The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-05-14

SOl. IOulU1uS Will 1eCGuFe tO-uISu
, on "That Heather Chinee, 5" unier thu
Auspices of the U. O. A. T.
Thursday noon last week, the team
driven to the Commercial House omni
bus became frightened as the traiI
|started, and with bound struck tout
west" The tugs broke freeing the
wagon and no damage was done.
| We are requested to announce that
there will be church at st. Joseph
Catholic Church at Humboldt, Kan.
sas, next Sunday, it being PentecOst
Sunday, May, 18th. All are invited
Services at q and 10 o'clock a. m.
Mr.. Harvey and another gentleman
whose name we have forgotten. from
Schuyler county, N. Y, will open a
first class harness shop in the room
now occupied by Thorps barber shop,
lust as soon as their goods can arrive.
Deputy Sheriff Schlegel, of Wilson
county was in town last Friday hum
ting span of horses stolen from a
livery man of Cherryvale. The team
was found in the livery stable at Hum
bOldt, but no further trace of the thief
was discovered.
E. D. Brown and Prof. Harris organ
lied a prohibition club at Allen Center,
Elm township, Tuesday night consist
ing of 81 members. Afterwards they
made two excellent speeches on the
question. These gentlemen are earn
est, conscientious workers.
We were pleased to make the &C
lquaintance of Mr.. Jas. Reynolds, of
Illinois, who is visiting DR.. DeMOss of
our city. Mr.. r. is eighty years old
and has every appearance of being a
very fine old gentleman. He tells us
that he is very much pleased with our
State.
With little encouragement our
band boys will soon become one of the
best bands in the State. They have
struggled along unaided until they
have by sheer pluck and persistence
commanded respect and now are far
ahead of what might have been ex-
pected.
Saturday morning this locality was
visited by avery heavy rain which
thoroughly soaked the ground and
raised the streams. Sunday afternoon
heavyrains fell east, north and west.
From appearances the rain was gener-
al. 1t has revived the dropping spir-
it's of the farmers wonderfully.
Some parties broke into Beck's
building Sunday night. The ones
suspected are being watched and it
will be good idea for them to stay out
of town for awhile. There has been
altogether too much "deviltry" per-
petrated by this gang and efforts to
break it up will be made from now on.
A grand temperance convention for
the counties of Bourbon, Crawford,
Cherokee, Chatauqua, Allen, Ander-
son, Franklin, Wilson, Woodson, Cot
fy, Neosho, Labette, Elk, Greenwood,
Linn, Miami, Johnson, and Douglas is
to be held at Independence, May 10
and 20. Every church temperance
union, and prohibition club is invited
to send five delegates.
Jailer Harris while searching the
cell of the prisoner Poster, in the
county Jail, POUNDS cunningly con-
trived slung shot made out of chair
round, chunk of coal and piece Of
cloth. The implement would have |
been quite effective in the hands of a |
man. 1t was found carefully |
hidden in POsten's bed. The prisoner |
has been confined still more strictly.
Mr.. Nathan Heath, living south of
town, killed curious bird Saturday
evening, the like Of<whiclf he never
saw and of WHICH he would like to
know the napde. twas somewhat
larger thap1 goose, measuring from
beak to tail Al feet and from tip to tip
Of wings feet and 8 inches. 1t was
pure white all over except the tip of
wings which were black. The bill was
4 foot and a half long.
A shooting affair, wherein there was
shooting, with no more
effect than an imprOvident waste of
powder, occurred in ElsmOre township
asst Monday. One side claims it was
. put up job and the rest howl
'leaguers." 1t may possibly prove to
De lot of fellows from a neighbOfingi
county. In the meantime several OIL
he people of ElsmOre are under arrest,
,ut claim that they can easily establish
N alibi. The "wah" must STOP. It
Some intimations have been made /,
hat this township cannot vote bonds
n aid of railroad. We can vote
,onds in aid of any worthy proposition,
tut we are not in favor of buying an
rticle and paying more than it is
worth. In addition, ifbonds are voted
hey can be sold which is more than
an be said of some other localities.
f there is any fair proposition to be !
made we are for the east and west rail-
Dad.
One among the many instances wor-
by ofnote as showing the unexampled
evelopment Of our county, and the
apidity with which it is settled up;i
lSO the scarcity of houses for thOseI