The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-03-07

Why has the correspondent OF tn
Interstate such feeling against church
es and ministersi Scarcely . week passe
but he prints some Outrageous state
ment against them.
Mr.. Geo. A. Bowlus has purchased tn
map made by T. 8. Slower, which VI
mentioned some weeks ago. Il 10 tn,
finest one in existence of Allen county
and is probably a near correct A. it il
possible to draft one.
Miss Ella Cowan will open . choic.
assortment Of fancy goods on Saturday
the 9Th inst, and invites the ladies T.
call and examine them. She expects Il
receive . full stock Of millinery soon
Front room over Richards & Cowan'i
store.
Last Monday the township assessor
met at the Clerks Office, in lola, to agree
upon an equal basis of valuation of such
property - they may be called upon to
assess. Real estate is assessed every two
years, and personal property every year
As the real estate was assessed last year
tho personal assessment is all that will
be made this year.
Mr.. Conley, practical boot and shoe
maker, calls the attention Of our readers
to the fact that he is now doing q first
class lot of work ut reasonable prices.
In this connection we can add that from
personable examination of Mr.. Cs. work
we are satisfied that it will give the best
of satisfaction, and his prices are below
those of more pretentions rivals.
We will risk our reputation for truth
and veracity ON the statement that
Messrs. Barr 4 Elliott know their bust
meas. The old Leland is the best hotel
in Southern Kansas to-day, q statement
that every one who stops there heartily
endorses. Several times lately we have
tried their cuisine and pronounce it
away ahead of the bill of fare an editor
generally linda before him. Try the L.
land when you are in town.
Score one for the Presbyterians. At
the social Thursday night q week ago
some of the young folks thought they
would have . little dance after the
good people had all gone home. Inad-
vertantly the news reached ears not
intended to hear and the last one to leave
was the minister and several members Of
the church. Nothing was said and this
will be the first intimation to the young
folks that they were badly left.
In the temperance suits against liquor
sellers, mentioned last week, the infor-
nation filed against the druggists was
simply for selling liquor without a IL
cense. Under our statutes liquor for
medicinal or mechanical uses cannot be
sold without q license. The druggists
admit that they violated the Statutes
but claim that they have not sold liquors
Is beverage. The facts are that drug.
gists in this State, under the law, cannot
veil liquors for any purpose-legally.
Farmers should advertise more than
they do. A short advertisement costing
but very little will often find buyer
for horse, . COW, or any article for sale
It q good price, when otherwise the
farmer would almost give it away. If
farmer wants to buy stock short notice
in The REGISTER will put him in com.
with many having stock to
'ell. Farmers wanting help or men look
ing for situations should advertise.
Farmers should not allow business men
and spectators to reap all the benefits of
We wish to call the attention of our
readers to the prospectus of the National
Liuc- Stock journal, which appears in this
issue of our paper. No one who is atall
in live stock of any kind
should fail to subscribe for this journal,
IS he will end great deal of valuable
md interesting matter in it. The wealth
IF every county in our State would be
largely increased if all farmers and stock
raisers would read the Journal regularly
and profit by the experience Of those
Who contribute to its columns from all
parts of the country.
The regular March term of District
Court for this county commences next
The jury is called for Tues.
lay, Monday being occupied by cases for
Judge Talcott to handle. The docket for
he term is an unusually light one. The
urymen are as follows: 8. 8. Speakman,
Geo. Marshal, Salem Jacob
Heath, Geneva; w. P. Gassaway, lola;
J. Hecox, lola E. r. Maybe, Geneva;
les. Simpson, lola. J. d. Hosley, Usage;
Jacob Ladd, lola, L. Purdom. lola; R.
". Works, Humboldt; G. lands, Hum
,oldt Geo. Hettinger, Cottage Grove J.
z. Funkhouser, Marmston Isaac Bone
,rake, Salem, Geo. A. Riley, lola; E. L.
Bassett, lola, T. II. Riggs, lola.
Arrangements are now nearly if not
luite perfected by which . company of
Pennsylvania capitalists propose to sink
! shaft fifteen hundred feet prospecting
or what they may find. We understand
hat from indications - gathered by one
# their number the prospect is fair for
,oal oil. The parties have made liberal
,ffer to the citizens and one which will