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RICE.


NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-Market steady.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 20.-Market steady; fair,
41s95zsc; good, 514G515c; prime, 5000;
sales $50 barrels.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 20.-Market steady;
louisiana. ordinary TO prime, 5000.
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MARITIME MISCELLANY

Norfolk, Va, Feb l8--Last night the Baker
savage Company despatched the str Victoria
IGeu 10 lhe assistance Of schr A + Crockett,
ashore miles n Of Ocracoke Inlet.
The disabled schr Jos Baker, Almy. with a
cargo OF cotton, from Pensacola to New Bed
iord l0eiore reported in distressl was brought
into port Today by the wrecking tug Reso-
Lutte. She will be repaired at once.
Key west, Feb lS-Several vessels have ar
rived from the reef with part of materials
ana small quantity of cargo of stranded str
Acorn. Capt Duncan and the master Urec Ter.
are here and report the vessel gone to pieces :
no further cargo can be saved except that
which may drift ashore; the bulk of the
cargo, as 1t was washed out, was carried by
the current up the Gulf, ~
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LIST OF VESSELS IN THE PORT OF
SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH, Feb 90. lss

oAFANNAHs reD ~, 1888,
STEAMSHIPS.
Juniata, 1920 tons. Askins, PHILADELPHIA. ldg-
g M SOrrel.
Nacoochee, 1905 tons, Kempton, New York,
ldg-G NJ Sorrel.
Connaught (Br), l,O69 tons, Hill, Genoa, CID
Chas Green's Son & Co.
Three steamships.
BARKs.
Quelle tNOr). 563 tons, Abrahamsen, Reval,
ldg-Holst Il Co.
Themis (Nor), 527 tons, Terjesen, Reval, ldg-
Hoist & Co.
sondre Norge (Nor), 5l8 tons, Gundersen, Eu-
rope, ldg-HOlst & Co.
Brilliant Nor, 636 tons, FOyland, Europe
ldg-Holst & Co.
Christina (Sw), $50 tons, Andersen, Europe,
ldg-Holst & Co.
Engelbrekt (Sw), $50 tons, Eckmaman, Bal
tic, ldg-HOlst & Co.
sigdal Nor, 436 tons, Aanoldt, Europe, ldg-
Hoist q Co.
Brave (Norl, AGA tons, Christofersen. Europe,
ldg-Holst q Co.
Widga GSw), 67s tons, Pahlsson. Buenos Ayres,
ldg-Holst 4 Co.
Erstatingen Norll, 374 tons, Lydersen, Bal
tic. ldg-HOlst & Co.
Nlator (Nor), 575 tons, Gundersen, at quaran-
tine, wtg-HOlst & Co.
Inverdruie (Nor), 574 tons, Johannessen. Eu-
rope, ldg-S Shooter q Co.
Edwin (Nor), 3SS tons, Olsen. Europe, ldg-
S p Shotter & Co.
GiOyannlni Qtal), 4S1 tons, Cafero, Genoa, ldg
M Cosulich 81 Co.
Mariquita UtaD, 542 TONS Chieza, Europe.
ldg-M COsulich & Co.
BeppinO r Utah, 574 tons, Parodi, Barcelona.
lCg-M Cosulich & Co.
Maid Of Ain (Br), 400 tons, Smith Iiyerpoo1
ldg-M COsullch & Co.
Idea Utah, SIS tons, Mlgnone Pensacola for
Newcastle, repairing-M COsulich & Co.
st George (Br), s98 TONS Hall, Liverpool. cid
Richardson 4 Barnard.
Eliza J McManemy (Br), 1855 tons, Fennimore
RIO Janelro, wtg-Jos A Roberts & Co.
Mary Jenness, sos tons, Cochran, Rio ia
nero, ldg-JOs A Roberts q Co.
Wilhelm Ger, 430 tons, Rose, Cronstadt, cid
o-Paterson, Downing & Co.
queen victoria Ger, 652 tons, Wenzel, Cork
for orders, ldg-Paterson, Downing & CO.
Ludwig Ger, 1858 tons, Schauer, Wolgast, ldg
Master.
Eleanor lBr), ia tons, Mockler, Liverpool,
ldg-Wilder & Co.
Harry Bailey lBrj, CSC tons, Sinclair, at
Tybee, wtg-Wilder & Co..
(spl, 5S7 tons, Guardiola, at quarantine,
- wtg-Chas Green's Son & 20.
Twenty-seven barks.
BRIGs.
Robert Dillon. asa tons, Hawkins, New York,
ldg-Jos Roberts & Co.
One brig.
sCHOoHERs.
Mary Cashier, ABB tons. Gardiner, Barbados
ldg-,los Roberts & Co.
Isaac II Tlllyer, 56S toLs, Smith, AspinWalI
ldg-Jos Roberts & Co.
Charmer, 1896 TONS DabolI. New York. lde-
Jos A Roberts Co.
VIM II Jones, 2S3 tons FaIkenburo barbados
ldg-Jos Roberts & Co.
IDA Lawrence, 4S9 tons, Young, Philadelphia
ldg-Jos Roberts 4 Co.
Flora Rogers, 376 tons, Jameson. Providence
ldg-Jos Roberts Il Co.
DeMOry Gray. 402 tons BreWster New York
ldg-Jos A Roberts & Co.
henry Ravens, BOZ tons, Gusts, New York
dis-Jos A Roberts & Co,
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Steamship City Of Savannah. Daggett. New
York; II SOrrel.
Bark st George (Br), Hall, Liverpool
Richardson 4 Barnard
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FRFIGHTS.

