The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-01


Ifthere is anyone that belives the
STORY that DR.. Lafhry does not make
teeth they would oblige him very
\ tory over Beatty Bros. store and watch
him construct the masticators.
For the benefit Of the readers of this
paper who do not already know than
the Peerless flour is kept to the high
est standard of excellence, we would
say that such IL the case, while the
price is no higher than second rate.
A grand wolf chase takes place at
the upper landing on the Usage to-day.
Those taking part will meet at the
corners two miles north of Moran at
o'clock. A pack of eleven wolves has
been seen there within the past two
weeks.
At the meeting of the Blaine aud
Logan club Monday night, w. NJ.
Knapp resigned his Office of End Lieu
tenant, on account of necessary alb
sence during the fall, and James Burns
was unanimously elected to fill the va
cancy. The club will march tonight.
Shewell & Gorbett went to lola
Tuesday to figure on the new school
building which is to be erected there
this season. We are informed that
the building committee are better
pleased with the brick burnt here than
any u has examined.-Neost0 Falls
4 We learn of the marriage, at Empor-
ia, Kansas, on July 18th, 1884, by Rev.
Snodgrass, pastor Of the ME. church,
of Mr.. Clarence J/NOrton, of Moran,
Kansas, to Miss Frahcis A. Coe, of
Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mrs.
Norton is visiting relatives I'd Neosho
county atprese6t.
Of,the msfy portraits of James G.
Blaine tlxt are now out, that which
accompanies the Blaine brand of CT
CARS, manufactured by H. C. Fisher,
of ST. Joseph, Mo-, is by far the best.
1t is taken direct from life and not from
engravings, as the most of them are,
aud is very fine picture.
Z At the Library meeting last Sat
urday afternoon Mrs. J. H/Richards
was elected president Of the Associa-
ton, Mrs. r. B. Stevenson, treasurer, !
Miss Ella Cowap, recording secretary,
and Miss NettieI Scott, corresponding |
secretary and librarian. About 15O |
members have been secured.
In the storm of last Thursday night |
the house of VIM Gilkeson was struck |
by lightning and the residents consid-
erably shaken up. Two young men |
were sleeping in one bed, and by some |
mysterious force one of them was
picked up and landed on the other
side of his bedfellow.
Mr.. Menser, well known German
citizen living east of lola, was struck
by lightning in the storm of last
Thursday. He was sitting in the
house and the lightning strhck him at
the knee, burning deep scar to the
foot. and tearing off the shoe. DR..
Fulton was called, and found him con-
shocked, but not dangerously
hurt.
Yes, we know something of Mr..
Amos standing and record, and we
know him to be one of the most honor
able. energetic and successful attor-
news at the Allen county bar, and all
the other unbiased attorneys will cor
roborate the statement. And he Is
sufficiently courteous" too, to satisfy
the average ''run" of people.
As the afternoon freight train on the
Wichita road was running into Union
town Thursday afternoon, it broke
leaving several car lengths between
the two sections. Mrs. Gibson, AN aged
widow lady, tried to cross the track be-
tween the sections and was knocked
down by the on coming section and
thrown under the wheels. Both legs
were cut off below the knee, and from
the terrible injury she died the next
morning.