The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-25
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THs lster.Dtate drill & Austin, Tex,
opened on the 18th.
A DRsFnucfIvs cycloae passed over Bax.
Ter County, Ark, day or two ego. Many
farm and other buildings were destroyed.
FIva thousand visitors, including 400
Free Masons. gathered ut Bonham, Tex,
on the 18th to witness the ceremony Of lay.
ing the corner stone Of the Fannin County
new court house. the finest structure Of
the kind In Texas. The ceremony was per.
formed by the Masonic order.
TIE following State ticket has been NOM
mated BY the Alabama Republicans: Gov.
ernor, w. T. Ewing; Secretary Of State,
J. J. Woodhall; Treasurer, 8. T. Fowler;
Auditor, p. & Heflin; Attorney General,
9. H Craig; Superintendent OF Education,
]. n. Clark
TnR Democratic State convention at
Nashville, Tenn, renominated Governor
Robert L. TAYLOR on the fortieth ballot.
TEE packet Bob Henry blew up at Blue
Creek shoals above Charleston, ". Va. the
other evening, killing the fireman and in
juring four other men.
WILLIAM II. WILLIS, . prominent mer-
chant Of Galveston. Tex, was killed at his
residence about two o'clock on the morn.
ing Of the 10th. He was shot through the
head, but whether by burglars, by acct.
dent, or in what manner, was unknown.
Two-THIRDs of the young tobacco plants
in Western North Carolina have been killed
BY recent frostS. The weather was very
cold.
TIE Probibitionists Of North Carolina in
State convention 1t Greensboro on the 18th
nominated full State ticket with the ex.
ception Of Secretary OF State and Attorney
General, headed by w. T. Walker, Of
Greensboro, for Governor, and Moses
Hammond, OF Randolph, for Lieutenant
Governor.
TIE Louisiana Democratic Legislative
caucus on the first ballot nominated r. L.
Gibson to succeed himself as United States
Senator. On . ballot for Junior United
States Senator, the result was: White, 81;
Eustis, 81; Jonas, 50; Blanchard. Is
TArE's defalcations a. Treasurer Of Ken
lucky has swelled to s24S,000.
JOSEPH B. ANDERSON, who was recently
nominated for Governor Of Tennessee by
the State Prohibition convention, died at
Knoxville on the 18th.
HEAvY rains at Fayetteville, Ark, have
caused an overflow Of the White river. At
Alma, Ark, the rivers were overlooking
aud it was feared several lives had been
lost.
CONRAD ROLLING has been arrested in Mex
leo. He is believed to be the leader OF the
band of train robbers who recently at
tackled the train on the Sonora railroad.
The Suez canal dividend is to be consid-
erably higher than last year, business hav-
ing been prosperous.
THE Princess lexandris, daughter Of
the King and Queen Of Greece, is soon to
marry the Grand Duke Paul, youngest
brother OF the Gar Of Russia.
TIE bill imposing duties on Indian corn
was rejected by the French Chamber Of
Deputies by vote of 2S2 to 247. The vote
was strangely inconsistent. the principle
Of the bill having been but just previously
affirmed.
ELEVEN persons have been killed and
thirty injured by a collision on the Moscow
Il KursK railway in Russia.
TEE Dublin Exchequer Court has dis
missed the appeal of Father McFadden, of
Gweedore, against the doubling of his SEN
tence on app al. The court hell that q
county court has the power to increase a
sentence.
ADvIcEs from the island of Tahiti says
that party Of natives surprised French
patrol and killed an officer of marines and
two sailors.
A DISPATCH from Berlin says: Prof. Vir-
chow's examination of the matter from the
Emperors throat confirm. the results Of
his former examination. He flnds nothing
proving the existence Of cancer.
The rates between Chicago and Louis
vile for tho round trip have been cut to
eleven dollars.
THE village of Zarnikou, Pomarania, has
been destroyed by fire. There was no loss
of life.
WILLIAM NJ. GREEN, assistant to Presi-
dent ingalls,, of the c., L, St L. & c. rail-
way. has been appointed general manager
OF the system.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended May IL numbered for the
United States. 1863; Canada, %; total, 1S9.
compared with 2O9 the previous week aad
$50 the corresponding week Of last year.
The German Government is trying to in
duence the leading banking houses against
a Russian loan. 1t is expected that a loan
of 500. 600 GOO roubles will be emitted in the
autumn by a French syndicate.
JOHN RUsKIN, the noted English critic,
Is ucaTly TeStOreQ 10 neolJu anu mas re-
sumed his literary labors.
KRUPp, the great German guumakcr,
proposes to construct q new factory. the
present huge one at Essen being too small.
A GOVERNMENT decree has been issued
appointing three days for festival celebra-
ton Of the abolition Of slavery in Brazil.
THE LATEST.
BUSINESS was moderately active in the
London money market during the week
ended May ~. Dealings were quite limited
at Berlin and Frankfort. At Paris the
market was quiet with firm tone.
WILLIAM F. CoDY buffalo Billy. Indians,
cowboys, animals. tents and par ,phernalis
arrived at New York on the 3Jth from Eng
land on the Persian Monarch.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
May ~ showed an ave, age decrease Of l6S
compared with the corresponding week OF
'ast year. In New York the decrease was
2L0.
The Senate was not in ses sion on The 10Th.
The House closed the general debate on the
Tariff bill with speeches from Jehu Bak r,
Of Ilisois, Reed, OF Maine, and Speaker