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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-08-19
RAILROADS AND MAR.
KETS.


KETS.
| The Lenvenworth, Lawrence & Gal.
weston railroad traverses the county
from north to south. passing through the
towns of lola and Humboldt, and affords
direct connection with Lawrence and
Leavenworth in Kansas and Kansas City
in Missouri. This last is one of the best
markets in the country and is but six
hours from lola, the county seat.
The NJ. X. & T. passes through the
5. w. corner of the county, touching at
Humboldt, and affords an outlet to the
mining regi ,ns of the west, and south to
Texas and the Gulf.
CHEAP LANDS.
Notwithstanding the county has been
settled for many years and contains q
population of over 1000, large bodies of
unimproved lands are yet for sale. These
lands belong to the L. L. & G.. and NJ.
X. & T. railroad companies, and are
offered for sale cheaper than such lands
can be bought any where in the United
States where equal advantages exist.
Land capable of producing twenty to
twenty-five bushels of wheat or SO to IS
bushels of corn per acre is sold at 1920
per acre for cash, or 800 on time. AL
most any year, after being reduced to
cultivation, q single crop will pay the
entire cost of the land.
During last season many parties in
this county with less than half their
land in cultivation raised corn enough
when sold at 25c. bushel to pay for the
whole tract. Any one looking for new
location can not fail to appreciate this
fact, especially considering the fact that
these lands are surrounded by old SET
Elements, and are convenient to railroads,
towns, mills, school houses, churches and
all the appliances of civilization. Land
at pioneer prices, without any of the
privations of pioneer lite
These lands are sold by Messrs. Scorr
& BowLUs, local agents.
COUNTY SEAT.
lola, the county seat of Allen county,
is pleasantly located near the confluence
OF Elm Greek and the Neosho River,
and on the L. L. 4 G. railroad. The
NeOsho at this point only needs to be
improved to furnish good water power
for mills and manufactures. Good pure
water can be obtained at depth Of from
fifteen to twenty-five feet Il has three
churches, Baptist, Methodist and Pres.
byterian, and an excellent school build
ing. The different branches of business
and the professions are we'll represented;
and property can now be purchased at .
reasonable price which must steadily
increase in value.
MINERAL WELL.
The lola Mineral we'll is at this time
the chief attraction of the town. The
wonderful cures performed by this water
have proved that its healing properties
are second TO none in the country. A
hotel and bath rooms have been put mp
at the we'll, and the afflicted from IN
parts of the country are coming here for
treatment; and already the water from
this famous we'll is being shipped in large
Quantities thoughout this and adjoining
States.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-08-19
No. 100. Farm of 162.

acres one and one-half miles southeast of
Iola.-70 acres in cultivation, all but
about two acres fenced. over one half
mile stone fence, Elm Creek runs through
it, plenty of timber for firewocd, posts
and rails. Two story frame house 1882
and addition 14x22, box stable, smoke
house, buggy shed, 25 or 80 bearing apple
and cherry trees, good we'll.
Price $25 per acre.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-08-19

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H.: :; IS &C.: $; ~:
bats and Voltguer4 and the satuma japanese FOURTH
Great Equestrian Congress-,
compete ssa%e s r ZEN 'h in friendly "' VII
The Trained A.insal Department..
%ss ss $ .s%s st. a: i. s ; s . ]
ELEGANT Double Circus,
s sis G % ,:: md .s. e
Seventh. s s'''
Wonderful Seven Octave Cazli0pe,
Plays music BY steam that be heard five fe
THRILLING Balloon Race,
ss s": ss ii: ;
and positively exhibited daily. t'''"''''s''I'
THE PROCESSION.
Ii the gFandest nav to eouae fwe.fv
miIes to see It Grand 18th or July Jubilee.
Remember the Day and Date
1d0O Performances Dnily
No Postponensent
~ ADMISSION TO ALL SOC CHILDREN UNDER TEN. sse.es
Doors Open and Circus performance and 81 NJ
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-08-19

TIE Leavenworth Times printed Gov.
Mortop's speech in full-a feat attemp-
ted by no other State daily.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-08-19
WATER.

