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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-09-16
ALLEN COUNTY.
KANSAS.
ITS ADVANTAGES
AS A.
HOME FOR The IMMIGRANT
Land at Pioneer Prices Without any
Of the Privations Of Pioneer Life!

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 ene hundred miles south
east from Topeka, seventy-five 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.
SOIL.
The soil of the uplands is a black or
dark red calcareous loan of great depth
and inexhaustable fertility, while that
of the bottoms is the black alluvial de-
posits usually found in such localities,
and varying from four to ten feet in
depth. No better soils for the successful
production of all the grains, grasses,
fruits and vegetables Of this latitude can
lie found in the State.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-09-16
HAVE you heard from Maine?

In Connecticut the Greenback men
have nominated State ticket.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-09-16

VEND &c to q. r. howell & Co., New York, for
upamphlef Of loopages containing lists of30OOnews
papers, and estimates showing COS of adyertisins
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-09-16
No. I13. Farm of $50

acres in Anderson county, 60 acres
broke and under fence, two story frame
house. rooms finished, stable and
granary, 2 wells living water, timber
sufficient to support the place, 200 apple
aud 500 peach trees.
$1,000 cash or $500 part time.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-09-16
WATER.

The county is watered by tie Neosho
river, which flows through it from n.
W. to S. E., 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 belt of
excellent timber and flows through fine
alluvial bottoms FROM half a mile to u
mile in width. Water for domestic pur-
poses is found in springs aud wells OF
moderate depth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-09-16
No. III. $50 $1,000

acres. mile south and east of LOLA
90 acres broke and in cultivation, the
whole / fenced, fair house, we'll.
Piece Sl2O0-part in trade.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-09-16
No. 1I5. Farm Of16O

"O' Z 10. TIIUC " IOU
acres, 4 miles north of IOla.-l8 acres
broke and in cultivation, % acres fenced
frame house II story, main building
14x16, addition l0x16, barn and granaIy,
$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, 1876-09-16

No. III. Farm of 1853
acres, l.. miles East Of Iols.-6O acres
broke and in cultivation, nearly all
fenced, Rock creek runs acres our
corner, box house 2ixl6, apples, peaches
and cherries.
Price sl5 per acre, part cash, balance
time at 8 per cent.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-09-16
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

hereby announce myself rs a candidate for
reelection to the Office of Clerk of the District
Court subject to the decision Of the Republican
County Convention.
&. NJ SIMPSON.
hereby announce myself - an Independent
candidate for the Office of County Attorney for
Allen county.
GEO. A. AMOS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-09-16
All property shown
Free Of Charge.
Read This List.

No. lO5. 40 1c7ps.---
Three and one half miles southwest. 80
acres in cultivation and fenced, balance
in :in,ber-principally black walnut.
Price, 81 per acre. cash.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-09-16
No. 119. Farm Of.16O

WE L ASe Z w sSO VI ~ w
acres, ) miles north east of lola. 40 acres
broke and in cultivation, west 80 all
under fence, stone rail and hedge, sheen
pens and stone corrals, 100 young apple,
some peach trees. shrubbery Of all kinds,
frame house 1924, stone barn 4Ox47s
feet, cribs and stables. place we'll watered.
The whole for $500 or West 80 for
5000.
No. lei. Il large frame
hotel, well located, can get possession ut
once. Cheap for cash or would taks
land or stock for part.
No. I23. 10 acres ,t1a-
improved in Linn county Kansas, in
section 10. town 20, range y.
50 per acre cash.
No. I95. so acres 8
n lies south Of l. Ia, Partly fenced,
PIice s5Jerrm =.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-09-16
COUNTY SEAT.

lola, the county seat of Allen county,
is pleasantly located near the confluence
of Elm Creek and the Neos.io River,
and on the L. L. & 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-fiv feet. 1t 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 a
reasonable price which must steadily
increase in value.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-09-16
MINERAL WELL.
ne lola Mineral we'll Is at this tim

