The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-18

Times are hard, money Is scarce an,
school books are q necessity. In viev
of these facts we have concluded to re
duce the price of school books to tn
lowest possible figure that will justif,
lis in handling them. Call aud ge
prices. Goodhue 4 Evans.
The 'Old doctor" having taken hi.
place behind the prescription case, DIR
w. d. Scott is again giving his entire
time to the practice and will be found
at all hours of the day and night
when not professionally absent-at his
Office in Scott & Som drug store or his
residence, first dwelling south Of the
Presbyterian church, west side.
One of the Fort Scott stone cutters
who is working ON the sidewalk for
the school grounds, said the other day
that when he first came here he won
dered "what i'm q town of this
size wanted with such an enormous
school house, But on Monday MORN
ing, when he ga the children pouring
in, he wondered "where in - they
would put them ALL"
We see by the circular of H. w.
Pond, Div. Com. of the Border Tier
Brigade, that w. G.. Allison is APP
pointed to the command of the Third
Brigade, in the territory composing
the third regiment Border Tier Bri-
gade. CAPT. T. s. Slower is also an
nOunced as a staff officer. lola still
keeps up her lick" If you've got
any more offices you want filled, bring
'em around.
Mrs. Charity Newman, mother of
Mrs. I. Port. died last Saturday, Sept.
IL, at the house Of her son-in-law,
where she has been visiting since July.
Mrs. Newman was 81 years of age, but
had retained unusual vigOr until at.
tackled by typho-malarial fever, which
resulted in her death. The remains
were taken to Ashtabula, Ohio, for i'm
terment.
We neglected last week to note the
election of a new board of directors of
the Library Association, as follows
J. ii. Richards, r. B. Ste
venson, VIM. Knapp, George Apple,
II. l.. Henderson, NJ. L. Brewster, T..
l.. Marsh, r. Ii. Knight, o. Foust, H.
d. Chastain, L. A. Thrasher. P. H.
Moore and Miss Josephine Rodman.
Miss Rodman was elected secretary for
the ensuing year.
The county clerk notifies all whom it
may concern that at ten o'clock a. IN.
on the Goth day Of September, Frank
Kelsey, county surveyor, and James
Taylor, j. G. Beatty and J. Mccoy.
ton of +. \. Garrison ct. al, to view,
survey and locate q road, commencing
at the northwest corner of section -,
town %, range 90 east, thence following
the section lines south for three miles,
to the southwest corner of section 10,
town "a range 20.
In addition to their collective dis
play the Horticultural Society, through
Mr.. Nandeman, entered 90 plates oil
fruit ut the Bismarck fair and were SO
fortunate as to get first premium on s
Of them and second premium on 4. AS
the first premium OH the collective ex-
hi5it was $500 and the sum of the
premiums on the special plates was So
the Society will be somewhat ahead
fact at which every one
will rejoice. Mr.. Vandeman has
placed the fruit on exhibition at Kan
sas City this week.
''What is a chestnut
"My son, a certain physician of this
town suspected the other day that some
body was looking through the keyhole
Of his office door, and Investigated with
a syringe full of pepper sauce. He
found his wife half an hour afterwards
with a bandage over her leftOptic. She
told him that she had been cutting
wood and u chip hit her in the eye.
Did you ever hear that story before?"
~ should think had. Grandpa used
to tell that and he said his grandfather
picked it in brine and brought it over
in the May..Flower."
"Well, my son, that is chestnut"
We regret very much that the Camp
Fire Wednesday night cannot be
written down as glittering success.
The bean part of it was success SO
long as the beans lasted, but this was
the only thing connected with the
evenings entertainment that seemed
was out and entertained the crowds On
VIC stieel uuflAS tuc early pdIi VI Tic
evening. Later, under sort of vague
that some kind of amuse-
ment would be furnished there, a large
of people gathered in the OPP
era House. When the hall was full
andRO one had yet made his appear
ance to take charge of things, a double
Iuartette of gentlemen, who had been
asked to prepare Il little music for the
occasion, went upon the stage and en-
tertained the audience as best they
could for an hour or so. 1t was eX-
pected, by the singers at least, that
the singing would be a very subordi-
nate part of the evening programme,
but it turned out to be not only sub
ordinate part but all the other parts,
much to the disappointment, We fear,
Of the audience. This is the first time
that any of the public dOings of Ne
Cook Post have failed through lack of
executive ability, and this failure, We
presume, can be accounted for and
overlooked, on the ground of the pO-
litical excitement of the day. Poll
tics and beans don't mix very well.
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