The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-06-21

to congratulate themselves that the
ladies"had.. them on the list" From the
beginning, when they were..welcOmed
into Mrs. Foust's handsome parlors.
seated at prettily decorated tables and
served with an elaborate luncheon, to
the end when they were turned loose
with cigars, in the cool, grassy yard,
] there was not q dull moment. Indeed
the time passed go pleasantly 1t was
hard to remember that the cards of in
vitation read "from to g." There
have been great many "afternoon.
teas" this summer for ladies only, and
the gentlemen have wondered what
enjoyment could possibly be got out Of
them. They are willing to admit now,
however, that il ladies know how to
amuse themselves as well as the gen.
tlemen do, the riddle il solved. II
happiness comes from q good deed
done. then Mrs. Foust, and Mrs. Col.
born and Mrs. Northrup.:: who made a
lot of hardworked men forget their
tolls and cares and enjoy themselves
for two solid hours, ought to be happy.
The body Of an unknown man was
found In the NeOsho river at Hum
boldt, this etate. last Saturday. His
hands and feet we're fastened together
with straps and there were signs Of his
having been beaten on the head with
some blunt instrument. The corouer's
Jury viewed the remains and, after
thoughtfully considering all the cir
cumstapces, rendered q verdict of sui.
cidei We are asked to believe that the
deceased buckled his arms and legs to.
gether, sandbagged himself and then
cast himself into the river and was
drowned; or that he drowned himself,
then used the sand bag upon his head
with fatal effect, and afterwards buck
led his hands and feet together; or that
he smote himself with the sand bag,
drowned himself and then tied his
wrists and ankles with the straps;or
that he at one and the same time sui
cided by jumping into the river and
sandbagging himself; or that he-but
why pursue this tangled question fur
Their? What would the world do with
out juries, anyway!-Coteyville Jour-
nal.
We have Just received information
via Arvonia, of the humiliation of an
entire family by last Friday nights
rain, The facts SO far as learned are
meager but are sufficiently corrobora-
tive to warrant us i'm publishing that
Mr.. and Mrs. Chinchbugg, Mr.. Late
Chinchbugg and Mrs. Early Chinch-
bugg and their children were killed.
Our people will remember that Mr..
and Mrs, Chinchbugg came here from
Illinois in 1875. By great industry
and close attention to business they
succeeded fairly well, In time they
| were blessed with number of child
rem, all energetic workers. They had
made elaborate arrangements for gath
eriug large crop this year. but now
adieu little Chinchbugg. The Kansas
kickers and eastern paper liars will
take charge of the remains, and other
friends of the family are invited to at
tend the funeral,-Osage City Free
Press.
A good many Kansas things are
getting out of the experimental stage
as the years go by. 1t used to be
thought that currants could not be
raised here. But on Wednesday, w.
IT. Davis. ofDeer Creek. brought to tn ia
Office three or four branches fairly lad.
en- with the pretty berries, both of the
red and the white varieties. Mr. Davis
said that he. picked y quarts of the
white currauts from IL ushes,-which
is about as well as they ever did "back
east.'
Here we are! Come and get your
property insured in the German InsUr-
ance Co., or some one of our good COM
panies. Come to us for the cheapest
loan. And look down the street and
see the liars kicking themselves be.
cause we dad not leave lola, as they
said We did. If you want to learn any
thing about lola, Allen county, Okla
homa country, Oklahoma City, or
Guthrie, or any other place within our
reach, don't fail. to call OH us and we
will inform you. Cummings & Jones.
A literary club is already talked of
in Oklahoma City, musical assOcia-
ton is soon to be formed, German
club is already organized. All this in
bran new Oklahoma with the bed of
barbarism not yet cold. Just wait till
we get our capitol and our State Uni
versity over on capitol hill, and we
will give Boston and Cincinnati aud a
few other conceited centers Of civiliza-
ton ONE pointers on all round culture
that will paralyze them.-Oktdhonsa
Journal.
1t Is announced that N. F. Acers has
taken editorial and business coDtro! of
the Leavenworth Daily Sun. While
we are sorry that Mr.. Acers IL not to
resume his residence in lola which we
had hoped he would do upon laying
aside the cares and honors ofOffice, we
are glad to welcome him to the news
paper business and trust he will find
pleasure and profit in making the Sun
''shine for ALL"
Mr.. L. D. Weisner, of Elm, showed
US an interesting relic Wednesday. 1t
was a copy of the famous edition Of the
Vicksburg Citizen, issued July 2, 1862
and printed on wall paper. Mr.. Weis.
ner, along with Gen. Grant and sever
al other distinguished citizens, was in
that neighborhood few days later and
procured this copy which has been in
his possession ever since.
Mr.. L. W. Noland and family left
town rather precipitately Tuesday
night, MIR. n, having sold his portrait
gallery to Charles Moore aud w. p.
Neighbors. We understand that q
number of small bills were left unpaid,
but probably not enough to make legal
proceedings worth while. Mr.. holland
has engaged himself with an enlarg-
ing house in Kansas City.
Since our last publication the follow
ing names have been added to our
"littie list, "the owners Of them having
refused their paper while in arrears
and paid no attention to a courteous
request for remittance:
Vim. Aitken, Humboldt ................s Is
Jas. kilby. Humboldt Observation-Disclosures. 4. 50