The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-07-22

We hear complaints that some per-
son, at night, is in the habit of bathing
in the water trough at one of our pub.
lie wells. He had better quit il.
Mr.. A. w. Rowland is of the opin-
ion that Geneva township will raise a
bigger crop of corn this year than last
judging from the present prospects.
-McElroy of the Humboldt Union was
in town this week. We suspect he was
looking after printers fees in some of the
cases tried at the late term of court.
The horses to the hack for the Le-
land Hotel became frightened at the
train yesterday afternoon and ran back
to the stable. They made good time.
j. d. Simms shipped four car loads
of fat cattle and two of hogs last Thurs
day. Mr.. Harville also shipped three
car loads of fine steers at the same time.
To those greenback fellows who
meet at the court house to-day we would
suggest, "Money is not made by law, but
by labor" More corn, cattle and hogs
is what is needed.
Mr.. II. d. Christy, of Terre Haute,
Ind, we'll known to many ofour citizens,
is on visit to his sons in this county.
He reports crops almost a failure in his
part of Indiana.
We must say that lola has the worst
roads west of that city we have ever
driven through in the State. They are
a disgrace to any town or county
Woodson County Post.
The earliest planted corn in this vi
cinity is now in roasting ears and is GER
tain of making heavy crop, while the
late corn is growing rapidly and gives
every promise of good yield.
The County Commissioners report
that in their examination of the poor
farm last week they found everything in
good order, and that Mr.. Hankins had
complied with his contract in every
respect.
Rev. S. G.. Clark, pastor of the lola
Presbyterian church, preached q his
tcrical discourse last Sunday morning,
giving the history of this church from
its organization. 1t was organized June
oath 1864.
Mr.. w. E. Helm. who for some time
past had been quite low with consump-
ton, died last Monday morning. Fu-
neral services at the NJ. E. Church Mon
day afternoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by
Rev. H. X. Muth.
"A. J. McCarley has taken charge of
the Leland Hotel, and having thor
oughly cleansed and reftted it is fur
nishing irst-class accommodations for the
travelling public and comfortable home
for old bachelors and widowers.
Charley Steele had on sale this week
some extra large peaches from the Free
man farm. Early peaches and early
apples bring three or four times as much
as late ones a fact that is worth remem-
bering when you put out fruit trees.
John Kelley was arrested last FRI
day evening and confined in Jail for an
assault on Thos. Reed some two weeks
ago. He was taken before John Paxson,
Justice of the Peace, last Monday where
he was fined one dollar:and costs Of suit.
Daniel Boomhover was tried again
last Tuesday before the Probate Judge
for insanity. The jury returned YER
dict of "unsound mind" but failed to
find him a fit subject for the insane asy-
lum he was sent to the county poor
farm.
On the fourth page of to-day's paper
we publish an article from the Indiana
Former under the heading of ''Trans-
planting Trees in Fall or Spring" which
is worthy Of q careful reading by every
one owning town lots or land on the
prairie.
Mr.. Joseph Neer, lately from Ohio,
met with the sad bereavement last We'd
nesday of losing both his wife and daugh
ter, the latter some Is years Of age. They
died, after . shoot illness, within one
hour of each other. Funeral services at
the residence by the Rev. H. X. Muth
Thursday afternoon.
John Harris, township trustee, calls
on all persons willing to volunteer labor
on the road west of the river to meet
him at the bridge next Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday. See his "Road No
tice" elsewhere. Mr.. Harris also pro-
poses circulating petition among our
business men and giving them An oppor-
tunity of aiding in this good work.