The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-01-19
KANSAS NOTES.
Scariet-fever at Parsons.

Many Ellis. county people think of
going to Florida.
Winfield, Cowley county, is talking
of water works.
Republic county farmers are swap
ping lies about corn-husking feats.
BOZ opinions were filed by the SUI
preme court of Kansas during 1882.
The Santa Fe is about to invest
many thousand dollars in Burlingame.
The Ottawa sugar works, with a
capital stock of 1000, has been chart
cred.
Sedgwick and Sumner counties claim
to be the banner corn counties of the
State.
The probate Judge of Dickinson
county issued l26 marriage licences
during the year 1882.
A Mulvane man sells 81 worth OF
cream daily to the Sumner county
creamery, from two COWS.
The excellent Burlington Patriot
wheels into line and demands cash in
advance on subscriptions.
The Sisters Of Charity have already
secured something over 5000 for the
establishment of a hospital at EN-
poria.
There has been great deal of ma
iarial fever at Independence, but 9TH
erwise the health of the community
is good.
Cofey county, at mass meeting
held lately, appointed a committee to
investigate the financial condition OF
the county from its organization.
Gov. st. John has appointed Mr.. L..
Hauk, of Hutchinson, judge of the
Ninth judicial district in place of s. r.
Peters, Congressman-elect.
There are only three new members in
the Senate this winter. G. Sexton,
of Labette, John Johntz, of Dickinson,
and Simon Mortz, of Ellis, elected to
vacancies.
The Kansas Farmer has been en-
larged, and changed in form, now
Boosting sixteen pages. Itlooks hand
some, and is still more valuable to
farmers than formerly.
The new Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe passenger depot at Lawrence il
about completed and is said to be the
hand soonest building of the kind in
the State.
The desks for the new hall of repre-.
sentatives, which are of an unique pat
tern and very beautiful. have arrived
and are being placed in that beautiful
chamber.
The Lyndon Journal, published fol-
seven years past by G. w. Miller and
Sons, has been sold by them to the
"Lyndon Journal Publishing Com
pany."
"Miss Ada Dallas, of Kansas" is
mentioned by the New York papers
as among the most attractive of the
young ladies who received" in
Washington on New Years day.
The Burlington Republican is in
formed that the contract for grading
the Topeka, lola and Memphis road
through Coffey county was let last
week in Topeka to a man by the name
OF Farr.
A Smith county COW gave birth t6
three calves one day last week. II
seems quite impossible to divorce the
name of Smith from the prolific asso-
Citations which it always suggests to
the public mind.
Only one woman has ever been sen.
fenced to be hung in Kansas, Mrs.
Isabella Martin, of Lyon county, fol-
the murder ofMrs. Keiger. The death
sentence was pronounced last week in
the district court of that county.
No trains on the Kansas City, Fl.
Scott & Gulf road have stopped at Ga
lena. Short Creek, or Empire City for
more than a week past on account OF
the prevalence of small pox at those
places.
A woman living at Lenora, started
on Sunday night to go to the house of
neighbor, and got lost on the prairie
in the storm that ragged fiercely that
night. She was not found until four
o'clock next morning, and was then
speechless and ALMOST dead with cold.
The Usage county Chronicles
''devil" was found lying insensible on
the sanctum floor On Monday morning
last, with copy of the Council Grove
Republican clutched in his hands.
After dose of concentrated Iye had
been administered to revive him, he
pointed Historically to the following
editorial paragraph:
Mr.. Writ W. Walton
u a little bit haltiu'
IL ais race for the speakership;
But when big Jim Snoddy
Has laid out little Georgia,
Pretty Wirty will sit in the chair.
The Manhattan Republic pro-
pounds the following "sum" to Kan
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