The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-07
THE SOUTH.

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THE SOUTH.
THE trestle near Muscatine, Ga, on the
Georgia Pacific Road, fell recently, while a
passenger train bound for Atlanta was
passing over it, pitching a passenger car
downward. Six persons were seriously
hurt, two of them fatally.
REV. DR.. w. r. DAVIS, pastor of the
Baptist Church of Louisville, KY, re-
signed recently by request of his congre-
cation, who complained that he did not
preach loud enough and did not raise
them to pitch of fervor.
A DUEL between w. B. Walker and Sam
uel J. Dalton of Aberdee Miss, was frus-
trated recently by the arrest of the parties
at Starkville. They were on their way to
Memphis to arrange for fight.
THE other evening, during heavy thun-
der storm, lightning struck the house of W.
j. Rains, at Lovelady, Tex. Six children,
playing on the veranda, were Frustrated
by the shock, one of whom died. Two
others were in a critical condition and
could hardly survive. Mrs. Rains was
severely Frustrated.
A FIRE broke out in Williams G. Co.'s
planning mill at Memphis, Tenn, recently,
burning that building together with 1000
600 feet of lumber; also the warehouse, and
W. N. Wilkerson s. Co.'s warehouse, two
brick residences on Gayoso street, Sale,
Cole & Co. IS warehouse on the corner of
Gayoso and fernando streets, and eight
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one-third insured.
GENERAL FITz HUGH LEE was nominated
by the recent Democratic convention at
Richmond for Governor of Virginia.
JEROME F. MANNING, an attorney, has
been disbarred from practicing before the
Court of Alabama Claims for alleged inso-
lence to the court.
A PORTION of the old Ferry rolling mill
at South Wilmington, Del, fell recently,
and several men were buried in the ruins.
George Ely, carpenter, and William Jones,
draughtsman. were killed instantly, and
five or six others wounded.
THE Hon. c. B. Stewart died at his home
in Montgomery, Tex, on the Goth, in his
eighty first year. He emigrated to Texas
in 1880, and became an active participant
in the stirring scenes transporting at that
time.
The other evening the Brentwood and
Cisco Tex stage was robbed a mile and
a half south of Cisco by two mounted men.
In the second days proceedings of the
Democratic convention at Richmond, Va,
the platform was adopted and J. Z. Massey
was nominated for Lieutenant Governor
on the first ballot and r. A. Ayres for At
torney General on the second ballot. Hon.
John s. Barbour was unanimously re-
elected Chairman of the State and Execu-
tive Committees.
GEORGE WILSON, Charles Davis and
Mathilde Jones, all colored, were executed
at Plaquemine, La, on the 31st for the
murder and robbery of Mrs. Henrietta
Cole, in that town, on the night of January
81 last.
CHARLES L. SKINNER, of Baltimore, was
recently disbarred from practice as an
attorney before the Interior Department
at Washington for extorting illegal fees.
GENERAL
SIR MOSES MoNTEFIoRE, the Jewish CEN
tenarian philanthropist, died at Ramsgate,
Eng, on the 2Sth.
THE report of Oliver PAINS death has
been fully confirmed by Father Bonomi, an
italian priest who has been in Ell Mahdi's
camp and who has returned to Wady Halfa.
A condition of complete anarchy reigns
throughout the province and the city of
Dongola.
CALLAN'S motion of censure of Jotc
pytn r..
banquet was rejected by the British House
of Commons. Callan took occasion to ex-
press his contempt of Bright and of the
House.
THE Figaro states that the executors If
Victor Hugo propose to erect a statue of
the poet at Besancon, his birthplace, and
in the Pantheon a tomb worthy of the illus
trious dead.
The steamer Isle Royale, owned by
Cooley, Lovague & Co., of Duluth, and
plying between Duluth and Port Arthur,
sprung leak on the 9th and sank near
Susick Island. ALI the passengers and
crew were saved. She was valued ut S15,-
600, and was fully insured.
THE Corporation of the City of Dublin
voted to present Hon. Patrick A. Collins,
Of Boston, the freedom of the city.
BEDFORD MAcKAY, United States Consul
at Rio Grande De Sal, Brazil. arrived in
" Washington recently on a leave of alb
sence. Mackay is the Consul who, some
weeks since, had a shooting ARRAY with
editor. The Consul reports that
l colony of e1-Cenfederate soldiers is
ocated in Southern Brazil. The colony
numbers about 800 persons and is doing
veil
SENIOR CASTELAR,, the Republican
eader, was making a tour of Galicia::
Spain, recently. His reception by the |
people was enthusiastic. The Governments |
prohibited the holding of banquets or se-c- !
lades in his honor.
SEVERAL Liberal religious so:a.!ae 81
aome were reported organizing solunteer
elief expeditions to visit the cholera in
ected districts of Spain, to SO far az pos
lbie alleviate the sufferings of the inhaLit-
nts.
The heath of the Emperor William, wh:!s.
Gastein, was greatly improved. He
Talked well, saluting or talking with
riends he met. There were some fears,
owever, that the Emperor was exercising
imself too much.