The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-02

ling as are his statements they are thu
words of truth and soberness, and ex
actly express the indignant sentiment.
of the best citizens Of the county.
1t il whispered that the democratic
central committee which met last Sat
urday to decide upon date for hold
ing their county convention, sat down
hard on Gordon, ignoring him utterly
holding their meeting in the Democrat
Office, etc., etc. We wouldn't stand it
Gorlon-not If we didn't have to.
Waters & Thayer are selling -four di.
rect to the consumer, thereby saving
them 40 cents per one hundred pounds.
Patent flour, Sl.35 per sack; Bakers
flour, sl.25 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.
Sheriff Brown received telegram
Wednesday asking him to meet the
east bound passenger train on the
Wichita road and arrest man by the
name of Mercer who was wanted in
Ohio on chargeof forgery. He ac-
cordingly did 50 and the man is now
in Jail awaiting the arrival Of the Ohio
officer with requisition.
The boys have circus of their own
now on the vacant lot east of the square
where they have erected a trace" and
spring board and where they assemble
every night and practice ground
and lofty tumbling. 1t is only to be
hoped that the rage will die natural
death and not be brought to an abrupt
end by some painful accident.
The new Republican Central Com
mittee, named in our report on the last
page, met at the Court House directly
after the adjournment of the cOnven-
ton and organized for the work of the
ensuing year by the election of H. A.
Ewing, chairman, c. f. Scott, secre-
tary and VIM. Davis, treasurer No
further business was attended to.
Cummings & Jones can and do loan
money ON the cheapest and best terms
Why? 1st. They own the best set of
abstract books in the county. Cd. They
give the best optional payments before
maturity. Sd. They charge no COM
missions. 4th. They pay the borrower
the proceeds of his loan upon compile
ton of the papers. Call and see Cum
mings & Jones.
The Lawn Social at Mrs. Harmon
Scott's Tuesday night was well attend
ell and was altogether one of the pleas
ATTEST entertainments of the summer
The spacious and handsome lawn was
prettily lighted with torches and
Chinese lanterns, the band was in at.
tendance and all present seemed to
thoroughly enjoy themselves. The net
proceeds were about s..
W. c. Jones, of lola, our worthy United Sta
ties marshal of the district of Kansas and the
wheel-horse of the Kansas democracy, was in
the city Yesterday, setting up the pins for the
coming Decentralization
Has our valiant Captain been elected
ell dry nurse at large to the democratic
party? Or is he out with Il search war
rant trying to find some body to run
against our brawny farmer?
Mrs. A. J. Clark is still busily at
work with her educational cards, stem
cilling, mounting and preparing them
for shipment. Her work shop is in the
rear room over Young & Clark's store
where any one who wishes to see what
she is doing may have their curiosity
satisfied. She has already sent off
about 80 compleed sets and has an
equal number yet to prepare.
Abiding to the fact that the repub-
lican convention was held in lola while
the democratic convention will be held
at Humboldt. prominent democrat
remarked to us that they would be
called "the up ticket and the down
ticket" We answered him that after
the second of November he would have
to add an "-edn to the name of the lat
ter ticket. We hope he pasted the re-
mark i'm his hat where he can refer to
it frequently.
A singular and beautiful relic of the
flood last summer is the crop of daises
that it sowed through the bottom lands
Capt. Ewing's pas; ure is dotted thick
ly with these flowers and as they were
never known to grow here before
it seems certain that the seeds were
brought down by the flood. It will be
interesting to note whether, after being
thus violently deposited in strange soil
they will adapt themselves to the eli
mate and become permanent part of
our flora.
Miss Lizzie Stevenson, County Sup
erintendent of Woodson county, has
this to say in the Yates Centre NeWs
after her visit to our Institute
The Allen County Institute opens promising
ly. With their beautiful new school building
so conveniently arranged and corps of in
structors with whom they are all familiar,
order reigns supreme: The teachers are bright,
member of the faculty ofthe State Agricultural
College, is conducting the Institute for the
third time. Allen county is certainly fortu-
nate In securing the services of such q man /.
Ninety-two were enrolled the first week.
We understand that some of the
whiskey men of Humboldt attempted
on last Saturday evening to mob Mr..
Webb, agent for Temperance 1nsur-
ance Company, who was instrumental
in having some of them Investigated
by the Grand Jury. We cannot get
the full particulars but it seems that
with the exception Of a severe blow from
a rock thrown by some of the hoodlums,
Mr.. Webb was not hurt. We await the
details which of course (?l will he fur
nished by the enterprising papers of
that highly moral town.
Mr.. Abel Fisher. of the Pennsylvania
Central, informs us that he has fully
decided to build a new three-stOry hO-
tel on the site of his present house.
The architect is already at work on the
plans and as soon as they are decided
upon work will be begun and pushed
vigorously. The building will be of
stone and brick and when completed
will be one of the largest, handsOmest
and most commOdious hotels in South
ern Kansas. We congratulate the
town on the certainty of soon having
hotel that it may be proud of.
Quite an exciting scene occurred at
the Institute on Wednesday. Super
| intendent Henderson had just an