LUABER.-BV SaH.-Vessels are in full
supply, and there is no improvement
in rates. Our quotations include
the several Georgia loading ports
Savannah. Darien and Brunswick
and may be stated at 81 0OlG4 SO to New Yor4 ,
eastward, 81 5OtG5 90 are the limits; timber 5Oc
(GSl 90 higher than lumber rates: to the We
Indies ami windward. $6g3; to South Amer
ca, sl49i5; To Spanish ana Mediterranean
ports, Si&Gl4; 80 United Kingdom for OrCcrt,
duh. timber 30s.: lumber Is. By steam 10
New Gork.s7; to Philadelphia, 81 ito BostOn.SC
NAVAL STORES, COASTWISE.-By EGlt.-
Market dull, rates nominal. FOREIGN.-Corl
ETC., for orders, 2s.6d., and, or, 4s.3d. COAST
wIsE.-Stsa2n To Boston, soc. on rosin, 81 90
on spirits; to Ne'r York, rosIns acc, spirits
Soc: Philadelphia rO5in SOC, spirits S0c.; L.
Baltimore, rOsin Soc. spirits zoe.
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CLEARED YESTERDAY.

ARRIVED UP FROM TYBEE YESTERDAY.
Bark BepPiro r Utah, Parodi, to load for
Barcelona-M 5 Cosulich & Co.
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Salem. Feb 1.-THE spar beacon with two
triangles on top, marking Hardv's rocks 4
miles below this port, is missing. 1t was
probably broken of by one of the large fields
OF ice which passed to sea during the heavy
westerly wind of this morning
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Central ( SOUTHWESTERN 4. Rs,

All trains Of thIssys5eu are run by Standard
(90) Meridian time, which IS 80 minutes slower
than time kept by City.l
SAVANNAH. IA, Jan. II, 1875.
IN a6d after SUNDAY, Jan. Is, 1855 pas-
" sengef trains On the General and south.
western Railroads and branches VIII sun "a
foifurras -
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COMMISSIONERS

Incorporated in 1860 for Is years by the Leg.
islature for educational and charitable pur-
pOses-with capital Of $1,000, 0Oo-to which S
reserve fund Of over S550.0OO he's since baes
added.
By an overwhelming popular vote its fran
chise was made part of the present State
Constitution. adopted December ., A. y. 1875
The only Lottery ever voted on ana in
dcrsed by the people Of any State.
1t neUer scales o. postponss.
It's GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS tax,
place monthly.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN Is
FORTUNE.-Third Grand Drawing. Glass
q, in the ACADEMY OF MUSIC. NEW OR.
LEANS, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, I885-I78th
Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE 875. OG0.
100000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each. FRA
tions in Fifths ia proportion.
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MEMORANDA

Steamship City of Savannah. New York
Bark Magnus LangabOeter Nor, BuenOs
A yres for orders ~
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stops only at stations named above and q
all stations between Thomasville and Chatta-
hoochee.
arriving at Brunswick (via b. 4 w. R'y) al
1913 NJ.
Passengers for Fernandina, Waldo, Ocala,
Leesburg, GAINESVILLE, Cedar Key and ali sta
tions on Florida Railway and Navirati,a
Company take this train,
Close connections at Jacksonville daily for
Green Cove Springs, ST. Augustine, Palatka,
Johns river.
Passengers for Pensacola, Mobile, New Or
leans, Texas and trans Mississippi points take
tins tram. Arriving at Pensacola l0:o5 D. m,
Mobile 2:40 a. m, New Orleans 7:45 n M
Pullman buffet and sleeping cars Waycross
to New Orleans.
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RECEIPTS

