The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-08-26
About seventy persons attended the

About seventy persons attended tn
Bismarck fair from lola:
Prof. P. II. Harris will conduct tn
lola schools for the ensuing year.
Seven vacant lots lying in one blocl
for sale cheap. Call at this office.
Boarding houses are compelled t.
advance the price of board per week.
Stephania cigarettes, the fines
smoke in town at Stevenson's drus
store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stoddard los
their little two-year-Old boy last weel
from spinal fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coulter, of Chanute
have rented house in lola anG
moved to this place.
f. D. Brown, of Nevada, Mo-, wa:
town yesterday shaking hands with
his numerous friends.
Gillihan & Cowan have the contrac,
to furnish paint and oil for the depots
on the Fort Scott road.
The Secretary of State gives notice
of the meeting of the auditing com
mission, in this weeks paper.
Mr.. Harmon Scott left US a mag.
nificent peach Tuesday from his gar.
den. A really fine peach is an excep.
ton this year.
Mr.. Robert Bruere and Miss Maggie
Fullenwider, of Colony, were married
last week. Mr.. B. lately came from
New Jersey to this state.
Married, by Rev. Hahn, at the resi-
dence of the brides parents in Usage
township, Sunday, Aug. 2lst.. 1881,
Mr.. Elvin Lieurance and Miss Nettie
Wolf.
TT Mccarthy, a gentleman from
Chanute, has made arrangements to
open a jewelry store at lola, and has
secured part of the post-office room
for his goods.
Contractors and builders will find a
legal notice in the paper this week
that is of interest to them. Joint
school district No. IS desires a new
school house.
Mr.. Ayers informs Us that he can
give greatly reduced rates to all points
east, as the cut in eastern roads is now
being e taken advantage of by the X. G.
L. & s. X. road.
At the farm of John Francis in
Deer Creek township, Sept. 9TH, COM
mencing at 10 O'Clock, large lot Of
cattle and personal property will be
sold at public sale.
We misplaced the item referring to
Stevenson's fine sign. last week, but
as nearly every one in the county will
see it the first time they are in lola it
makes little difference.
A NJ. E. camp meeting will be held
at Pleasant Valley church, Oh Deer
Creek, under the charge of Rev. Tip
ton, Thursday, Sept. l, 1881. A cor
dial invitation to all is extended.
Frank Cease, of Geneva, was in
town Monday. Two weeks ago he
was kicked by calf on his left knee
and the joint put out of place: a slight
limp is about his only reminder now.
The Kansas City, Lawrence, &
tickets from lola to Kansas City and
return, during the exposition week, at
81 3G TO Bismark Fair and return at
$3.50.
Mr.. J. A. Shinely, the gentleman
who fell from the railroad bridge few
weeks ago, is now about town all
right. He feels very grateful to those
who have assisted him during his
sickness.
Stevenson's Price list-Strictly Pure
White Lead, $3.50 per 100 pounds.
Oil, Is and 20 cents per gallon.
Oils from 80 cents to S1.25
Co. 1,n b
while material is low.
While at Lawrence last week we
were satisfactorially convinced that
that "looked like beer and
smelled like beer'' was openly sold by
the drink at the Ludington House bar
and one other public place.
Chanute. Humboldt, Neohso Falls,
Garnett, and Colony, all have had Sc
rious CONGREGATIONS during the past
TWO years. Can lola escape much
onger? And has the city any appli-
ances for fighting the fire fiend?
Those of our subscribers in the east
,rn and southern part of the county,
who are bothered by their neighbors
their copy of THE REGIS
TER, will confer a favor on US by ask
ng them to subscribe for the ne,ps
paper of Allen county.
From Yesterdays papers we learn
hat Rev. D. p. Mitchell, for many
Years a prominent minister of the NJ.
2. Church, and for the past four years
/ leader of the Greenback party in
died of heart disease on the
rain near Newton, Kansas, Aug. 9th.
The old, reliable dry goods store of
!. f. Colborn's on the southwest cor
Ter of the square deserves the name,
or its stock is reliably good and prices |
ldapted to all. A full stock of dry
FOODS and clothing, and a complete |
inc of boots and shoes always on
he shelves. A call is solicited.
The Usage Mission Journal now
publishes all the items that are unfav-
'rable to the Topeka & Girard Rail-
Oad. The reason for it is that the |
could not be induced to |
I'm their road angling to that city. It |
) sufficient refutation to all the Jour
lal items to state that the Usage Mis-
ion people were eager for the road