The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30

Tell your neighbor, if he is not al
ready a subscriber, that he cannot az
ford to do without the REGISTER.
Our "For Sale or Trade" column alone
may he worth many times the sub
scription price to him.
Parties wishing to buy or sell prop
erty in the south part of the county can
not do better than to call OH or address
Wallace Young, Savonburg, Kansas.
Mr.. Young also loans money at the
very lowest rates of interest.
The democratic county central COM
mittee met in the office of the demo
crdt on Saturday, June %. Wonder if
they had anything to do with the
"malaria and cold" with which Mr..
Rambo was suffering so acutely on that
day:
Married, in Carlyle, July 2sth. by
Rev. VIM. f. Milliken, Rev. B. E. p.
Prugh, of Chicago, ILL.,, to Miss Maud
5. Christian, daughter. of Capt. J. w.
Christian, of Carlyle, Kansas. The
REGISTER extends congratulations and
best wishes.
Last Sundays K. C.. Journal had an
interesting letter from w. G. Melon
aid now of Kiowa. Nc. has been as
sociate editor of the Kiowa Herald
for number of months and has con-
tributed a series of very entertaining
articles to that paper.
Mr.. c. lite, once resident of lola,
but who has been living for some years
at Fort Scott, died last Saturday morn
ing of liberation of the stomach. The
remains were brought to lola Saturday
night and inferred on Sunday, Rev.
r. NJ. Scott officiating.
The REGISTER is the only paper in
the county that has enterprise enough
to print all the legal advertising of the
county in full as matter of news. 1t
is bound that its readers shall know
what is going on whether it gets paid
for telling them or not.
A large number of farmers have been
in our office this week, and all unite in
saying that We are now assur.
ed Of at least good half crop of corn.
and as the total acreage is very large
the total yield will not be 80 very far
behind that of other years.
We understand that Capt. Sawyer
telegraphed home last week for money
to pay for residence that he had
bought in Pasadena, California. This
begins to look as though southern Cal
ifornia has been too much of a tempta-
ton for the Captain to Withstand.
An illustration of "drouthy Kansas"
may be found in front of Bartels' store.
It is in the shape of two stalks of corn,
each bearing two large and fully de.
veloped ears. Mr.. Il. T. Howell
brought them in and he says they ale
only fair sample of his 6O-acre field.
We hope the planet Mercury, to
whom according to Prof. Foster, we
are indebted for the recent rains, took
due notice of our rockets and Roman
candles and"sich" last Saturday night.
There is nothing small about lola. She
always makes acknowledgements for
favOrs received.
In sending us the Health Ordinance
which We publish in another place,
DIR. J. f. Jewell remarks: II had Oc-
casiOn TO look over the directory of
county officials the other day and of
course went to the official paper to
find it, but utterly failed, but succeed
ed when went to the REGISTER"
Mr.. J. Baker informs us that the prairie
near LaHarpe was set on fire last Fri
dayby passing train and considerable
damage done, Mr.. Edwards losing three
stacks Of hay and Mr.. Manley seven.
A fire also broke out the same evening
on Mr.. Rumble's place and was only
prevented from sweeping over his en-
tire meadow by the most strenuous ex-
erti0ns.