The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-24

IS pounds beans for s OF
at klaumann's.
Never put off having your teeth fill
ed until they give you pain, but 60 t.
DIR. LaFary at once and have then
repaired in first class style, thereby
saving you extra expense, pain ant
trouble. He guarantees all his work
The entertainment by the Band O
Hope given last Sunday night, wa
well attended, the body Of the church
and the gallery being crowded. Thu
programme as published in last week ,.
REGISTER was very creditably carried
out and was listened to attentively.
The Garrett Eagle, whose very
kind remarks are quoted elsewhere. il
eminently correct in repudiating the
idea that lola is a dead town. We
venture the assertion that lola has done
fifty per cent more business in the past
month than any other town in the
county.
Jacobs & Claypool, are now fairly
settled in the Brosier building and
have opened up large stock of grocer
les and queensware to which they in
vite the attention of the people of lola
and vicinity. Their goods are new and
first class, and at prices to suit the
| times.
We are glad to learn that the ques-
ton of the removal of the county seat
is favorite subject for debate in the
various literary societies throughout
the county. All lola asks is to have
the matter candidly and intelligently
discussed, and we wish it might be de-
bated in every school district.
Mrs. Simpsons has always been
head quarters for millinery goods, and
will remain so this year as usual. She
has received her fall stock and now Of
fers some most attractive goods at
very low prices. Ladies will do them
selves injustice if they buy anywhere
else before examining Mrs. Simpsons
goods.
The Ladies of the Library Associa-
ton will give an oyster supper at the
G.. A. r. Hall Tuesday evening Dec.
%. Everybody is expected to come
and bring the children. Amusement
will be afforded both young and old in
the way of taffy pulling, a fish pond
which will contain many treasure of
the deep and other diversions. Don't
forget the night. Admission free.
If the county seat remains in lola,
this city will take the old Jail and court
house off the hands of the county at a
fair valuation whenever the county
decides to erect new buildings. If the
county seat is removed from lola, the
old buildings will be a total loss for
this city will have no inducement to
buy them ::and no private individual
will want them. Consider these
things.
Prof. Dan. McGurk, of Kansas
Wesleyan University, will give an
Evolutionary entertainment at the
Carlyle Presbyterian Church under
the auspices Y. L. society. The pro-
ceeds 60 towards the purchase of q
new organ for the church. Entertain
ment to be given Wednesday night
Dec. %, 1856. General admission 15cts.
Come one and all, enjoy the evening,
get your moneys worth and assist q
worthy enterprise.
From the way "An Elector," and
"Voter" and ''Tax Payer" and "Citi-
zen" and others are squirming and
swapping and snarling at the REGIS
TER in their numerous communiea-
tiOns to the Union and the COur0nt
and the Herald, it looks as though
they must have been pretty badly hurt.
By-the-way, if they have any reply to
make to our arguments, why don't
they send it to US? We never have
refused them "leave to print"
A prominent farmer in Elm town.
ship bought up carload of hogs this
week, paying therefore $3.50 and $40.
During the same time prominent
stock man in lola has also been buy
ing hogs and has paid for them $3.50
and 1915. There would be nothing
particularly strange about this were it
not for the fact::that the p. f. aforesaid,
is one of those who have been most
anxious to remove the county seat be-
cause the business men of lola were
always gouging the farmers. -
In response to call published in the
REGISTER, SO owners of NJ. X. and II.
even sections met in lola last Satur.
day to make arrangements for defend.
ing the suit brought against them in
the Federal Court. They were unable
to agree on counsel to represent them,
and 60 "agreed to disagree. part Of
them employing Knight & FOust and
part of them Benton & Scott. Appear
ance must be made in January, but
the case will probably not come up for
trial till the next term of court.
The REGISTER wishes to acknOwl.
edge that 1t was in error in stating that
the county had never been at any ex-
pense for county buildings, The state.
ment was made on the authority Of an
old citizen whose memory was slightly
at fault. We find on examining the
records that when the old wooden
building was exchanged for the one
now occupied, the county paid 81. 800
''bO0t" This is q mere trifie when
twenty-five years of occupancy is con.
sidered, but we desire to be strictly ac-
curate even in trifles, and regret that
We were led into error in the matter.
It will be observed. however, that the
cost to the county was 81, 800, and not
$1,000 as some correspondent in the
Union puts it, nor $2s ,O25 as the Inter-