The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-04-17
A full lire of Jerseys just received at
B. T. Rodman's.

ID. IL ISOQuuduS.
Beavers Patent Weather Strip, tn
best selling article in the market
Parties wishing to become agents 70
it may buy or trade for territory b.
calling on d. B. Stephens.
Hon. E. H. Funston can now trave
i'm style BETTING his high office, hav
ing purchased a handsome carriag'
from Knapp & Hartman, and har
ness to match from Lou Bartels.
L. L. Cummings, of Colony, wal
killed by lightning during the storm
Thursday night. Mr.. Cummings was
"a brother-in-law of G. L. Arnold, and
at one time kept wood pard in lola
The fact that Humboldt mechanics
are moving up to lola, seems to us q
favorable sign. Mr.. Dana, a carpen.
ter, has left the village down the river
and is now building a shop in the me.
tropolis.
Died: On Wednesday, April Is,
MAY, infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. NJ. Williamson, living two miles
north of town. The remains were in
tered in the lola cemetery on Thurs
day at ten o'clock.
Knowlton & Spicer have just receiv-
ed the incest line of dress goods ever
brought to Geneva, and would be
pleased to have you come and look at
their stock and get prices before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
Capt. Thrasher is having the north
wing of his house raised to full two
stories, and he is also having a bay
window added to the south side, in adj
dition to numerous interior changes
and Improvements.
The exciting war news from Europe
has sent the wheat exchanges wild.
Almost Immediately wheat advanced
10 cents bushel, and there are those
who predict that it will sell for S1.5O
before the year is out.
Look out for my parasols |! They
will be here soon. / have ordered
them from the largest manufacturers
i'm Philadelphia-the latest styles and
most serviceable made-and at prices
lower than ever. b. T. Rodman.
A full line of groceries which we will
sell at as close margin as any house
i'm Allen county. Although we do not
propose to sell one article below cost
and rob our customers on another to
make it up. Knowlton & Spicer, Ge-
neva, Kansas.
The improvements ordered this week
for the Court House and Jail, will cost
i'm the neighborhood of $1,000. If the
old buildings are still to be used, the
expenditure is absolutely necessary );
but would it not be wiser to put some
more to it and erect buildings that will
last awhile?
Welch & Mcknight have had a
front of their store room. 1t would
help the looks of all the business
houses if they would follow suit. The
wooden awnings are unsightly, they
invite confiagratiOns and they
ought to go.
There will be a temperance meeting
under the auspices of the w. G. T. u,
at the Christian church next Tuesday
evening. The programme will consist
of an address by DIR. Hendricks, read
ings by Miss Keyser, and Miss Emma
Cowan, music, and an address by G. f.
Scott. a full attendance is desired.
Go to McClure's and see their grand
display of Hamburg edging and in
serting, Swiss edging and inserting,
Nansook edging and inserting, colored
embroidery, all-over embroidery, Ham,
burg netting, linen torchen, white
and colored laces, fancy and Oriental
EscuridI, AIl-0Uer ldces, also lace cur
tdins.
If any of our subscribers know of
any one who has recently removed to
Jetmore, Kansas, they will greatly
oblige us by informing us of his name.
Some one writes to usfrom that place
asking us to send his paper there, but
giving neither his name nor the post
office where he has heretofore been
getting his paper.
]. A. Heath, of Humboldt, was i'm
town Wednesday on his way home
from Nevada, Mo. He says that on
the day before he left, Frank James
was in town and the whole population
was in the streets cheering for Jeff
Mr.. Cleveland ought to feel proud of
his Missouri constituency.
Last Sunday night, while Phil Moss,
Beck's Moran manager, slumbered and
slept, some one entered his room and
took therefrom his pants and vest,
from which he secured silver watch
and three dollars in cash. He was
considerate enough to leave the cloth
ing and the empty pocket book behind
him, when he took his departure.
Justice Harris has changed his office
room, being now located in the old
REGISTER office, over Sprouts grocery
store, where he has very pleasant quar-
tiers. 1t is sad to think that the room
which has once known the serene peace
and quiet of printing office should be
given up to the riotous hurry -burly OF
a Justices court, but such are the vi.
cissitudes of life.
Bowlus & Hartman and c. NJ. Simp.
son will probably begin work on their
new buildings next week. While they
are i'm process of erection, Bowlus will
occupy his rooms adjoining DIR. Hen.
bricks new store room, while Mr..
Simpson will move the post Office
building either to the lots on South
street next to Woods carpenter shop
or to the lot between Klaumann and
Beck.
The most successful meetings tina
have ever been held in the BaptIs
church of this place, closed week ag'
last Sunday. There have been Il &C