NewburypOrt, Mass, Feb 1S-The outer bar
buoy off this harbor went adrift during the
gale on Monday night, and lies high and dry
on Salisbury Beach. ~
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Gainesville.
Pullman buffet ana sleeping cars Savannah
to Jacksonville.
Passengers for brunswick via Jesup take
this train, arriving at brunswick at 6:05 a. III.
Passengers for FernandIna, GAINESVILLE,
Cedar hey, Ocala, Wildwood, Leesburg, and
all stations on Florida Railway and Naviga-
ton Company and Florida Southern Railway
take this train.
Passengers for Madison, Monticello, Talia-
hassee and all Middle Florida points take this
train.
Connections at Jacksonville daily with
Peoples Line Steamers and railroads for ST.
Augustine and all points on ST. Johns river
Through tickets sold and sleeping car berth
accommodations secured at Bren's Ticket
ONCE, No. y Bull street, and at the Conn
panys Depot, foot Of Liberty street.
JAS. l.. TAYLOR,
Gen'l Pass. Agent.
r. G. FLEMING, Genl supt.
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NOTICE To MARINERS

Boston, Feb 17-Notice is hereby given thai
the Whlstllng buoy off Garnet Point, Ply
mouth Harbor, has broken adrift. 1t will be
replaced as soon as possible.
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LONDON, Feb. 20, 500 p. m.-spirits tur-
pentine quiet; spot 2ls Sd; February to April
delivery, 2ls Cd; May to August, 22s 3D. Sep
TENDER to December 23s Cd.
hEE fOKk. Feb. 20, noon.-Spirits turper-
tine firm at 3l14G3l11c. Rosin firm at 81 2218
al 25.
500 p. n.-Rosin dull at 81 2215Ql %
Spi. its turpentine firm, BIC.
CUARLEsT0N, Feb. 20.-Spirits turpentiDe
qRlsT at 2Sc. Rosin active; strained CSC;
god strained 81 90.
strong at CSC. Rosin firm: strained 95c:
good strained, 81 90. Tar firm at 81 TO- Crude
turpentine steady; hard 81 Is, yellow dip and
virgin 81 rs.
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M FOLLnNlNG STATEMENT SHOWS THE NET
RECFIFTS At ALL FORTS FoR INV TvrEs
ENDING FEB. Is AND FEB. 20, AND FoR THIS
WEEK LAST YEAR ms
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SATURDAY, Feb 81, 1855.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY
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Boston and Savanna
STEAMSHIP co,
FOR BOSTON DIRECT .

me nrst-class IRON steamships of this CON
pany are appointed to sail every Thursd =
from Boston st P. NJ; FROM Savannah ae foi.
lows-standard time:
GATE CITY, CAPT. D. HEDGE, THURS.
DAY, Feb. 26, at 4P.H.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. W. KELLEr.
THURSDAY, March s, at9P Pm.
GATE CITY, Capt. d. HEDGE, THURS
DAY. March. IL, at $3.50 P. N.
O1TY OF MACON, CAPT. W. KELLEY.
THURSDAY, March 10, at SP.N.
THOROUGH bills of lading given to New
4 England manufacturing points and q
Liverpool. -
The company's wharves in both sayann All
and Boston are connected with all railrog IA
leading out of the two cities,
RICHARDSON q BARNARD Oaotz
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--I TITrs Imr0 COnIInemIaI pOTIs IIIs WeeK
have been 81 900 bales.
The above figures indicate a decrease ID
the cotton IN sight to date of 493 734 bales as
compared with the same date Of 1884, a de-
corresponding date of 1888 and decrease OF
23S3S7 bales rs compared with 1882.
INDIA COTTON MOvEMENT.-The following
is the Bombay statement for the week and
year, bringing the figures down to Feb. u.
BOMBAY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS FOR FOUR
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Steamer Samuel Winpenny, and two barges
with rice from Satilla River f Robertson.
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Shipments this week
El..ndrt PHI =.

