The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-07-06

Mis- Maude Richards received .
beautiful Estsy plano this week Of
which she Is very Justly proud. The
instrument was purchased through A.
w. Beck who has one Of nearly the
same design on exhibition in HE store.
The case IL made Of American walnut,
and ID very handsome.
The dispatches in Wednesdays pa
pers gave notice that pensions had
been granted to l.. d. Weisner, La
Harpe, Peter A. Hoskins, Of Kincaid,
and E. w. Hall, A. G. Gilmore and
Sexton Abel, Of lola. The REGIsTBR
heartily congratulatss these gentlemen
ON this recognition Of their just claims.
The variety Of pictures Of Levi. p.
Morton published in the daily papers,
would lead ono to infer that Mr.. Nor.
ton was DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde and
John Doe and Richard Roo and sever.
al other distinguished gentlemen all in
one. The picture given In this is
sue of the RR0IsTER 10 warranted gem
uine.
A Biographical sketch Of BENZ. Har-
rison will be found on another page Of
this paper. A perusual fit viii show
how little ground there IL for the
charge that he owes his success In life
to the fact that he Is the grandson Of
his grandfather. He Il - truly . self
made man a. II he had never he'd .
grandfather.
Weather Prophet Hicks predicts
rain from the 18th to the 18th and from
the sd to the 18th Of this month, and
says more rainfall than has taken place
for three or four years In July may be
reasonably expected. II Mr.. Hicks
succeeds IN having this program car
ried out, he has our permission to run
for President.
The Courant reproaches the republic
cans for dragging the flag in the
mire" by making neckties out oft. II
the Co,srant means this In figurative
sense, does 1t assert that men attach
objects to their neckties to bring them
into contempt? fit means to be TAX
On literally, does it forget that republi.
cans do not drink?
The REGISTER wishes to congratu-
late the Band boys on the excellent
music they furnished on Wednesday
Everybody was pleased with It, and
we heard number Of persons say that
it gave better satisfaction than that
furnished by the crack Chanute band
last year. The boys are certainly max
ing rapid progress.
During the summer months the F
g. w. & w. will sell tourist excursion
tickets to Denver, Colorado Springs
and Pueblo, Colorado, at $500, ant
to Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah a
$3.50 for the round trip. good for q
days from date Of sale. Going vii
Wichita and Mo. p. short line, return
ing via any route. Geo. II. Gregg, Ag't
Best Mover for 5000 In Ale,
county, at Books.
At the meeting Of the B. and L. As
ISOLATION Monday night $1,000 wa
loaned to r. Wigs at 30 per CEN
premium and 800 to w. B. Reed .
the same rate. Alt. II. Campbell va
appointed attorney. It was determin'
ed to run the new series with the old
l. e. f, permitting those who take stool
in the new series to borrow money be
longing to tho old.
Beautiful ruchings at Rodman's.
Our colorsd friend, Mr.. J. NJ. Stew
art. showed as the other day an ole
1910 medal. On one side Of 1t 10 tn
representation of log cabin and tn
Inscription. 1.-THE Peoples Choice Il
the year 18AO." On the other side
the image Of William Henry Harrison
with his name and the date Of hi
birth. 1t is an interesting relic and Il
much treasured by Mr.. Stewart VIII
has had 1t In his possession more thar
thirty years.
SO far as has yet been reported littl
Charlie Klaumann IL the worst scarre'
and disfigured veteran Of Wednesday
war. Early in the day he "got 1t in tn
neck" from fire cracker which acct
IDENTIFY lodged and exploded agains
that part Of his anatomy, and In tn
evening . premature explosion file
his eyes with powder. No seriou
damage IL expected to result, and b
will doubtless be on deck at the prop
er moment next year.
Prof. Snow reports 8.3l inches - th
total rainfall during the month Q
June. This is 8 q inches above tn
June average and has been only twic
exceeded in twenty-one years (June
'76 and Sept, '84). The temperature
was slightly below the usual average
The entire rainfall for the six month
Of 1883 now completed has been 00.5
inches, which is 3. Is inches above tn
average for the came months in tn