The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-03-12


ed annually. s
Nearly every member Of Congress
has introduced a bill to have the ingre-
dience used in making type and paper
admitted free of duty. Great Is the
power of the press.
Life would be much more endurable
if our citizens would raise purse SUI
ficient to induce our base pail payers
to make potato hills instead OF second
base" this summer.
Some of the cities in the State have
passed ordinances compelling property
owners to put out shade trees IN ront
of their lots. How would such an ord
nance work in lola?
Who wants the Kansas Kramer 1or
one year free? Any one furnishing us
two new subscribers to The REGISTER
for one year, cash in advance, can Cd
tain a copy of the Farmer free.
Bowlus' land agency has been 80
overwhelmed with business OF late thaC
| Web. Bostwick has come down to fan,
square statements of facts. The Dusl-
ness is SO large that "truth is stranger
than fiction" sir
Rev. d. T. Summerville has been as
signed by the NJ. f. Conference 10 their
church at this place for the next year.
REV. S. Price has been returned 10
Humboldt again, which makes MS
third year with that people.
When they tell you that you can get
lob work done in lola or any where
elise better or cheaper than at The
lREGIsrER office, don't believe word
of it. but come and see us. The PROOF
lof the pudding is the eating.
/ Rev. D. P. Mitchell goes to Hutch
ison. Kansas, for next year: Rev: A.
Tx. Jonson goes to Roxbury, Hutchinson
district. Rev. s. E. PendletOn to
Williamsburg, Kansas, and Rev. ID.
III. Muth to Usage Mission, Kansas.
Two social parties in town last Tues
ldav evening. One at the residence OF
!, MI. J. F. Colborn and the other at the
residence of Mr.. L. L. NOrthrup. The
latter. we understand, was leap year
Marty in honor of the-anniversary OF
10. P. Northrup.
Some three weeks ago the lola Lit
Ierary Union appointed Profs. Harrl Is
y and Scott to divide the society and give
competitive entertainments. The enter
tainment under the programme ar.
l ranged by Prof. Scott will be held at the
Presbyterian church this evening.
: There were seventy-six persons
!. men. women and children-gOt off tht
excursion train at lola last Thursday
evening. and before Saturday night
: more than one-half of them were 10
Gated. And on Friday evening sew
e eral families arrived who had prevl
r ously purchased homes in this vicinity
Lasr Friday morning as DR.. Chastair
Ia was returning in his buggy from q pro
- fessional visit, he was Overtaken ant
run over by q runaway team in Tn
Northwestern part of town. Besides
:. having his left arm broken the doctO
IL received some severe cuts and bruises
He is doing well and will soon be on
u again.
" The lecture of Rev. Mr.. Willis, Q
Neosho Falls, delivered in the Presby
ID terrain church in this place Thursda.
st evening of last week, was amusing, IN
teresting and instructive. 1t is tim
3 our people were cultivating taste TO
u lectures. and as this one has been
well received we hope another WI
" soon follow.
oil Tt is said by the correspondents
the Interstate in the northern part
" the county, that the editor OF that Ps
;e per systematically cuts out all article
wherein the prosperity OF lola IS mel
toned. 1t seems to US that 1T ID ratne
- small business for county paper
CT indulge in. Possibly it would be goo
taste to occasionally give your reader
ne a chance to know what is going on.
w The Republican Central Committe
for Allen county have called Republ
ng can mass meetings for the SD and 81
REPRESENTATIVE Districts, to meet
lola and Humboldt respectively, Sa
at urday. March Goth, for the purpose
ire selecting two delegates to attend IL
State convention to select delegates
mt attend the National Republican Co
st yention. Republicans turn out to Il
first meeting of the campaign OF lSo
Ill Among those who arrived from Il
1e- east last Thursday, were the f0ilowl1
tfrom Frederick county, Nd: ID. b.
IDS Smeetzer and family, located on u
ur- Stowe farm northeast OF lola, MI
Is. Sallie E. Dutren, Mr.: +: q. Noggi
ost Mr.. Shoemaker, MIR. smith, Mauri
m Routzshn and Henry Routzshn: W!
nc intend to locate here. Gen. L. VIM
-. pie, Esq, and wife also came on !,
cir visit with Mr.. Smeetzer. All of t
ply above are highly delighted with t
ne beautiful Neosho Valley, We learn.
,+ Revs. w. B. Fisk and VIM.
aen Shockey commenced discussi
ses Wednesday evening, at the Usage Y
lev church, Usage township, whl
Twill continue for six or eighG evenin;
cen The questions are as follows: Res, III
OF the sacred scriptures teacn the dDctrl
'er' of the final happiness OF mankind
p. Shockey, affirmative. Res, T1