According 10 the foregoing. bombay appears
to show a decrease compared with last
year in the weeks receipts Of 1900, and an in
crease IN shipments OF 5000 bales, and the
shipments since Jan. 1 show decrease Of
$1,000 bales
FINANCIAL.
MONEY MARKET Money IS easy.
DOMESTIC EXCHAEGE.-Banks and bankers
are buying sight drafts at = per cent. pre-
MUM, and selling at 14g3s per cent. pre-
MUM.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE. - Market dull
Bankers three DAYS sight, 81 S5l3d4 sd:
CON mercial. short, stS5I5, sixty days.
81 50; commercial. ninety days sight, 81 SOL ;
franks. Paris, Havre and Swiss, short, 50 2lls:
commercial. sixty days, S. "A lilo; marks,
% 3-l6c.
ECURITIEs.-StOcks are quiet, with light
offerings. Bonds in demand; debentures firm.
RONDa AND gTOCEg
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shtuut,n SutrIIiormrr.

MINIATURE ALMANAC-THIs DAY.
SCH RIsK- ............... 6:aS
sun SETS -.................. 5.39
HIGH WArKR at TT Pulaski II SO AN. 1a.OOpM
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MasIrnanM.
iaYannah, Florida & Western RI,

AL trains Of this road are run by Cent? II
800 Meridian time, which is 80 minutes slower
than Savannah time.
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NAVAL STOREs.-The receipts for the past
week have been $50 barrels spirits tur-
pentine and 1896 barrels rOsin. The eX
pOrts were eS5 barrels spirits turpentlnc
and II .063 barrels rOsin, moving as follows:
To New York, 256 barrels spirits turpentine
and .32l barrels rOsin; TO Boston, l39 barrels
spirits turpentine and III barrels rOsin; 10
baltimore, 395 barrels spirits turpentine and
2O29 barrels rosin; to Philadelphia AS barrels
spirits turpentine, TO interior, 4S6 barrels
r0sin: to Glasgow, 400 barrels rOsn; TO
Cronstadt. 500 barrels rosin. We quote:
a. n. c. ID and 81 on. 81 O71k, q
81 Is. il 81 30, 81 SIS. K 81 3, NJ So Is n 50 65,
window glass 81 90. Observation-Disclosures
2Sl5c. bid.
Rscefpts. Shipments and Stock from april
ISL, 20 date, and for the corresponding dGts
last year:
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Ssr f,iIrfs.-The receipts by factors for the
week were 2l2 bags, and the sales for the same
time 5f3 bags. The market was suiet, steady
ami unchanged, although the undertOne was
mau.fe-ty drmer. sui factors were
u0t inclined 20 be too stIn for fear
90 checking the present demand. OF the
above sales the takings were about evenly
divided between foreign and domestic ac-
count. Quotations OF the previous week are
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APPRoXI&AT PRIZES.
ApproXn GtiOu Prizes Of $3.50. .... S6,7j0
9 Approximation Prizes of SOC. 49,. 1850
Approximation Prizes Of ESQ. 49,. 1886
1887 Prizes, amounting To ........... $685.. 500
Application for rates to clubs should be n G0g
only to the office of the Company IN Ne~
Orleans.
For further information write clearly, Civ
ing full address, POSTAL NOTES, Express
Money Orders, or New York Exchange in
ordinary letter. Currency / Y Express (all
sums OF IS aud npwarCs at our expense) ad-
dressed
NJ. A. DAUPHIN.
New Orleans, La.
Or NJ. A. DAUPHIN,
607 Seventh street, Washington, d. G.
Or JNO. 3. FERNANDEZ,
Savannah, Gs.
Make P. o. Money Orders payable and ad
dress Registered Letters 70
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans, La.
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IL SAVANNAH, Jan. II, 1885.
( M AND AFTER SUNDAY, Jan. Is, ISIS.
~ Passenger Trains on this road viii run as
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STEAMSHIPS.
Juniata, 1920 tons. Askins, PHILADELPHIA. ldg-
G NJ Sorrel.
Nacoochee, 1905 tons. Kempton. New York
ldg-G NJ SOrrel.
Connaught tBr), l,O69 tons, Hill, Genoa, CID
Chas Green's Son & Co.
Three steamships
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CONSOLIDATED COTTON STATEMENT FOR TBE
WEEK ENDING FEB. 20, 1885.
Receipts at all U. s. ports this week a 90,
The Iola register., 1885-02-20
THE WEST.

