The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-02

A pleasant party at A. ]. Clark's or
Wednesday evening was one of III,
social events Of the week.
/Farmers will please take notice thai
4 lola dealers are paying forty cents 9
bushel for corn. With good roads and
corn at that price town ought to bt
\ pretty lively next week.
| Nr. Robt. Cook and family moved
j6to town Yesterday. They will be
Valuable citizens, and Miss Blanche
Gain will be welcomed by our society
young folks.
The many friends Of Dan Thorpe
will be glad to hear that he has at last
received the back pension due him to
the amount of 81 500. Dan bears his
good luck very quietly aud will keep
on shaving just the same.
&C. c. tonight.
Mr.. Allen Mays and family moved
lout to their farm on Deer Creek last
"wednesday. Mr.. E. L. Marsh will
occupy the residence vacated by Mr..
Nays Oh Washington avenue.
Street Commissioner Simpson is
putting new crossings in various parts
of the city to the great satisfaction of
many citizens. Mr.. Simpson under
stands his business, and makes the
most of the means at his disposal.
Brubaker 4 Co. expect to receive
the first installment of their immense
stock of groceries to-day, and will be
ready for business the first of next
week. This is FIRST blood' for the
north side, and we are glad to note it.
Brubaker 4 Co. will probably have
something to say for themselves next
week.
We learn of a serious accident that
happened. last Monday, to Mr.. w.
Carol, farmer living near Allen
Center school house. His team start
ed up suddenly, throwing him from
the wagon with such force as to break
both bones of his left fore arm. DIR.
Fulton was called and set the bones.
and the patient is reported doing well.
The Chicago Comedy Company,
which will present "Under the Gas
Light" at the Opera House tonight, is
not unknown here, having "opened"
the Opera House two years ago. They
held the boards very acceptably at
that time, and the press COM
ment on their entertainment
this winter would seem to show
that they have not deteriorated. The
Topeka Commonwealth closes a report
of their playing in that city as follows:
The company is simply unqualified
~ excellent. The principal characters
were ably sustained I'm nIinuti3. In
fact the entire company displayed an
ability seldom witnessed in Topeka.
Little Tootie Graves, "the infant star !
let" gives promise Of remarkable Gu
reer.
Plant your potatoes next week.
ADO you think 1t was man." That
question has been asked good many
times since the "shUw" came to town.
seriously, too, sometimes-and some
times seriously answered in the affirm
ative. Imaginative youngsters have
revealed In visions Of human mon
ster standing anywhere from % to 50
feet in his stockings, who flourished
long before Adam existed even in
plans and specifications; and even
heads not 80 imaginative have in
obliged in vague retrospect Of the
tremendous pOssessor Of that ponder
ous jaw, lording it over the gay and
festive monsters of that interesting old |
time. Or perhaps he was a woman
with tongue aud a broomstick-har-
rowing thought! We wouldn't say a
word If we could to spoil the show ;
and as a matter of fact, as the bones of
some species of the mammoth, which
we think they undoubtedly are. they
are well worth the trifle asked, to see.
But as the bones of human being,
they are undoubtedly a delusion and
snare, and nothing lees than the inn
mense amount of check which that
huge jaw-bone must have carried,
would set up such claim.
An unusual flourish Of trumpets
out an unusually large audi
ence to Anthony& Ellis "Uncle Tom"
last Friday night, and it is safe to say
that those that were not disguised
were disappointed. The presentation
of "Uncle Toms Cabin" by the aver
age travelling troupe has come to be a
burlesque on the simple and powerful
story of Mrs. Stowe, and with the last
il was butchered little moro
than usual. A few striking
portions of the novel are retained with
tolerable accuracy, as the death Of
Eva, the sale of Uncle Tom and his
death /; but in the reckless confusion
pf minstrel performances, blood-and-
side-shows, and funny bust
ness" borrowed from q score Of come
dies, they seemed inconXruous enough.
If boys and girls are to get their idea
Df Harriet Beecher Stoves great work
through these troupes, they ought to be
by law. In justice, how
ever, two or three creditable features
Of the entertainment should be no
ticed. Marks was good, and Eva,