The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-06

1--we swhord off"
-Cisterns are empty.
The days are slowly lensthening.
We understand that Judge Talcot
is married.
j. w. Clark killed fine deer Frida,
of last week.
The colored folks had . festival New
Years night.
Henry Davis, of Humboldt, was in
town Thursday.
j Eleven degrees below zero Friday
night of last week.
We have already had more sleighing
than all last winter.
Thanks to Occasional" and hope to
hear from him often.
Time we heard from our Deer Crsek
correspondent again.
Henry Andrews, of Humboldt was
in town last Wednesday.
IS. J. Cowan and Jas. Burns went up
to Kansas City this week.
Leap year has passed and some of
our old bachelors "got left"
County Commissioners meet in an
adjourned session next Monday.
Ten car loads of hogs and cattle
were shipped from lola last Tuesday.
Call on Bowlus for one of those fine
calendars of the Phenix Insurance Co.
Mr.. Cooks big hog created quite an
excitement on our streets last Monday.
Our young folks had q social dance
at Mrs. Reeds Friday night of last week.
Our farmers sold in the Aeighbor-
hood of 100, 900 pounds of hogs last Mon
day.
Mr.. R. A. Armstrong was under the
weather last week. He is out and around
now.
j. d. Simms bought $50 hogs last
Monday of which number 29S were
shipped.
-Peasley Bros. Minstrels gave an en-
tertainment at Masonic Hall Wednesday
evening.
Among the hogs shipped by Simms
last Monday one car lot of forty averaged
1876 each.
WIN. Hampstead and family, Linn
county, have been visiting friends in our
town this week.
Mr.. E N. Yates has been confined
at home the greaters part of this week
with a severe cold.
"A letter from DR.. Bostwick which
arrived too late for this issue will be
published next week.
The December just passed has been
the coldest known in this part of Kan
sas for the last ten years.
Prof. Ferguson, who lectured on
in our city few years ago, is |
lecturing at Kansas City.
Judge Talcott went down to Neosho
county last Monday evening to finish up |
the legal business of that county.
Grin Lake and J. K. McQuigg, of
Geneva township, made US New Year
call in reference to their subscription for
1877.
The cattle are in very good condi
ton so far this year. The storms have
not been bad Is there has been scarcely
any sleet.
- Messrs. Hartman & Casmire last
week sold wagon to farmer living in
County, within = few miles of
Fort Scott.
Now IL the time to write page and
a half in new diary before you lose it,
or your wife takes it to keep the milk
account in.
The funeral services of the infant
daughter of M. and NJ. L. DeMoss was
held at their residence, in lola, last
afternoon.
"A word to our business men. Begin
the year with determination to regu-
larly and steadily advertise, and you
will make other people happy, and thus
be happy yourself.
= We hear that one of our Elm Greek
farmers last week killed a jack rabbit
which weighed something over nine
pounds. Wonder if it wasn't a small
mule instead of q rabbit?
Among the hogs shipped from lola
last Monday were six belonging to D. T.
Anderson. who lives in Elm township,
that weighed 262O pounds; an average
weight of 1864 pounds each.
will the Lawrence journal credit
Usage township, Allen county. instead
Of Usage county, with the notice of seven
Berkshire hogs, one litter, 8 months old;
and weighing 2O70 pounds!
We are in receipt of an invitation
to attend the grand inaugural ball to be
given at Costa's Opera House, Topeka,
Monday night next in honor of the in
auguration of Gov. Geo. T. Anthony.
Owing to misu understanding of the
time for the regular meeting of the Board
Of County Commissioners, they met last
and adjourned for one week.
The law states that they shall meet on