The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-27

PAtroni.o the hous
The propri etors Of the lola Coursnf andDemo.
craf have shown wisdom In consolidating theft
papers under the name u the Democrsf- C0arasi
well as mechanical equipment the new iaper
will have few srperiors In the State. lola " u.
from this on have just cause t. he proud If her
n e Tor let It pc nnder:tooi that the re
the esteemed editor Of the RRGIsrKR.-Eareka
Messenger. (Dem.)
The REGISTER has its hat under its
arm and IL making its best bow for its
share Of the compliment in the above
friendly paragraph.
When the Kansas City Star Office
was burned the other day. every other
newspa Der in the city at once offered
the Star the use Of its office until it
could get itself again established.
The Star accepted the Journaps
and is now set
up and printed in that Office, having
not lost an issue by reason of the fire.
This action of the Journal in extend
ing aid In time of distress to q paper
that is at the same time q business COM
petitor and a political opponent, while
worthy of all praise, Is only fair ex.
ample of the esprit dw corps which
the profession.
We received this week and have read
with much pleasure copy Of the Here
ford (England) Times. Among much
other entertaining matter, it contains
. letter from our friend, J. P. Price, of
Elm township, which we would be
glad to print entire If our space admit
ted. Mr.. Price sees with q clear eye
and outlines with keen pen the polit-
ical situation in this country and makes
some observations that will open the
eyes of his English brethren. 1t is an
hard hit when, abiding to
prohibition in Kansas he says: Tin
stead Of making peers Of our brewers,
and baronets Of the whiskey lnauufac-
tures, we put them in prison, after
they have deposited small sam in the
shape of q fine for the benefit of educa-
tion."
Patterson & Co. have moved their
stock of furniture into their newly
acquired building on the north side,
where they are again ready to receive
their customers. And they will
receive them in good style, too, and
show them one Of the handsomest
furniture stores in Southern Kansas.
Now that they have a building in
which they can properly store and
display their goods, Mr.. Patterson
tells us it is the intention Of
the firm to carry q much larger
stock. The second floor of the build
ing will be fitted up with special care
and filled with fine parlor suits and
while a large assortment of
the cheaper line of goods will also be
In short the store is going to
be worthy Of the town and the coun-
ty in every particular.
The sum realized from the entertain
ment given before the holidays by the
public schools, has been expended in
books for the school library, the follow
ing haying been purchased: Smiths
Classical Dictionary, Grams Atlas of
the World, Lippincott's Geographic
cal Gazetteer, Bulfinch's Mythology.
Woods illustrated Natural History
g vols); Coffin's Building the Ma.
tion." and "Our New way Around the
Abbott's Ameri can History
g vols), Rolla's Tour In Northern Eu-
rope," and "Tour in Southern Europe"
s volumes each), and Kingsley's
Madam How and LadylWhy ."These
looks, iD addition to those already In
he library and to the magazines and
received regularly, form a
very respectable library, and Prof.
Umholtz tells US that the pupils make
most eager use of it.
We understand there is something
If debate between County Surveyor
Christian and the County Commits
,ioners as to whether or not the cOun-
" should furnish the transit and other
necessary for doing the
work. The county has
been fortunate heretofore in electing
surveyor who already had instruments
u was willing to buy them. Where
his is not the case, however, rs in the
present instance, it would seem that it
9 the duty of the county to furnish
hem. The surveyor is required to do
certain work. and to do it he needs
certain instruments. The county GER
;ainly has no more right to require
him to furnish these instruments than
t would have to require the County
Clerk to furnish the books in which
he law compels him to keep his rec
,rds. At least that is the way 1t ap-
,ears to an outsider. The matter will
doubtless come upat the next meeting
If the Board.
We have received note from Jud &c
Knox, of Princeton, Illinois, enclosing
. threatening letter lately sent to him.