The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-29
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The commissioner of emigration at New
York recently refused to allow forty three
gypsies, who arrived on the Netherlands
steamship, W. o. Scholten, from Rotter
dam, to land, and, ordered them to be
taken back by the steamer.
A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred the other
night in Goerick street. between Sixth and
Stanton, New York. Six factory build
ings were destroyed besides the five-story
brick workshop of Keherer's American
Desk Manufacturing Company.
j. S. FARLow, of Boston, has been elected
president of the Cincinnati, Sandusky &
Cleveland railroad.
AT Camden, N. j., recently forty en-
ployes of Wheatly Bros, shoe manufactur.
ers, No. Is Market street, went ont ON a
tionable" hands.
GREAT CONSERVATION was recently caused
among the officers of the United States
war vessels Saratoga and Portsmouth, at
Newport R. L, by the seizure of about 200
cases OF wines and quantity of fans and
fancy articles found aboard these vessels
by the custom authorities. The vessels
had just returned from European cruise.
HENRY GEORGE has been Endorsed by the
Irving Hall Democrats for mayor OF New
York.
AT New York on the 18th Police In.
spector Byrnes arrested "Jake" Sharp, OF
Broadway railroad notoriety, ON a bench
warrant issued on an Indictment found
against him by the grand jury for bribing
''boodle" aldermen to vote for the Broad.
way railroad franchise. James Richmond
president of the Broadway railroad, was
also taken into custody.
GENERAL SHERIDAN has been elected to
fill the vacancy in the Loyal Legion caused
by the death of General Hancock.
EDwAsD F. HALL committed suicide in
New York recently. He had been presi
dent of the San Francisco Stock Exchange
but removed to New York, where he spec
ulated on Wall street. His losses were
supposed to have caused his suicide.
THE twenty-third annual convention OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
assembled in the Metropolitan Opera
House, New York, on the Goth.
The much talked of contest over the will
of Samuel J. Tilden proved to be nothing
but talk. The document was admitted to
probate at New York on the Goth without
opposition on the part of any of the heirs.
The Western Union directors at Q meet
ing recently in New York reelected the
presidency. held by Harrison Durkee at his
death.
SENATOR EpMUNDs has been reelected
Vermont Senator fo- sixyears from March
4, 1857.
DURING the past year twenty-six vessels
with lO4 fishermen belonging to Glouees-
ter, Mass, have been lost.
The appraisal of the estate of the late
Colonel Gordon Greene, formerly of the
Boston Post, shows 500 in real estate and
S3OO. 1000 personal property. He made no
public requests.
AT Hartford, Conn, the grand jury
brought in true bill against G. n Bar
tbolemew and Thomas F. Plunkett, for en-
bezzlement. They failed to find a true bill
on the charge of forgery against Barthol-
Omew.
HE owners of the Gloucester Mass }
schooner George l. Smith, which sailed
for Grand Banks, n. j.. August IA, carry
ing fourteen men, have given the vessel
mp for lost.
WHILE David Evans, aged ffty wears.
and his son William, aged fourteen, of
Millport, Carbon County, Pa, were cross
ing tunnel the other morning, it caved
in, burying them under mountain of
earth. 1t will take months to recover
their bodies.
NEW HAVEN. Conn, celebrated the Tooth
anniversary Of its Incorporation on the
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