The lola Mineral well 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 up
at the we'll, and the afflicted from all
parts of the country are coming here for
and already the water from
this famous well is being shipped in large
9 Quantities Throughout this and adjoining
States.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21
COMFORTS THE AGED
Millinery Emporium,

The attention of the fashionable ladies of OF.
tawa and vicinity is invited to the superb and
extensive stock Of fall and winter millinery goods
received yesterday, and being opened, at the
Millinery Emporium, 10y the universally popu-
lar ladies', Mrs. lazlett Il Miss Bastien. They
made the selections Of their numerous articles
personally, hence the rare beauty of the goods,
and the neat and tasteful variety. No one can
fail to find just what will suit each individual
preference in color or make up here. Indeed
the trouble will be to decide among SO many be-
wilderingly beautiful articles. The stock com
poses the very latest fashions in hats, flowers aud
all sorts of fancy trimmings. The goods will
be fully opened this morning when these ladies
will be happy to exhibit their new goods to all
who may call.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

Bob Ingersoll has said many hard things
against Governor Tilden, but he has never
said anything about him which can for mo.
ment be compared in point of savagery of
sarcasm with the following:
"Since the invention of steamships and
railways, God has quit the business of pro.
ducng famine. Now and then he kills a
child because it is adored by its parents, as a
rule he has given up causing accidents on
railroads, exploding boilers and bursting
kerosene lamps. Cholera, yellow fever and
small pox are still considered heavenly weap.
ons; but measels itch and ague are now at
,ributed to natural causes In wars between
great nations, God still interferes; but in
prize fights, the best man, with an honest
referee, is almost sure to win
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

HUMBUG The Republican makes big
hullabaloO over handful which it says was
issued by democratic meeting in Melon.
ough county in 1864, and in which bill Lin.
coin was denounced as "tyrant" and the
war as "draggiug:ourssons into the valley OF
DEATH" &c. 1t Is enough to say that the
Democratic Central Committee of Mellon.
Ough county, as long as four weeks ago,
stamped the bill as a miserable forgery got
up by the republicans of that county eight
years ago, and at that time promptly ex.
posed and denounced. The fact that a. T.
Cameron, Esq, of this city, las literal copy
Of the BILL" is none to his credit, and might
cause differences on the part OF persons not
knowing HIM as well as We do anything but
complimentary The Republican is hard run
to catch up aud splurge over played out
faud like that
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

For the Information of the greenbackers
and others we would state that McPhersons
Record of the Proceedings of Congress shows
that at the last session Alex. Campbell voted
four times solid with the Democrats on the
Amnesty Bill, forcing amnesty on jeff Da.
Wis, and also that he voted against the bill re-
monetizing silver and making it legal ten.
der in amounts not exceeding fifty dollars.
We have the proof, if called for.-NeRdOta
Bulletin.
In voting for an amnesty bill including
JEFF. Davis, Mr.. Campbell simply voted for a
bill which had twice passed a republican
mouse one or two years before, and to which
no objection had been made until, IN the last
house, Blaine made it the hypocritical pre-.
text for heading off Morton by tumultuous
display of the bloody shirt. 1t was sheer
piece of demagogism, and failed of any other
effect than three days sensation. Mr..
Campbell may have voted against the bill to
make silver legal tender to the amount of
$50 because from the first he opposed any
such compromise, but was in favor OF re
storing silver TO its constitutional dignity of
being legal tender for all sums without
limitation.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

is especially noticeable in the clothing line, and
no house in the country shows greater reduc-
ton than that of FIsKE IL BEEN And there Ger.
tainly never has been larger stock Of goods
brought here, their large room beng completely
filed.
Especial attention is called to the line of shirts
They are selling a splendid shirt for sl.25-an
almost equally good one for sl.00; good under
shirt for % cents; while that medicated under
shirt is recommended by the doctors as the best
protection yet offered for the lungs or as q pre-
vention of rheumatism. See it,
Flske Il BEEN have but one price and that is
the forrest. Read their guarantee, visit their store,
examine their goods, and compare their prices
with any house in the northwest, and you will
be conpiisc,d that it is to your best interests to
deal with them. They mean guaranteed salts
faction or no trade. They will not let a man 20
away unsatisfed in any degree.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21
HOME MAT TERS.
New Gas Burner.

