The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-11
ALL OVER KANSAS.

The democratic State Convention
will be held at Leavenworth on the 4tl
day Of August.
The State Christian College, to b,
known as Garfield University, will b,
located at Wichita.
The Southern Kansas railway
freight depot at Ottawa burned ON tn,
9th ult., with q loss of 81, 900.
Tho electric light on the Houston
Thompson system has been introduced
at Emporia. The motive power is fur
nished by the Cottonwood river.
A little eight year old daughter O
VIM. Tutor, of Rock county. died lasi
week from the effect of poison commu
nicated to her feet from red stocking,
which she was wearing.
HOxie Sentinel: According to the
census, we now have town of 42S PEG.
pie and over 100 houses on the town
site, where sixty days ago there wat
nothing but raw prairie.
The address of Hon. Geo. r. Peck,
at the PaOla memorial services, is pro-
nounced by those that heard it one OF
the most eloquent ever delivered, bring.
ing tears to the eyes of hundreds.
40 farmers In johnson county gave
notice last week by advertising in the
county papers that they would from
that time on prosecute any and all
persons who hunt on their lands or in
the roads adjacent.
Strong City (Chase county, hide
pendent: Colonel S. N. Wood has pur.
chased from his son, w. L. eighty
acres Of the old Mckinley tract ON Fox
creek, where he will reside. The col.
Onel has opened a law office over the
bank.
Bob Hutchinson is said to be plow-
ing the longest furrow in the world.
1t begins at Wilson. Kansas, and ex.
tends to Denver and return. His con.
tract calls for five 14-inch burrows on
each side Of the track of the Kansas Pa.
cific railroad.
The Third Party Prohibition State
Convention will be held July Is andl4
at..EmpOria, Kansas, to put in the fielt
full State and Congressional ticket
Ex-GOv. st. John and several prOmin
ent eastern speakers will be present.
The Sixteenth Semi-Annual meeting
of the Kansas State Horticultural Soci
ETY. will meet at the city of Wichita
on Tuesday and Wednesday, June ?.
and 80, 1886, in response to an invita-
ton of the local society. All delegate.
and visitors to the meeting will b,
provided with free entertainments.
A week a go last Sunday, near Gar
den, Johnson county, a bull owned by
Henry Neither raised havoc by attack
ing the hired man and.driving hin
from the enclosure. killing..a couple o
fine horses, and even killing chickens
which were in the lot. The animal il
supposed to have been bitten::by rab
id dog.
Ottawa Republican: There wcr,
1870 tents erected last year for the as
sembly meeting, which was a CREATE
increase over the previous year. Blu
to-day which is four weeks from tn,
date of assembly there have been takel
l76 locations, which is thirty-nine NOR,
than last year. 1t looks as if the secre
tary will have to provide at least 1O'
more this year than last.
John Foss, of Sedgwick Post No. "a
Department of Kansas. is said to b.
the oldest Grand Army man living
He was born in Leeds, Maine, October
1O,:.lSOO, enlisted in Company B, On,
Hundred and Forty-second Illinois, il
May 1864, and was mustered out in Oc'
tober, 1866. He had two sons in the
Ninety-sixth Illinois, and both ar,
members of Sedgwick Post.
Clay Center is to have one of tn
largest and handsOlnest hotels in tn,
State. 1t was projected by the lat.
Benjamin Clark, of Chicago, and a
his death, some two months age i
was feared it would fail of accomplish
ment, but Mrs. Clark has signified hel
intention to carry out the plans Of hel
late husband and work is already be
gun Mr.. VIM. Cooling, of Clay Cen.
ter, will superintend the building.
A novel sight to an eastern man wa!
presented in Pratt City Wednesday
1t was large two-story frame hous,
on wheels emigrating from Iuka t.
Pratt City, the rising town of Pratt
county. Inquiry revealed that 1t wat
only the rear guard of half a hundred
predecessors. The few that are left ir
Iuka are serious meditating a like ex
cursion, but they will have to take
side street for there is not Main stree,
lot for sale at this date.
The Oldest student in Yale college is