reached by persons standing upon the
brink. The theory is that springs un-
dermined the ground, and the effect of
the frost caused it to sink.-Iroy Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-03-20
WASHINGTON NOTES.

BROADER General Delos B. Sackett,
Senior Inspector General of the United
States Army, died on the Sth at his resi-
dence in Washington.
YOUNG GRESHAM, for his assault on Gihon
at Washington recently, was sentenced to
sixty days in Jail and one hundred dollars
fine. The case was appealed.
THE Washington Star says that Secre-
fary Bayard has taken steps for the formal
withdrawal of all treaties pending in the
Senate. This left the Senate nothing to do
but to pass upon the nominations.
SECRETARY LAMAR has issued an order
suspending any further patents of lands to
the New Orleans & Pacific Railroad, 9TH
erwise known as the backbone railroad.
THERE were some fears at Washington
on the 10Th that the proclamation of Bar
rios, relating to Central America, would
involve the United States andIMexico in
unpleasant complications with him and his
ideas of Central American unity.
ST. DoMINIcK CATHOLIC CHURCH at
Washington, d. c., burned recently. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
The President issued a proclamation on
the 18th forbidding any invasion of the
Oklahoma lands. The proclamation was
very decided in tone.
THE Presidents message, asking the re-
turn of the Niearaguan, Spanish and Do
minican treaties, was received by the Sem
ate on the 18th in executive session. The
treaties will be returned to the executive
at once, no action by the Senate being re-
quired.
SECRETARY MANNING cut down the force
of the Treasury Department by six special
agents, twenty-six special inspectors and
ten others employees, effecting saving of
$40, 600 per annum. II
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-03-20
Killed at q Fire.

BosToN, Mass, March 9.-There was .
fire this evening in the five story brick
building at India street and India square oc-
cupied by j. Graham, junk dealer. 9ra-
ham carried heavy paper stock, which was
nearly ruined. His loss is considerable.
During the fire sixty-iive foot ladder Tell,
killing James w. Sweetser, member of the
Protective Department Sveetser wal at
one time Lieutenant in the San Francscc
Fire Department.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-03-20
THE EAST.

HE EAST.
THE coal miners in the Pittsburgh, Pa,
district struck for three cents per bushel
on the 9th.
THE flint glass firm of J. T. & A. Hamil-
ton, of Pittsburgh, Pa, have decided to en-
ter suit to prevent apprentice boys from
Joining with striking workmen. They will
ask the court to compel the boys to work.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad declared q
quarterly dividend of one and half per
cent. instead of two, as heretofore.
The ship 'Orchomene," which arrived at
New York on the 18th from Calcutta, re-
ports that on February /, in latitude 34.1S,
longitude 1923, she spoke the brig "Lucy
W. Snow" Captain Burgess, from Gore
for Boston, with yellow fever on board.
THE Massachusetts, Senate passed to a
third reading the bill prohibiting the sale
of intoxicating liquors between eleven D.
m and six a. m.
Two men were blown to atoms by the
explosion of six thousand pounds of nitro
glvcerine in a factory three miles from
Bradford, Pa, recently.
FOREIGNERS recently chopping wood in
the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania were
reported to have killed and eaten quite
number of dogs.
A SPECIAL from Easton, Pa, saws: A
disastrous fire broke out in the broom fac
tory of Fable & Singer. Stroudsbury. The
building was entirely destroyed. Edward
Caven, q fireman, was killed by the falling
of a part of the Burnett House.
MEssRs. VoS GUNDELL & MAYHoFP, cot
ton brokers of New York, have announced
their inability to meet their contracts.
CHARLES s. ELLIS School Commissioner
and architect of Rochester, n. Y, has been
found guilty of the charge of trying to
hibe member of the Board of Supervisors
TO vote for plans designed by Ellis Brothers
Cor proposed new Jail
ALI the creditors of the Oliver & Roberts
Vire Company, limited, of Pittsburgh, Pa,
have signed for an extension, and the trus-
tees, Major L S. Bent, of Steelton, Pa,
sind John S. Slogie, of Pittsburgh, assumed
charge of the works. The first act of the
trustees was to issue an order discharging
all the employees of the company.
THE Connecticut House has passed a bin
giving women the right to vote at school
district meetings.
REPoRTs from Central Vermont show
that the thermometer averaged thirty de-
grees below zero on the night of the l2th.
The effects of Brooks & Dickson, the
theatrical firm, were sold at
auction in New York the other day. Among
the articles disposed of were manuscript
S3eys; stage properties, wardrobes, frni-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-03-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
CONGRESS.
KANSAS