Now that the long evenings are again at hand
and people want light, the seductive peddler Of
the last newly devised economic gas burner is in
the field with the old fraud In a new shape. This
does not imply, however, that all new devices in
that line are frauds, for doubtless in the last few
years important Improvements have been made
in gas burners and much gas can be economised
by using them. The trouble is to get the right
one. III such case there is no safer person to
advise with than Mr.. Geo. Burgess, our city gas
filter, who has no other interest to subserve
than to give our people the best and most eco
nomic burner. He has secured the exclusive
agency for the sale in this region Of the famous
Steiner Patent Chamber Gas Burner" admitted
by all to be the best now in use. Its peculiar
merit is that no matter what may be the pres
sure of the gas from the works, the pressure can
never exceed whatever figure is fixed by this
burner, so that under all circumstances the light
and consumption Of gas will be uniform. Call
on Mr.. Burgess, and he will show you the i'm
provement and explain its merits in detail.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

For mercy's sake, Mr.. Republican, give US
something new! Your McDonough county
handful is a miserable forgery, proved to be
such a month ago; and so Is that scoundlel.
ly Tyler letter, pretending that the American
Alliance endorsed Mr.. Tilden year ago, but
that he wanted it kept dark! The Republican
editor is hardly ignoramus enough not to
know that the american Alliance" as an
organization, was not in existence at the time
of the pretended endorsement of Tilden. The
Tyler letter in question has been proved to
be New York Times forgery.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

Mendoza had a scorch on Monday which
we are glad to find was less disastrous than
the flying reports about Ottawa at first led
us to apprehend. The chief sufferer seems to
be L. B. Croker, Esq, in whose office, IN
Fishers block, In some unexplained way, the
fire originated. He lost his library, worth
$1,000, OF which 500 is covered by insurance,
Fishers block was damaged $2,5J0, covered
by insurance.; Frank, clothier, damaged ST..
500, insured for $1,000; Mrs Baumbach,
milliner, damaged $4,000, covered by insur-
ance; Odd Fellows Hall damaged 5000, no
insurance
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

Illinois can be carried as easily in Novem.
Der tor Tilden as Indiana was tor Williams
last week. The republican vote in this state
has not exceeded 1877 600 at any election since
1872, while the opposition vote has been
steadily over 100000. The democrats have
lost no votes, either in Ohio, Indiana, Maine,
Vermont, or anywhere, at any election since
1872. Nothing but the fooling away of forty
or fifty thousand democratic votes on Peter
Cooper can give Hayes the remotest chance of
carrying Illinois
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21
Register your Names.

Voters will bear in mind that before they can
deposit their ballots, they must have their names
properly registered. All persons living in the
township of Ottawa, who have the necessary lie.
gal qualifications as voters, and reside vest of a
line running north and south through the side
cut OF the canal, from the north bank of the Iii.
nois river to the north line of said town, must
vote at Sehaefer's hall; and all residing east OF
that line, in said town, must vote AZ the county
court house. The eastern district is known US
precinct No. |, and the board of registry con-
sists OF Thos. j. Wade, +. o. Black and II. c.
Furness. They met Oh Tuesday last and pre-.
pared their first registration lists, one copy of
which was posted up at the court house door,
and the other left with J, G. Armstrong, the town
clerk.
On Tuesday preceding the election, the board
of registry will meet at the court house, in Chas.
II. Hooks Office, to correct and complete their
labors
In the ID precinct tne board of registry are
VIM. Greggor, Vim, P. Henery and Arthur Lock
WOOD. They prepared their first books of reg
istration on Tuesday last, and posted Il copy at
the door Of the hall mentioned, and on the Tues
day before the election will meet 10 correct the
same.
The board of election for the east, or LIST pre-.
ciHct, will consist Of John Stout, l.. W. Brewer
and Il. 0. Black, judges, and Philo Lindley and
II. c. Furness clerks.
In the d or west precinct, the board of cleo
ton will be Arthur Lockwood, VIM. Greggor and
VIM p. Henery, judges, and John n. Shuler and
j. G. Armstrong clerks.
Ali voters not yet registered, will thus see tine
importance of attending to The matter by a week
from Tuesday next.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21
POLITICAL PEN POINTS.

