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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25
Too Large a Price.

For the sake of reconciliation with
our erring Southern brethren, many
people were willing to stand "gray-
Mixed" but "gray above the blue" is
crowding the mourners too hard. Throw
ing out of the Nations Capitol and into
The street the one-legged and one armed.
battered, bruised, and bullet-holed Union
soldiers who held the little subordinate
places about the House of Representa-
tives in Washington in order to make
places for Confederates, was rather rough
on the "blues." If reconciliation can
only be purchased at such price, we
hope to belong to the ''irreconcilables"
awhile longeE-Chicago Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

Mr.. Pul!en introduced . resolution in
the Assembly of California last Wednes-
day asking the appointment offs commit
tee to devise ways ard means for pre-.
venting disasters similar to the loss of the
Pacific. In his speech in support of the
resolution he said there had been ten
steamers and 1900 lives lost OIL the
coast in past years, and he denounced
the system which permitted ships to go
to sea either unsound, lily provided with
means for saving life, or with unreliable
and undisciplined crews.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25
GOVERNOR To ATTORNEY GENERAL DI
EECTING ST. T TO DE COMMENCED.

GOVERNOR To ATTORNEY GENERAL DI
EECTING ST. T To DE COMMENCED.
STATE OF KANSAS,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Topeka, December %, 1875.
To Hon. Il. n. +. Randolph, Attorney Gen
erai:
SIR: You are familiar with the COM
munication made to me to-day by the
School Fund Commissioners, in regard to
the purchase by that Board of certain
fraudulent. school bonds, and the pay
ment therefor OF Sl7,S4S.74 from the
permanent school fund.
You are hereby directed to institute in
the proper court and at the earliest posi-
BILE moment, the necessary legal pro-
ceedings against Samuel Lappin, State
Treasurer, and the suretics on his bond,
for the recovery of the money thus
wrongfully taken from the treasury.
Fully aware as am of the deep interest
felt by you in this matter, l need not
impress upon you the necessity for the
utmost possible energy in the conduct of
this proceeding, to the end that the i'm
paired fund may be reimbursed without
unnecessary delay.
have engaged the service of Messrs.
Peck & Ryan to assist you. in the man
agement of this business, and if you
should desire additional counsel please
notify me and they will be employed.
Very respectfully:
THOMAS A. OSBORN.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

And now the dealers in "oblique bit
tiers" in Chicago are in trouble, one
Gholeson G. Russell has turned States
evidence, made clean breast of it and
told the authorities Washington all
he knows about unlawiuliy making and
selling whisky. There is now Emusic in
the air" for the Chicago whisky ring, as
the evidence given is said to be such As
will make it go hard with the guilty ones
in that city.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25
ORDINANCE NO. I46.

Published December 18th, 1875.
An ordinance entitled an ordinance for the
diminishing the incorporated limits of The city OF
lola.
Be it ordained by the mayor and cJuncilmen of
the city of lola:
SECTION l. That so much of jones' Addition To
the city of lola known rs blocks two (2) three ()
four ~ five % six % seven "a ten 90 eleven
an and twelve Q!) all lying west of Washington
avenue be and the same is hereby set outside of
the city limits of said city, excepting Washington
avenue and Irwin street,
SEC. .. This ordinance shall take e.ect and he in
force from AMI after its publication once in THE
lola REGISTER.
PASSED. the Council, December 18TH. lS.5.
W. Z. JONES, Mayor.
Attest: W. SAPr, City Clerk
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25
VEGETINE
VIII Cleanse Scrofusa from the
System.
HONEST OPINION.