EXTRA SESSION.
In the Senate on the 9Th the designations
OF Senators Bayard, Garland and Lamar, who
had accepted Cabinet appointments, were re-
ceived. The credentials of Mr.. Hill, appoint
Hampshire, were presented. Mr.. Van wyck's
resolution in relation to the Backbone Land
Grant then came up for debate. Mr.. Van
speech and Senator Teller defended his ac-
ton. as Secretary of the Interior, ia issuing
the patents.
The only matter of interest transpiring
In the Senate on the 10th was the resolution
offered by Mr.. Hoar that Mr.. Blair
be sworn in, who was appointed by
the vacancy made by the expiring of bis
term on March 4, the Legislature of the State
not meeting until June. The question of the
such circumstances was fully discussed. Mr..
blair was sworn in.
In the Senate on the 18th, owing to the
absence of Senator Teller, further action on
Mr.. Van wyck's Backbone Grant" resolu-
ton was postponed. Mr.. Van wyck offered
q resolution that the Secretary of the In
terror and the Attorney General of the
United States be directed respectively to
take such action as each may deem neces-
sary to prevent any sale or transfer by the
Atlantic & Gulf Transit Company, or any
person claiming lands described in the act
approved May IL, 1856. entitled AN act
granting public lands in the States of Flor
ida and Alabama to aid the construction of
lay on the line of said railroad between W aldo
and Tampa Bay, Florida, until Congress shall
have authorized the same. The resolution
went over. After a short executive session
the Senate adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th, Mr.. Mander-
son offered a resolution, which he asked
might be printed and lie on the table, calling
upon the Secretary of State for such in
formation as the department may have re-
garding the rumored attempt of General
Rufus Barrios, President of Guatemala, to
rity of the Republics of Nicaragua, Hon.
duras, San Salvador and Costa RIGA and re-
port what steps are being taken by the Gov
ernment to preserve the rights of the United
States under existing or pending treaties,
also to give what information the department
may have of any interference or participa-
fion in the present difficulties in the Central
American Republics by any European power.
"A long debate ensued on Mr.. Van Wycks
resolution, offered the day before, directing
the Secretary of the Interior and the At
torney General to take steps to prevent the
sale of lands granted Florida to aid in the
construction of railroads in that State. No
executive session was held.
In the Senate on the 18th the now Com.
mittee on Coast Defense was announced
consisting of Senator Dolph, Chairman, and
Senators Cameron, Sewell, Hawley, Maxey,
Mcpherson and Fair. The vacancies on other
committees made by retiring Senators were
filled. Senator Sherman declined to serve on
the Finance Committee. Senator Ingalls,
offered a resolution calling upon the Presi-
dent for information in regard to the occu.
patton of Oklahoma and what action was be-
ing taken in that regard. After q short
executive session, adjourned.
The Portland daily press., 1885-06-08
Second Wind.
The Physiological Causes of a Peculiar
Experience Explained.
[Longman's Magazine

lhongInaus Magazlno.J
The reader may not be aware that in ordi-
nary respiration we only use portion of
our lungs, the cells at the extremity not be-
ing brought into play. This is the reason
why those who are not Sin training" and
who try to run for any distance, soon begin
to gasp, and, unless they are courageous
enough to perseVeIe in spite of the choking
sensation, are forced to stop. But if they
will persevere, the choking goes off, and as
the result is what Is technically known as
"second wind" When the second wind is
fully established, the runner does not become
out OF breath, bat goes on running as long
as his legs will carry him. know this by
experience, having been accustomed for
many years to run three miles every morn
Ing over very billy road. The fact is, that
oh starting, the farthest portions of the
lungs are choked with effete air and the re-
mainder do not supply air enough to meet
the increased circulation caused by exercise.
By degrees, however, the neglected cells
come into play, and when the entire lung is
In working order the circulation and respi-
alton again balance each other, and the
second wind" is the result. Now, let the
reader repeat his experiment of holding his
breath against time, but first let him force
out OF his lungs every particle of air that he
can expel, and then draw as deep breath
as his lungs will hold. IT this be repeated
some seventy or eighty times, by way of
imitation of the whale, the experimenter
will find that he can hold his breath for a
minute and half without inconvenience.
Should he be swimmer, he should always
take this precaution before "taking head
err and he will find that he can swim for a
considerable distance before he needs to Use
for breath
The Portland daily press., 1885-06-08

The local editor of the Argus de livered him
self on Saturday of long and labored reply
to some structures made by the PRESS upon
his uncalled for abuse of the Salvation Army
In the Argus of Thursday. As an instance Of
unconscious humor the article is entitled TO
take high rank. Nothing certainly could be
funnier that the paragraph in which he ex-
presses his deep surprise and qualification
that anybody should notice his vaporings at
all. Some of the language attributed to the
Hon. John W. Deering would seem to sug-
gest that the Salvation Army while search
ing for strongholds Of sin capture should
not overlook the quarter deck.
The Portland daily press., 1885-06-08
Current Comment.