Some radical says that the independent
platform is:
Beetsteak when I'm hungry,
Whisky when I'm dry,
Greenbacks when I'm hard up
And heaven when | die"
Whereupon an exchange retorts:
(which will compare favorably with the
platform of the republican party, which is'
Bloody shirt for breakfast.
Bloody shirt for tea,
And bloody shirt for dinner,
Oh the bloody shirt for me.
The Springfield Republican is on the whole
rather sorry it called Blue Jeans Williams an
"arrant demagogue," acknowledges that 1.-THE
spectacle of democratic representative saw
ing the country few hundred dollars IN the
matter of lemonade is, on the whole, rather
pleasanter than that of republican represen-
tative selling his vote for stock in the Credit
Mobiler."
The Chicago Times says, of Tie revival work
of Moody aud Sankey in that city, that tits
effects on individual character are already
surprising and exactly as we would wish. The
vote for Tilden and reform in this county IN
November will be overwhelming"
The New York Sun is authority for the
statement that Boss Shepherds mistress has
been ON the payroll of the printing bureau OF
the treasury department since April, 1873, for
which she has done no work, and has never
been in the Office. When the bureau was re-
organized Superintendent Jewell refused to
pay this person, but was directed by the high
est authority to do so.
The radical papers are all publishing Bob
lngersolls eloquent abuse of Tilden. The
same Bob lngersoll abuses Jesus Christ far
more brilliantly than he abuses Tilden-
Kansas city Times.
A. M. Clapp, the convict whom the house
displaced from Office because they found him
stealing, and whom Grant reappointed, and
the senate confirmed, because he is a thief,
has taken the stump for Hayes and Wheeler.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21
Alexander Campbell, the Friend Of the Work
ing Men.

ing Men.
There is one tact that should not be lost
sight OF by the industrial classes or TINS Con-
gressional district, and that is, that Aiexan'
der Campbell, the Democratic candidate Tor
Congress, is the friend OF the la6orlng classes
of the country. No man In the onited otstes
is so closely identified with the interests OF
the toiling millions, or has contributed more
to their elevation. His money and talents
for long wears have afforded efficient aid to
all movements ia this country tending to the
elevation of labor and the organization OF Ia
Dor protecting associations.
AS a member of Congress, Mr.. Campbell
proved to be the trusty friend of the producer
and laborer, as his able speeches against con.
traction of the currency, IN favor of the repeal
of the specie resumption act and the demOne
tizing OF silver abuDdantly attest His votes
were universally on the size of retrenchment
and reform. He lent a willing hand in the
Investigations that developed system of cor.
ruption and robbery that was speedily de.
vouring the national subsistence and pauper.
iZing the people.
Mr.. Campbell is pledged to no party, but
stands forth as the representative of the men
who earn their living by honest industry, yet
he is in full accord with the Democratic par
ty on all the essential issues Of the campaign.
A strenuous effort is being made in this To-
cality by the friends of p. C. Hayes, Mr..
Campbell's Republican opponent, to turn the
votes of the iron men and miners against
him, but 1t will prove q miserable failure.
These classes have recognized Mr.. Campbell
as their sincere and earnest friend too long
to be induced to desert him now, without
good and sufficient reasons. 1t will take
more than the arguments of Major Mum and
Jimmy Murphy to persuade the Rolling Mill
men to vote for little Hayes in preference to
of G. NJ. Radcliffe and Jim Goodspeed to
carry the miners away from their old and
tried friend.-JOliet Signal.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

