The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11

NIX Wx1&0Cv O1 Ooe1 VI0eK COWUD01p
narrowly escaped losing his house by
fire last Saturday. Sparks falling on
the roof started q blaze, which was dis
covered by neighbors and put out.
The apostle Of reform IL very anx.
ious to form . third party In Allen
county. It would be but q short time
till he was kicked out a. he has been
by all others.
The wagon Of the Wizard Oil COM
pany came to lola Tuesday evening.
Their especially fine team attracted
attention, and their music was first
class, and held large crowd fol
hours.
Elder D. w. Winters Of Linn coun.
ty, Kansas, will preach at the Baptist
church at this place commencing Sat
urday evening June 18th and c0ntinu-
ing for several days. All are invited
to attend.
The guests of the Acers House enjoy
ed rare treat the other evening in
the shape of a reading by Miss Travis.
Miss T. rendered several of her selec-
tons and completely captured all who
were fortunate enough to be present.
Messrs. Stewart and Ellis, gentlemen
from Pratt county, are in lola this
week seeking aid. They come vouch-
ed for by the County Commissioners
and also by the Governor of the State.
Pratt county is almost directly west of
this place, in the western part of the
State.
NMr. D. L. Bassett brought US q
Light Brahma egg last Monday which
for size beats anything we have hereto
fore seen or heard of. It measured
from end to end St and from side to
side 81 inches. It is single yolk and
is not what is generally known as q
'double egg." Who can beat it?
|, /Mr. H. Klaumann has commenced
TO tear down the old stone building at
the southeast corner Of the square pre-
paratory to erect q business room. He
contemplates a building 2Ox4O two
stories high, the first story IL feet in
the clear the second 10 feet. The front
and side wall will be of brick, the rear
walls stone. The mason work is al.
ready let and is to be completed with
in, sixty days.
Fhe tearing down of the old stone
Huilding on the corner of the square
removes another of the old Gland
Marks" It was one of the first build
ings erected in Iola, and during the
war was used as barracks for the mill
tary stationed at this point. It may
be news to many Of our more recent
citizens to know that the block where
now stands Stexenson's drug store and
the buildings/%as of the old stone cor
ner, was at /6ne time q strongly en-
trenched f1ft. The old embankments
can yet be traced by faint lines of rails
ed ground. Many of our old soldier
boys Will remember every outline.
And over in the cemetery rests quite
number of those who fell victim to
one disease or other. The store room
of Mr.. Colborn's formerly stood about
where StevensOn's store now stands.
And it seems as but yesterday! The
"old guard" will never forget those
days nor the stirring times we used to
have.
EDITOR REGIsTER-Dear Sir:-Per-
NIT me through the columns of your
paper to correct an erroneous impress
sion made upon the minds of some of
the people of Fair Lawn, by some mis-
informed person, in reference to the
disposal of the body Of Joseph Brick
ley. The Fair Lawn correspondent to
the Independent of this week states
that he has heard that the Coroner re-
fused to give Brickley decent burial.
Now, simply desire to inform the
people of that locality that while it is
the duty of the Coroner to have the
body disposed of in some way it is not
his business to suggest in what man
ner it shall be done; that belongs to
the Township Trustee, and further the
Township Trustee, in whose charge
the body was placed, informs me that
it was buried in such a coffin as is the
poor of your county.
Yours, &C., CORONER.