The Iola register., 1891-05-08

II. L. Henderson sold the Jesse
Fast residence, south of the Leland
hotel, this week to w. H. Root.
The planet Mercury, one of the
earth's small sisters, in her regular
swing around the circle, will come be-
tween the earth and the sun tomor-
row afternoon. The "transit of Mer-
curry" the astronomers call it, and
they will watch it with a good deal OF
interest. 1t will begin at 1853 O'Clock
p. m., but as trim little Mercury
! is only 5000 miles around the waist
while the burly old sun is nearly 9OO,-
600, the eclipse will not be especially
notable, 1t will be about the same
as if hair were laid across the
globe of an electric light.
Prof. Snow makes the following re-
port of April weather:
The month was warm and clear with frequent
rainfall No April on our record has had so
much rain though in 1873, 1884 and lSS5 the pre-
cipitation approached that of the present month.
The total run of the wind was :, 500 below the
monthly normal. The last light frost of spring
81 G2 degrees, which is 2f4 degrees above the
April average The highest temperature was
s5 degrees, on the 26th; the lowest was twenty
groes Rainfall 5 20 inches, which is 2 60 in
ches above the April average; rain in measur-
able quantities ft II on IL days. There were s
thunder showers The entire rainfall for the
months of 1871 now completed has been l2 "a in
ches, which is % inches above the average for
the same months in the proceeding % years.
DIR. J. w. Scott received notice
Monday that he had been appointed
a member of the board of meat in
spectors provided for under the new
law. He will be stationed at Kansas
City and his duties will be to assist iu
inspecting and properly branding the
animals slaughtered and the meats
packed there. He was not an appli-
cant for the office but was appointed
OH the recommendation of Senator
Plumb and will accept. He does not
yet know when he will be required to
report for duty.
A Sunday dispatch from Washing
ton SAYS: 1.-THE cases of y. l.. Ard
vs. c. H. Pratt and Mary Z. Wood vs.
]. NJ. Beach, involving land In Allen
county, now in the Supreme court,
call up the questions found in the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas case. They
had been dismissed and today, upon
motion of Judge Perkins, the order
dismissing them was revoked and the
cases reappear on the docket. They
will probably not be heard from until
next October, when they will follow
the lead of the Missouri, Kansas 4
Texas case"
\ habeas corpus case involving the
possession of a 14-year-old boy will be
heard before Judge Arnold today.
The boy is the son of James and Dor
cas- McDaniels, of Salem township.
There ia divorce suit pending be-
tween the parents, and last Sunday
the father took the boy by force away
from his mother. The latter immed-
lately came to lola and procured a
writ which authorized the sheriff to
restore the boy to her until his right
full guardian could be determined.
That determination will be made to-
day.
Salina Washington, eolored, had
the misfortune to have her home des-
troyed by fire on Tuesday afternoon.
The fire was started by the careless
ness Of one of the children, and con-
sumed the house and everything il
contained. Mrs. Washington bought
the house some time ago and had it
about half paid for, and its loss is
heavy blow to her. a number of
charitable ladies have taken the case
in hand, however, and viii doubtless
succeed, through the, generosity of
the citizens, In pruvidirg another
h6me.