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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
CLOSING IN.
United States Troops Gradually But Surely
Surrounding the HostiIes.

United States Troops Gradually But Surely
Surrounding the HostiIes.
RAPID CITY, S D., Dec. 20-Four
hundred of the Seventeenth infantry
from Fort Russell disembarked here and
at other points on the Elkhorn railway
and took up their line of march for
General Carr's camp at the junction of
Rapid creek and Cheyenne river.
General Miles has concentrated at
that point the Eighth and Sixth cavalry,
the Seventeenth infantry, scouts and
artillery, making a fighting force of
about 200 effective men.
There is large encampment of hos
tiles in what is called the Grass Basin
in the Bad Lands, about ten miles
southeast of Carr's camp from which
thieving forages have been made on the
ranches. General Miles is making dis
position to guard every pass and outlet
from the camp and has issued orders for
the cavalry to scout and intercept Sit
ting Bulls followers who are supposed
to be en- route to join these hostiles
His plans contemplate protection Of
the settlers and holding the In
dams in the basin or pocket await
ing a general movement into the
Bad Lands simultaneously with Gen.
eral Brooke's forces, as soon as the re-
suit of the peace efforts of the 500
friendly Indians who left Pine Ridge
to bring in the hostiles is known. The
escape of the Indians being cut off they
must soon surrender, or like Sitting
Bull, die fighting"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
Notes.

Granted that the horse receives his
rations of feed and water and is shell
tered from storms, yet this does not
make up the measure of his require
ments Exercise for his muscles and
joints and an easy position for these
when confined in his stall are as essen
tial to his comfort as good food, an easy
fitting harness or good road to travel
on.
There is no economy in continually
dosing hogs to keep them healthy; good
sanitary arrangements, with good water
and feed, are more necessary as we'll as
more economical
In fattening fowls it is not good econ
omy to feed any thing on the ground
Provide clean troughs and boards They
will save feed.
While it is not now possible for every
farmer to have the best breeds OF stock,
yet they can take good care Of what
they do have so as to realize the most
profit
BOILED potatoes mashed and mixed
with cornmeal and bran makes an ex-
cellent feed for fattening turkeys
Leaving the manure in the barn yard
will allow considerable portion Of it
to leak away and often be carried to the
bitches
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
DUNS REPORT.

Trade Somewhat Better, But Financial I'm
certainty stnl a Disturbing Feature
Failures.
New YORK, Dec 2O.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
Business continues large for the
season, but there is perceptibly less
feeling of confidence The causes APP
pear to be: First, prospect of important
monetary legislation, the effects of
which are not clearly foreseen; second,
frequent failures and greater difficulties
in making collections; and third, less
satisfactory collections in some large
branches of industry. Probably more
people are affected, as business
undertakings often show, by I'M
certainty about financial legislation
and its effects than by any other
cause. Though the rate for money on
call is lower than a week ago and money
is easier at Boston and Philadelphia,
there is still stringency at most points
throughout the country Complaints of
slow collections have rarely been more
general, and in many cases settlements
can only be made with notes or renew
ais But in all quarters there is hope
that after January 1 things may i'm
prove in this respect, if legislative
prospects do not meanwhile cause
greater shrinkage of credits and cur
tailment of purchases
Foreign influences are not now dis
turbing. Exports of products for the
two weeks of December from New York
show a gain of S per cent over last year,
and the total of last December was
hardly ever surpassed. Though i'm
ports continue heavy they are greatly
exceeded by exports at present. Ex-
ports of cotton thus far this month ex-
coed last years and also of provisions,
but there is heavy decrease in grain
caused by speculative prices here. Trade
at the South is fair at most points.
The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the last
seven days number 404 as compared
with 374 last week. For the corre-
spending week of last year the figures
were S42
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
a FINANCIAL BILL.
The Senate Republican Caucus Agrees Upu9
Financial Bill-lts Provtsions.