CAUSE AND EFFECT.
Philadelphia Times,
The period of strikes is here; that of de-
preston will follow.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE THEM ON THEIR
HANDS.
North American.
An exchange says that elephants are
scarcer than usual in circus circles this year.
DEMOCRATS DO THE GRUMBLINe.
Lewiston Gazette
1000 appointments have been made since
March. None but hogs would grumble at
those figures.
APPLY IT TO PORTLAND.
Baltimore American.
One consolation in the record of the Balti-
more base ball club is that the players are
not Baltimoreans.
QUESTION OF THE DAY.
Boston Record.
Which had you rather be, fourth class
postmaster and yet a first class official, or a
first class postmaster and have a fourth class
administration?
WHAT STARTED THE RESIGNATION STORY.
Nashville American.
President Cleveland appears to be embar-
raised with the presence of Mr.. Bayard, and
1t is known that he relies implicitly upon
Manning.
THEY KNEW MAINE DEMOCRATS EVERY
WHERE
Philadelphia Press.
Ex-Governor Plaisted, of Maine, is still
lingering aroGnd Washington hoping that
some crumbs will drop to him from the pat
ronage table. Plaisted is man who is
in hic ito AIa~. La
TO MEN WHO SIGN ANYTHING.
Buffalo Courier,
If prominent citizens Of the cities, towns
and villages of the country were more care
ful, conscientious and sincere in commend
ing applicants, federal, state and municipal
authorities would have less difficulty than
lney now have in selecting worthy and capa-
Die men for officers in the public service.
POLITICAL PUZZLE.
Chicago Inter-ocean.
Ii shooting darkies, ku-kluxing Republic
cans, manipulating tissue ballots and count
ing out carpet baggers are not t. be consid-
cred as good recommendations to this
administration for appointment, how in the
name OF Andrew Jackson are the Southern
offices to be filed?
PATRONAGE A SOURCE OF WEAKNESS.
Boston journal.
There is a very general impression that
the federal offices and what is known as the
federal patronage are of great value to a
party. 1t may prove SO to the Democrats
but it proved the reverse to the Republican
party in the long run. The Democrats may
be able to use patronage more skilfully than
the Republicans, but we predict that before
1888 they will find it a source of weakness.
because source of dissension.
THE MOSQUITO AND THE MUGwUMP.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The mosquito carnival this summer prom
ises to surpass anything of the kind within
the memory of the Oldest inhabitant. All
along the coast from Cape May to Cape Cod
swarming battalions of these winged pile
botomists are reported. The cool weather
does not affect the rally, although it does
somewhat affect the venom of their bite.
What adds to the terror of the situation is
the appearance of the Hackensack mosquito
as far east as New Haven. This insect,
which ranks next to the Bengal tiger in fe-
rocity, has not hitherto extended its ravages
along radius of more than ten miles from
its natural habitat, the Hackensack mead
ows. It shows an inclination to draw it's
supplies chiefly from the Connecticut mug
wnmp, whom it attacks with frightful ami
nation and gusto.
The Portland daily press., 1885-06-08

The supersedure of Mr.. Bruce, the regis
ter of the treasury, by Gen Rosecrans, is not
pretended by anybody to be step in the di-
rection of reform. Rosecrans, is old and
poor and cut of job, and the soils reason
for his appointment is that he must be taken
care Of. 1t is simply an indirect method of
giving him pension. He knows nothing
about the business of the office, and has had
no business training of any kind. All the
duties of the Office will have to be performed
by his subordinates and the chances are tina
he will not know whether they are properly
performed or not. 1t used to be President
Cleveland notion that ''public Office was q
public trust" Apparently he thinks now that
sometimes public Office is an eleemosynary
institution.
The Portland daily press., 1885-06-08

II the reported murder of the Ameer of
Afghanistan proves true it may have an i'm
portant effect upon the negotiations now
going on between England and Russia. The
English would be very likely to object to the
succession of Ayoub Khan to the throne
as he has already given them great deal of
trouble, while his sympathy with Russia
would undoubtedly commend him to the
Gar. The hand of the assassin may have
undone in moment the work which it has
taken months for the most skillful diplomats
of England and Russia to accomplish.
The Portland daily press., 1885-06-08

The Portland board of health has finally
concluded to appoint an inspector to exam
Inc into the sanitary condition of the city,
and report cases that call for action on the
part of the health authorities. We sup
posed that such action would be necessary,
If the board were to perform its work with
anything like thoroughness. Composed Of
gentlemen engaged in business occupying a
large part of their time it was not possible
for 1t to give its official work the attention
its Importance demanded without assis-
lance such as it has been decided to cal
in. The board has done the proper thing
and is to be commended. The cost of an
inspector compared with the good he can
do, ifhe is competent, will be trifing, and
no citizen will object to it.
The Portland daily press., 1885-06-08

Sir Peter Lumsden has been guilty of gar
rulity entirely unbecoming in man holding
so responsible an official position, and the
Gladstone government has very properly or
dered him to shut up. AS the indiscretion
of the man reveals itself one cannot help
thinking that the strained relations between
Russia and England were quite as much due
to his presence on the Afghan frontier as to
Gen. Komaroff's.