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yards, where they gathered In groups on the
bunts OF tho sails. A few minutes later the
Despatch steamed slowly into the channel left
for her between the merchant ships away down
below Robbins Reef liaht. whore the bell buoy
rocked by the waves. was tolline doefully. The
crowds that covered every steamer deck
locked to the sides next to the little war ship,
go hat not few people were more than half
afraid that somo OF tho overloaded vessels
would turn mpletely over. Small yacht can
The sun., 1889-04-30
HLIz4BE1nS HoRSIN0 WELCOME

terseymsn DO Themselves Proud Passing
the President On TO Town.
The first official gun OF the celebration was
frod In Elizabeth at IN A. NJ. when the train
Was sighted miles away from the Elizabeth
station gliding over the polished rails at light
ming speed Twenty-one times the gun doomed
Its salute. and Immediately siterWard al the
The sun., 1889-04-30
STUPENDOCS SIGHTS By UA7ER.

Nothing Like This Marine Parade was
Ever seen or Described Before.
Daxbreak came in sombre hues t. greet
the eyes of tho seafaring Dlen down the bay.
The sky was obscured everywhere by thin and
ragged clouds. save only for rift low down ON
the eastern horizon. The edges only Of the
clouds seemed to drip with rain, for rain fell
in thin flows and streaks here and there inter-
mittingly
The sun., 1889-04-30
PRESIDENT HARRISON At SEA.
Ho Takes Some QuinIne Aboard tho De.
spateh and Enjoys the Trip.

The President was to be rowcd to tho
Despatch by picked crew of the Alcyone
Boat Club In their finest barge The De-
spatch arrived out in waiting from tho
city at 90 O'Clock. and Immediately
Chairman Asa Bird Gardiner Capt. Henry
Erben L. s. n. and S. Nicholson Kane.
Secretary OF tho Naval Committee. put of in
tho vessels steam launch to receive the visit
ors entitled to beard the steamer. Senators
Evarts, 1iiscock and Adrich, members OF the
Special Centennial Committee. also lott the
Despatch for Elizabethport to meet tho Presi-
dent The former returned on the boat to the
The sun., 1889-04-30

Society OF the Cincinnati, Loyal Legion. Grand
Army OF the Republic. Washington Assoca-
tion. New Jersey Historical Society. and Some
OF the Revolution. This was the guard OF
honor. The rest OF the carriages contained
the state Centennial Committee and the In
vied guests.
The remaining divisions had been stretched
along the route OF the parade on either side OF
the street, so that tho Presidential pnrty
passed between them. After the carriages
passed these divisions re- formed and followed.
They were:
The sun., 1889-04-30

church bells we're rim ging. An immense crowd,
apparently the entire population OF the town.
had been vascllating between the depot and
Gov Green's residence from ) In tho morning
and some en- thusasts had not gone to bed at ALL
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01
SHERIFF'S SALE,

CTATE OF KANSAS, ALLEN COUNTY, IS.
- In the District Court, Seventh Judicial
District, sitting in snd for Allen county state
of Kansas.
The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company
of Hartford, Connecticut, plaintiff, VS.. VIM.
Finley ct al, defendants. By virtue of an Or
der Of sale, in the above entitled cause, to me
directed and delivered, issued out Of the dis
triot court Of the seventh judicial district,
state of Kansas, sit ing in and for Allen cOun-
ty. in said state, 1 will on Tuesday the 18th
day of February, A. ID 1889, at two O'Clock p :.
m. of said day, at the front door of the court
house In the city Of lola, Allen county Kan
sas, offer for sale and sell to the highest bidder
for cash in n and tho following described real
estate to-wit: The north half Of the south-
west fractional quarter % OF section thirty
one (3D In township twenty three (23) south of
range nineteen tl9) east in Allen county Kan
sas, Said lands and tenements to be sold
without appraisement to satisfy said order Of
sale ID. ID. BRITTON. Sh'f. Of Allen county.
Sheriff's Office lola, Kansas, Jan 3, lSs9.
E.P. Jan III .
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01
Vezie Road.)
ROAD NOTICE