The Senate Republican Caucus Agrees Upu4
Financial Bill-lts Provisions.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1s.-The Repub-
lican Senators were in caucus for three
hours last night considering the finan-
cial question and the question of pass
ing the Federal elections bill The re-
suit of the caucus was the adoption of
the financial scheme reported from the
caucus committee Monday night in sub
stance with the clause providing for the
issue of per cent bonds eliminated
This proposition will be brought before
the Senate before the vote is taken on
the Federal elections bill, and after
ward rule will be reported to provide
for establishing the previous question,
the object OF this rule being the passage
of the elections bill 1t was also de-
termined practically that there will be
no holidays at Christmas time.
The bond proposition Of Senator Sher-
man was not given up without strug-
gle by the Senator from Ohio He had
the caucus committee in session all
afternoon trying to agree to some COM
promise which might be accepted by the
caucus in place of his original propo-
sition and he urged upon the caucus the
necessity of adopting either his propo-
sition or that of Secretary Window for
the issue of interconvertible bonds. His
proposition was not acceptable to the
caucus, however, and the bond clause
was struck from the bill
Another important change made in
the report related to the amount Of
bonds to be required of National banks
The proposition of the caucus committee
was to reduce this amount to 81, 600 for
all banks. The caucus agreed to reduce
the amount to $1,000 for all banks of
$50 600 capital, but to leave the law I'M
changed affecting other banks
The other features of the caucus bill
are:
First-The purchase Of s12, 200, 900
silver during the calendar year 1891, not
more than IS. 900, coo in any one month,
and the issue of Treasury notes on 1t
according to the provisions of the law
of July IL, 1890.
Second-The issue of Treasury notes
based on silver to take the place Of Ma
tional bank notes retired whenever the
amount of National bank notes in circu-
lation shall fall below $3.50, 600, 900 and
the issue of United States notes when
silver can not be had
Third-The recoinage of the subsid-
larry coin and the trade dollars in the
Treasury.
Fourth-The issue of National bank
notes to the par amount of bonds de-
posted to secure them instead of the 90
per cent as now.
Fifth-A provision that when silver
bullion shall have remained at par for
a year, any one holding silver bullion
shall be entitled to bring it to the mint
and have it coined into dollars at the
expense of the Government
When this measure will be reported
to the Senate is not determined. 1t is
not expected that it will be brought up
this week.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
OVER A TRESTLE.


Fatal Railroad Wreck Near Canton. GA
Passenger Car Goes Over a Trestle Every
Occupant, Except Two, Killed or In
jured.
CANTON, O., Dec. t9-The last coach
of south-bound passenger train on the
Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad left the
track owing to the spreading Of rails on
q trestle over the Tuscarawas river, half
a mile north of Bolivar, twelve miles
south Of here, at o'clock yesterday
afternoon, and plunged into the river,
IS feet below. and every occupant save
two was killed or injured
The killed are:
An unknown woman, crushed beyond
Miss Ada Hall, of Sberrodsville, badly
mangled.
Henry Hill, of Shelby, III, burned to
a crisp by a burning car.
Miss Carrie Hill, of Shelby, Ill burned
to crisp
The injured are as follows:
w. j. Graham, Of Norwalk, crushed
and back broken; will die.
Charles Conrad. of Massillon, O., in
ternally injured; probably fatally.
Fred Landpell, conductor; seriously.
Leonard Whitman, Of Marietta, leg
broken.
Mrs. Louisa Phipps of Stark County,
Ohio. internally
Ira Cowan. of Norwalk. badly bruised.
William Garner, of Ada, o.
William Hall, of Sherrodsville, back
injured
The train. composed Of two coaches
and baggage car, was approaching
Bolivar, when about o mile north Of
town the front truck of the last car left
the track just as the engine started
across long trestle thirty-f1ve feet
from the ground. Almost before the
fact that any thing was wrong could be
known the locomotive was dashing
across the bridge, the rear car bounding
along the ties When fairly on the
bridge 1t swung around and toppled
over. falling to the ground bottom up
ward
The coupling connecting this car with
the remainder of the train snapped like
q thread, and the ar brake thus sud.
denly put on sent the people in the for
ward coach flying against the seats
The scene in the rayine, with the car
a complete wreck, its trucks in the air
and flames bursting from the debris, 10
described by those who saw it as some
thing frightful
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
BANKS OF DEPOSIT.
Explanation of Acting Secretary Nettleton
Sent to Congress.

