The Iola register., 1891-04-24
GENERAL NEWS.
THE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK
GATHERED, CONDENSED AND AR
RANGED FOR BCsY READERS.
Domestic

- ~ DSilON vi lOi4ud W Ut COullils
sioner of the Worlds fair for Florida. 4
. gang OF land grabbers are trying to ge
possession Of valuable lands belongin.
to the Puyallup Indians, near Tacoma
Washington. "A big soldier
reunion viii be held at New York JUL
| next. The southern Utes and A
paches lost thousands of head of,stock by
the recent severe weather. Arch
bishop Ryan of Philadelphia has forbid
den catholics to bury relatives or friend:
on Sunday. =. Steps to oust Governor
Bulkely of Connecticut have been taker
by the democratic candidate. Morris
Who ella m; he was elected. . President
/ Otto NJ, ar; of the Rio Grande Southern
Railway and several other persons have
)ecn indicted by the Denver grand jury
N charges of bribery and attempted
bribery during the last session of the
| legislature. =. South Carolina has re-
| used to accept her quote of the federal
| appropriation for mechanical and agri-
| ''lltural colleges on the Ground that
the federal government insists on des-
ignating the proportion to which white
and colored colleges are entitled
Emil Pepperkorn and Mrs. Maria
SCHNEIDER, while convicts in the Ne
| braska prison, FELL in love. Upon their
release they were married :. Adam
Itzelrs clothes were stolen on a
train en- route to Chicago. He had
to 60 in carriage to hotel and call
for a blanket TO be sent him which he
wore until he could get new suit
The western states commercial con-
gress assembled in Kansas City with
"a states and territories represented.
The annual meeting Of the whiskey
trust was held in Peoria Ill. Editor
ID. r. Anthony of Leavenworth. Kas.,
was horsewhipped by William Fortse-
cue. Hill, the negro postmaster of
Nicksburg; remains in Jackson, and the
impression grows that he is afraid to
take his Office. Miss Phoebe Couzins
was formerly deposed as secretary of
the board of lady managers of the
worlds fair. She declares she
will take the matter into the courts
before submitting to be ousted =.
Mrs. Halford, wife of the presidents
private secretary, died in Washington.
THE finding OF fifty human skele-
tons near Corpus Crispi, Texas. last
week is accounted for by William
Payne, manager OF the farmers alliance
at Whitewright, Texas. He says
eighty OF his comrades deserted in a
body from the rebel service and started
for Mexico, not one of them having
been heard of since. and that they were
captured and executed to a man.
At New York Benedict & Gaffnev,
aysaalers in teas, coffees and spices, lost
$500 by fire,
Grocer Pete" 4. Donahue of Cam
bridge, Mass, is missing and his fVrger
les are coming to light Secretary
Rush has issued an order discontinuing
the animal quarantine statious at FL
Paso and Brownsville. Texas. The ex-
Emperor of Brazil will reside with the
Duke Of Nemours at Bushey park. in
England. next summer. He is in good |
health and spirits. Mrs. Thomas c |
Clark of Edwardsville. Ill, rushed to the |
assistance OF her husband, in a fight |
with burglar, and was shot fatally in |
the breast. Mr.. Flagler, the Standard |
oil man, is back Of an enterprise to |
erect million dollar hotel in Atlanta
on the general lines of his Ponce de |
Leon, at st. Augustine. " DIR. J. z. |
Fox, member oil parliament for Kings
county, Ircl?nd, assured the worlds
fair directors at Chicago that
there would be fine exhibit from the |
Green Isle.
S-cresary Noble sent "a telegram &c
the register and receiver OF the land |
Office az Ashland, Wis, suspending
his orders authorizing the filing OF
claims on the 18th and 18th inst.
within what is known as the Omaha
railroad grant. This action is taken
upon information that serious trouble
will follow the opening of the lands for
Minneapolis mills last week ground
III, 30 barrels Of flour, against ID, ,3gC
barrels the week before and ia. .lOC |
parels for the corresponding period in
go. There is perceptible increase in
"" demand for flour and higher prices
5ed than week ago.
rigt train of thirteen cars and II
H",e engines on the Maryland Central
aliroad went through a trestle near ,
Eattimore, killing three men Grand
rustees OF the brotherhood of trainmen
'ecently removed by Grand Master
Wilkinson at Gaiesburg, H.. have
)egun proceedings to restrain him from
new board. The steam
n Gura, from Naples, with 9S2 Italian
and the steamer Majestic,
With 964 passengers, mostly German,
arrived at New York Henry Baus. .
OF Wood Haven, n. Y, was
lwarded $1,000 damages by a Jury |!
gainsJ Aloysius Steffens, pastor OF the
atholic church of that village, for
.lienating hisI wife's affections. IA
arge sum of relief money was disbursed
mong striking coke workers in Penn
yIvania. Italians are being shipped
nto the region to take the place of the I
trikers. &C. L. Davidson, of Hull,
-as elected department commander OF J
be Iowa G. A. Il. at Dubuque. 5
When the body of William Jones,
'hich was buried at Corunna, Ind,
80 years ago, was disintered. Thurs
ay it was found to be petrifed. every
eaturc being preserved, even to the ,
air
The Hon. John Putnam, OF Mount =
terling. Ill, died at the home OF his 5
aughter, Mrs. DR.. A. J. Stoner, in I
'ecatur, Ill, aged 81 years :. Senator l
ilas has returned to his home at
Iadison, Wis, from a seven-weeks' Il
shing trip along the Florida coast t:
cry much improved in health :. The Il
Wisconsin senate passed the apportion- Il
lent bill by party vote, the republi- Ii
ms making bitter fight to amend it. d
George W. Howell. lumber mer- 81
lant OF Atchison, Kan, was arrested p
larged with violating the interstate "
law. Secretary Rusk issued Il
! order discontinuing the cattle quar- ii
ltine at El Paso and Brownsville. .,
exas. Fire in the Mackey block,
Ind, caused loss Of $780,
%. One man was killed and two
iured by lightning stroke at Tren-