The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22


good one, in his shop. ..-.
Overcoats for $3.50 and upwards q
Anderson & DeClute's.
The gum overcoat and umbrell
trade has been good for day {
two.
For Christmas present useful an
durable, as well as ornamental, go
SCOTS. --H
The choir of the NJ. f. church ha
been quite extensively replenished
and is doing good service.
Miss Alice Gormley, of Burlington
will spend the holidays at lola will
her cousin, Mrs. Mat. Field.
Between four hundred and four hun
dred and fifty pupils are in attend
ance at the public schools.
The traditional ''oldest inhabitant'
has rarely seen such rain in the mid
die of December as that last Tuesday
Sportsmen should remember tina
they cannot shoot quail after the Is
of January, and improve the time ac
cordingly.
Members of the school board have
visited the various departments re-
Gently, and find every thing moving
satisfactorily.
4. S. Hankins is out of the meat
market, and says he wants those in
debted to him to call and settle up
fright away, quick"
What shall / bny her." is what
one half of our rising generation is
asking. "What saall buy him." is
the query of the other half.
"Jim" Thomas, after four year alb
sence, is once more in town for a few
days, looking up old friends. He halls
from Lincoln, Nebraska.
John Weith has bought Jacob
Hike's blacksmith shop, and will here
latter conduct the business himself
AWeith is a good workman and will
yet his share. .-..
A f1our.shing Sabbath School Is be-
ing conducted by the Christian de-
nomination. 1t meets at three O'Clock
Sunday afternoon at the Court House.
J. C.. Todd is superintendent.
Mr.. Graves, of the Leland Hotel has
traded the furniture aud appertenan-
ces of that house to Mr.. David Hersh-
berger for the latter's farm, lying
short distance south of town.
Attention is called TO notices of the
I public sale by David Hershberger on
next Thursday, Dee. 2S, of live stock,
farming implements and household
furniture.
We were much pleased on last
Tuesday, to receive a short call from
G. X Douglass, of Kansas City. Mr..
Douglass was one of our old college
friends and is now travelling agent for
Harper Bros, of New York.
In our announcement last week OF
the Usage Sunday School convention,
Marmaton was designated as the place
at which il was TO held. The types, or
somebody else made mistake, as
Montevale should have been named
instead of Marmaton.
"a. S. Hankins has traded his meat
shop and his interest in the brick
building on the north side to John
Ward, of the New York store, for the
latter's farm, located about eight
miles east of lola. Mr.. Hankins has
rented the shop and will still conduct
: the business for a while.
Judge Boyd was busy Monday
hearing a complaint made against
three young men for creating dis.
turbance at the Maple Grove literary
society in Carlyle neighborhood. Two
of the defendants entered a plea of
guilty and were fined one dollar and
costs each, amounting in all to twenty
five dollars. The case against the
third party was dismissed.
We were pleased this week to make
the acquaintance of Mr.. Davis, Of the
Northwestern News Company. This
Company is compiling q history of
Kansas on the most extensive scale
yet attempted, and Mr.. Davis is here
to write up the history Of Allen
county. He is domiciled at the Min
eral Well and will probably remain
some weeks.
1t is strange what an attraction a
pistol has to small boy. Every one
who was ever boy, has felt this at
traction, but no one can explain it. If
there is one thing that the average boy
would rather do than climb on and off /
q moving train, it is to carry pistol.
The last practice is about as danger
Gus as the first, and gets him into
trouble good deal oftener. But to
descend from generalities to details,
We are asked by gentleman living in
the north part of town to say to the
two young boys who drew their pistols
on little girl recently, that if the OF
Tense is repeated they will be proseeu- |
ted to the full extent of the law. /