The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-05-20

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church tomorrow evening.
The weather this spring has beel
unfavorable for chinch bugs.
lola is to have a new millinery stor
and dress making establishment.
Everybody busy and prospects ar
good for another bountiful season.
One of Mr.. Brubaker's livery horses
died last Wednesday night. Collie.
The Peak family will hold forth a
Masonic Hall next Saturday evening.
Mr.. B. Brewster, of this city, was al
the opening exercises of the Centennial
The regulation chip hat for this
summer is about the size of an umbrella
Mr.. Jones found a satchel near his
home, some ten miles east of lola, last
week.
When women bring corn to market
the person. buying it are gallant enough
to unload it.
Rev. S. G. Clark attended the Sun.
day School convention at Kansas City
this week.
Mr.. Smith carried off a number Of
the premiums at the Horse Fair at Neo.
sho Falls with lola horses.
The rooms in the advanced depart
ment of our public schools have also
been decorated with pictures.
Mr.. John Cummings of Deer Greek
township died last Wednesday afternoon
after an illness of about three weeks.
Judge Talcott came home from In.
diana last Friday evening. He is hold.
ing court in Wilson county this week.
Mr.. Montague was in our town last
Saturday canvassing for a directory to
be published by Jason, Burke & Co., st.
Louis, Mo.
None of the Democratic delegates to
the State Convention from this Repre-
sentative district went up to Topeka last
Wednesday.
The game of chess between our post
master, s. J. Cowan, and a party at
Lawrence-played by mail-was won by
Mr.. Cowan.
There was a good attendance at the
M. E. Church last Sabbath evening to
listen to Rev. Mr.. Muth on the temper.
ance question.
There is still talk of q horse fair
here next month, and we believe definite
arrangements are being made in reference
to the matter.
At the Republican convention last
Saturday a vote was taken for President
and Blaine and B.istow received the
same number of votes.
Geo. Walker has opened a silver.
NTH shop in Ireland's tailoring estab-
lishment and will do all kinds of work
belonging to the trade.
Mrs. Walker, with her daughters,
has Joined her husband, Louis Walker,
at Woodland, California. Mr.. w. is
postmaster at that place.
The lola public school will be
closed in two weeks. Active prepare.
tons are being made for the Centennial
pic mic the last day of school.
1t won't be long till the street com.
missioner will be around with his writ
ten requests that you report with shovel,
ETC., or fork over three dollars.
The early planted corn is growing
nicely, and the weather has been SO
favorable this week that the farmers are
pretty generally done planting corn.
The Kansas Star is the name of d
new paper that is published at the Kan.
cas- Institution for the Deaf and Dumb,
at Olathe, by the pupils of that Institu-
ton.
There will be a special meeting Of
the City Council next Monday evening
for the purpose of taking action on Mr..
Kuhne's petition for license to sell
liquors.
Married Tuesday May 10th by Rev.
s. G. Clark, at his residence in this city,
Theodore H. Terrell of Baldwin City,
Kansas, and Alice E. Hamilton of Col
ony, Kansas.
Mr.. Gorrell has employed J. w.
Clark to manage the wagon making de.
partment of his shop. Mr.. Clark has
established an enviable reputation as a
frst-class workman.
The county commissioners will meet
the first Monday in June as a Board Of
Equalization. If you are dissatisfied
with the assessment of your property re-
port to them at that time.
If some one near lola would turn
his attention to gardening and supply
our market with early vegetables he
would make his fortune and confer q
great favor on the community.
The question Of license or no license
will be decided by the Council next
Monday evening. We hope it will be
no license. The statement that there is
more whisky drank when We have no
licensed saloon than there Is when We
have one, is not backed with he Gig
ures."