The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-26

per cent more people VINO trade 0t lOlt
than does any other paper published
in Allen county. This is q poin
worth considering by judicious adver
tisers.
| WANTED! 100 men and boys t.
look at our stock of spring goods. AL
late styles and handsome. You can
buy them for less money than you can
get old goods for elsewhere. Anderson
& DeClute.
Treasurer Hayward had his fine sor-
rel mare stolen last Friday night. and
although cards were at once sent
out offering a reward of S75 for the re-
turn of the animal and the conviction
of The thief, nothing has yet been heard
from either.
A letter from J. w. Mcclure states
that ElDorado suffered a serious fire
the first of the week, three large stores
being burned. Mcclure Bros, store
building was OH fire twice but siren.
ous efforts and the aid of the waite,
works saved it.
We caught glimpse the other day
of the new counters that are being
made for Mcclure Bros. They are
beauties and the rest of the fixtures are
In keeping with them. McClures' will
have one of the prettiest stores in town
when they get moved.
When any one feels aggrieved at
anything that appears in the REGIS.
TER the columns of the REGISTER are
open for him to state his grievance. III
is unfair and cowardly to hide under an
assn med name and attack one paper
through the columns of another.
Read the notice given in another
place about the entertainment that
will be held at the Presbyterian church
next week. We have seen number
of notices of the entertainment in pa
pers from towns where it has been
given and all speak very favorably of it.
We have just received a complete
line of the famous Rock Island, chill
dren's reed and rattan carriages, with
latest style parasOl or canopy tops.
These carriages are warranted first
class. We have them from 81 GO up.
Please call and see them. Patterson
Bros.
The interesting letter on our last
page is from Miss Jennie Colborn, who
has been spending the winter in Taco
ma, in response to a request made to
her some time ago. The only trouble
with the communication is its brevity,
which We hope will be atoned for by
additional letters.
Waters & Thayer are selling flour di-
rect to the consumer, thereby saving
them 40 cents per one hundred pounds.
Patent flour, Sl.35 per sack: Bakers
flour, SIPS per sack: Fancy flour, 80
cents per sack; chop, 20 cents per 100
pounds; bran, 20 cents per 100 pounds.
Telephone orders from Whitaker's res
| taurant.
Mr.. Simpson says: "YOu would be
surprised to see how many money orders
are sent through this Office to the New
Orleans lottery" The fool killer has
not done his duty or he would long
ago have laid away the deluded Great
ures who still think there is any mon
ey to be got out of lottery.
From the way our subscription list
has been frightening out during the
past two weeks, it would seem that il
two or three more democratic newspa.
pers should come to town we would
have to employ special subscription
clerk. We are willing to go to the ex-
pense if necessary. The public must
be accommodated.
From private letters from Hon. f.
II. Funston and from DR.. Scott, we
learn that the railroads are making a
strenuous fight against the Anderson
bill. Mr.. Funston assures us that he
has been and is doing everything that
can possibly be done to settle this
question. With the Kansas delega-
ton thoroughly aroused. as it now
seems to be, we are sanguine of success
We hope the teachers of the country
schools will make a special efforts tC
observe Arbor Day by having trees set
out in and about the school house yard
One OF. the most attractive school houses
we know is that at ElsinOre, and it IL
simply because it has yard full O
trees. As rule the school house
yard is the most barren spot in the dis
trict. 1t need not be so long if you OBJ
serve Arbor Day next Thursday.
The farmers in the vicinity of Car.
lyle have organized what they cal! 6
"Farmers' Club" 1t meets once 0
month and its object is "To endeayol
to educate Its members in the best
methods and highest arts of agricul.
ture, horticulture, poultry and stock
raising" 1t is praisewOrthy enter
prise and the example should be fol
lowed by the farmers in every town
ship in the State.-Colony Free Press
"Pencil" intimated last week thai
our friend w. F. Young, o.
Moran had married him wife. Since
then We have received the following
"Married, on Wednesday afternoon
March II, at the residence of Mr.. Hen
ry Summer, Great Bend, Kansas, by
Rev. J. w. Thompson, w. F. Young
of Moran, Kansas, and Mary A. Os
born, of Great Bend, Kansas" So thu
intimation proves well founded and
the REGISTER hastens to extend its
best wishes.
A. Barber has furnished all the pa
pers of the county except the Herald
with duplicate copies of ''Was it by
faith?" We are just as much obliged
however.-Mordn Hredld
1t was a barberOus trick, but it was
new one and We have to catch onto
them one at time. We know Of al
least one paper that will hereafter hang
up any contributions from the above
mentioned source until it is certain the
author was too busy to copy 1t or that
he took the trouble to change word OF
two. We like an impartial man, but
some men suit us too well.
After being out about eighteen hours
the jury in the Browning case brought
in a verdict of acquittal. 1t is safe t.
say that this verdict was general
surprise, as every one so far as we
heard expressions, expected the prison.