CTATE OF KANSAS, ALLEN COUNTY, IS
y The state OF Kansas to whom 1t may con-
ceru: Whereas, application has been made
to the board Of county commissioners of said
county for vacating county road as follows,
to-wit: Commencing on the road herein after
described is not essential to the convenience of
the public. anil pray that yonr body Will insti-
tufe and order the proper proceedings in fine
premises to yacate said road to-wit: Begin
ming at the northeast corner of the southeast
quarter OF section twenty-seven CD township
twenty (23) range eighteen f1S) thence
running one mile due west on half section line,
and terminating at the northwest corner Of the
southwest quarter of said section %, township
g, range Is Allen county, Kansas.
And whereas, G, Dewitt, Geo. W. Moon
and w. T. Barnett. viewers, and A. D. Chris
tian, county surveyor of said county, have
been ordered by said county commissioners to
view and locate said road. Therefore, you are
hereby notified that said viewers and survey
ors will proceed, on the 18th day of February,
1889, at one O'Clock p. m. at the place of be-
ginning of said road, to view and survey said
road, aud perform whatsoever other duties as
are required of them by law; and unless you
then file written application with said view
ers, giving description of the premises on
which you claim damages or compensation,
your application for the same will be barred
Witness my hand at my office in lola, in said
county, this 22nd day Of January, A. ID. 1889
X. W. DUFFY, County Clerk.
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I'll. W. CON.)
ROAD NOTICE.

CTATE OF KANSAS, ALLEN COUNTY, SIS
~ The State of Kansas to whom it may
concern: Whereas, application has been made
by petition to the board of county cOmmi IS ion
ors of said county, for location a county road
as follows, to-wit Commencing on the east
line of said county between section Q0) ten and
Q5) fifteen town 26, range 81, thence west on
said line or as near as practical to the west
line of Elsmore township between section nine
and sixteen to west line of said section.
And Whereas, A. b. Isaac, N. z. Wisborg
and John Gibson viewers, and A. o. Christian
county surveyor Of said county, have been or
dered by said county commissioners to view,
survey and locate said road Therefore, you
are hereby notified that said viewers and sur
yer will proceed on the goth day of February,
1850 at 10 O'Clock a m at the place of begin
ming of said road to view, survey and locate
said road, and perform whatsoever other duties
az are required of them by law; and unless You
then file written application with said view
ers, giving description of the premises on
which you claim damages or compensation,
your application for the same will be barred.
Witness my hand at my Office in lola, in laid
county, this 22nd day of January, A. ID. 1889.
II, W. DUFFY, County Clerk.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01
800 Acres.
Il. f. KELLEY

A number one stock and grain farm
within two and one half miles of r. r.
station fenced and cross-fenced in six
fields, 16O acres in cultivation, 40 acres
of which is in timothy and clover, 100
acres in meadow fenced in 40 and 100
acres each, 5 never failing wells, l
spring, 2 stock ponds. Substantial
and well built house of six rooms fin
ished, splendid cave; stabling is good,
walls built of stone covered with hay,
3 corrals. Orchard of 200 apple trees
Just bearing, go peach bearing, some
pear trees etc. The soil is of very fine
quality and is very finely located, for
sale at bargain within the next so
days. Particulars, price etc. address
this paper.
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Ct. c, Coflield)
ROAD NOTICE,

CTATE OF KANSAS, ALLEN COUNTY, SIS.
- The State of Kansas. to whom it may
concern: Whereas, Application has been
made by petition to the board of county COM
missioners OF said county, for the location
and vacation of a county road as follows, to-
wit: Commencing at the northwest corner OF
section %, town %, range 10, thence east along
said section line one half mile.
Also to set aside and vacate a certain county
road located as follows: Commencing at a
point 80 rods south of said northwest corner OF
section %. town %, range 10, thence running
east one half mile.
And, Whereas, A, vandegrift, L. Jones and
w. L. Davis, viewers of said county, have
been ordered by said county commissioners to
view survey and locate and vacate said road
Therefore, You are hereby notified that said
viewers and surveyor will proceed, on the 23rd
day of February 1889, at 10 O'Clock a. M. at
the place of beginning of said road, to view
survey and locate said road, and perform
whatsoever other duties as are required OF
them by law; and unless you then file a written
application with said viewers, giving a des-
eruption of the premises on which you claim
damages or compensation, your application for
the same will be barred. Witness my hand at
my Office in lola, in said county, this 22nd day
Of January. A ID. 1859. x. W. DUFFY.
Comfy Clerk
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
In THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY,


