The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-04-16

It is stated that Gov. st. John will
speak on the temperance amendment
lat Humboldt next month. If 80 he
should also come to lola. We know
that he can make a good speech.
We have just finished printing a
neat little catalogue and price list fol
Mrs. Tozer's green house. which we
would recommend our readers to OBJ:
tain. Most of Mrs. Tozer's plants and
flowers were raised by herself and are
thoroughly acclimated and will live
when foreign plants die. Give her a
call.
Any subscriber failing to receive
their paper promptly will confer a
favor by notifying us at once. Occa-
sionally a name is overlooked and
sometimes q neighbor takes it out of
the office and neglects to give it to the
proper owner. In any event do not
abuse the editor or postmaster, but
come and get one from the office.
We have made arrangements with a
large silk house to handle their silks
by sample. Will open in q few days
the finest line of samples ever brought
to this county. We invite the ladies
to look through our samples and get
prices which will be at least Is pre-
cent. below merchants who carry these
goods in stock.
O. P. NoErHRUP 4 Co.
We were pleased to receive call
from Mr.. Alexander Hinzie, one ofour
energetic Rock Creek farmers, Tues
day. Mr.. II. brought rs setting Of
his fine. thoroughbred Houdan eggs,
which he has carefully bred up to
nearly perfection. he has also the
genuine carrier pigeons which were
from Germany. We are in
formed that Mr.. Hinzie has q very fine
lot of fowls Of different breeds.
Godey's Lady's Book for May opens
with several pages Of Christian Reid's
best novel, "Roslyn's Fortune" which
is anxiously expected by all subscrib-
ers, and we'll repays the interest it ex-
cites. The steel plate is one of Darley's
masterpieces, and there is page after
page of attractive fashion matter fol.
lowing the mammoth colored plate.
Every department is filled with at
tractive matter, and ladies will pro-
nounce the "May Cooley" one of the
pleasantest surprises of the pleasant
M. I. 8. Coe brought in last Satur-
day living evidences that the fruit crop
Is as yet all safe and promising an album
liant yield. In addition thereto he
brought US a fine mess of new potatoes
raised this season and of a size and
sufficient to cook. They were
large enough to make dish fit for the
gods; and being one, we forthwith
ndulged. Who can beat it? Since the
above was written Messrs. Barnett and |
of Deer Greek, also brought in |
'ome samples of this years growth of
which were nearly as large as |
Mr.. Goes. Allen County is in the field
An old man named Alex. Shannon,
Eighty years Of age, committed suicide
~ shooting himself through the body
asst Monday, q few miles south of
humboldt. He formerly resided in
Grant county, Michigan. 1t is sup
posed he was laboring under a fit of
dependency, caused by sickness. He
vent out hunting Monday, and his
'ody was found Tuesday, and from
he position he had evidently placed
he muzzle of the gun against his
'reast, pulling the trigger with fork
ID stick, which he had cut for the pur-
,ose.
The Boarl of County c Commissioners
we're in session three days this week.
The principal business done was that
f ALLOWING accounts. The jury fees of
he late term of court were about $3.50.
The trials of Jennings, Ames and
King cost about 5000. The entire costs
we're in the neighborhood of s., 900 for
he term. King, the pickpocket, was
eleased from Jail and lit out for Kan
as City, where he said he would be
mOng friends and would make some