Explanation of Acting Secretary Nettleton
Sent to Congress.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-In response
to a resolution Of the House of Repre-
sentatives, Acting Secretary Nettleton
has sent to that body list showing the
names of the several banks in which
the public money is deposited, the pur-
pose for which deposited, the town and
State in which depository is situated
and the date Of designation Of each
bank as a depository 1t shows that
there are 200 of these banks 1877 of
which are marked General" and fifteen
marked Surplus" The banks marked
General" the Acting Secretary ex-
plains, have active accounts, receiving
or disbursing public moneys daily, and
were designated as repositories for the
convenience Of put bile officers in their
vicinity, engaged in the collection and
disbursement of public money. Those
marked Surplus" have inactive ac-
counts, simply receiving on deposit to
the credit of the Treasurer of the Unit
ed States when first designated, the
amount they were allowed to hold in
proportion to the amount of United
States bonds furnished as security
therefor, and there has since been no
change in the accounts, except for the
purpose of reducing the holdings of the
repositories by transfer to the sub
treasury. No interest, the Acting Sec
rotary says, has been or is now paid
into the Treasury by any OF such depos-
itories in return for the use Of the pub
lie funds. The authority to designate
such banks as repositories of public
moneys is contained in section 515S
revised statutes
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
GOLD FROM FARM-LANDs.

haustible fertility and well watered,
and at the same time easily worked, be-
ing prepared by nature for the pillow. you
may reasonably expectto find farming a
profitable occupation and the farmers in
such country making more than bare
living. Agriculture in such a country is
like mining simply taking gold from
the soil in the shape of the finer grades
of wheat and other cereals, and it pos
sesses the great advantage over mining
that the amount of actual work neces-
sary to make it pay is comparatively
very small.
Upon the great fertile prairies of West
ern Canada, where millions of acres of
the richest land in the world are COM
prised within the Provinces of Mani
itoba, Assiniboia, Alberta, etc., settlers,
old and new, have simply taken gold
from the ground in the shape OF mag
nificent crops for the season of 1890.
Their gold is golden grain, but it
yields as sure returns as any metal ever
mined. The writer visited farm after
farm in Manitoba the past season
where the yield of wheat averaged from
80 to 3s bushels per acre, and where
oats yielded frequently 20 bushels per
acre of choice grain. Upon one farm OF
1880 acres, the crop of wheat and oats
was close to 10000 bushels, and of this
the first lot of 90, 900 bushels of wheat
was sold for s4c and SOC per bushel.
Close beside this large farm was small
one from which the owner had taken
his first crop. He had started with no
capital the year before, yet his crop OF
wheat was ], 1000 bushels and the quality
was so good that he got s5c per bushel
for it, one cent bushel more than his
wealthy neighbor, which meant just
$3.50 for his first season in wheat alone.
With a climate peculiarly adapted to
grain-growing, and a population repre-
senting nearly every nation, Western
Canada offers to the settler most
favorable chance to succeed among
friends or fellow countrymen of his own.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
STOCK ITEMS.