KANSAS.
Marsena Drake, Plaintiff,
VS..
! Clarence J Cease, Linnie NJ Cease.
Nj. II. Woods, as administrator
of the Estate of William X.
Woods, deceased, NJ. II, Woods,
Anna b. Woods, j. L. Petty
john III. A TAYLOR and David
Hubbard, partners, doing busi-
ness as j. l.. Pettyjohn & COmpa-
ny, and George MulleniX, Defendants.
The defendants, Clarence J. Cease and Linne
NJ. Cease, will take notice that they, with the
In the District Court of Allen County, Kansas,
and they must answer the petition filed in said
case on or before Thursday, March IA, 1859, or
said petition will be taken as true and judg-
ment rendered against the defendant, Clarence
J. Cease, in favor of the plaintiff, for the sum
of two hundred (200l dollars, with in terest
thereon at the rate of II per cent per annum
from MAY q, 1857, until paid, and for interest
on Sl2 at Il per cent per annum from Nov. % +,
ISL, until paid, and for interest on Sl2 at IL
per cent per annum from May q, lsSS, until
paid; and for interest on sl2 at Il per cent. per
annum from Nov q, lSSS, until paid;
and for the further sum of twenty-six hundred
l26g0) dollars, with interest thereon at the rate
of l. per cent per annum from May q, 1887, I'M
til paid, and Tor interest on sl56 1t II per cent
per annum from Nov. q, 1857, until paid. and
for interest on SlJ6 at IL per cent per annum
from May q, ISIS, until paid, and for interest
on Sl5e at II per cent per annum from Nov y,
ISIS, until paid; and Judgment of said Court
against all of the defendants above named for
the foreclosure of the plaintiffs mortgage upon
the following real estate In Allen county, Kan
sas, to-wit: The south half of section nineteen
[l9l. township twenty-three [23l south of range
eighteen isl east of the sixth principal merid-
ian, containing $40 acres, more or less, and adj
judging that plaintiff have the first lien on said
real estate, to the amount of the Indebtedness
found as aforesaid, and ordering said real es-
tate to be sold according to law, without APP
praisement, and tine proceeds applied to the
payment of said amount due said plaintiff, and
costs of suit, and forever barring and fOreclos-
ing ell Of said defendants from all right, title,
estate, interest, property and equity of re-
demption in or to said real est ate, or any part
thereof. BENTON SCoTT,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Attest, NJ. P. Jacoby, Clerk
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

Don't allow yourself to owe any
man any thing, even if it is only a
grudge. Pay him.-Yonkers States
man.
Deacon MISUNDERSTANDING reck-
erlect, m'son, dat honesty am de best
policy" Hopeful Son-'I dun reckin
you hab aforementioned 4-11-44, fadderp
Arkansas Traveller.
-Lightning-rod peddler-'.My dear
sir, you should protect yourself against
lightning" Farmer-.'The lightning
dont't amount to row of pins. but
these ere lightning peddlers are a
terror. "-Siftings.
-Mistress-"Mary, have you made
the dressing for the turkey?" Mary
''Sure, ma'am, an I've made his pants,
but I'm havin' hard work wild his coat,
for it's no samestress / am at all, at
all. Buffalo Courier.
WHO was that girl with you yes
terday afternoon, Mr.. McCracklep"
"She is one of the most popular girls
in town, Cumso.n 'Indeedr' Eyes,
she has more callers than any other
girl, in fact. She is the telephone girl
at Centralr"-Drake's Magazine.
-Algy-"f see by the papahs that
Miss Dashington. the burlesquer, is
wesiding in New York" Gussie-
''Whati our Miss Darlington? Good
gwacious!" Algy-"Ya-as. deah boy;
she has a fat theah." Gussie-"A
fat? Aw, say. wh-what's his name?"
America
Painter (who is looking for work
and has pestered Mrs. Hobson beyond
endurance) = THAT fence, madam,
needs coat of paint very badly"
Mrs. Hobson Gmpatiently to servant)
-"Show this man the front door at
once, James" Painter-'.Ah, this
looks like business. I'll paint that door
for you, madam, in good shape, for five
dollars. Epoch.
-Addie-"Well, Cora, do you think
marriage is a failure?" Cora-''Of
course 1 do. Haven't / been married
a year," Addte-"Does not your hus-
bar md love your Cora Qaughing)-
.N'hat, after whole year," Addie-
But at least he respects you?" Cora
Or, yes. In fact he has so much
respect for me that when he kissed me
the other night by chance, he apollo
gized for his absent min6edness."
Town Topics.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01
RETIfIoN.