MI. II X. STEVENS
Dear Sir-Ths is to show tn IT nv son was taken
sick in january, lsjt with Scroftila which came
out IN Large sores and ulcers ON his ,e. ami hin
HIS leg was sweiied more than twice its natural
size He had several doctors of high standing in
Their professionalism from Boston and three from
Charieston-wthoutg getting a bit better He was
Obliged to he wherever he was planced, for he
fiid NO Use of his limbs whatever. When we had
given up all hopes of his living we were told to
try vEGEIlNE, the great blood remedy; ahi he
had taken il bat short tim. before we could see
great change. The sores ran so bad that we ind
TO change the clothes four or five times n ,lay
sun, he was getting better; for he could move
his limbs and help himself d little He was soon
able 10 set up in bed, and, by constant use of
NEGEFINE, it has cured him. lie has lame
leg which he will probably have for life; but we
all honestly believe, if NE hal used SEGETINE
before We had bothered with those Il ,cturs, II
wouil have saved the use of his leg and restored
II To natural health. ] hope all those troubled
with Scrofula will read this itinnouy Of me and
my son, who is now we'll ard able to s,c tx for
himself. CATHERINE MAHONEY,
DANIEL MAHONEY,
~ Trenton ST., Charleston, Mass.
May 18th, Isl
The a!.oye plain but honest steement conc!u-
siyeiy shows the quick AMI thorough cleansing
e feels of the NEGETiNE in Scroruia
VEGETINE is acknowledged hy all classes of
people To he the best anil most reliable blood
f"ri"eF IN Tue world J0-iw
Yegetins is S,!d by al Druggists.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25
STATE NEWS.

The Topeka Blade will issue a weekly
in January.
Girard is red hot for railroad to Jop
lin, Missouri.
Susan B. Anthony will be in Leaven'
worth Christmas.
About $4,000 cattle are held on the
Medicine Lodge range.
Bradlaugh has had $4,000 left him
by deceased admirer.
Mr.. Lynch is going to bring ], 900 sheep
to Coal Creek, Dickinson county.
Mr.. Sewell, of Montgomery county,
has made s25 an acre raising cotton.
1t is said the castor bean crop of the
State will realize 81, 600, 900 worth of oil.
The Manhattan Nationalist favors
Blaine for President and Bristow for
Vice President.
Members of German Parliament agreed
to present a congratulatory address to
Carlyle on his eightieth birthday.
County Treasurer Watson, of Law
renee, received a cracker-box full of
chickens Thursday, as tax.money.
The Columbus Democrat pronounces
Web. Wilder's Annals of Kansas "won-
derfully ingenious and valuable book"
The Methodist Conference for Southern
Kansas will meet in Emporia on the first
day of March. Bishop Peck will preside.
I. is said that coal has been found at
Salt City, in Sumner county. If so, the
manufacture of salt will become one of
the principal industries of Cowley and
Sumner counties, as it has been proven
beyond question, that good article can
be made from the numerous salt springs
in the vicinity of Salt City.
Just dofr your hat to this king of all
turnips. Mrs. Booth raised it, and it
weighed q pounds after mess had been
sliced off and cooked for the family.
Some people may think there is some
buncombe in this item, but it is vouched
for as strictly true by several persons.
So says the Wathena Reporter.
1t seems that there is no law for an
impress of the seals of County and Die
trict Court Clerks being filed with the
Secretary of State. There should be such
4 law. The operations of the last three
months in the purchase of school bonds
show the necessity of it. The Secretary |
If State, in his report which is just pub |
ished. recommends that such a law be |
'assed by the next legislaturc.-COm-
nonrealh.
The Hays Sentinel says: We are
Informed by Mr.. George Grant that he
Intends tn send a car load of his thor
'ughbred stock to the Centennial. 1t
rill consist of two short horn bulls two
hort horn cows with their calves and
ONE of his best sheep. Mr.. Gran. has
ome of the finest stock in the United
tates, and Ellis county will be better
apresented hy stock than any other
ounty in the State. T
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25
THE GOVERNOR TO THE STATE TREASURER
"A RESIGNATION REQUESTED.
STATE OF KANSAS.

