The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-06


brothers wife is very sick and not ex
pected to live.
Croquet grounds should be cleared
the arches placed In position and tn,
balls and mallets brought from theil
winter quarters.
There was at one time in this Com
monwealth a State Editorial Associa
ton. Ii it dead? And II not whers
are the officers?
The proper announcement for tn,
Allen County Normal Institute viii
be made by Supt. Root ere long. It i
to be held at lola.
Ifyou have a window or the end o.
a porch you wish to shade, plant
madeira bulbs or cypress vine seed
Both are beautiful and useful.
Mrs. A. J. Clark has rented the room
next door to Thorpe's barber shop or
Washington avenue, and will thor
oughly refit and furnish it for an lex
cream parlor.
An editorial article headed "Patron.
lie Home Institutions" which we pub
lished on the outside a few weeks
since, is republished this week. We
mean every word of it.
Twelve car loads of railroad iron
arrived at lola Saturday and seven
car loads Monday for the It. Scott
and lola railroad. Twelve car loads
of ties were received last week.
Madison and Washington avenues
were lined with teams from the coun.
try last Saturday. A hasty visit to
the stores disclosed the fact that every
one was crowded with customers.
Mr.. r. s. Moore, recently from Mar.
tins Ferry, Ohio, has purchased sew.
eral sections of land near lola. He will
improve and make his home in this
locality, bringing his family out here
after.
Chas. Often has recently finished
the improvements about his bakery,
and now has as neat place as can be.
In front is his general stock and imme-
diately in the rear two newly finished
ice cream parlors.
There will be no services at the
Baptist Church next Sabbath, Rev.
T. G. Coffey being in attendance al
the Sunday School Institute of the
Neosho Valley Baptist Association
near Burlington.
Men and teams are still coming in to
work on the railroad. It is the inten-
ton to push through to Wichita by
January 1st, 1882. Ties and iron in
large quantities has been received this
week at this point.
Farmers in remote portions of the
county will bear in mind that farm and
garden products bring good prices in
lola. There are great many work
men in and near lola, and they and
their teams must be fed.
Mrs. Collins has sold her farm south
of Elm Creek to d. A. Marvin, of
Usage township. Mr.. Marvin will
take possession in short time and
expects to improve and make a per-
manent home on the place.
Now that the City is booming
wouldn't it be a good time for some
property owners to build new and re-
pair old side walks. We will have
mud one of these days and then they
may wish they had done SO.
During the past thirty-six months
Mrs. J. A. Whitney has sold thirty
six pianos and organs, or an average
of one a month. She has sold q at
lola. 4 at NeOshO Falls, 2 at Yates
Center, 2 at Geneva, and one at En-
poria, Kansas.
G.. NJ. Brown sold his farm on Deer
Creek last week to Mr.. G. II. Tibbetts,
late of Searsport, Maine. Mr.. T. has
been regular subscriber to the REG
IsTER for some time, and we cOngratu-
late him upon his remOval. to the far
famed Neosho Valley.
Messrs. Bowlus, Richards and Chol-
lette have an interest in the mining
claim of J. L. Arnold. S. J. COwan,
Mr.. Arnold and G. B. Inge started for
Colorado, last Monday. We
trust that the boys will strike
"pay dirt" and make a round fortune
each.
The Falls Post says: "It is rumored
that Humboldt has got the Fl. Scott
road away from lola after ALL" AS a
that is all right; but If the
Post man will drop down and see the
work done at and near lola he will
think the facts are that lola has the
road solid. The Falls people had bet
ter stir their stumps for this road.
When Humboldt lawyers patronize
lola papers we shall not 30 strongly
object to lola men sending work down
there. If q lawyer expects to make
his living in this place he should
spend his money at lola. No paper
In this county will do work at lower
rates than is done here and not a cent
Ia saved by sending that class of
work away from home.