The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-31
GENERAL.

folk. Va Schilling enlisted under the name
of Gallogley,
GENERAL.
PRINCE FERDINAND, of Saxe-Coburg.
Gotha, claims that the Bulgarian delega-
ton formally offered him the crown of Bull
garia.
The Mexican Congress has adjourned
until April next. The law forbidding bull
fights was repealed and the sport will be
revived.
HEAVY storms were recently reported in
the north Of Spain, the wreckage OF
steamers and smacks being washed ashore
During q severe storm at Marine church
was unroofed and five persons persisted.
SPAIN has granted to Germany the same
trade privileges in the West Indies as
America now enjoys.
IT was reported at Berne that the Gov
ernment's military steps were due to a
note from Germany asking the Govern.
ment whether Switzerland was in better
position to defend her frontiers than in
1870
riously sick.
The schooner Sea Bird, of st. John. N. F.,
is believed to have been lost in a storm.
She had crew of four men.
SIX men were instantly killed at Lecco,
Italy, recently by the explosion of the
boiler.
RAzALorLA. the Abyssinian General. has
captured Kassala. Egypt, from the SOudan-
csc without opposition.
BOLLEN Il TIDEwELL. lace manufacturers
of London, have failed for $4,000.
IT is rumored in Madrid that revolution
tot i'm npt hpr
IT is stated in Rome that England is TAX
ing steps toward resuming diplomatic rela-
tons with the Vatican.
The German members of the Bohemian
Diet left the House in a body the other day
because the Czech members refused to
agree to discuss their grievances.
GERMAN students in Switzerland have
been ordered to rejoin their regiments I'M
mediately. Many officers on furlOugh have
also been ordered to return to Germany.
SIX women were fined in Berlin, Ger
many. recently for holding a society of a
socialistic character and the verein was
ordered dissolved. Tn Government
claimed that it was part of scheme to
honeycomb the empire with female labor
societies.
LIEBKNECIIr. the Socialist, who recently
ticle on his return to Germany entitled
Farewell to America" which resulted in
the paper being confiscated.
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL resigned his
seat in the British Cabinet on the I'D. on
were excessive and the legislative measures
inadequate.
THE Governments of Holland and Belgium
l., IN,
press the traffic in girls.
TIE Hovas have paid 100000 francs war
indemnity demanded by France and the
evacuation of Tamatavc is imminent.
THE English cricketcrs visiting Australia
defeated the Australian eleven at Melbourne
the other day by score Of 26i to la.
THE steamer COrmOrant went ashore on
the British coast the other night and was a
total loss. The crew We're saved.
THE Australian colonies have offered the
British Government sl5.0o0 yearly toward
the establishment of Government in New
Guinea.
THE american Grocer publishes its annual
review of the tomato pack of 1856. which
reaches total of 2.3l4. 400 cases of two dozen
tins each. or Il total of 55.541. 0i0 cans.
The Emperor of Germany has refused to
accept the resignation of General Danren-
berg.
A VIOLENT storm i'm the Mediterranean,
on the 22d. prevented vessels in many places
from leaving port.
PRINCE ALEXANDER has authorized denial
of Madame de Novikofr's statement that he
used his position in Bulgaria to CLEAN for
tune. He says ne received only the money
voted to him by the Sobranje and that he is
now as poor as when elected to the Bulgar-
ian throne
THE great snow storm in Europe ceased
on the I'D. but the railway blockade al
Dresden and Leipsic continued. A postal
service by sledges was started between
Chemnitz. Penig, Leipsic and other ccnters.
A telegram from Chemnitz says that coal
and provisions are very scarce there. and
that there is great want of cattle for
slaughter.
DE BRAZzA. the French explorer. says he
will quit working for France if the Cham
Der reduces the estimates for the Congo.
THE Pope in receiving Christmas con-
gratulations from the College of Cardinals
protested against the anti-clericai move
ment being carried on in Italy, and said
that the Holy See was now dcspoiled of the
last remnant Of its patrimony.
SPAIN will establish colony on the Uruni
river, West Africa.
THE LATEST.
FIRE recently destroyed the queensware
store Of Perkins 4 Catch, at Des Mcines,
Iowa, q large part of the valuable stock,
worth nearly SlOO00o, being destroyed.
Two cars of a passenger train on the
Rocky Mountain division of the Northern
Pacific railway became detached recently.
ran three miles down heavy grade,
jumped the track and were smashed. The
express messenger. named McNally, and an
unknown passenger were killed. Twenty
passengers were badly shaken up.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
December p showed an average increase Of
us compared with the corresponding week
Of 1885. in New York there was a decrease
of ST.
CHARLES BURGER. q farmer living ten miles
south Of Rushville. Neb., returned home
from town Christmas evening and found
his wife and three children dead in the
house. 1t was supposed the woman IN a fit
Of insanity murdered the children and then
GILBERT H. GREEN & Co.. cotton factors,
Of New Orleans, failed recently for $lS5,OOO.
Assets. S5S000.
THE Baltimore q Ohio express Office ct
La. on the Queen Il Crescent
line, has been robbed Of bag of $1,000 sill
yer coin.
THE President was recently confined to
his room with another attack of rheuma-
tism in his knee, tine result of overwork be-
fore he had completely recovered from his
previous illness.
GENERAL JOnN A. LOGAN died somewhat
at Washington on the afternoon
OF the a6th. He had been suffering from
of troubles fO- some time and