The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-05-11
KANSAS NOTES,

Twelve suicides within as many
months at Topeka.
Clay county farmers will plant oyel
one hundred thousand acres of corn.
st. John is addressing enthusiastic
temperance meetings in Maryland.
The Leroy Exporter is soon to have
new Office 25xs0 feet, two stories high
Senator Plumb will deliver the ad.
dress at Baxter Springs OH Decoration
Day, May 2eth.
Gey. Click is all right. His name
is immortalized. A post-oflice in Co.
manche county bears his name.
The war department., it is learned
from Washington, will furnish five
hundred stand of arms for Kansas mil.
itia.
At the April meeting of the board OF
commissioners of Butler county, they
allowed 5000 for rabbit-scalps taken
since January.
The twelfth annual session of the
Grand Lodge of Kansas, Knights OF
Pythias, will be held at Emporia, COM
mencing Tuesday, May 18th.
A mad dog got among a flock OF
sheep in Reno county the other day
and ffs over 800 of them SO that they
nave since died of hydrophobia.
The twenty-fourth annual conven-
ton of the Episcopal church in the di-
ocese of Kansas will be held in Trinity
church, Lawrence, commencing on
Tuesday, May 18th.
The cattle men of Greenwood county
have expelled two herds of cattle from
that county, which were supposed to
he Texas stock. Greenwood is within
the quarantine district.
.The editor of the Burden Enterprise
offered chrome for the best news item,
but somebody started the report that
the chrome was a photograph Of the
editor, and no item was handed in.
Newton people are putting up q
large number of windmills and water
tanks for household and garden pur-
poses. That h an example we would
like TO see followed by the citizens of
lola.
A PRESBYTERIAN female college to be
erected either at Columbus, Giard or
,Qswego, and each of the places are
tearing their shirts off 10 offer the larg-
est inducements. Columbus comes to
the front handsomely.
On the 26 ult., at Erie, Jacob Cum.
,berland, the murderer of his IA year
old boy, was was sentenced to death
by Judge Talcott. This is said to be
the first death sentenced ever legally
passed in Neosho county.
The commissioners of Woodson
county ordered barb wire fence built
around the square at Yates Center.
This did not meet with the approval
pf tae citizens, and collection was
taken pe to build pine board fence.
The {.eavenxorth Press gives Tom.
iinson and Huntoon, the renegade Re.
publicans who have entered the Dem
ocratic camp, and are beckonIng other
Republicans to follow, the name OF
"Apache Republicans" Very appro-
pirate.
The Railroad Commissioners are
having a pamphlet printed, contain
ang the State Railroad law, and also
emlodying information as TOD how com.
piaists for violation Of its provisions
or unjust treatment by railroad COM
panies, should be made.
The editor of the Sumner county
Press says he personally knows of
caucus of railroad men, held over 8
year ago, in which the question arose
as to the best method of keeping down
agitation of railroad questions, and il
was suggested that prohibition be
pushed to the front as the issue.
According to the reports of the State
Beard of Agriculture, the field crops Of
Kansas, for 1852, were worth SOS, H.
$40. 90; increase in the total value OF
farm animals, sl4, O6o, 1888; product OF
live stock. s27 ,555, $3.50; market gar
Gen product, 4s7 ,644; apiarian product,
Ss,7s4.4s; horticultural product, 81,
5ss. $50: total, Sl5I ST. SILL.
On the Is instant the conference pro-
per of the German Baptists or dunk
ards" of America will open at Bismark
Grove, and continue several days.
Large delegations from the states of
Pennsylvania, Maryland Virginia,
West Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio, Indi-
ana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado, Minnesota, Wis
eonsin and Oregon will be present, so
that from 1000 to 5000 people may be
expected to meet again in annual as
sembiy.
For the benefit Of peeFle who stick
on small matters, the Kansas raiload
commissioners have made decision.
1t is in relation to payment of passage
on the trip of eight miles length, the
fare of which would be tweaty-four
cents, or in any other similar ease,
where the fare is a fraction of five cents.
The board holds it to be the duty of
Siae passenger to prepare himself with