The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-14

The Democrat thinks it is the faul
of our glasses that we failesl to see {
dozen drunken men on that "memOra
able Saturday night" Would it b,
unkind to inquire whether certain 9th
er "glasses"-the contents of them
might not have had something to d.
with doubling up the inebriates Oul
neighbOr saw? We neither assert mol
insinuate. We merely inquire wheth
81, we may inquire.
Va gentleman who has had many
years. experience in the oil and ga.
wells of Pennsylvania was at the Fish
er hotel this week, and gave it rs hi
opinion that if the Acers' we'll were
sunk to q depth of thousand feet the
force and quantity of the gas would bt
enormously increased. lie said also
that the gas was of unusually fine
quality.
1.-The country just east of LaHarpe
Experienced quite o destructive hal
storm last Thursday afternoon. The
path of the storm was about mile and
half wide and we understand that
nearly all the fields over which il
passed will have to be replanted. Hail
fell in great quantities and with such
force Us to break number Of windows.
BY a perusal of the commencement
program published in another place i:
will be seen that the exercises will be
well worth attending. In order to de-
fray expenses an admission fee of Ii
cents will be charged for adults and 10
cents for children. If any funds re-
main they will be expended in pur-
chasing philosophical apparatus for the
school room.
The attention of members of the re-
publican central committee is called TO
the notice of the meeting which will be
held at Capt. Ewing's Office next
Monday at one o'clock. The question
of changing our primary system, and
of calling one or more conventions, be-
sides other important business, will be
brought up and a full attendance is
particularly desired.
A certain lady in the city was called
to the kitchen door the other day by a
high toned "tourist" who politely
asked her if she could give him some
chops. "Yes," she replied, "there is
the axe and there Is the wood pile.
Help yourself" The tourist looked at
her in speechless amazement and then
with freezing 'Thank you, madam"
he wendell his way thenceward. He
was heard to remark afterwards that
he "never did like puns."
At the annual meeting of the B. &
L. Association last Monday night the
followinggentlemen were elected direc-
tors f0Ythe ensuing year; J: w Cout-
AM, Henry Waters, E. L. Marsh, R.
W!Duffy, H. A. Ewing, l.. NJ. Sawyer,
G.. E. Merwin, w. A. Scott, D. G Wood.
The secretary's annual report, approx
ed by the auditing committee, was re-.
ceived and adopted. The report will be
found in full in another column. No
further business of importance was
transacted.
While the burial service at the funer-
al of the late Perry Gilbert was being
read last Sunday morning, Mr.. I. Port,
who haH marched down to the ceme-
terry With the Post, fell to the ground
He soon revived and no
serious illness has followed. He had
of not feeling well before
on the march and the exertiOn
and heat probably brought on the
faintness.
A. W. Beck has sold binders and
other farm implements within the past
week to parties in the extreme south
part of the county, to parties In the exc
treme north part Of the county and to
parties in Wo0tlson county, and has
trades ON hands that viii be c0usum-
matedin few days with parties 10
Linn and Bourbon counties. All this.