The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-10-17
Local Haps and sIishaps.

Local H2ps and DIfshaps.
Showery weather during the past few
days.
xJohnny Richardson has . girl baby a
his house.
District Court in woodson count,
this week.
DR.. Fulton has moved his Office ove
the post Office. 81
i DR.. 8. To1er has moved his dental of
! fee over the post Office.
| The District Fair was q success. SCI
lnotice published elsewhere.
| I'D. Sims shipped q car load of hog
from this place last Tuesday.
| Anderson 4 DeClute want you to cal
a9d see their fine stock of clothing.
lVO. P. Northrup & Co. sold a bill O
goods that went to Usage Mission thi.
week.
They are making ready for the annual
settlement over at the County Treasurer
Office.
Henderson & Root have had new
front put in their store building. 1t adds
materially to its appearance.
A large rick of hay belonging to Mr.
McCarley was set fire to and burned by
lightning last Friday morning.
Grand opening at the clothing store Of
Anderson and DeClute tomorrow morn
ing Go and see their line of clothing.
Mr.. l. N. Templin has purchased the
post Office building and will add to the
stock already in, full line of confection-
cry.
The long wished for rain set in last
Friday morning and kept it up until
the ground was thoroughly soaked with
water.
Doctors report sickness abating. One
told us Monday that his patients were
all getting well and he would soon be
out of business.
We are under many obligations to
Supt. Root for his kindness in preparing
the summary of school matters published
in the educational column.
1t would be good idea for our city
authorities to finish the grading and ma
cadamizing along South Madison avenue
to the corner of the square.
THE REGISTER will be red hot Radi-
cal paper for the next two weeks or so.
The following months will be devoted to
plastering the trampled toes.
Carpenters, masons, and mechanics
generally report more work than they
can keep up with. 1t is an encouraging
sign and denotes that our present growth
will continue.
Highly & Co. sold the bill of lumber
for the Usage school house and S. A.
Brown & Co. the bill for the church.
Honors are easy and lola is the place to
buy lumber.
The late rains have been just what the
fall wheat needed all over the State, and
must give it very strong growth, SO
that it will GO into winter quarters in
first-rate condition.
Clothing, hats. caps, and gents fur.
nishing goods-a mammoth stock of new
goods jus: opened at Anderson and De-
Clute's new store west side of the public
square, lola, Kansas.
A large and carefully selected stock of
Fall and Winter millinery just received.
The ladies are respectfully invited to
call and see them.
ELLA F. CowAN, Milliner.
Mr.. Sleeper has erected large she'd
ding arrangements on his farm north east
of lola. We are inclined to believe that
Mr.. 8. will have the best arranged stock
place near lola very suon.
8. A. Brown & Co. report the lumber
trade booming" They have larger
stock at this place than any town in the
Neosho Valley. And don't you forget
that satisfactory prices will be given.
The colored folks held festival at the
court house last week which Melted about
thirty dollars. A cake was voted to the
handsomest belle which realized thirty
nine dollars, and broke every mothers
son of them.
Mrs. DeClute and sister will open a
fine line of millinery goods in the front
room of the Central House, south side of
the public square, next week. Ladies
desiring to inspect the latest styles are
invited to call and see them.
Parties having accounts against town
ships should remember that they are
governed by the new law passed last
winter. They meet in regular session
the last Saturday in this month-Oct. 25.
Present your accounts at that time.
The ladies' and childrens' missionary
societies of the Presbyterian Church ex-
pect to give q public entertainment on
the evening of the 18th inst. 1t will be
something entirely new, OF which full
particulars will be given next week.
For the reason that Judge Talcott will
be obliged to hold court during the few
weeks until election, he has little or no
to canvass the District, and
must necessarily depend largely upon
his friends to take active interest in his
reelection.
The second reading given by Miss
Travis Tuesday night was delivered be-
fore good audience at the Presbyterian
church. The selections were not SO good,
and without detracting in the least from
this lady's merits as professional elocu-
zionist, it did not average as we'll as her
previous reading.
Messrs Anderson & Declute have re
ceived their stock of goods and opened
up this week in the old stand heretofore
occupied by Henderson & Root on tue
west side of the square. They appear to
be energetic, active, first-class men, and
we hope they will do we'll from the start
We extend to this new firm our best
wishes for its success.
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