THE Touring mills of Darrar Bros, at
Big Rapids, Mich, burned recently. Loss,
S35,0 600: insurance, $4,000.
TIE bronze statue of General Frank p.
Blair, ordered by St.Louis, was successfully
cast at the Cincinnati Art foundry in the
presence of large number of citizens in
terested in art. The model was the work
of w. W. Gardner, of st. Louis.
THE State of Oxaca, Mexico, experienced
several shocks of earthquake recently. One
house in Niltepec was thrown down.
FARMERS were greatly exercised over the
appearance of glanders among horses in
the vicinity of Galena, Iii. Veterinary
Surgeon Paaren ordered humber OF horses
to be shot.
SEVERAL weeks ago it was given out by
Mrs. Richard Trump, living five miles
south OF Terre Haute, Ind, that her hus-
band had killed himself while she was out
in the coal-shed getting coal. She has
since been arrested, and has confessed that
she herself committed the deed.
A LITTLE son of Widow Taylor, while
playing around a newborn calf at Van
dalia, H., was fatally gored by the COW.
WILLIAM +. ABNER, of Hardin County,
Ill, aged fifteen, is in jail for the murder
| of his grandmother.
AT an explosion at Brazil, Ind, recently,
at the Central Iron and Steel Works,
Mayor Collins, the owner, and four men
were killed and eight others dangerously
| wounded. Loss, S50,G0o.
GoRsUCH, the Chicago Anarchist, who
has been at Cleveland organizing commu-
nistic societies, will go East on the same
| mission.
THE wagon works of Fish Bros. s. Co.,
Racine, Wis, were destroyed by fire ON the
| 10TH Loss, S450,000.
The Fremont Harvester Company of
Fremont, o., has assigned.
A SMALL detached building belonging to
the County Poor House, three miles west of
Monticello, H., burned the other night, and
three demented women, the only occupants
| of the building, perished in the flames.
A DoUBLE-HEADER suburban train over
the Illinois Central crashed into a train of
empty passenger cars of the Baltimore &
| Ohio near Chicago the other night. Dam
age, 1000.
SIMON HARKEY, a prominent citizen of
Akron, O., was killed the other night by a
runaway horse.
FIVE men were asphyxiated in sewer
at Kinzie street, Chicago, recently. On
being brought to the surface, four were
| dead and the other died soon after.
THE Board of Education of Chicago has
| ordered the suspension of Principal Barnes,
of one of the high schools, for two weeks
for fiogging pupil. An order was also
passed to hereafter abolish corporal pun
| ishment in schools.
The Iola register., 1885-02-20
THE SOUTH.

TEXAS editors gathered at Galveston or
the 10th to the number of about hundred.
Carl Schurz addressed them.
THE jury in the Ford Murphy trial at
New Orleans Were discharged, having
failed to agree upon verdict. They stood
eleven for acquittal and one for conviction.
INFORMATION from Carrizo Springs is to
the effect that the Mexican marauders have
been driven across the Rio Grande.
THE Crew-street Public School building
at Atlanta, Ga, was destroyed by fire the
other night. Loss, $4,000. The fire was
considered incendiary.
A HUNDRED years ago TIE first bale of
cotton was exported to Great Britain, and
the centennial of this event was fittingly
celebrated at the Worlds Exposition.
THE steamer Hornet, OF Louisville, KY,
while ascending the Kentucky River, struck
cribbing lock five miles above Carrollton,
KY, and sank in twenty five feet of water.
She had on board number of people and
large trip of freight.
THE other morning five workmen en-
ployed inrepairing a bridge over the Sus-
quehanna at Havre de Grace, Md, were
thrown down on the ice by the breaking of
scaffold. The fall was fifty feet and all
went through the ice into the river. Two
were reported drowned and three were in
a precarious condition.
a DISPATCH from Abilene, Tex, reports
the assassination of Detective Warren
while sitting in his hotel. The deed was
supposed to have been committed by fence
cutters whom he had been engaged inpros-
ecuting.
AN attempt was made to wreck a passen-
ger train on the New Orleans division OF
the Texas Pacific Railroad the other night
below Marthaville, La. A rail on the
bridge was taken up, but fortunately q
wild freight struck the bridge half an hour
ahead of the passenger, which carried two
hundred lives. the engineer and fireman
of the freight miracuiously escaped.
THE warfare between Mexicans and
Texans in Dimmitt County, Tex, was
brought to conclusion by treaty drawn
up between the leaders Of the opposing
forces.
The Iola register., 1885-02-20
Another BattIe-Earlc Killed.

