The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26

d Col. Temple, who Is directing tn,
Union Spy, has ''met up with" severa
: of his old army comrades here. III,
J enlisted in the 2Tth Ohio and belonged
to the 10th Corps, Army of the Ten
nessee, serving with Grant and Sher
man i'm their western campaigns unit
mustered out by rebel bullet in one
of the battles before Atlanta in 1854
Our big John Thomas was in the
same regiment and tells funny story
about helping pull the Colonel out o.
a mud-hole into which he had fallen
when he had more of an eve out fol-
7 the enemy i'm front than he had for
the ground under his feet. County
Clerk Eckley was i'm an adjoining reg
iment in the charge at Parker's Cross
Roads, one of the hardest of the whole
war. And Post Commander Dele
plain remembers a day when ii would
have been all up with his regiment II
the 27th Ohio hadn't come into the
fight just in the nick of time. Col
Temple wrote the Union Spy in 1855
and has been presenting Ii ever since.
This is the original War Drama, the
Tennessee Scout" the "Spy of At
lanta" and others with similar titles
being plain infringements upon Col.
Temples copyright. Personally the
Colonel is one of the most genial OF
men and an exceedingly entertaining
talker, while professionally, as stage
manager, he il simply Incompatible,
as the work that will be witnessed at
the Opera House tonight and the re-
naming nights of this week will
abundantly testify.
Fred Funston writes US that he has
just started to California to join an ex-
petition which is to explore the famous
Death Valley country. This region is
veritable terra incogRitd. The heat
there is so inteuse that dead animals
do not decompose. Water i'm the val
ley is unknown and the expedition will
carry water for animals as well
as for human beings. There is
reason to believe that there are rich
gold and silver mines i'm the region.
| Years ago an adventurous miner pen
etrated into the valley and found the
skeleton of miner A wooden pail
was lying near it, and i'm it chunk of
gold of great value. Scientific men
with the expedition will map the coun-
try ann procure specimens of such an
finals and insects as exist there, If any
| do exist.
A woman was ON the street the
other day begging. She told pitiful
story about the death of her husband
and the destruction of her home by
fire, and go nearly everybody gave
her something. Among other places
she visited one of our jewelry stores.
Having told her story and received
her quarter, as she was passing out
she asked the proprietor what GER
tain clock was worth. Being ans
wered che paid the money $500 and
ordered the clock to be sent to her
address at Humboldt, by express!
Whatever may have been her other
needs the woman is evidently not
lacking in gall.
A young fellow who was born in
WOOdsOn county about twenty-four
years ago and who has lived on farm
in Allen county for dozen years past,
was IN the office the other day talking
about leaving the State. "But then, /
am not going to hunt new location"
he said, 81 ON only going to knock
about awhile and see little of the
world If wanted to hunt anything
better 1 should stay right here i'm Al
len countyw And he isn't an IRISH
man either.
The REGISTER got a letter from
away out in the country the other day
that it is prouder of than any cOmpli-
ment ever before paid it. Here is
part of it: 1.-THE REGISTER is doing
great deal i'm a great many ways to
make the people of Allen county bet
ter, more cOntented, more thoughtful
and reasonable, and hope the bread
you are casting ON the waters with
80 generous a hand, may return in
creased an hundred fold.n
Troy Chief: Ex-Marshal w. c.
Jones, i'm an interview in the Kansas
City SIM, says that Tariff Reformer
will be elected to succeed ingalls,; and
then he proceeds at length to define
his position on Tariff Reform. He re-
minds us of the old fellow who was
talking of a new company that had
been organized. Said he: John Smith
is Secretary. 1 tell you, it takes a
mighty smart man for Secretary.
And it don't take any ia fool for
President. lam President"
Many counties i'm the northwestern
part of the State have authorized sx-
traordinary bounties on wolf, rabbit
gopher scalps, i'm order that the desti-
tute people may have a means of max
ing a living this winter. In Decatur
county the treasured paid out 81 100 in
one day and over 5000 i'm six weeks,
and the drain became so heavy that
the county board suspended the order.
The same counties are to vote to buy
seed corn, wheat and potatoes for inn
poverished settlers.
4 Deer Creek Farmer: The first
ten years of my life i'm Kansas was
frittered away because / felt that /
could never be contented and hal py
i'm home here. At the end of that
time I sold out and went to Illinois.
In less than a year the whole family
was yearning for Kansas. So we all
came back and went to work deter
mined to succeed. / paid my debts,
got little ahead and am contented
and happy.
A friend asked us a week or two ago
to print the law about stock running
at large. We readily promised to do
so, but on going to the statutes to look
it up, found that it would take about
four issues of the REGISTER to print ii
all. As soon as we get time we will
try to Gull out the paragraphs that
would likely be of the most interest
and print them.
They Protest
At "A regular meeting held December