The Iola register., 1886-08-20

MISS ELLIcE, the founder Of the Wbiee
Cross movement in England, will attend
the annual meeting Of the National Wom
ans Christian Temperance Unioo ut Mime
apolis in October.
In view OF the distress which go frequent
" prevails along the coast of Labrador, Al
. remedy, the Dominion Government in
tends assisting many of these unfortunate
fishermen to emigrate to British Columbia,
where the best fisheries are to be found.
JAMES BAILLIE HAMILTON was married on
the 10th in Westminster Abbey to Lady
Evelyn, daughter of the Duke of Argyle.
Mr.. Hamilton il we'll know in New York
and Boston.
RETURNS from twenty-six Of the larger
post-ofices Of the country show an increase
of Q per cent. in the stamp sales during the
month Of July, a. compared with the same
month last year.
RUMoRs Of naval and military move.
ments against Mexico on the 10th were nu
merous and sensational. Orders were re-
ported issued to several vessels to prepare
for sea. Troops were also ordered to hold
themselves in readiness.
A RRNsArroN was caused in London re-
Gently by statements made in court in con-
nection with affairs of the Briton Medical
and General Assurance Association. The
Judge stated that the failure OF the con-
Germ was due to defalcations which ex-
ceeded 100000.
T,ra ~SA - ~
Ireland, has adopted resolutions denOunc.
ing Ave landlords for heartless evictions a.
tending to crime and pauperism.
SrOcKMEN arriving from Mexico state
the news of tho trouble with the United
States has just reached remote towns in
the interior, causing great excitement and
making it dangerous for stock buyers to
stay in their midst.
Six men were killed recently by the col.
lapse of the walls of b tunnel being con-
structed at New Ross, Ireland.
MATTHEW'S, the Tory Home Secretary.
has been returned to Parliament from East
Birmingham without opposition, the Lib
erals having withdrawn Cook at the last
moment.
A HURRICANE swept over Nancy, France,
on tho 18th, doing immense damage. Tho
wind stripped the vines, uproOted trees
and leveled houses. One soldier was killed
and many persons injured.
The Italian poet and patriot, Marochelli,
was inferred on the 1lth with fitting cere
monies at Forli, Italy. The body had lain
forty years in America.
Four cases of cholera have been discov-
cred at Naples among fugitives from in
fected districts.
ENGLAND has proclaimed protectorate
over Ellece Islands, in the South Pacific
ocean.
The inhabitants Of Juneau City and
Douglas Island, Alaska, expelled seventy
six Cinnamon from those places recently.
They were put on board two small schoon-
ers and shipped to Fort Wrangell.
THE Canadian Government has issued or.
ders forbidding American vessels from EN-
tering the bay of Chaleur, on pain Of in
slant seizure.
LOUISE MICHEL has been sentenced to four
months imprisonment and a fine of 100
francs for seditious language and melting
to murder during the rioting at Decoze-
vile, France last May.
GENERAL IGNATIEFF recently expressed
himself as expecting var between Russia
and Germany. He thought Germany un-
grateful.
ANrr-JEwIsH riots occurred in Kieff, Rus
sia, on the 18th. The houses of many Jews
were wrecked.
the Kinnersly iron works, Staffordshire,
Eng, have been closed on account of the
depression in the iron trade.
The business failures in the United
States and Canada the seven days ended
August II aggregated 151 as compared with
l54 tho week previous.
SEVERAL cases of sunstroke occurred dur
ing the German army maneuvers near Ber-
lin.
The Hungarian town of Sillein has been
destroyed by fire. Four hundred houses
were burned.
The British Ministry has decided to ap-
point a royal commission to inquire into
the Belfast riots.
A DISPATCH from Quebec saws: Rome has
finally spoken upon the question of the
Knights of Labor. The society is unequiv-
ocally condemned by the Holy See and
Bishops Of the church are enjoined to pro
ceed against it as against all secret socie;
ties under the Papal ban. Cardinal Tasch.
ereau has communicated this decision to
the Bishops.
CHRISTINE NILSSON, the great prima dom
ma, was married on the 18th, at Paris, to
Count Decasa Miranda, of Spain. The
couple started for Spain to spend their
honeymoon.
TIE LATEST.
GENERAL c. c. AUGKR, retired, received
four pistol shots from Quarrelsome negroes,
whom he had ordered from his premises. q.
Washington, early on the morning Of the
18th. The General was very seriously
wounded. One of the negroes was arrested.