The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-17
PERSONAL.

PERSONAL.
w. l.. Bartels took in Fort Scott the
first of the week.
q. w. Ashford took lay off of two
or three days this week.
Miss Ida Jones was a visitor at the
Normal Wednesday.
Mrs. ID. f. Williams is in Miami
county for a short visit to her daugh.
ter.
Lou Cox was up from Wellington
this week OH visit to relatives and
friends.
Mr.. J. p. Davis was in town Tues
day. He is now running livery
stable at Colony.
Miss AIDA Mounsir has closed her
school in Greenwood county and is at
home for the summer.
r. B. Stevenson went to Topeka
Monday of this week to attend meet
ing of the State Board of Pardons.
Hon. John Francis came down from
Topeka Wednesday for a brief visit
among friends and acquaintance.
Mr.. Theo. Wiseman, adjuster of the
Springfield Insurance Company, was
in town two or three days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Cozine, of Car
lyle, started last week for a visit of
some weeks to their old home in Indi-
ana.
Mrs. Rucker came over from Fort
Scott Wednesday and will spend sey-
eral weeks with her son Lee, at the
Mineral Well.
Misses Maud Thrasher and Cora
Briggs started yesterday for q visit
with friends in Chanute and Usage
Mission.
Mr.. Thos. Bartlett, who has been
teaching in the Lincoln county college
during the past year, is home for the
vacation.
Wallace Duncan has returned from
his trip to Portland, which he declares
was one round of pleasure from begin
ming to end.
Mrs. w. A. Mccoy, who has been
spending some weeks with her par
ents, has returned to her home in
Greenwood county.
Mrs. Hyde, of Nemeha county, is in
the city for q visit of two or three
weeks with her brother, Mr.. Geo. p.
Bates.
S. Il. Ellis and daughter Kate, drove
out to blue Mound Tuesday. The lat
ter will remain several days visiting
with her sister, Mrs. Carrie Evans.
MIR. +. S. Robb, of Deer Creek town.
ship, who has been at work i'm Chase
county for some time, returned home
last week. He called on the REGISTER
Monday and renewed his subscription.
Miss Blanche Cain returned last Fri
day from her visit to Kansas City.
Miss Edith Baldwin, formerly we'll
known here, returned with her and
will visit with old friends.
DR.. Lindsey, of Garnett, called on
us Monday. He said that when at the
Garnet depot to take the $50 a. m.
train he plainly saw the light made by
the burning of the Forest mills at Otta-
wa, % miles away.
a. G. Boyle returned last Saturday
to his sunny southern home. That
sounds poetical, but if it is much sum
nier than it has been here this week
we would prefer less poetry and more
shade.
Rev. Mr.. Barr, formerly pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Hopewell,
Ind. and now located at Vernon in
that state, was in town over Sunday,
and preached two very acceptable SER
mons at the Presbyterian church.
Mr.. w. w. Anderson started last
to his old home in Coldwa-
ter, Michigan, where he will join his
wife and spend month or so recrea-
ting. We are glad to learn that
that there is no truth in the report
that he was called away by the serious
illness of Mrs. Anderson.
The following parties are now regis /
tered at the Mineral Well hotel: s.
G.. Klingman, Oatville, Kas.; l.. G.
Hughes, Mercer, Pa; r. Knowles, w.
F.. Smith, F. NJ. Boswell, Ell Dorado,
KS; Will Yates, H. J. Dickinson,
Yates Center, KS; A. M. Humphrey,
Baldwin City; J. Tongate, Des Moines
Iowa.
3. NJ: Ausherman returned last week
from the Indian Territory, where he
has had charge of the Indian schools at
the Otoe Agency since last September.
He thinks, as everybody does who has
had practical dealings with them, that
the only way to civilize the Indians is
to give them lands in severalty, fur
nish them with live stock and farming
and then let them "root
Dr. die"
John Gordon has again fitted to
This time it is under
stood that in addition to urging his own
claims upon the administration, he
will present petition for the appoint
ment of Mr.. A. J. Clark as postmaster
At this place. AS Capt. Jones is there
1n a similar mission for Mr.. Brubaker,
IN interesting season may be expected.
when Greek meets Greek, then
comes the tug of war;"
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Davies, of Toron-
to, Canada, arrived here last week.
They have rented Charlie Lakin's
house and will make this their future
home. Mr.. Davies is a partner of Mr..
West, who has been here for some
lime, and they have rented the west
side of Patterson Bros. fur
ljture store where they will |
establish themselves as merchant !
,ailors. We are glad to welcome Mr.. |
Davies and his family, and wish the |
new firm success.
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