The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-05-04
KANSAS NOTES.

DouSiass COUNTY compromised Slt,-
600 of bonds last week.
Dodge City il planting a twenty-acre
park in shade trees.
Thirty-two Caldwell wagons are dali
ly Raade at the penitentjary.
Eden is favorite and appropriate
name for Kansas townships.
J. w. Risley, of Humboldt, Is build
ing several residences in Kansas City.
Topeka has resumed talk about Dor
ing for coal and damming the Kaw.
The new library building was dedi-
Gated at Topeka week ago yesterday
Old residents are buying up railroad
lands in the western part of the state.
There is project on foot to connect
Arkansas City and Winfield by tele-
phone.
Only eight paupers on the Harvey
county poor farm, with 5000 inhabit-
ants in the county.
Kansas City still maintains her quar-
antine against Lawrence. This is q
big thing for Walrpff.
A Marion county Sportsman, last
week, shot a sea guH. the only one
ever killed in the State.
The demand for trees has been SO
great i'm Kansas this year that the
nurseries have been depleted.
More brick will be made in Kansas
this year than ever before. Brick
houses are becoming fashionable.
The report as to wheat prospects in
the Arkansas and Cottonwood valleys
in southern Kansas are uniformly
good.
The museum of the Emporia high
school now contains over $500 speci-
meme illustrating every department of
NATURAL science.
Hon. s. R. Peters will deliver the
address to the Grand Army of the Re
public, at Wichita, on Decoration Day,
the 3Oth of May.
Eastern capitalists have purchased
two lots south..of Kohn's woollen facto.
~, at Lawrence. and intend to erect a
large stove factory.
Five liquor men of Lawrence were
convicted last week and fined 500 anG
costs each. County attorney Barker,
knows his business.
The Paols Times warns the people
of Miami county against carpet bag in
surance agents who are expected soor
to flood the county.
The date of the meeting of the Grand
Army of the Cumberland has been
changed from Sept. 10Th and 10th tt
Oct. Gath and 25th.
The Downs creamery employs six
men and teams collecting milk; and
has tank holding fifty barrels of but
ter-milk, from which pipe leads tt
the hog lots.
The city of Chanute has been sueG
in the Uniten States District Court fol
the recovery of O., $50 with interest, fol
bonds voted about ten years ago to n,
Chanute Mill Co.
Northwestern Kansas has been eepec
tally favored with early and abundan
rains, and the prospect for wheat ant
all other crops in that part Of tn
state was never better.
Now that it has Railroad Commits
sioner, Chautauqua-co. is doubly anx
ious to secure railroad. Itand Hal
per-co. are the only counties in tn
eastern half Of the State not provide
with 3 "grinding monopoly" o.
wheels.
The Kansas railroad commissioner
have decided to take a trip to several G
the States that have had commission
ers for number of years, in order t
examine into the workings of the svs
tenn and profit by the experience G
Others.
George +. Thompson. of Manhattan
sent TO the State Historical Society
five-dollar bank bill of the Merchant
and Mechanics Bank Of Monroe Mich
igan. The date can not be deciphered
it is certainly an interesting relic Q
the "wild cat" times.
Mrs. A. l.. Diggs, of Lawrence, ha
published a little book on ''Silk Raisin,
in Kansas" which is intended to be
complete guide to those wishing to at
tempt that industry. Mrs. Digg
claims that silk can be raised here yer!
profitabIy and With little trouble.
MIR. A. J. Hill, of Chanute, formerl.
of Coldwater, Michigan, has been en-
gagged in raising peppermint and man
ufactsring the oil for six years. H
says that it will pay from s25 to 81
per acre, and that he will plant sixt,
acres this year on his farm near Cha
mute.
The United States grand jury OF
Thursday presented Indictment
against the Marriage Aiders." The,
Include Col. w. ID. Alexandra, Rev
John ID. Knox, w. F. Thomas, r. g
Steele, S. M. Gardenshire and DIR. E
Tefft. There are two counts in eacl
Indictment.