THE GOVERNOR TO THE STATE TREASURER
"A RESIGNATION REQUESTED.
STATE OF KANSAS.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Topeka, December 20, 1875.
SIR: Herewith enclose a copy of a
statement just received from the Board
of School Fund Commissioners, relating
to the purchase of certain forged school
bonds, the consideration of which is
commended to your immediate attention.
The very responsible channel through
which this statement reaches me impera-
lively requires the prOmptest action on
your part; and if the allegations therein
contained, with the natural and inevita-
BILE implications arising from the facts,
should appear to be we'll founded, you
will not be surprised to learn that the
proper authority las been instructed to
institute legal proceedings against you
for the recovery of the money wrongfully
taken from the School fund of the State.
1t is due to the State administration
and to just public sentiment, that the
of the Treasury be above
and beyond suspicion; that not only
should the incumbent of that office be
without reproach, officially, but that he
should be generally so regarded.
Considering the matter in this aspect,
and in view of the fact that legal inves-
tigation, which cannot be summarily
of, must follow, lam constrained
to suggest that your continuance in the
office of Treasurer during the tendency
Of the investigation would justly be re-
gardcd as indelicate and improper, and
that your resignation of that Office would
be acceptable to me and to the admins
tration of which you are part.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,
THOMAS A. OSBORN.
Hon. SAMUEL LAPPIN.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

An anti-subsidy resolution was passed
by the House the other day which gives
ground for hope that the public domain
is not to be further dispoiled. But reso-
buttons of this kind generally pass and
sometimes subsidies follow then, and the
subject is yet worthy of attention. The
friends of Tom SCOTS Southern Pacific
Railroad are not cast down by this shot,
and before Congress adjourns will un-
doubtedly make hard struggle to secure
the coveted prize.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

During the fore2art of this week they
had very heavy rains in Southern and
Western Texas, and the waters are higher
than known for years. Considerable
damage has t.cen done to railroads.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

According to an interview published
in the New York Tribune Carl Schurz
denies the report that he had endeavored
to implicate the President in the whisky
frauds, and says he does not believe him
implicated. Mr.. Schurz endorses the
Presidents views on the school question,
but does not think this question should
be made the issue in the next presiden-
tial campaign. lie favors Blaine's con-
stitutional amendment.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

In the appointment of committees in
the House of Representatives, Speaker
Keer gave the chairmanships mostly to
members from the Middle, Western and
Southern States, the New England
States being almost entirely ignored and
the great Eastern States were left away
behind. These appointments are said to
indicate hard money, free trade and the
Southern Pacific railroad.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

Mr.. Oakley Hall, for years central
figure in New York politics, a prominent
lawyer and at one time Mayor of that
city, has given up the practice of law
and gone on the stage as an actor. He
male his first appearance last Saturday
night, and most of the papers of the city
pronounce the play-in which he is the
LEADING cbaracter-a success.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25
SHERIFF'S SALE.

STATE OF KANSAS, Ice
COUNTY OF ALLEN,
In the District Court, 7,h Judicial District
within and for said county and STATE. .
Theodore +. Hazard and Jonn Body, Plaintiffs,
Joseph Pritlham, Defendant.
By virtue Of An orler of sale in TIE above enti-
tied cause, issued out of the 18th Judic d District
Court, in and for Allen county. Kansas. will ON
Tuesday, January 4th, 1875.
at O'Clock p. of said day nj the livery stable
of ID. G. B.ubsker i'm tie city of lola, Allen
county, Kansas, offer for sale at public auc on To
the highest and best bidder the following dc crib
ed personal property, t0-wit:
One bay stallion. Terms OF sale: Ape roved
notes at ninety days with Il per cent.
said property to be sold TO satisfy said 81 der of
sale.
sberif-s Office, lola, December 2i,h Is..5
5.:-w J. l.. WOODS,
S;:eriG of Alien coi:n,v, Kan as
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

The Junction City Union wants the
name of Davis county changed to Coron-
ado in honor of the supposed first ex-
plorer of Kansas, and some of the people
there are in favor of adopting the same
name for the city. There is great deal
in name and we think the change would
IL. a good one
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

STATE TREASURER To GOvERNOR-REs-
IGNATION RENDERED.
Topeka, KAN, Dec. 2Gth, 1875.
SIR:-Your letter of to-day is duly
received. l have fully considered its
contents and desire to respectfully state
in reply, that / have not Intentionally
disregarded in any manner, my duties as
State Treasurer. might perhaps have
exercised greater vigilance in the matter
OF the identification of the parties to
whom the payments stated in the seport
accompanying your letter were made, if
| had been aware of the true character of
the bonds purchased. I have no wish,
however. to retain my Ctlice If in any
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