The county is watered by tie Neosho
river, which flows through it from N.
w. to S. f., and by its tributaries in the
middle and western portion and by the
Marmaton and Usage in the east. Each
of these streams is skirted by a belt OF
excellent timber and flows through fine
alluvial bottoms from half mile to
mile in Width. Water for domestic pur-
poses is found in springs and wells or
moderate depth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-08-19
No. III. $50 $1,000

acres. l mile south and 5 east of lola
60 acres broke and in cultivation, the
whole t fenced, fair house, we'll.
Piece $1200-part in trade.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-08-19
PETERS OCTAVE CHORUSES.

No. 3, Price 81 cents, contains ~ follows:
Let the hills AMI valss resound Richards
Wake. sweet love, awake. ..............l latton
Marching meath our starry flag Glover
Rainy day acknowledgements. sullivan
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-08-19
No. 113. Farm of 100

acres in Anderson county, 60 acres
broke and under fence, two story frame
house, Z rooms finished, stable and
granary, 2 wells living water, timber
sufficient to support the place, 200 apple
and 500 peach trees.
$1,000 cash or $500 part time.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-08-19

No. 115. Farm of $50
acres, miles north of Iola.-18 acres
broke and in cultivation, Is acres fenced
frame house II story, main building
14x16, addition 10x16, barn and granary,
$50 apple and peach trees, running water
we'll and spring.
Price IS per acre, cash.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-08-19
No. 119. Farm 0f16O

wv. AA0s IC1SWE " LOU
acres, 5 miles north east Of lola. 40 acres
broke and in cultivation, west 80 all
under fence, stone rail and hedge, sheep
pens and stone corrals, 100 young apple,
some peach trees, shrubbery Of al kinds,
frame house 1894, stone barn 4Ox47i
feet cribs and stables. place we'll watered.
The whole for $500 or West 80 for
$1,000.
|. No. lei. II large frame
hotel, we'll located, can get possession At
once. Cheap for cash or would take
land or stock for part.
No. I23. 20 acres u,s-
improved in Linn county Kansas, in
section 19, town 20, range q.
% per acre cash.
No. les. so acres g
Prize g per Mue.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-08-19
ALLEN COUNTY.
KANSAS.
ITS ADVANTAGES
Land at Pioneer Prices Without any
Of the Privations Of Pioneer Lifel

AMONG the many localities in Kansas
which offer peculiar advantages to the
Home-Seeker, Allen County, As regards
Location, Soil, Water, Timber, Cheap
Land, Convenience to Market. Facilities
for transportation, Towns, Settlements
and Society, stands second to no other in
the State, as brief reference to the above
mentioned particulars will show:
LOCATION.
This county is second from the East
and third from the south line of the
State. 1t is one hundred miles south.
east from Topeka, seventy-fve miles
south from Lawrence, one hundred south
west of Kansas City and twenty-five
miles west from Fl. Scott and lies mainly
within the celebrated Neosho valley.
~ IL.
The soil of tho uplands is Q black or
dark red calcareOus loan Of great depth
and inexhaustable fertility, while that
of the bottoms is the black alluvjal de.
posits usually found in such localities,
and varying from four to ten feet in
depth. No better soils for the successful
production of oil the grains, grasses.
fruits and vegetables of this latitude can
re found in the State.
WATER.
The cOuntv il waferpd NV the Naosbn
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-08-19

No. III. Farm of 1853
acres, II miles East of Iola.-6O acres
broke and in cultivation, nearly all
fenced, Rock creek runs across our
corner, box house 24x16, apples, peaches
and cherries.
Price $15 per acre, part cash, balance
time at 8 per cent.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-08-19

The only Big Show that will tim
coming-Best show in OLAGoy enough for Day
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12
Too Much for Storey.

