The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-15
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

under the managefnSnt Of w. II. Jordan.
with :aasapital Of $70Q0, 8 now ready for
work, to put in opersfioh one steamer and
line ct batgts on k1e Kansas River. It is
expected t6mskslfte first Through trip by
the Fourth Of July. We are glad to hear of
the execution Of this grand enterprise.
There is certainly water enough in the Kan
eds River, from Fogarty's Mill to Kansas
City, tor Navigation purposes, II It can be
con2ned to = proper channel. After these
enterprising gentlemen have shown the
practicability Of the navigation, then ne
think the general Government may be in-
cuced to act upon the Recommendations of
Capt. McCown, and to putrthe channel into
proper shspe BY Necessary improvements.
function City Union.
We learn from. Mr.. j. @. McElroy,
one Of PaWnee sbest farmers, and an edu-
Gated gentleman, that his peach buds are half
Of them alive, and he also reports that Mr.:
W. r. Davis has one of the finest orchards
in the county, and that with fair yield Mr..
Davis ought to have fully 800 bushels OF
Pawnee county peaches. The time is coming
when this county will raise all OF its fruit for
home consumption.-Ldrned Chron0scOpe.
"A widow named Carson few days.
since had her pocket-book stolen in Wichita,
containing $127, all the money she had in
the world. She advertised her loss, but
could get no clew to the thief. Taking pity
on the forlorn woman, half-crazed by her
loss, the kind hearted citizens Of Wichita
are raising purse Of 800 for her benefit.
Five townships in Morris County viii
vote,on the 18th of April, on the question of
issuing bonds to, and taking stock in, the
Topeka, Salina & Western Railroad, as fol-
lows: Council Grove Township, $22, 200;
Diamond Valley, 1900; Elk Greek, SIS 900;
Warren, ST., OCo; Valley, So, 900.
A few days since Newton Frye, bar
bar at Franks shop, Wyandotte, says the
Kansas City Times, purchased silk hand
kerchief which was composed of the colOrs
Of dark brown and old gold. Some dirt get
ting into his eyes, he used the handkerchief
to wipe them. Shortly afterward they be-
came inflamed, and grew rapidly worse, till
he became almost totally blind. Becoming
very much alarmed at the state Of matters,
he went to physician at Kansas City, who
on examination stated that the eyes were
poisoned from dye off the handkerchief, and
it was extremely doubtful if he ever recov.
cred his sight.
Chief Justice Horton has appointed
Mr.. Smalley, of Atchison, his private stenog-
rapher, and Mr.. w. A. Smith, of Topeka,
has been selected by Justice Valentine. The
Judges were authorized at the lastsession
of the Legislature to employ one stenog-
rapher each, at a salary of 800 per month.
Justice Brewer has not named his clerk yet.
Commonwealth.
Pardee Butler, it is announced, will
expend 1000 in procuring legal service to
assist the County Attorney in prosecuting
the saloon keepers of Atchison who may sell
liquor after May1.
Wichita has the comfortable sum Of
$4,000 in its treasury.
The Kansas Travelling Mems Associa-
ton, composed Of commercial statesmen from
Kansas and Missouri, held meeting at To-
peka, on the I'd, for the purpose of promot-
ing harmony in the different trades repre-. |
sented and to establish q fixed system of
prices upon staple goods. A large number
of statesmen were present from Kansas City, |
St. Louis, Chicago, st. Joseph, Atchison,
Leavenworth, Topeka, and other points.
After thorough discussion, contract was
entered into .stipulating that no travelling |
man shall undersell in certain specified |
goods, and that the house represented shall |
be held responsible for the agents violations
II reported to the association and verified by |
competent evidence. IS t1s&tf l1ltF !
At the regular meeting of the Board
of Director of the Kansas Freedman's Re- /
lief Association, held at Topeka on the 4th,
it was decided to close up the affairs of the
at once, and surrender its char
ter. This action has been urged and con-
for several months, and the board |
decided that the best interests of the ex-
odites demanded the closing of the institu.
ton and the opening of similar work at |
some point out of Kansas. AL the obliga-
tions of the institution will be fully and
promptly met. HAt tt4y,5}l '{tEGtI
The Leeds Mountain Gold and Silver
Mining Company has been organized at To.
peEa, with the following officers: President,
John P. st. John; Vice President, Albert H.
Horton; Secretary, W.. H. Ward; Treasurer,
Orrin T. WEIGH. The capital stock of the
SOMP"Ay 10 |@sVVOs'VVs UdSCu upOu lWcuty.
one mines of true assure veins, varying in
width from three to twelve feet, the ores as
saying very highly. The property is located
in the celebrated Monarch District of Color
ado, and will be developedthe coming sea-
son. ~ I
i Governor St. John has appointed the
gentlemen to constitute the Board
Of Managers for Kansas at the Worlds Fair,
to be held in New York in 1888: Gen. John
H. Rice, Of Fort Scott; Mr.. Geo. C. Bracket,
of Lawrence; Mr.. c. F. Koester, MarysyilIe;
Mr.. Joab Mulvany, Of Topeka, and Mr.. C. L.
Hubbs, Of Kinsley. ,-.-e. ~ ses.r1
DR.. L. Mclean, of the Brooklyn Vet.
Urinary Hospital, has arrived at Topeka,
having been sent by the Agricultural Bureau
at w Washington, in response to the memorial
Of the Kansas Legislature, to investigate the
cattle disease in New Mexico and Kansas.
E. Nesbitt, of Leavenworth, has been
by Governor St. John as Re.
gent Of the State University for three years
from April l, 1881. s~z s -
Mr.. Moody's private secretary has
written George F. Coxhead, Secretary of