The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-04-03

huOWltOu q CplCcI nave just EcCcA'
ed the incest line Of dress goods eve
brought to Geneva, and would
pleased to have you come and look q
their stock and get prices before pul
chasing elsewhere.
A full line of groceries which We vii
, sell at as close margin as any hous
in Allen county. Although We do NO
propose to sell one article below cos
and rob our customers on another +
make it up. Knowlton & Spicer, &c
neva, Kansas.
1.-THE Town Tramp" seems to hav,
stirred up the animals all around, ant
from the tone of Citizens" comment
it is probably a good thing, for thu
REGISTER as well as for the Tramp
that the latter's letters are to be les!
frequent hereafter.
The unique device gotten up by the
Christian people to advertise their so.
cial attracted considerable comment.
Although the congregation comprising
this church is not very large, they
make up in energy and zeal what they
lack in numbers, and deserve hearty
support.
| We hear considerable complaint
about roads being damaged by farmers
securing plows in them. Those who
pillow up the roads for this purpose are
probably not aware that they are com.
hitting misdemeanor for which they
could be severely fined if complaint
was made.
1t is surprising how Indifferent peo-
pie were to the temptations of riches
last Wednesday. The side walks were
literally strewn with purses and valua-
BILE looking packages, yet hardly one
man in three stopped to pick them up
and even this one man seemed to
have no use for them after he found
they were nailed down.
There will be a public sale at the
residence of Job Tharp, miles west
and miles north Of Moran, on
Wednesday, April Sth, of % head of
cows, some steers and young cattle,
some horses, hogs, corn and household
furniture and farming implements.
For terms and particulars see bills
from this office. w. H. Wyckoff,
Auctioneer.
John Brown started to the peniten-
tiary yesterday with John Miller, alias
Nathan Vaughn, who was convicted
of forgery in the fourth degree, and
was sentenced to one years imprison-
ment at hard labor. This is the man
who was pronounced by the other
boarders as "either crazy or a
id fool" and it is still question
he is most a fool or knave.
The Horticultural Society request US
to remind all interested that the soci- |
ETY. will offer a cash premium on the
first and second best plate of apples |
exhibited by the grower at their next
ON the second Saturday in
April, the object being to determine
the keeping qualities of Allen county
fruit. The meeting will be held at the
school room ON the north side of the
square, and essays will be read as fol-
ows: Strawberry Culture, EN-. Jones;
Flowers and how to treat them, Mrs.
Irosbeck What learned at the EX-
position, H. E. VanDemau.
In going the rounds of the business
houses We find our merchants very
elated over marked revival
# trade. Bartels tells us that he sold
6 sets of double harness last week and
hat he did bigger business last Sat-
lrnay than he has done in any previ-
us single day during the ten years he
las been located here. Scott & Son
.lso inform us that their sales during
.larch were larger than during the cor
month of any year since
hey have been in business. Nearly
ii of our other business men make re-
'orts almost equally encouraging, and,
ii taken together it might almost be
aid that lola is booming. II
If subscribers wishing to have the
ddress of their paper changed could ;
to tell US where they want
changed from as well as where they
rant it changed to, it would be a great
ccommodation to US. tits impossible
hat we should remember the address
{ every one of our 100 subscribers,
nd when We get a postal card, as we
% almost every week, asking that an
ddress be changed but not giving the {
Id address, we must either go careful
Y over our entire list, or write letter /,
f inquiry. If all our subscribers will
ommit this item to memory and for
yer after guide themselves by it, they
will win our lasting gratitude.
Our little social world is making up
n good measure during the past week
r two for its derelictions during the
winter. Eight or ten couples of the
-oung folks met at the commodious
md hospitable home of w. p. North
up on Tuesday evening and devoted
for two or three pleasant
hours to progressive euchre. On the
anne evening a number of the older
,eople were most agreeably entertain
d by Mr.. and Mrs. Amrine. These
vents, together with the Christian
estival at the Opera House last night,
he K. of p. social tonight and the eu-
hire club tomorrow night. will make
he current week one of pretty steady
for our pleasure seekers.
On last Wednesday, after thorough
Prof. P. H. Harris was
admitted to practice law at the bar of
he District Court, and in the evening
n accordance with time honored
.ustom he invited the Judge, the 9TH
r members of the bar and two or three
outside friends, among whom We were
,ery glad to be numbered, to partake
# a banquet in honor of the event.
The feast was spread in Lee Fuckers
lining room and about nine o'clock
he guests were ushered into the room
md seated about tables that were very
arranged and very tastefully
alden also. At each end of the table
vas group of suspicious looking,
cd of no