The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-11-12
Klaumann sells Is pounds
Of light brown sugar for 81.


Klaumann sells Is pound
Of light brown sugar for 81.
Two years ago the Legislature {
Illinois was q tie on joint ballot. l
the Legislature elected this year tn
republicans will have a majority Of /
on joint ballot. The state ticket wa
elected this year by a majority of 80,
OOO-a gain Of ), 600 over the vote of1SSl
Besides this the republicans hav
gained four congressman. 1t il an OF
year indeed-away Off for the demo
Gratis.
The death of Mrs. Samuel ]. Jordan
Of Carlyle township. occurred on Tues
day night. The deceased has beel
suffering for q long time from con
sumption and her death, though Gin
cerely mourned by all who knew her
was not unexpected. The funeral ser
vices were held in the Presbyterian
church at this place at III O'Clock yes
in the lola cemetery.
The County Clerk, Treaurer ant
Probate Judge have moved their re
spective offices this week as noted II
our last issue, Mr.. Duffy going up-stain
into the room formerly occupied by
Mr.. Jacoby, Mr.. Hayward going into
the old Probate Judge office, and Judge
Allison moving in with the County
Superintendent. The old south wal
may now fall at its own sweet will and
we'll be gay and happy still, or words
to that effect.
From all over the county-and al
over the State rs Welcome reports
Of cattle dying from feeding in coru
fields. This Is unpleasant news for it
is q mighty bad way to get rid of cat.
tie. The opinion oil those competent
to Judge is that stock can only be turn
ed with safety into corn fields when
they get plenty of water and salt.
When water Is as scarce as il Is this
; ear there are few instances in which
the experiment may be tried with
profit.
The Southern Kas. is laying steel rails
over its road bed through this county
this week. The business of this road
has increased SO much with the extern
sion of its various branches that it has
been obliged to add largely to its roll.
ing stock. The new stock includes ten
first class Schenectady passenger en-.
gines, ten Baldwin switch engines ten
first class Pullman coaches, five second
class coaches, eight express cars, fifteen
cabooses, 800 box, 800 stock and $50
coal cars.
We met this week a gentleman who
was in Washington last spring when
II. d. Smith visited that city i'm behalf
Of the Leaguers. This gentleman hap
pened to be present at the White
House when Mr.. Smith called on the
President to lay the matter before him,
and describes the interview that took
place as follows:
Smith. TremblinS violently Mr.. Presi-
dent, there's going to be another war. And
It's going to begin in Allen county
The President. tGrasping smith hand cor
daily Good day, Mr.. smith, good day!
The following is a section of the law
on our statute books relating to the
use of mixed tickets. We call the spec
ial attention of our democratic breth-
rem to it.
SIC. 2lS, CHAT. 81: ANY person who design
e'ily gives a printed or written ticket to any
qualified voter Of this state. cor tanning the
written or printed names of persons for whom
said voter does not design to vote, for the pur-
pose Of causing the voter to poll his vote contra
~ to his own wishes, shall on conviction, be
adjudged guilty of misdenleauor, nd punish
FL by fine not exceeding i've hundred dollars,
Or by Imprisonment in the county Jail not eN-
ceedins three months, or by both such fine and
Imprisonment.
The REGISTER and its editor have
been the objects Of large amount Of
yratuitous abuse during the past two
DR. three weeks, from certain Officious
persons who have found leisure, after
to their own business. to de-
vote considerable time to ours. While
We are sorry this is so We must yet adj
nit that the grief We suffer in having
incurred the opposition of these gen.
tlemen, is considerably tempered By n
feeling of gratitude that they did not
take it into their heads to espouse our
cause. There is some compensation
for nearly every affiiction.
The people of Allen county may
now rest easy, the question of the titles
20 the railroad land in that county hav-
ing been 81 tiled by the supreme court,
which holds that the purchasers of the
lands from the Southern Kansas rail.
road have good titles. and that the
squatters are without right in law or
equity. The decision Is a righteous
)ne. Congress may have done wrong
IN granting the land in the first place,
but upon no shadow of right could
the innocent settlers upon or purchas.
ars of these lands be elected from their
Scott Monitor.
Gentlemen from Humboldt inform
IL that the grossest Irregularities mark
d the count of the vote in that city
rom beginning TO end. The first and
awful set Of clerks got "tirei" eaIly in
he evening of election day and their
places were filled by others who were
not sworn. They got "tired" also and
set took the ballots and books
without being sworn. And il was dark
N Wednesday before the count was
1nally finished. There is no evidence
hat the vote was not correctly count
d, but it must be seen that there was
10 lack of opportunity for fraud, and
The judges who permitted such irregu-
arities should be severely reprimand-
ID.
We saw in the daily papers last week
/ dispatch stating that silver in pay
ng quantities had been discovered
hear Caldwell, Kansas. As such re-
ports appear frequently in the papers
,nIy to be contradicted the next day,
We paid but little attention to it. Ii
appears. however, from later advices.
hat they have really found silver
here in large quantities. Assays Of
he ore show as high as $40 ounces to
he ton. which is very rich. Two car
Dads of it have been shipped to the
and when the returns are in
rom than xUa viii. know To a Certainty