In feeding soft feed to the cows, add
ing little salt will make It more pal
atable.
Acow stable must be comfortable, but
this does not by any means imply that
it should be costly.
Says prominent dairyman: Do not
allow your mixers to wet the teats of
the cows, 1t is filthy habit and in cold
weather has tendency to make the
teats crack and sore.
Water for stock of all kinds should
be of the same quality as that intended
for human beings 1t should be free
from vegetable and animal matter, and
should con tain some mineral substances.
To make dairying profitable the cows
must be kept in milk, and giving good
quantity at that at least ten months in
the year. and this can only be done by
having good stables giving good food
and taking good care.
Cattle that sleep in cold barns by
night and are allowed to get chilled by
day in the yards, or by drinking Ice
cold water, can not give much milk. nos
Cdh bucg BEOW vi VI AEduuc hccus
even upon the best Of food.
Keep the stock clean and comfort BILE
by supplying plenty of bedding; it will
aid In keeping them in better health,
and will save feed. Stock should be
kept gaining during the winter as well
as in the summer, and can be il proper
care is taken
If in feeding hogs the feed is only
given at stated intervals, and they are
given only what they will eat up clean
at each meal, the hogs will lie down
and sleep between times, and they will
fatten faster and thrive better than II
food is kept before them all the time.
A sheep likes coarse feed, like browse,
and will do better on 1t than any other
stock. If sprouts have started in any Of
your lots turn in the sheep; they will
soon destroy them. Let them CLEAN the
grain and corn fields also. Such winter
pastures are very mush enriched by the
sheep
A little green food in winter is deli.
cacy, and that is why ensilage is so val.
able. AS nutritious article of food il
may not be superior to hay or other
kinds, but its succulency promotes the
appetite and increases production by in.
creasing the amount of food eaten. En-.
silage, when fed alone, is not a suitable
food. but when fed as portion of the
ration there is no food that can be com.
pared with it
1t is too often the case during the
winter that because the stock are idle
and confined in the stables, or sheds, IL
is not considered necessary to feed or
water them with any regularity. Butii
the animals are to be left in good
thrifty condition at the lowest cost it is
important that they be fed and watered
regularly in the winter more so than in
the summer. In summer they can pick
up more or less of their own living, but
in the winter they must depend almost
entirely upon what is supplied to them
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26

lodges of about 500 Indians are now
camped at Pine Ridge agency,
and these with the other Indians
at Pine Ridge and Rosebud are
all that can be drawn out of the
district camp Others are plainly hos
tile and are determined to go to war;
has no hope of any other effort at pac-
iication. He estimates the number of
men in hostile camp in Bad Lands at
ESQ General Ruger's estimate repre-
sents 200 on the Cheyenne river and 800
on the Standing Rock reservation who
would have been liable to leave before
the death of Sitting Bull. making $50
men. All'possible means have been ex-
hausted to retain and restrain the
friendly Indians now on reservations
The 16, 600 Sioux who have been re-
strained and professed loyalty should
have positive assurance with the least
possible delay that the Government
VIII perform and fulfill its treaty obli-
cations
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
FARM NOTES.

Much of the work of properly train.
ing the trees in the orchard can be done
in mild winter weather.
profits with poultry. Feeding the hens
at night will help materially in secur-
ing eggs The bronze turkey is one of
the best of early maturing breeds. See
that the ducks and geese are put under
comfortable shelter every night now
Coarse straw manure, or that COM
posed of considerable per cent. of corn
stalks or other litter, should be at least
partially rotted before scattering in the
field, especially If it is to be left on the
surface, and the crop to be planted is
one that will require more or less Guilt
walton.
1t is said that the Jerusalem corn,
which is becoming so popular in West.
ern Kansas, was introduced by a Finney
County farmer, who received two grains
from a missionary from Palestine. The
grains are pure white and nearly fat 1t
grows better without moisture than
with it
Grass is the foundation of success on
the farm. More and better stock can be
kept and better system of rotations
be carried out than with almost any
other crop. When farmer is growing a
number of crops he runs less risk, for II
one fails some of the others at least
may not
A handful of linseed meal in the feed
twice q week will be a benefit to fowls
during the winter. Mix and let stand
until it is thoroughly soaked. 1t is
better to feed with bran or cornmeaL
Some use teaspoonful of Venetian red
mixed in with pint Of meal made into
stiff dough and feed to the fowls as a
preventive Of cholera The cost is
little, and preventive is much better
than any cure.
In making new vegetable gardens
southeast aspect should be chosen as
far as practicable Earliness of the
crop is a very great desideratum, and
such an aspect favors this point materi-
ally. Too much of slope is not good,
as it permits too great a run of water in
rainy weather. II water can be intro.
duced it will be found very great con.
venience. When transplanting or clean.
ing vegetables it can not be done with.
out
There is no part Of the country whore
the farmers are SO we'll of this year as
in Northwestern Missouri. We have
had crops far above the average, and
have been favored by the weather right
through the season. Nearly every.
where else there is a shortage. That
has sent prices higher than they have
been for years So our Northwestern
Missouri farmers are now selling big
crops atshort crop prices. Osborn (Mo)
Investigator.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
Pulmonary Diseases.

