The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12


: building q new schoOl-house. w,
have had our say on this matter often
+. enough, and will only add now that
o with forty or fifty children unable t,
e attend school but half the time on &C
! count of lack Of room, it looks as
something ought to be done. If the
people are ripe for it, by all means lei
! it be pushed.
. Mr.. Q. Campbell, for long time
general freight and passenger agent on
the st. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita
Railroad, has been called up higher,
and now has control Of the freight and
passenger business of the Missouri Pa
cific from Fort Scott to Denhison,
Texas, and of the NJ. X. & T. from
Parsons to Junction City. Mr.. Camp
bell was very popular on this road,
and his many friends will be glad to
hear of his promotion.
| We have seen Supt. Henderson's de-
tailed report of his visit to the lola
schools, made to the school board, and
should like to publish it in full, so very
favorable is it to the general conduct
and management Of the schools. As
to the accommodations he says they
are as good as they can be "under the
circumstances, the circumstances Of
course being, that the old buildings
have about served their day.
In our last, we made a short notice
of the new firm of Bartels & Stephens.
Mr.. Stephens is an old timer, having
come to the state in '59. He was
member of the 1st Kansas Battery,
and served through the war. He
came.to lola in June, and bought the
Clark Coffi ED property in the north
part Of town. He was engaged for
some time in the broom business with
Mr.. McDirmit, but sold out when he
went away. We are glad to see him
again among our business men.
+ We are very sorry to say that by
some over sight, we neglected to pub
fish last week, letter from Mr.. A. G.
Jones replying to our Extra Edition"
questions. Mr.. Jones has been one of
the most successful farmers in the Neo-
sho valley. Commencing in 1861, with
very limited means on a claim of 16O
acres, he now has deeds to $50 acres Of
as good land rs can be shown anywhere
He has never failed to raise a crop dur
ing the % years of his residence here,
and all but three years have been good
crop years He says that the long sum-
mers and short winters make Kansas
much preferable to Wisconsin where
he formerly resided, and is of the opin-
ion that mixed farming pays best in
this state.
Address show is taking the town by
storm. The sleight of hand tricks are
the best we have ever seen, and the
performances of the trained animals
and birds are really wonderful. We
believe that man who has expended
the infinite toll and practice that this
man has in. so perfecting himself in his
art, ought to be patronized. The gift |
feature is helping to draw crowded |
houses. Wednesday night Morg. Hart
man walked off with a kit of mackerel,
Faank Knapp with a wash bowl and
pitcher. VIM. Knapp with a sack of
-four, Father Conley with side of
breakfast bacon, great many others
being recipients of presents Of more or
less value. What ever may be said of
the morals of the method it draws the
ss0wds.
"Aunt Lucy" the blind colored wo-
man living in the south part of town.
is probably several years older than
any of the rest of our citizens. In re-
ply to questions, she said the other day
that she distinctly remembered seeing |
General Washington at the home of
her master near Charleston South Car |
DINA, and that she helped serve the ia
BILE at which he and his officers ate.
If she was old enough to act as serv-
ant at that time-which could not
have been later than 17S3-she must
be in the neighborhood now Of ITO
years of age There can be little doubt
that her story is true, for her descrip-
ton of George Washington is very ac-
curate, and she remembers the appear
ance Of some Of the officers that were
with him, and describes numerous in
cidents of his visit with her master.
The Fort Scott papers Of last Satur-
day give particulars of distressing
ARRAY that happened on the
fair grounds Friday. 1t seems that a
drunken white man named Wesley
McDaniels, picked quarrel with G.
L. May, a negro. McDaniels fired
pistol at May, the shot passing through
his hand and striking Judge Brinker-
hoff, who was standing near, in the
back. The two men then grappled
and fell, when the negro wrested the
pistol from McDaniels and shot him
through the breast, killing him al
most instantly. Judge Brinkerhoff
died Saturday from the effect of his
wounds. The negro had his prelimi-
nary examination Monday, and was
acquitted OH the ground that the hon.
icide was justifiable. Judge Brinker-
hoff was an old and respected citizen
of Fort Scott and his untimely death