LONDON, February 12.-The Standards
correspondent with General Earle's column
sends the following dispatch, dated Dulka
Island, Tuesday: The British troops ad-
vanced to attack the enemy who held a
strong position OH the hills, but after some
fighting they were completely surrounded.
Finding it itimpossibe to dislcdge the rebels
from their fortified position, General Earle
ordered his troops to charge. General
Earle was killed while leading the attack.
The Black Watch regiment captured po-
stion at the point of the bayonet, the cav
airy taking possession of The euemy's camp.
General BrackeGbury, upon the fall OF Gen
eral Earle, assumed command and ordered
the remaining positions to be stormed. The
troops acted promptly, made gallant at
tack and soon captured all the enemys po-
sitionS.
The Iola register., 1885-02-20
THE EAST.

z NINETEEN inmates of the West Philadel-
phia Insane Asylum persisted in the burn
ing Of that institution on the night of the
18th. The fire broke out in the "dry" room.
JOSEPH HOWARD, a weIl-known bank
thief, is held at Philadelphia to await the
action of the Michigan authorities, on the
charge OF having stolen 100000 in bank
notes from the National Bank OF Cold
water, Mich, eighteen months ago.
JUDGE FRIEDMAN, in the Supreme Court
of New York, found ex-Mayor Edison
guilty of contempt of court in disobeying
the injunction as to making a nomination
last December for Commissioner of Public
Works, and directed that he be confined in
The county jail fifteen days and pay fine
% $3.50.
TIE boiler at the Trenton colliery, Potts
vile, Pa, exploded recently, fatally scald-
ing fireman Charles Campbell. Large
fragments of the boiler crashed through 4
house sixty yards distant, badly iniuring
an infant in a cradle.
TIE Coal Operators Association of Tus-
corawas valley reaffirm their declaration
20 reduce the wages of the miners ten cents
per ton.
JOHN GAFFHEY, Thomas Judge and Pat
rick Gallagher were convicted in Scranton
recently for violating the delegate election
laws during the campaign of 1854.
Az internal machine was sent recently
20 August Feigel, the German Consul at
New Yerx. The machine was placed in q
lbHcket Of water and then opened. Had it
The Iola register., 1885-02-20
TIE LATEST.

| DR.. LEoroLD DAMRoSCH, the noted mu-
sical leader, died in New York on the 18TH
CHEF OF POLICE BRAUN, of Pittsburgh,
Pa, died On the 18th. He was chiefly
noted for ordering the Austrian Consups
flag taken down under the pretense that it
couhicted with the ordinance prohibiting
sisus.
= A FIRE as Jacksonville, Fla, recently
destroyed five buildings and badly dam
aged as many more. Loss estimated at
so, 900.
AN association Of the creditors of tho
late Archbishop Purcell at meeting at
Cincinnati lately, resolved to push to the
circuit C"lrt an appeal from the Common
Pleas Court in that place.
! The Union iron mills of Carnegie Bros
& Co., Pittsburgh, Pa, employing over 40
men, has resumed operations.
The Hooking Valley strike ended on the
18th. The strike had been in operation
since last April.
| Two nIen robbed the passenger train on
the Galveston & San Antonio Railroad at
Luiing, Tex, recently. They demanded
cash OF toe Passengers at the point of
pistol, and after securing about $500
jumped from the train and escaped.
IT was reported at Cairo that Prince
Eassan would be appointed Governor Gen.
ersi OF the Scudan.
THE death in Paris of B. Z. Hotchk:ss.
o. Connecticut, the famous gun inventor.
| is announced.
tHE Senate, on the 18th, discussed the
Indian Appropriation bill. Other business
IVES OF minor character. The House
passed the Post-oliice Approximation bill:
also pension bill, granting the widow of
General G. Il. Thsr:as q pension OF s.. 900
yer annum.
FRANCIS A. D2ESEL. head of the Drexel
barking honses of Philadelphia, New York
and Paris. died suddenly ct Philadelphia
Gu the 18th
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD celebrated his
eiehtieth birthday at New York OF the
I3ta.
EX-GOVERNOR ALEXANDER MoULToy, of
louisiana, died on the 18th at MS plantation
in Lafayette Parish, aged eighty-one
years.
OLIVER Bros. g. PHILLIPS Mill, at
Woods Run, Pa, has shut down ali de-
partments on account of lack of orders.
ARGUS L. FREEMAN, silks, OF New York,
has made an assignment for his creditors
without preference. The firm was rated
at from 81, 600 to $4,000.
THE schedule in the assignment of Fl.
Levy e. Son, fancy goods, New York,
show liabilities, $4,000; nominal assets,
S2Si ,S6s; actual assets, 500 104.
1T was estimated that Osman Digna had
1900 men at Tamai.
The London Times still clings to the hope
that General Gordon is alive.