The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-04-11

E. D. Brown has fifteen thousand do
lars to loan on real estate. Terms rea
sonable. Call and see him.
The time for holding the Methods
Sunday School has been changed iron
ll:Da. m. to 8 o'clock p. IN.
VBowlus sold Mrs. Perkins place one
: half mile south of town, this week, +
. Mr.. W. J. Trick, of Pennsylvania.
. The new Methodist church on Dee
Creek will be dedicated on Sunday Apri
Goth by Presiding Elder Pendleton.
r. H. Travis, of Kansas City, bough
a quarter section of land lying four mile
east of town from Bowlus this week.
y Ewing, of the Thayer Head Light, in
sists that it was a genuine radish, anC
that it was ten inches in circumference
I Rev. S. G. Clark and lady, of Baxte
Springs, were in town this week attend
ing the meeting of the Presbytery anC
visiting friends.
A light shower Sunday barely laid the
dust and was only encouraging from the
tact that it was shown that it could rain
if it only would.
There was more challenging of voter.
done at the election last Monday than a,
any previous election ever held in lola
Both sides meant business.
A fire broke out in the roof of the
brewery last Friday night, which blazed
up seriously for time. 1t was put out
by energetic work however.
Two Of Davis Parsons horses strayed
away or were stolen nearly two weeks
ago. All efforts for their recovery, as
yet, have been unsuccessful.
Van exchange remarks that it don't
matter how hard the wind blows, it new
er blows dust in mans eyes when a
pretty girl is crossing the street.
have the biggest and best stock
mixed paints ever brought to lola, and
will sell them As low as anyone will or
can-and dou't you forge: it. SCOTT.
The colOred brethren must hake had
quite an exciting revival last Sunday
night from the amount of shouting and
singing in the southwest part of town
NDr. w. ID. Chastain is having a large
addition built to his house, in the south
part of town. The doctor will have
fine residence and grounds before many
years.
" Hermon Pancoast had one of his arms
thrown out fjoint last Monday afternoon.
He was turning a sOmersault off an old
hay stack and lit on his arm instead of
his feet.
Col. J. R. Hallowell has been nomina-
ted by the President as the U. s. Attor-
ney for Kansas. Geo. r. Peck is expect
ed to take some position on the Santa
Fe Railroad.
There will be a meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Allen County Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Association
held in lola on Saturday, April 10Th, for
perfecting arrangements for fair.
The Literary Union adjourned for two
weeks last Friday night, and there will
consequently be no meeting this evening
The meeting next Friday night, which
will be the last one, will be held at the
Court House.
Mrs. Sprowell. mother of Mrs. Jas.
Simpson, died at herdaIghter's residence
in this city last Sunday. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. J. s.
Kline at the house Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Sprowell was an aged lady.
More or less annoyance and hard feel
ing could be saved were q law passed
permitting men and women to vote on
the license question and settle the mat.
ter at a general election. We hope the
next State Legislature will pass some
such law.
Mr.. f. Nuet, whom we mentioned last |
week as having brought on his family,
denies the soft impeachment. He is an |
man and don't want his |
chances injured by the publication we
made. The balance of the item was cor
rect, we believe. But don't forget that
he il an unmarried man.
A distressing accident, duplicating
the one we mentioned in Usage township
week before lsst, occpfred in Liberty
Woodson County last week.
The house md goods of Mr. Cyrus Rose,
and his infant child were burned. The
people IF Yates Center donated literally
to help the unfortunate and poor man.
Judge Bell came over from lola on
Tuesday with couple of eastern gentle
men, to look At Woodson county lands.
They might have seen considerable of
our land on Wednesday and staid at
Yates Center Neus.
We have heard somebody say that
Judge runs almost al his customers over
the line.
Last Tuesday, in Sslem township, as
Mr.. g. w. Simmons and his son were re.
turning from Hupbol3 to their home
On the Usage. they wsfe struck BY light
ming which killed NJ Simmons and the
team, and hurf the son badly. His BODY
was found . 4hory time afterwards and
taken home By Mr.. Mason and Mr..
Swoap ofSalem.
Believing that the facts about Allen
county in the late issue of the Report Of
the State Bard of Agriculture would be
IF benefit to our readers We surrender h
space for its publication. The popula-
ton figures given Of course are not now
,Orrect The ceusns that n mnv 1>s.~t.