ITO THE HONORABLE BODY OF LEGIs-
! lsture Of the state of Kansas. Petition
all mortgages, liens, notes or interest-peying
bonds 10 bs taxed In the county where they are
given. We recoIpmend that an assesBor's seal
be furnished each ASSESSOR in tina state of Kan
sas and all mortgages, liens, notes, or interest
bearing bonds shall be stamped with the asses.
sor's seal. and any person, persons or agents
failing TO pay the taxes or failing to have the
assessors seal stamped thereon, at she time Of
assessment, or collection Of taxes In the time
set by law, should forfeit both interest and
principal and the forfeiture to go to the public
sseoIis OF the county. We recommend such
exact justice 10 all taxpayers. Any person in
terested in the shove petition will please cut
out, pin to sheet Of paper and circulate and
send petition to your Representative.
Exchanges please copy. Yours truly,
PEflTi0TBRo.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01
School Reports.

For the month ending Jan. IL. To.
tai enactment, "A. Average daily at.
tendance Ss.9. 100 per cent in attend
ance, Harvey, Tina and Robert Arnold
Nora, Grace, Blanche and Orville
Dean, David and Milford Smart, Ord
Ch-istiunf Enos Thomas, Hope Vezie,
Charley Porter, Charley Smith and
Edith Gi,keson. Averaging 30 per
cent aud above in monthly examine
ton were John Carnine, Enos Thomas
Ord Christian, Grace Dean, David and
Milford Smbrt, Booker and Flora Ar
mold.
VIDE Nj, FETHERNGiLI.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01
A Eafc Investment.

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case of
failure return of purchase price. On
this safe plan you can buy from our adj
verfised Druggist bottle Of DR.. Kiug's
New Discovery for Consumption L:
is guaranteed to bring relief in every
case, when used for any affection Of
Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as Con-
sumption, Inflammation of Lungs,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Whoeping Cough
Group, ETC., can always be depended
upon. Trial bottles free at Goodhpe &
Evans Drugstore.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01

Zone poor fellow In the room immediate.
ly under US got snakes in his boots and
We thought he would surely tear the
house down. These things caused my
wife and me both to exolaini, prohibit
ton, sweet prohibition. This was a,
the Hooker House which young man
told Us was the best place to stop at in
the town. The said young man
proved to be young Hooker, a son of
our worthy landlord. 1t is remarka.
bic. the people down here when they
go into the hotel business try to get a
situation as convenient.as possible to a
whiskey shOp. and great many Of
them keepa bar-room in their hotel
building. They seem to think the ho.
tel business a failure unless backed up
with whiskey. Poor dupes!
Wei, we remained at the Hooker
House till after breakfast and must
say that the fare was as good as that
of the average southern hotel, and
when we inquired our bill, were won.
delfully surprised when ho said one
dollar, we could not believe that our
ears had served us rightly, and again
asked him our bill, for we, two of us
had gotten supper, bed and breakfast,
but the same answer came one dollar,
sir. Ipaij the bill hut could not help
watching him with one eye all the
time as thought he too must surely
be drunk or crazy, but all seemed
right and l came to the conclusion
that if he was satisfied I ought to be,
SO said nothing more about the bill,
but it does seem to me yet that there
certainly was something wrong with
that landlord. I now inquired for a
conveyance to take Mrs. X. and my
self out to Mount Buyou, distant five
miles. A small boy volunteered to do
that job for us and we were soon seated
on board in an old wagon drawn by
span of small mules through enc of
the most dense swamps that 1 ever
saw, the road was of the same kind
that McClellen used to build down on
the Chickahominy in Virginia during
the Rebellion for his troops to travel
over. and it reminded the writer very
forcibly of those old soldier times when
We southern boys used to lick Mac and
run him over these corduroy roads and
then he would turn on US when he
got tired running and we would come
back seated on a caisson, bump ATTY
bump until our, well, our very stom-
achs were sore. Well we got to
Mount Buyou. But this letter is
again too long and must quit. Twill
promise your readers lengthy scribe
next week as we will remain here at
this place for at least three weeks and
watch the process of farming down
in this almost tropical country, watch
the darkeys pick cotton, talk with
them about their present and future
prospects and expectations etc. Will
also try to define the negro problem in
the south. and then We will gather
ourselves up and start back up the
Mississippi river, and tell you some OF
our experiences while steam-boating
ON that great river; Will also tell you
something of my bear hunt while yet
in the jungles of Mississippi.
Adieu.
7. +. KELLEY.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01
Merit Wins .