Our readers are aware that the Times
has for several months been loud in its
denunciation of the members of the
County Board and of Commissioner Nc
Caffrey. Knowing the almost hopeless
ness of obtaining any satisfaction by a
suit at law, Commissioner McCaffrey hit
upon an idea that may be termed quite
Napoleonic. He placed Storey's name
on the list of grand jurors.
On Saturday Mr.. A. G. Hesing was
among the witnesses summoned to APP
pear before the jury. He went, and there
met, face tn face, his ancient foe, w. f.
Storey. The greeting between them was
formal, when, after the oath had been adj
ministered to Mr.. Hesing, he was asked
by foreman Storey
"Mr. Hesing, have you at any time
been concerned in any way in corrupting
any public official"
The answer came quick and sharp,
eyes, sir, have"
"Ah " said Mr.. Storey. "When was
i q"
"Well, SIR" continued Mr.. Hesing,
"once in my lifetime / did get SO low
down as to attempt to serve mar
whom / thought friend, who was in
! need, and who begged my assistance
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12
" Compositions"

The following truthful criticism is
uttered editorially by The Nationa
Teachers Monthly: For people who
have been apparently so well drilled in
writing composition during their school
life it is strange what small PERCENTAGE
of Americans can write a simple letter
with ease or correctness. The cause, in
our opinion, is to be found in the way
in which compositions is taught in the
great majority of schools. In the first
place, it is commenced too soon. Before
the child has either ideas or vocabulary
he is called on to write composition.
In the absence of any ideas OF his own,
he borrows them from the most aceessi-
BILE source. The result is that in nine
cases out of ten the composition is q
number of unmeaning phrases, blended
in such way as to betoken industry
if not honesty on the part of the pupil,
and culpable negligence or downright
ignorance on the part of the teacher who
does not detect the plagiarism and pre-.
vent its recurrence. Another cause-an6
this is peculiar to high schools anG
colleges, so called-is the use of false
eloquence and highly-wrought rhetorical
fiourishes. Schoolmasters must give
common-sense topics on which to write
and where the subject is left to thu
choice of the pupil he should be direct
ed to choose such. No such topics a
the Higher Esthetics,' talks Will
Angels, Nights with the Gods,
Travels in Jupiter, or Visits i'll tn,
Moon, should be permitted, and leas
of all should they be subjects of essay
for Commencement day."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12

A family from Southern Kansas, con-
sisting of husband, wife, and three
children, passed through this city in a
covered wagon yesterday afternoon, and
the following sad chapter in their history
was related by the man He stated that
they left Kansas on the LIST of March,
with the intention of joining number
of families, formerly from Kansas, who
are now living in Brown county. They
travelled rapidly, and met with no mis-
haps until last Sunday morning, when
their little babe, aged about eighteen
months, was suddenly taken Ill and died.
The grief of the poor mother on the
death of her child knew no bounds; in
fact, she became temporarily insane, and
when her husband wished to bury the
body of the infant she clutched it wildly
in her arms and fed from him and hid
herself in the woods, where she remained
over might alone with the corpse. 1t
was not until nearly noon on the follow
ing day that he finally found her. She
was so completely exhausted by that time
that he had but little difficulty In taking
her back to the wagon. She was in
duced to take some nourishment, and
soon after fell asleep. While she lay
sleeping the little corpse was placed in a
roughly-constructed box, and the father
and children buried it under live-oak
tree by the roadside. The mother slept
several hours, and awoke with her mind
restored. She assisted her husband in
building fence around the lone little
grave, and then, with many backward
glances, the afflicted family pursued
their weary journey Waco (16G.) Ec-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12
The Revolution in Hayti-Murder and
Robbery Rampant.

Late advices from Kingston, Jamaica,
furnish the following interesting items:
I'm Hayti, the people in the south favor
General Salaman for President; in the
north, they are for General Canal, who,
however, wants to be elected in legal
way.
Dominique, the deposed President,
during his fight from Port au Prince,
was conducted to the wharf by the Span
ish Consul, and received q severe bayo-
net wound in his thigh.
As Rameau, the new President, was
escorted by the French Consul, the son
of Monplasier Pierre stepped up to him
and said: "You shall not escape, for
shall avenge the blood of my father,
whom you nlassacred on the 3D. of May
1871" and shot him dead on the spot
His body was thrown aside and left un
buried for thirty-six hours.
Gen. Larquet, in command of the
troops at Port au Prince, was shot as
traitor.
The wife of the Haytian Admiral
Madame De Jole, with Madame AlexicC
Nord, is in chains and in prison at Cape
Hayti. Madame Rameau escaped Il
One hundred and eighty thousand dol
lars were secured from Dominique Will,
shipping it on board of Spanish schoon
er. A proclamation says that he robbed
the Haytian treasury of $4,000, 600 il
| three wears.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12
Recovered his Bonds.

