The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-22

We notice that Mr.. J. G. Hamm has
been elected principal of the Hum
bOldt schools. II we are correctly iu-
formed of the issue upon which the
new board was elected, and Prof. Ford
will sanction. AT the same time Mr.:
Hamm is young man of great en-.
ergy and excellent qualifications and
we sincerely hope that he may be SO
far superior to the influences that now
seem to favor him, rs to give the Hum
boldt people a clean and successful
school.
Mrs. L. L. NOrthrup, accompanied
by her son Lutte, and by Mrs. Van
mugs, started last Saturday for Colora-
do Springs, where they go with the
hope of improving the health of the
two latter. They stopped with rela-
tives at Gardner over Sunday. where
Mrs. Vannuys had slight hemor-
rhage. Mr.. V. went up on Monday in
response to a telegram, but found his
wife sufficiently recovered to continue
the Journey. We hope that the brac-
ing air of the mountains will complete
~ restore both of them to health.
The Ladies' Presbyterian Society, of
Neosho Presbytery, will hold their an-
nual meeting i'm the Presbyterian
church, lola, Kansas, on next Tues
day and Wednesday 18th and 9th of
August, commencing Tuesday even
ing. Miss Mary Clark, lately return
ed from Persia, is expected, and
Misses Crowell and Leonard of Utah.
will he here; all of whom will add to
the interest of the meeting. Dele
gates from the other missionary sOci-
cites Of this Presbytery are expected
also, and it is hoped everybody will be
interested, and make II a point to at
tend the meeting.
The ladies made success, as they
ALWAYS do, of their library association
social at Mrs. J. H. Richards last
Tuesday evening. The grounds were
handsomely lighted and the tables and
chairs conveniently arranged. Music
was furnished by the Glee Club, and
by G. NJ. Simpson. Miss Lillian Bell,
Miss Maud Richards and Mrs. j. d.
GreasOn. "Cy's' violin solos always
find pleased listeners, while Miss Bells
and Miss Maud's performances upon
the piano were very heartily applaud
ed. Mrs. GreasOn sung with even
more than her usual acceptance and
was repeatedly encOred. Mr.. Amrine,
with his "Pictures from Life" fur
nished very considerable part
of the entertainment. There was
to have been charade, but
some of the boys who were to take
part in it got sleepy and went home
before the time came, so it was post
poned until the next one. We under
stand that the library fund was
enri ched to the extent of about so.
The circus Is gone, and good many
of us are gladder, few Of US sadder,
and some of us, it is hoped, are wiser
than before it came. The wisdom of
the council in refusing to license any
of the camp following gambling outfits,
was abundantly proven. Fer i'm spite
of this, and in spite of the vigilance of
the police force, several persons were
robbed outright, and some that should
have known better were rOped in for a
good many dollars at the old, old game
of Thimble rig. One of the sharpers
was brought before Judge Harris and
fined a sum that, with the costs, foot
ed up about so. Another was also
fined small sum. There was an inn
mense attendance, and the crowd was
very quiet and orderly. An effort was
made on the part of the managers to
secure the bridge shops to winter in,
but they would not agree to pay the
rent asked by the parties owning the
shOps