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling DR.
Kings New Discovery for Consump'
ton, DR. Kings New Life Pills, Buck.
lens Arnica Salve aud Electric Bitters,
and have never handled remedies that
sell as well, or that have given such
universal satisfaction. We do not hes.
itats to guarantee them every time,
aud we stand ready to refund the pur-
chase price. if satisfactory results dc
not follow their use. These remedies
have Nou their great popularity pure
" on their merits. Goodhue & Evans
Druggist.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01
PETITION TO THE LEGISLA.
TURE OF THE STATE OF
KANSAS

Published by request of the F. NJ. ID. Al
ITO THE HON. LEGISLATURE STATE OF
i Kansas.
We the undersigned citizens of Kansas do
hereby petition your Hon. body to revise the
laws in such manner as to reduce our presen t
rate of interest to six per cent per annum on
real estate, and eight per cent per annum on
personal security.
And to impose as penalty that any person,
persons, company, banker or corporation
charging more than the herein proposed legal
rate to forfeit both the usury and legal interet
lAny person interested in the above petition
please cut out pin to a sheet of paper and cir
culate and send petition to yourRepresentativeI
Exchanges please copy.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01

MRS. waesLaw's SOOTHING SYRUP
should always be qssi when children
are cutting teeth. 1t relieves the little
sufferer at once: it produces natural,
quiet sleep by relieving the child from
pain, and the little eheFab awakes as
"brigbt as BUTTON" 1t Is very pleas
ant to taste. 1t sooths the child, soft
ems the gums, allays all pain, relieves
wind, regulates the bowels, and is the
best known remedy for diarrhea,
whether ~xis,pg from teething or other
causes. TWenfy-4ss cents bottle.
fFeb1S ~
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-01
PERSONAL AND lmpERsoNAL.

MIR. Hertenstein, President of the
Swiss Confederation. died from the
effects of ill-treatment of a corn.
Pine City, w. T., claims to have
the smallest living woman. She is
twenty-seven years old. twenty-nine
inches tall, and weighs thirty-three
pounds.
One of the presents to Mr.. and
Mrs. Seth Wight, OF Bethel. Me-, at
their golden wedding recently was a
gilded egg. with fifty bright gold dol
lars for yelk.
"A man in New Hampshire who
was sued for a debt of four dollars
made oath in court that he had never
been worth over seven dollars at any
one time in his life, and that his in
come was not one dollar per year.
-Micajah Henley, the man who In
vented roller skates, lives in Rich
mond, Ind. He was poor woodsaw-
yer and it took nearly his last dollar
to pay for the patent, but the craze
for skating that spread over the coun-
try made him rich.
"A young Frenchman of Chicago,
says that although his hearing is per-
fectly good, still he is able to SO manip-
uiate the drums of his ears at will. that
he can make himself stone deaf. Emile
can't prove this, but his friends say
that there is no doubt that he can do
just what he says heca
Ferdinand Schumacher Of Akron,
Ohio, is known as the Oatmeal King in
the milling world. 1t is told of him
that he is a Prohibitionist of such fixed
opinions that when one of his mills
was destroyed. he distributed 10000
bushels of scorched grain among the
farmers for chicken feed, rather than
sell it to distillers to be made into
whiskey.
"A resident of Whitewater, Wis,
forty years of age, and steady. indus
trious man, determined ogive up to-
bacco, which he had smoked and
chewed almost necessarily. Sickness
followed. and the physician recon-
mended Sherman to use tobacco again,
but sparingly. He wouldn't take the
advice, but vowed he would get the
better of the habit if it killed him.
His health continued to fail. he became
peevish, then morose, and then, short
time ago, violently insane.
Rev. DIR. William M. Taylor,
of New York, has in his study chair
which he uses instead of riding horse
back. 1t is moved by working two
handles, and gives the rider, or the
sitter, about the same motion as that
of galloping horse, only little more
violent. Ithas some advantages over
a horse: it never eats its head off, and
it can be kept in the drawing-room if
necessary, but itcould never be ridden
in the park. DR.. Taylor finds the ex-
ercise of this chair very beneficial after
a long pull at his desk.
-Wah Lung, rich Chinaman of
New York City, bestowed upon his
young lady Sunday-school teacher the
following Christmas gifts: Twenty
five pounds of nuts, Lychee; twenty
five pounds of black tea; ten pounds Of
dried fruits; one ivory fan; one dozen
silk (red) handkerchiefs; twelve dozen
oranges; five pounds OF yams; twelve
Chinese plates; twelve cups and sau-
GERS; two iars'of ginger, a brand-new
cooking-stove; half a dozen hams;
several chickens and many eggs. Wah
Lung loves his teacher very much and
says that these few things are only
small token of his great regard, and he
hopes to be able 10 do better by the
next Christmas.