A. r. T. Nichols of Greenfield Hill,
Conn.,, has just recovered $4,000 of
Government bonds in peculiar way.
They disappeared, four months ago,
and he supposed that they had been
stolen by a French couple who lived
near his house, but he couldn't prove
the theft on them. One day, the
woman told him she thought she could
find out where they were by witchcraft,
and said that she would come to the
house that night, and she wanted him to
look in the parlor Immediately after.
He took the precaution to Attach threads
to all the windows of the lower story,
and then went to bed. During the
night she came, and he soon found the
bonds on the parlor floor, and the
threads of one window was broken. She
and her husband, of course, had had
the bonds all the time, and, getting
scared had taken this way of bringing
them back.-Springfeld Republican
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12
The National Conventions.

The following is list of the National
conventions, conferences, etc., called
with reference to the Presidency:
May 15-Conference in New York Of individ-
uals invited by William Cullen BRYANT, Theo-
dore ID. Woolsey, Alexander II. Bullock, Horace
White and Carl Schurz, ito consider what may
be- done to prevent the national election Of the
Centennial year from becoming mere choice
Of evils, aud to secure the election of men to
the highest Offices of the Republic whose char
acter and ability will satisfy the exigencies OF
our present situation and protect the honor OF
the kmerican NAME"
MAY LIBERALIZATION National convention at
Cleveland. o.
May 17-Greenback National convention at
Indianapolis. Ind.
June 14-Republican National convention at
Cincinnati, O.
June 27-Democratic National convention at
st. Louis, Mo.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12
White-rObed Peace.

The Emperor of Russia does not want
war. To be sure, the clouds are lower
ing in the East, and all Turkey is full of
discord. But, for all this, it is an
nounced from st. Petersburg that the
Gar intends shortly to promulgate a
declaration that, so far as his Empire is
concerned, the peace of Europe shall
not be disturbed. Should the Turkish
complications become untangled without
more serious results than have vet de-
veloped, it would certainly seem that
the spirit of universal peace is IN the
ascendency.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12

and ], to help him, did approach an Off
cial in the way meant. !" y, :" $50 80 =
But when was it, Mr.. Losing 4" said
Storey, with satisfaction beaming over
his countenance.
cit was long time ago, sir. 1t was
when / went, at the request Of Wilbur
Il. Storey, to buy the vote and influence
of Alderman John Comiskey to aid in
obtaining the city printing for the Chi
cago Times !"ssof tsai .sIar it.
/. The interrogatories that followed were
not many. Chicago Courier.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12

plicaton will be better" So they took
the scissors and cut off the babys toes,
and after pulling out the sawdust the
doctor filed her leg with the hot water
and tied up the toes with a string, and
then stood the baby on her head in a
corner. The little sufferer went at once
into a profuse perspiration, which ran
even through the hole in her head, and
the doctor declared her life saved. 1t
was of short duration, however, for the
next day, as the baby did not recover
from dampness, Mamie put her on the
edge of the CRATE to dry up, and going
into the nursery to get a clean dress for
the invalid, she came back only to dis
cover that the baby had tumbled back
ward into the fire, and was so burned
they had to throw her into the ash bar
rel.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12
DIR. Charlie.

"Come in"
"Oh, good morning, DOCTOR My baby
is very sick indeed. She tumbled out
Of the third-story window yesterday,
and the naughty boys in the street took
her by one leg and threw her back
again. F" HE
Miss Mamie was sitting in her little
rocking chair, holding large wax doll,
the top of whose head was broken in.
The doctor was Mamie's cousin Charlie,
who was so little he scarcely could reach
the door knob, but he had on long
cloak and his fathers hat, and pair OF
spectacles without any glasses in them,
so he thought he looked big enough fol-
doctor.
"Let me see, madam" said the doc.
tor; "when did all this happenl"
{" Yesterday, Mr.. Doctor"
ooh, i do hope that headache hasn',
set in, for then it would be fatal, sale
the doctor, as Mamie proceeded to uh-
dress the broken-headed dolly.
"Why, madam, your baby has onl!
one leg"
"Yes," said Mamie; 81 lent the othet
to Lucy, because her doll is going visit
ing to-day, and she wanted her to lool
we'll"
"Any hot water4"
They found some in the bathroom
and the babys remaining leg was pu
Immediately to soak. This leg was red
and pretty soon the water was red too.
"Ah," said the doctor, "now you
baby will get well. We've drawn tn
blood from her head, and you need no
be anxious about her at all. "
"How long must she SOAK aske
Mamie. MH 90 Cg-ltl
The doctor put his finger to his fore
head in deep thought.
81 think" said he, "thot internal al
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12
Mecrschaum Manufacture.

