The Iola register., 1879-11-28

. ~ 0AouWouu StOCcEy 6tOIS. xOU 8Ie
invited to call and see the stock and
. prices.
Are you insured? If not, go to Bell &
; Brown at once and get q policy, They
have fine line of companies and give
loy rates.
married, November oath, at the court
. house, by the Probate Judge, Mr.. David
shannon and Mrs. Harriet Swiggett, oil
Of Allen county.
All persons knowing themselves in
debted to the late firm of Cowan & Ire
land will do we'll to call ct once and
make settlement.
~ Webb. Bostwick is the gentleman who
is having house built just east of Mr..
Richardson's, instead Of Jesse Fast, as
stated last week.
Stevens of the Leavenworth Times and
Green of the Kansas City Journal. were
in town this week in the interest Of their
respective papers.
III Capt. L. A. Thrasher is an applicant
for the lola post Office. Likewise G. NJ.
Simpson, the present incumbent, seeks
to hold the position.
Mr.. Miller has the best assorted stock
of fine furniture to be found this side of
Kansas City. If you don't believe it
call aud be convinced.
Do you want to sell your farm? Bell
& Brown are making speciality of sell
ing farms. If you want fair and square
dealing give them call.
Purchasers will find it to their own
interest to examine our prices before
purchasing elsewhere.
o. P. NoRTHRUP & Co.
/Mr. A. o. Allen who has been diving
8t Bushnell, Illinois, for a year or so
past returned to his old home this week
Mr.. A. says there is no place like Kansas.
Once more THE REGISTER would give
a warning in regard to fires. Be sure
your stove pipes are solid. chimneys
clean and all cracks carefully plastered.
"You need more hitch racks" said
farmer last Saturday. Looking up and
down the streets we agreed with him
Our city fathers will tumble to the
rocket" we hope.
' Who wants to buy a newspaper? Hav-
ing failed to receive an invitation to a
Thanksgiving dinner Eye editor" is be-
coming convinced that the newspaper
business is played out
We are under many obligations for an
excellent cake sent us by the ladies of
the Presby teriaI Church, Of Carlyle.
Their supper and festival last week net.
| ted them nice amount.
Don't be afraid to praise your SER
wants when they deserve it," remarks all
exchange, but the minute the husband
tries that on the hired girl she has to
hunt for another situation.
! will have for the holidays a large
and varied assortment of jewelry and
holiday goods which will be sold very
cheap for cash. Call and see the stock
at Bissonett's jewelry store.
An affray at the Coliseum at Kansas
City Monday night has stirred up the
press of that city. 1t is generally un
derstood that when a man goes to place |
of low resort he takes all chances.
Editor McElroy, of the Humboldt
Union, is on the war path for the post
Office at that place. J. w. Patterson,
the present courteous and efficient post |
master has also donned the panoply of
war.
Will the city council pass an ordinance |
that will stand the test Of prosecution |
making it a misdemeanOr for any one to |
purchase liquor for habitual drunkard?
If so, there will be music in the air before |
long.
The new paper called Independent made
it's appearance this week. 1t will make
an excellent Humboldt paper if it keeps
up it's local columns as it has commenced.
But, joking aside, it is a very fair paper
for the first number, and we look to see
Mr.. Young retire a millionaire in few
years.
If the parents of the children who
gather at the post Office upon the arrival
of the north mail wonld keep them away
it wou Id please the many who live in the
country and some who live in town.
Forty or fifty school children of all ages.
do not necessarily congregate there every
evening.
We hear it rumored that new Repub-
lican paper is being talked of at Hum
boldt. If it is started We want our
Greenback friends to start q paper of
their faith at lola. A monthly magazine
would pay we'll at this place. And then
few more papers, one at Geneva, Car
lyle and Usage, and others at Elsmore,
Fair Lawn and Jeddo.
The Supreme Court has decided that
the one mill levy made by the State
Board of Assessors for school purposes
and certified to our county clerk by the
Auditor of State is illegal. All the forces
in the county clerk and county treasur'
er's Offices are employed in correcting
the rolls; the clerk having made out the
rolls according to the Auditors certifi-
cate. Persons will bear this in mind
when making calculations of their taxes
from the rates on the back of their re-
ceipts, that the State levy is IS instead
IS cents on the hundred dollars.
w. A. Cowan received 9 car of stone
ware this week by way Of the NJ. K. &
T. r. r. and had to wagon it from Hum
boldt, the X. c. L. & s. refusing an offer
of the same money to haul the car from
Chanute, is miles, that the wagons
would haul from Humboldt for. Ship
pes Of grain meet with the same difficult
ties, the K. @. L. 4 s. asking four times
as much per ton per mile to Chanute as
to Kansas City. These charges are all
the nnoro N;cDronorfinnsfn since tho lafo