The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03

Get box oil cream at fuckers "a
4 you go To supper.
Leroy Happersett, for severa
months telegraph operator at th,
Wichita depot, has been placed IN
charge of the depot at LaHarpe.(
The Spooner collar took the frs
prize at the New Orleans Exposition
last week. w. L. Bartels is the ex.
elusive agent for these collars in lola
Chas. Often will begin work on his
new building in few days. The old
one will be moved onto McClure's cor.
ner, next to Richards & Henderson's.
The fire works have arrived, and
the stand from which they are to be
discharged has been erected. We are
all ready for the Fourth. Let it come
DR.. Lafary is both filling and ex.
tracing teeth absolutely without pain,
by the use of the well tried vitalized
air, known to be the safest anesthetic
in existence.
From hand bills received. we learn
that Judge Z. ID. Brown, of Liberty
will address the people of Mission
Creek, Neb., on the Fourth. This is
"Ed. Brown" formerly of lola.
The School Board have decided
to put an iron fence around the
school house grounds. That is as it
should be. The next thing is to have
the grounds graded and walks laid
From all we can learn by a close
reading. of our exchanges, the web
worm is generally short lived, not
lasting more than fifteen days. If this
is true not, much more damage is to be
expected from it in this locality.
The biggest trade we have heard of
this week, was made by Frank Wing
and +. G. Lange, Mr.. Wing trading
his residences in this town to Mr..
Lange for the Curdy block in Hum
boldt. Mr.. Wing will probably con-
tinue his residence here.
AT this writing, Thursday morning,
it looks as though it never intended to
quit raining. 1t doubtless will though
lit always does-and we expect to see
bright day Saturday. Come to town
anyhow. We will entertain you DUR
ing the day someway and the fireworks
will take place in the evening. rain or
shine.
There is less type in this num-
Der than in any we have issued
since January. Nevertheless the read
ers of THE REGISTER will find them
selves as well posted ON the local news
of the county, as the readers of any
other paper.
The County Commissioners finished
their work as Board of Equalization
at their last meeting. With one or two
exceptions the assessment of all those
who were summoned to appear before
it was raised, the aggregate amount of
increase being in round numbers $780,
600.
\ large number of the members of
McCook Post and their friends drove
up to Carlyle Tuesday evening and
made themselves at home at the resi-
dence of Hon. E. II. Funston The
visit was an entire surprise to Mr.. Fun
ston and his family, but that did not
hinder them from making their guests
feel entirely at home, and all who
were fortunate enough to be there re-
port most pleasant time.
Two weeks ago Rev. r. NJ. Scott
preached sermon on "the condition
of the soul between death and the res
gave evidence of very
careful thought and attracted a good
deal of attention and comment. BY
special request he will preach on the
same theme next Sunday, morning
and evening. The morning discourse
will be given to definition of the "In-
termediate State" and the evening
sermon will discuss the "Condition in
the intermediate State"
We were sorely tempted to write and
print in this issue, a Fourth of July
grafton, of the regular old Daniel Web
ster style. But out of consideration
for the distinguished orators who are
to be here tomorrow, and who would
thus have been forestalled, we forbear.
1t would be unkind to- take their
words out of their mouths, as it were,
and we will not do it. We like to ac-
our readers, but if they |
to hear Fourth of July ora
ton tomorrow they will have to come
here and listen to it.
There are three reasons why we
have no more local news this week. |
First, there wasn't any more; second,
there wasn't room for it; third, to-
morrow is the Fourth of July and no |
body will have time to read much any |
how. SO after considering carefully |
the whole matter we decided to let |
our advertisers edit the paper this
week. We have been doing most of it |
for long time and it has
us so hard that we are glad |
enough TO "take a rest" while our
business men handle the faber a lit
tie. And if our readers are inclined to |
grumble some, they may console them
selves with the thought that the less |
news there is the more time they will |
have TO read the advertisements and |
find out where to go for bargains, and
that is no small item in times liket