The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-01
THE EAST.

HE Philadelphia City Council by a VOTE
of 40 to IS has decided to impeach Mayor
Smith on the charges of malfeasance in
office.
A WRIT de fMnatico taguire.do has been is
sued at New York in the BARLEY Campbell
case.
IT is now thought at Portland, Me-, that
Gonld's defalcation will reach sl45, 600 HI
has been arrested
THREE thousand bricklayers, stone
masons and carpenters of ALBANY. n. Y.
have struck for the purpose of forcing mas.
ter builders to patronize union shops.
THREE men were drowned in the lake
near Cazanovia, n. Y, recently, by the
capsizing of row boat.
A SEVERE frost occurred on the night OF
the Goth in Northern New Hampshire and
Vermont.
JOHN O'BRIEN has resigned the chair.
manship of the New York State Demo
cratic Committee.
ELIHU RooT has been chosen as chair.
man of the New York City Republican
Committee.
BETWEEN ten thousand and fifteen thou
sand Odd Fellows were said to be in line in
a..
GEORGE NJ. BARTHOLOMEW, president OF
the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company.
Hartford, Conn.,, is reported defaulter to
the amount of sl27,OOO. The company i.
said to be completely wrecked.
WILLIAM MILLER and Bailey Wage were
killed by powder explosion at Scranton.
Pa. recently.
The report that the natural gas supply
of Pittsburgh, Pa, was diminishing is au.
thoritatively denied.
DIR. BrTrERMoRE, Of Fayette County, Pa,
the exrepresentative convicted of an at.
tempt to defraud the State of s125OO for q
bogus hospital at Connellsville, was sen.
fenced to pay a fine of $500 and costs OF
prosecution, and be imprisoned in the
county Jail for sixty days.
6. W. FOSTER, the swindling New York
banking and commission merchant, vic
timized the Wiley Soap Company, of Prov.
idence. r l. Foster was convicted at Chi.
cago in 1877 of using the mails for the Dur.
pose OF fraud.
The following officers for the ensuing
year were elected by the sovereign grand
lodge of Odd Fellows recently in session
in Boston: Strand Sire, John II. White, Of
New York; Deputy Grand Sire, J. E. I'm.
derwood, of Kentucky Grand Secretary,
E A. Ross, of New Jersey; Grand Treasur.
er, A. s. Shepard, Of Pennsylvania.
THE Uaion Pacific Railroad Company is
reported entirely without floating debt,
having paid Of &l0flS,O00 since Mr..
Adams became president in June, 1854
j. r. LLOYD and Cossfables Vance and
Schick have been arrested for breaking up
Republican primary and opening the bal.
Lot boxes, at Philadelphia.
Ararecent meeting Of the hoard of man.
agersof the Philadelphia Il Reading rail.
road the resignation Of the president Of the
road, Franklin B. Gowen, was accepted.
Austin B. Corbin Was elected in his stead.
CdAHLEs A. WERRIAAX, importer and
dealer in chemicals and drugs ut No. 16
Cedar erect, New York, has made an as.
signment The liabilities are supposed to
he over &zEOOO
TaE Republicans of tie First New JERSEY
district have reuominated George Hires
for Congress
liz the First Connectsc,t district John r.
Buck has been renoain.ted for Congress
by the Republicans.
Ex-PkEsfBGxr ARrHUR has decided to
leave New London, Coan- He will return
TO New York aad &C cupv his house On Lex
ingtea avenEe this winter. His health il
no better.
TIE Prohibitiosists of tie Seventh New
York district hare nominated 4. f. Storey
for Congress.
TIE Liabilities Of Jacob Rsealsky, dry
goods, g East Broadway. New York CIV.
Who recently failed, are much lager than
at first supposed, and are now aid toreaeh
3lOC, It Is also 1nderstood tit Rogk
sky has ned to avoid arrest
Ar secret meeting 0f the Western Nal
Association, held At Pittsburgh recently,
the price Of nails was advanced to as90
RIGHT Rev. ]. r. EdAxAHAN, Biahsp Of
the homan Catholic diocese of HarriGhar9,
Pa, died on the Oath.