Vienna uses 200 pounds of genu-
inc meerschaum annually, valued at
81, 900, 900, beside 100000 pounds of
meerschaum chips, which are ground
and compressed and made into imitation
pipes and cigar-holders. The imitation
is carried to such perfection that the
best judges are often puzzled 70 d'stip-
guisL it from The real article.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12
All SIN.
The Great Burden of the CaIifornians as
Seen Through Their Own Goggles.

The Great bur den of the Californians as
81 Seen Through Their Own Goggles.
Before the Senate Chinese commission
at Sacramento, CAL, the other day, Lem
Schaum, Christianized Chinese
preacher, testified that it is practically
impossible to convert grown Cinnamon
to Christianity, though sometimes sue
cessful in the case OF boys that the con-
dition of the women here is horrible
bought and sold like cattle, abused by
their masters, tortured, and often killed
for attempting to escape that the pres
ence of the Chinese in this country is
disastrous to both whites and Chinese /;
that the Chinese here of the better class
desire immigration to be stopped, and
the whole thing can be done in friend
ly way that the Chinese Government
desires to keepits subjects at home, and,
if immigration, which is mostly from
the province OF Canton, were stopped, il
would have no effect on commercial re-
lations with China that the Chinese
Government would willingly assist to
effect it, but is afraid it could not do it,
as there are eighteen provinces, and a
revolution in almost every province that
10 uOG tuNdlCcu ny ILLS ILL
migration that, if stopped, we might
do something with those here. The
witness corroborated other evidence con-
corning the manner in which the Chi
nese secret tribunals put price on the
lives of those offending their laws, and
carried out such sentences. As to the
contract system, he said, when the men
have no money to get to California, they
borrow, and make a contract to work un-
til they have refunded the money.
When Cinnamon desire to get back to
China, the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany will not sell them tickets unless
they have q check or ticket from the six
companies, or from missionaries. This
is done to protect creditors. The Chi
namen living in this country do not
think the six companies can stop immi
grafton or the importation of lewd
women and improper characters, mol
have they power to send them back tc
China. .-.-t-... Ia, ....
Matthew Karcher, Chief of Police
testified at length as to the ruinous eff
feet of the presence of the Chinese upor
the rising generation, leading boys tc
disease and death, and driving boys an6
girls to crime by competition in house
hold and manufacturing employments
He characterized the Chinese popula
ton, almost without exception, as Grim
inals, thieves, liars, and perjurers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12
The Strife In Cuba.

Cuba and its struggle has been heard
from once more. The insurgent forces
have again manifested their hostility by
attacking and destroying with fire five
more of the great sugar and tobacco es-
tates, which have made the island rich
and famous by reason of their products.
At this rate there will be little left to
fight for in Cuba, unless the war should
terminate pretty soon, and there is at
present no prospect of that.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12

1t is said that Mr.. Hugh Holt, book
keeper of this city, has been declared
heir at Law of the famous Holt estate,
which has been thrown out Of the Eng
lish Court of Chancery. The estate has
been in litigation since 1909, and is val.
ueJ at $4,000, 000.-.Montreat Dis
Dn,ch.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12
Red Cloud Dying.

1t is announced, from Cheyenne, that
that distinguished statesman and war
rior, the Hon. Red Cloud, is about to
make his exit to the happy hunting
grounds. 1t is added that his warriors
are anxious to join Gen. Crooks expe.i-
ton and fight Sitting Bull.