The Iola register., 1886-05-07
O. P. NORTHRUP & co.

window. making hole about six
inches In diameter, and helped him
self. Two pairs were taken but one,
which was probably a lnisfit, was left
hanging ON the back door, the thief
evidently knowing when he had
enough. Of course there is no clue.
At the meeting of the City Council
Monday evening, the Committee on
Public Grounds reported plans and es-
was adopted and the committee in
structed to receive bids for the work
and report at the next meeting. Geo.
E. Sutton was granted billiard license.
Ordinance requiring drays to be Ii
censed was repealed. judiciary COM
mittee was instructed to introduce an
ordinance at the next session thorough
ly revising all existing ordinances re-
lating to licenses.
The time of the Probate Judge was
occupied on Tuesday afternoon with
an inquiry into the mental condition
Of Jas. Reynolds, young man of Cot
tage grove township. The patient was
adjudged insane and application was
made to have him taken to the State
Insane Asylum. In the mean time
the young man will be taken care Of by
his friends. His insanity is thought
to be the result of blow on the head
which he received three or four years
ago. 1t has developed very gradually
and it Is only within two weeks that
his lack of balance has been uDmistak.
able.
One of the b-hoys allowed the inn
preston to gain prevalence that he
was married the first Of the week and
on Wednesday night about twenty of
his friends gathered to give him sere-
made. In the midst of the entertain
ment the marshal appeared and the
curtain was rung down instanter. Just
as the marshal reached the scene the
supposed-to-be groom stepped out Of
the house, and as all the others had
fled the marshal promptly placed him
under arrest for disturbing the peace!
Explanations land cigars soon restored
tranquility, however, and everything
was as calm yesterday morning as
though nothing had happened.
In talking with members of the old
council we find that the only reason
gates were not made into the park, and
walks laid out last year. was because the
city had outstanding obligations to so
great an amount that 1t would not have
been wise to make the necessary ex-
penditure. AS that reason does not ex-
ist this year, and as the rest of the city
is in good condition, It is hoped that
the new council will again take the
matter into consideration and sec
whether something cannot he done.
We do not believe the money these
would cost could be
spent in a way that would meet with
more universal approval.
THE REGISTER seldom allows itself
to admit that "news are scarce, as one
ofour esteemed correspondents recently
informed us; but when 1t is obliged to
evolve five or six columns of "l0cals"
from its inner consciousness, in
spite Of diligent and thorough applica-
ton Of the rep0rtorial pump to every
source of information, it Is
to remark that the assid- |
uity with which every body seems to |
be attending to his own business this
week, is positively distressing. Speak. |
lug of distressing" things suggests the
idea that the High School pupils who
are studying diagraming may find the |
above sentence good one to practice
on.
Owing to his necessary absence from
the city during most Of the past month
Stevenson was unable to pre-
sent full report to the annual meet
ing of the Il. and L. Association last