The Capital Sportsmen's Club, of To-
peka, have resolved that they will not
kill any quails this season, and recon-
mend other clubs to pass similar reso-
lutious.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

The discussion as to whether or no we
really had a Vice President has been
ended by the Senate confirming Senator
Ferry as President OF Senate by vote of
"a to 81.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

Two persons, at Milwaukee. TAFT and
Wieman, on the 2lst inst, were sen
fenced to five and eight months impris-
onment and fined $1,000 each for dealing
in crooked whisky.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

Bishop Nierney, Of Albany, N. r.,
Roman Catholic, is opposed to the giddy
waltz and ne has ordered his priests to
refuse dissolution to all persons who
dance round dances.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

form suspicion might thereby be attached
to me, or if the circumstances attending
the payment of the orders drawn in the
purchase Of the school bonds should cause
you or the people of the State any anxi-
ETY. As to the custody Of the public funds.
The office of Treasurer is one Of very
great responsibility, with no adequate
compensation, and have already held
it at great injury to my private affairs.
I therefore herewith tender to you my
resignation as State Treasurer, and will
retire from my Office as soon as my sue
cessor shall be appointed and qualified.
l request that you have the State Board
of Examiners at once count the funds
and bonds in the Treasury, and report
its true condition. l assure you that
every dollar has been safely kept, and
that you will find the accounts and funds
in the Treasury correct. Myself and my
bondsmen are ample security for any loss
that is claimed to have occurred by any
neglect on my part, and l court the
closest scrutiny as to my actions Ifany
suit should be brought to test my liabil-
ity upon my bond in this matter l shall
be glad to have the case heard at the
earliest possible moment, and in such an
action all the circumstances Herewith
connected will be fully developed.
With assurances Of my kindest regards
for yourself personally, am respectfully
Your Obedient servant,
SAMUEL LAPPIN,
State Treasurer.
Hon. THos. A. OSBORN, Topeka Kansas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

Senator ingalls, will spend the holt
days at home, and he is advertised to
lecture before the Masonic Lodge in
Atchison next Monday evening.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25
ORDINANCE NO. LIZ.
Published December 25th, 1915.

Published December 25th, 1879
An ordinance entitled an ordinance in reference
to the salary aud compensation OF tie marshal oi
the city of lola.
he it ordained by the mayor and councilmen of
the city of lola, rs follows:
SECTION ]. That the marshal of the said city OF
lola shall receive full conn eas..,ioa for his
seryicesthe sum Of ten dollars Ter month an,;
such fees tie statutes Of tie State shall allow
conStalles for like services.
SEC. 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby sepealeil.
Passed the council, December 18th, ISIS
w. T.. JONES, Mayor.
Attest: WI. SAPP. City Clerk
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF STATE
SCHOOL. FUND, TO THE GOVERNOR.
Topeka, KAs., Dec. 20, 1875.
To his Erceilency, Thomas A. Osborn Co..
ernor of Kansas:
SIR: The Commissioners of the Per-
manent School Fund respectfully submit
the following statement for the informa-
ton of your Excellency
At different times between the I'd day
of September and the 7th day of Novem-
Der 1875, the Commissioners, in the Ordi-
nary course of business, and in the belief
that they were dealing with responsible
parties, purchased certain Kansas School
District Bonds, and in payment therefor,
issuued orders on the State Treasurer,
amounting in the aggregate to SIT ,S4S.74.
A short time after the transactions
referred to, the Commissioners received
certain other bonds of School Districts in
Kansas, for examination and purchase.
These bonds were found, on examination
to be forgeries. Certain peculiarities in
these forged bonds suggested to the
Commissioners an investigation, which
has resulted in the discovery that the
bonds for which the sum of S17 ,S4S.74
was paid. are also forgeries.
The Commissioners further find that
the orders, which they had issued
amounting in tine aggregate to the afore-
said sum, were wrongfally paid
out of the State Treasury, and without
proper Identification of the parties who
received the money.
In view of the foregoing and other
facts which have come to their knowledge
in regard to the payment of the aforesaid
orders, the Commissioners are satisfied
that Mr.. Lappin, the State Treasurer, is
liable to the State for the amount of
money paid out as aforesaid, and that he
should be required to refund the same.
The Commissioners respectfully request
your Excellency to cooperate with them
in their efforts to detect the perpetrators
of the aforesaid frauds.
Respectfully submitted by.
JOHN FRASER,
State Supt. Pub. Inst
THOS. III. CAvANAUGH,
Secretary of State.
A. NJ. F. RANDOLPH,
Attorney General,
Commissioners.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25
Report from q Practical Chemist and
ApOthecary.