MAGNIFICENT IIoRsE.-The Chicago Fetd
in its mention of the sales Of booded stock last
week, says: MIR. W.. j. Nicely, OF Ottawa, HIS,
has purchased of George Lndcnburger, of Lou
isvie, Ky, the trotting stallion, Byron, for $4,000
He is a horse Of plenty of substance, un0nchng
game and has secured a record OF 2:25l3. As II
sire he will be an acquisition and should receive
the support of breeders" He will be the stable
companion OF Necly's Henry Clay
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

LOOK INA week or two ago We advised our
readers ito look out" for \. Frank IL Co.'s new
goods Now they have come and our advice Is to
|" look in" Frank has shown his usual good
taste in making his selections and the new stock
is both heavy ard handsome.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

PGRsoNAL.-Mr. Andrew Hamilton and wife
returned, on Wednesday, from their tour in the
East They visited all the principal cities, not
forgetting to "take in the Centennial. They
say, like everybody else who has been and come
back, "Youd ought to 60" May they live to
attend the next one.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

O-T-A Pocket Book. IN the Town OF Miller. l.
IL sale county The -pth q september lsss some
where bstzsea lvor Thdmpsons and Hans HAnsons cot
ttuing about Two dollars Ia Money and two promssory
uotes-one against liver Thompson and Lars ToloT Ca
payableto order OF ole Larson Iaveland dated Nov
IL lssl Tor tundred dollars. kEd due after
date TIE other sSant 4 a. Eeson. payable 20 The
order of Ole Larson .ayelad. dated March th tor ry
dnar ard due sN months attr datehoth BEARING inter-
Il rfr cent pr Finder win D. rewarded b.
leaving 4 ~ nanNsy Postcfoc IN the town OF Miller, Ia
sale county. s. All fer-ols are Cautioned aektusi pcy
ing saii ais,ve mfutoacd protn'ssory not-s.
Uci. q ls.s-gU' uLE LARSON ElNELANp.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

overwhelmingly afternoon, about 4
O'Clock, horse belonging to Mr.. Cyrus Leland,
while hitched on the east SIDE became frighten-
ed by some little boys parading with flags in the
streets, and started on the run down Main street,
fortunately crossing Fox River bridge without
injuring anyone. The buggy collided with Stro-
bel Il Gondolfs corner, damaging it considerably
the horse, however, ran on till he was captured
at the corner Of Main and La Sale streets, when
he fell on the crossing, escaping with but few
scratches.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

The Rev J. +. Yates, Of the Methodist church,
who had been assigned to Ottawa year ago by
the Conference, but was soon after suspended on
certain charges relating TO his family matters
until he could have trial at the next confer
euce, had his trial at the conference meeting at
Chicago tbs week and was acquitted, though the
committee appear slyly to entertain the hope
that he won't do so any more. Mr.. Yates, We
see, has been assigned to Wyanet, while Rev 7.
+. Strobridge comes to Ottawa.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

HIS Loss.-Chas MOnroe's loss by the Elk.
change Restaurant fire foots up to an even 500,
with no Insurance. besides the damage from in
terruption of business. He is all right however,
and still goeth around.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21

\. Frank Il Co. make no prctcnsions to being
the only clothing dealers in Ottawa, but the
farmers seem to have that impression from the
crowds we constantly see in the store. 1t has
got out somehow that they sell lower than 9th
er dealers.
Oyercoats! ovcrcoats. the latest styles. All
new goods just arrived, handsome and lower
than other dealers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-21
Excursion to Kansas,

j. NJ Childs, General Agent of the Kansas Pa
cifc Railway, will send his next excursion to
Kansas on Wednesday,, Nov. lSt and Noy. l5h,
1876. Giving the lo,oeSt rates of any excursion
now advertised. For tickets and Information,
address him at JOLIET, ILL.