The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-06-24

faC LOLA ON the 4Cn Of July.
! There was no business transacted IL
| District Court last Monday, other thar
the dismissal of a few cases.
| Last Tuesday fifty-one persons reg
istered and nearly one hundred tool
dinner at the Leland Hotel.
The parties laying track on the new
railroad from Fl. Scott to lola reached
the county line last Monday.
| w. A. Johnson, of Garrett, was rep
resented in Court last Monday by his
son, who is also an attorney.
Chas. D. Briggs sold his farm south
of town last week to Matthew Carna'
gey, late of Indiana, for s., 900.
" "Mine Host" at the Leland has haG
a bell elevated on post 20 attract the
attention of the hungry at meal times
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
and congregation gave their usual
social at the Odd Feilows' Hall last
night.
No man should be allowed to carry
concealed weapons-unless he can
prove that with them lie has killed
a dog.
On account of the quarterly meeting
in lola, there will be no o'clock ser.
vices at the Union school house next
Sunday.
One of the workmen on the railroad
recently had two of his toes mashed
off by bar of railroad iron falling on
his foot.
Col. Smith moved his family up to
lola last Monday, and since then his
wife has gone. East to spend the
summer.
lVAliss Barnett, sister of w. T. Bar.
nett, and an old acquaintance of Mrs,
r. b. Stevenson, is out from Indiana
on visit.
A flag for every man, woman and
child in Allen county without money
and without price. Call and get one at
Stevenson's.
Mrs. l.. L. Northrup, who has been
confined to her room for some time
past with acute rheumatism, is slowly
recovering.
Messrs. Tiernan and Bronson, officials
of the st. Louis, Ft. Scott & Wichita
railroad, were in our town last Friday
and Saturday.
N John Young and John Hamm, who
have been attending the Normal
School at Emporia, returned home
last Saturday.
Illuminated posters for the 4th of
July celebration at this place are be
ing distributed through this and adj
joining counties.
|, Young man, if you cannot give an
account of the heat as indicated by
the thermometer, remember that
hades is the word now.
Mr.. Smith, the livery man, had q
wheel On one of his buggies broken
last Saturday evening by Il mule team
backing wagon against it.
The case Of the State against VIM.
Jennings has been continued till the
next term of Court on account of the
absence of q material witness.
c. =. Hutchings, of Usage Mission,
is in attendance at District Court to as
sist in the prosecution in the case of
the State against VIM. Jennings.
In making the grade for the new
railroad between lola and Yates Cen
ter, one set of hands will commence at
lola and another at Yates Center.
We have frequently heard Sheriff
Walters highly complimented for the
prompt and efficient manner in which
he discharges the duties of his office.
Peter Bell was down at Humboldt
last week, and stopped in lola on his
return to Lawrence, calling on many
of his old friends and acquaintance
here.
The men who done the grading on
the new railroad between Fort Scott
and lola were paid off Thursday and
Friday of last week at Mr.. Northrup's
bank.
We publish a circular from, the War
Department on the first page of to-
days paper, to which we call the at
tention Of all former officers in the
army.
When our town was full Of railroad
hands last week, who had ell received
their pay, the absence of saloons was
plainly noted and favorably comment
ed upon.
MeSsrs. L. l.. Northrup and ]. w.
Scott have been up into Coffey county
this week in the interests of the Ne
braska, Topeka, lola & Memphis
railroad.