BOsToS, Jan. l, 1874.
Dear sr:-This is to certify that have sold at
retail lJ41S dozen QS52 bOttles) of your VEGE-
TINE since April IL, lSi0, and can truly say that
1t has given the best satisfaction of any remedy
that ever sold. Scarcely u day passes without
some of my customers testifying to its merits on
themselves or their friends. am perfectly cog
infant of several of scrofulOus tumOrs being
cured by VEGETfNE alone in this vicinity
Very respectfully yours,
Al GILMAN, AIS Broadway
To II. r. Stevens ESQ
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

THE GOVERNOR TO THE STATE TREAS.
URER, ACCEPTIFG HIS RESIGNATION.
STATE OF KANSAS,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Topeka, Dec. goth, 1875.
Sir: Your communication of this
date, rendering your resignation of the
office of State Treasurer, to take effect
upon the appointment and qualification
of your successor, has been duly received
and your resignation accepted.
Very respectfully, you obedient servant.
THOMAS A. OSBORN.
Hon. Samuel Lappin.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25

The new commercial chamber at St.
Louis has been completed and taken
possession of BY the Board of Commerce.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25
4 BOLD AND SUCCESSFUL FORGERY

The people throughout the State were
startled last Tuesday by the announce
ment in the daily papers that the School
Fund Of the State had been robbed of
nearly eighteen thousand dollars, and
that the Governor had requested and
received the resignation ::of the State
Treasurer, and that the Office had been
rendered to John Francis Of this city.
Last September the Board of Commits
sioners of the State School Fund, which
consists of Gen. Frazer, Superintendent mt
of Public Instruction, 4. NJ F. Randolph
Attorney General and T. II. Cavanaugh,
secretary of State, received a lot OF
school bonds purportiug to have been
issued by school districts in Mitchell
county. These bonds were sent in a
letter from st. Joseph Mo-, by a person
signing his name as s. Whitcomb. These
bonds having been drawn in the usual
form and all the requirements of the law
having been apparently complied with
their genuineness was not doubted, and
as the State Treasurer informed the Board
that he had also received letter from
Mr.. Whitcomb in reference to these
bonds it was decided to purchase them.
Another lot of bonds purpor.ing to have
been issued by school districts in Jewell
county was sent the Commissioners from
st. Joseph, Mo-. by one Thomas Manford,
which were also purchased, and the
money for them was paid by the State
Treasurer to Mr.. Manford. And then
again another lot was received in letter
from Kansas City signed by Il. Miner,
which purported to have been issued by
school districts in Republic county,
which were purchased by the Board and
paid for by the State Treasurer. The
amount paid for all these bonds was
sl7,S4S.7I.
Still another installment of bonds was
received on the Sth of this month from J.
s. Kibby of Kansas City, No, purporting
to have been issued by school districts in
Osborne County. On examining them
it was thought the signatures were too
nearly alike, and this induced the Secre-
tary of State to examine the seal of o.
borne county which he had attached to
some official papers in his Office. This
revealed the fact that the
seal attached to the bonds and the clerks
signature had been forged. A re-emina-
ton of all these bonds was at once made
when the Board were satisfied that they |
had all been forged. The Governor was
ut once notified of this fact when the
letter was Immediately written
by him to the Attorney General The
letters following this will explain them.
selves:
THE GOVERNOR To THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
STATE OF KANSAS,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-25
Reliable Evidence
THOUSANDS SPEAK.

VEGETINE is acknowledged and recommend
ell by physicians and apothecarieS to be the best
purifier and cleanser of the blood vet discovered
and thousands speak in its praise who have been
restored to health.