The Iola register., 1889-08-23

Mr.. il. Waters has been having
after a man who rivals the Irishman'
flea i'm his ability to be somewhere els
when you put your finger on him
The mans name is E. I. Wilson. |
is also WIN. NJ. Everett, VIM. O'Don
aid and SO forth and SO on. He frs
put in his appearance about the frs
of last April, representing himself a
the wealthy owner of large farm nea
Colony. With this story he managed
to get himself considerably in debt tt
several of our business men, Among
other transactions he bought fine
team of A. J. McCarley, and borrowed
$3.50 from Waters & Whitaker to pay
for it, giving mortgage on the team
and upon some other stock as security
A few days after this trade was made
he skipped" for parts unknown TAX
ing his wife with him and driving the
mortgaged team hitched to an open
farm wagon. On August 3, Waters &
Whitaker learned that he had located
near Harrington, Neb., and Mr.. Wat
ers Immediately started after him, Sc
curing requisition papers on his way
Arriving at Harrington Mr.. Waters
found that his bird had again flown
He had worked his mouth SO well.
however, that before leaving he had
managed to purchase about $1,000
worth of goods "on time" from the
simple-minded merchants of Harting-
ton, and had borrowed $50 from the
bank, giving a mortgage on the al.
ready heavily laden team. Mr.. Wa
ters continued the chase, assisted by
the Nebraska sheriff, and made il SO
hot for Mr.. Wilson that he lodged
back into Kansas, still accompanied by
his wife and still driving the team and
wagon. Arriving in Jewell county
somebody who knew of the chase hap
pened to see him and wired Mr.. Whit
aker. The latter at once dispatched
Sheriff BrittOn who reached Jewell
county i'm time to capture the team
and wagon and wife, but II hours too
late to catch Mr.. Wilson, who had ta-
ken flight on horseback. The wife
was allowed to return to her fathers
home in Nebraska, and Mr.. Britton
| hired man to drive the team through
to lola, where it will doubtless arrive
| in course of time. In the meanwhile
numerous officers, both in Kansas and
Nebraska are on the lookout for the
gentleman with the well oiled tongue
and the numerous aliases aud there
are hopes that he will soon be appre.
hended.
The Board of County Commissioners
have had several rather knotty ques-
tions on their hands lately. One is
touching the issue of the bonds of
Humboldt recently voted for the pur.
chase of the park west of the river
from the city. The issue of the bonds
is strenuously contested on the ground
that the proposition upon which the
vote was taken did not exactly define
the land 10y metes and bounds. Those
in favor of the bonds, on the other
hand, insist that the law was fully
complied with and that the COmmis-
sioners are bound to make the issue. |
The question will doubtless 60 before |
the District Court as any decision the |
Board may make will be appealed
from.
Colony Free Press: The lola REG
ISTER recently very appropriately |
made mention of "Dr." Diamond Dick |
being badly under the influence of
whisky while on the stage before an
intelligent audience in lola the night |
before his departure for Humboldt.
And last week some coward sent Mr..
Scott letter which he publishes, a.
busing him in an ignorant, insulting
and silly manner for exposing the
handsome long-haired doctor. The
author was, no doubt, female who
got mashed Oh the DOCTORS elegant
form and thought him ''iust too sweet
for anything" The doctor was drunk
and everyone present that night knew
it.
From the Tampa items in a copy of
the Jacksonville, (Fla.) Times Union
recently received, we clip the follow
ing;
Mr.. G. IL. Symmes. :jr., pushing young
Perry), was on the 2nd of June united in mar
riage to Miss Matte Myers, one of Tampa's
fairest roses in the garden OF girls The mar
in the last day or so it became known to their
most intimate friends. They have many friends
who extend congratulations.
Mrs. Symmes has many warm
friends in lola who will watt her their
best wishes.
At their special meeting last Satur-
day the county commissioners let the
for building the abutments
and wings of the new Canville creek
and Big Creek bridges to V. Flos-
mann, the price for the former being
50 so per cubic yard and for the latter
1915 per cubic yard. They also let the
for the tin work on the new
county poor asylum building to j. w.
COutant, aud accepted the bids of A
w. Beck and Thayer IL Gilmore for
supplying the county with coal.
Chanute Times. Rev. Geo. w.
Braden, who is one of Neosho county's
good boys, will soon move to Baldwin
with his family, to complete his edu-
cation. He has now been in the min.
istry two or three years, but feels the |
necessity of higher qualifications for I
his work. He is to be highly COM
mended for faithfulness in the good I
work he has chosen, and we hope the
prayers and support of all Christian
people will go with him.
Owing to a delay on the part of the
railroad the printing for Stinson & !
Tanners Comedy Go. failed to arrive ,
and their advance agent was cOmpell. I
W W pun up Soilo "eiJ pooi paper, out
The public will overlook this as this
company carries some fine special pa !.
per and would have billed this city up !;
in fine style had the railroad not failed :
to get their ::paper here at the proper :
lime.
From reports that have drifted down !,
this way the Neosho Falls Fair seems :.
10 be meeting with average success. =:
The fruit and agricultural exhibits are .