The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-22

preach In lola, SUNDAY, Oct. S1st, aG
o'clock p. NJ.
McClure's Store claims to keep the
best assortment Of goods in lola.
Judging from the amount sold last
Saturday it must be SO.
Wall paper of every variety ands at
the lowest prices. Call while YouAave
a big stock to select from.
r. B. STEVENSON.
Miss Nettie Mills. greeted q good
audience at the Presbyterian church
last Saturday evening, with splendid
address in favosef the Constitutional
Amendments
The lola. band went to Neosho Falls
last Saturday to play for the Demo
cratic. meeting at that place. The
meeting was a very thin affair and
poorly attended, we are told.
|. Mr.. A. s. Hankins and G. Shaffer
will hold public sale at the residence
of the former on the 18th inst. There
will be forty head of cattle sold instead
of twenty-five, as advertised in the bills.
1--WE have beaten the bonds in Els
more township seven times and will
beat them seven times more if neces-
sary," was what a man from Elsmore
said to our reporter one day last week.
The NJ. E. Church at this place will
be dedicated November 2Sth.- Bishop
Thomas Bowman will be present at
that time. The district conference will
commence at lola, November 2Sd, and
it is expected the Bishop will be here to
preside over the meeting.
Married, at the residence of the
brides mother, in Elm township, Oct.
10th, 1880, by D. Il. Summerville, pas.
tor of the Methodist Episcopal church,
lola, Mr.. Frank W. Jefferies, of. Cha
mute, Kansas, to Miss Ella Lambert,
Of Allen county, Kansas.
Richards & Simpson, as. attorneys
for Otto and G. T. Kreugger, brought
suitagainst Joseph Brown, before JUS
tice Christy, last Thursday, for maim-
ing and wounding- cattle belonging to
plaintiffs. A.criminal action against
Brown was.alsc brought in behalf of
the State.
Mrs. Gov. st. John and daughter
came down Wednesday evening and
will remain few weeks at the Mineral
Well. Miss st. John may stay month
or SO, and if she does, will attend
school at this place. They will. be
waEmly welcomed by our town people
generally.
MI. E. III. Stow died a5shis residence
a few miles north of town last Satur-
day: night, after an illness of about six
weeks. The funeral services were con-
Quoted by. Rev. E. s. Miller at the
house, Sunday Mr.. Stow was unusu-
ally respected and liked by all who
knew him, and in his death we lose
q firstolass citizen.
In Elsmore township, Wednesday,
Alfred Kent, step-son of John Spencer,
died suddenly, it is supposed of heart
disease. The deceased was sitting on q
lounge and the first intimation was a
slight cough after which he immediate
" expired. He had not been, in poor
health although troubled with ague.
The funeral was held Friday. afternoon.
w. H, Slavens has purchased an in
,erest in the Yates Center Nescs and
will hereafter edit that paper He
will remain at lola. until January,
when his term of, Office expires, at
which time he will remove. to that
)lace. Mr. Slavens. will carry with
him the best wishes of our people, who /!
n the two years he has lived among
IS have formed hish opinion of him.
elf and family. AS newspaper man
We take pleasure in welcoming him to
he fraternity.
The joke is on our county treasurer
'lect. Wednesday. night he got his
anily in-bed and then slipped up to
he festival and treated himself to q
lish Of those fine oysters, When he
vent home there was music in the air,
nd now.,. VIM. will hereafter have
rOuble to slip away to see the girls
nd have a good time. We hate to
i've him away, but it had to be done
8 a warning to others. Well smoke
suItana, please.