The lungs play a most important part in
the machinery of life. 1t is essential that
they should be kept in good repair. Nature
has endowed this organ of life with won
are on record where the lungs have been shot
through with leaden bullet and the wound
quickly healing Therefore none should
despair when they discover that their lungs
are affected. Frequently the lungs become
sore and liberated and by an ignorant doc
tor pronounced consumption and worthless
When the lungs feel sore and breathing
painful the proper remedy is DIR. John Bull $
SarsapariHa. Its tendency is to heal all
alterations either internal or external.
Many an invalid whose case was pronounced
hopeless has been restored to vigorous
health by a timely use of this excellent COM
pound. II you will not try this remedy you
have only yourself to blame if you do not
get well
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
Detective Killed.

SAN FRANCISCO Dec. l9.-The dead
body of Detective James Hutton was
found in Jefferson square by Patrick
OConner. the gardener. At the back Of
the head was bloody cash apparently
made by blow with blunt weapon.
Captain Lees, chief OF the detective
force, stated that Hutton had been de-
tailed to watch that section of the city
for thieves during the early morning
hours, and had apparently been killed
by blow from behind Hutton joined
the police force in 1878, and in 1884 was
put on detective duty. He was native
of Maine
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
BANKER KEANS FAILURE.
He Gives Up Every Thing to the Last Ten
Dollar Note.

He Gives Up Every Thing to the Last Ten
Dollar Note.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-S. A. Kean, doing
a banking business under the name Of
S. A. Kean & Co., made an assignment
in the county co1rt this morning to
Benjamin 4. Jacobs as arranged
for last night The assets and
liabilities were not stated. The as
signment in addition to the banking
interests, is of Mr.. Kean's personal es-
tate, and in the language of his attor-
ney the banker came down town this
morning with but $40 in his pocket. all
he possessed in the world. His home in
Evanston and all real estate here and
elsewhere is now in the assignee's
hands to be converted into cash for
the benefit of creditors The failure is
the result Of steady drain on the
finances of the institution for the past
two weeks Over 5000. 900 has been
withdrawn during that time.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
Irish None 1nformIsts and Home Rule.

LONDON. Dec. 19.-Rev Mr. Park, of the
Presbyterian assembly of Belfast has
issued an address to his brethren in
Great Britain in behalf, he says, of
/, $50. 900 Irish nonconformists who are
unanimously opposed to home rule ex-
cept in the shape of local
government movement Endorsed by
the Imperial Parliament which
alone is competent to give re-
medal legislation for Ireland The
address expresses the conviction that
the evils Of a Dublin Parliament would
only be deepened by recent events. 1t
also expresses regret at Mr.. Gladstone's
silence in regard to Mr.. Parnell till he
found England was aroused
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
ON A FOUL


Pat KIlIen Awarded y Fight Because of
Joe Sheehy's Eccentric Singing.
ST. Paul. Mimi, Dec. 20-The prize
fight between Pat Killen, of this city,
and Joe Sheehy, of Ashland, Wis,
Marquis of Queensberry rules, for the
Northwestern heavyweight champion
ship lasted about FIVE minutes and was
decided in favor of Killen on a foul
Sheehy at the start tried to rush mat
ters but soon fouled by striking below
the belt Killen got in number of
good blows and refused to allow his
friends to take advantage of the right
to claim a foul
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
PINE RIDGE

miles to the northwest There are not
more than 500 fighting men General
Carr is close in their rear and their case
Is hopeless
General Brooke has exercised the
greatest patience and seems determined
to exhaust every peaceful means of set
Element before an advance is made. One
company of Indian scouts under Lieu
tenant Preston left camp for Rapid City.
1t is also rumored that the hostiles have
moved their camp.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26

BEFORE the use of Prickly Ash Bitters
became general throughout the South and
West, it was a fearful dose of "Blus Mass u
and daily doses of quinine, that was forced
down the threats of sufferers from all ma
farial troubles. In place of such obnoxious,
narrowing curatives, Prickly Ash Bitters,
with its mild, soothing action now holds
supreme sway, and after one trial, its use
when necessary, is forever established.
You who have sick-headaches, sour stom-
achs, diseased liver or kidneys, can do no
better than TO give it a trial