The Iola register., 1890-10-24

District--at the Republican rally Sat
urday, was q personal compliment tC
Mr.. Funston which he highly appre.
ciated, and a neighborly courtesy tc
lola which she will seek early oppor.
tunity to repay. The band was con.
stituted as follows: Leader, e. NJ
Cook, clarionet; J. G.. Rodmell, picolo;
Calvin Lieurance, solo b flat; Geo
Smith, lat b fiat; j. A. Jilson, g flat;
VIM. Wilson, solo alto; Elmer Wilson,
1st. alto; Roy Mckinley, tenor; Ar
thur Wilson, baritone; Bert Taylor, b
fat bass; Owsley Curd. tuba; Guy Nc
Kinley, bass drum; Arthur Williams,
snare drum.
An exceedingly happy event in the shape Of a .
residence of ID. w. Moon, the contracting par
ties being Miss Moon, of Chicago, and Mr.. har-
ry Sleeper, of lola, Kansas, formerly OF this
city. Rev. Davis, of Chicago, performed the
ceremony at 5 O'Clock, in the presence of the
| family and q few intimate friends, Miss Carrie
Rowley, Of this city, and Fred Moon, brother of
An elegant lunch was partaken of, after which
Mr. and Mrs Sleeper left for their future home,
| lola, Kansas. Both Of the young people are
we'll known in our city, Miss Moon having spent
much time with friends at this place; while
Harry was for many years one of the 'boys. -
The best wishes Of many friends, including the
Chr0ntcte, Will IollOW tneIu tnfOuSn lie Jour-
| ey.-MarshaH Mich } Chronicle.
The lola friends of Harry Sleeper are
glad to welcome him and his bride
and extend them best wishes.
Chas. Barth sowed 'one-half gallon
of buckwheat on an eighth of an acre
early in the spring. 1t matured and
he threshed three and one half BUSH
al 10 tlnn
same ground and sowed about a gallon
of seed on it, and this time he thresh-
ed out five bushels. Eight and half
bushels of buckwheat from a gallon
and half of seed and an eighth of an
acre of groundl What is the matter
with Kansas?
Three men, travelling by wagon
from Oklahoma to Missouri, were ar
rested Saturday near Humboldt,
charged with stealing saddle. Judge
Bond bound them over in the sum of
500 each to appear for trial, and being
unable to give bail they were brought
to lola Sunday and lodged in Jail.
They were accompanied by two wOm-
en and these continued their journey
toward Missouri.
A gentleman i'm Topeka who Is an
old newspaper man and who gets
papers now from all over the State,
said to friend of ours during the re-
union, that "with the exception of the
Capital the lola REGISTER is the
best campaign paper, the one most
calculated to win votes, in the State"
1t was a compliment we are little
inclined to be proud of.
Fred Funston returned Saturday !
from North Dakota where he has been |
gathering specimens of indigenous |
grass seeds under the direction of the |
Department of Agriculture. He says
that in the Republican convention i'm
that State the name of ingalls, was
greeted with cheers equal to those |
given for Reed and Blaine.
According to the proclamation of
Miss Francis E. Willard, President of
the Worlds w. e. T. u, the recent
Membership Crusade Day" was OBJ
served in all the civilized countries ON
the globe. and resulted in large ac-
cessiOn to the membership, lola receiv-
ing her proportion.
A postscript to recent business let.
ter from Geo. Gregg, now located at
Wolcott, Colorado, says:
1t would be source of satisfaction to me IL /
we had thousand or so good prohibition papers /
fight whiskey. Saloon keepers flourish above
all other classes of business men II seems, and
never appreciated prohibition as have since
coming here. Give me 1t and "hard times"
Mr.. Uriah Thomas called at this
office Wednesday, accompanied by
his cousin, Mr.. Taylor, a prominent
educator of Ohio, who stopped here On
his way to California. Mr.. Taylor was
much taken with this part of Kansas,
which he said was the biggest coun-
try" he ever saw.
A card from w. b. Glover, late of
Humboldt, shows us that he Is located
for the practice of law in the Citizens
Bank building, Wichita, Kansas. Mr..
Glover is a thorough student, hard
worker and man of sturdy principle.
We hope he will win the success he
deserves.
Ddnuilte (H,s.) News: p. 7. Baker
has returned from lola, Allen county
Kansas, where he had been on busi-
ness connected with the NJ. w. A.
lola is a beautiful little city-plenty
Of shade trees, natural gas business,
stc.-and Mr.. Baker 'got stuck" on
the place.
Those who are interested in the tar
Iff question will find valuable con-
ribution to the discussion in an article
,n an inside page of this paper giving
. list of the principal changes made
bG the Mckinley bill, and showing
the old as well as the new rate of
iuty.
Another vein of gas has been struck
N Well No. 3, and Mr.. Pryor thinks
t is the strongest flow he has yet
jound. He has ordered casing and
will shut off the water as soon as
possible. We all hope the new well
will be gusher.
Farmer, in Moran Herald: The
'ruit evaporating works at lola are
the farmers of these parts
with paying market for apples. II
lola keeps on at the present rate, AL
en- county cannot complain of her
county seat.
The w. r. G.. will give Halloween
,ocial on Friday evening Oct. 81, at
j. A. r.. Hall. An interesting literary ,
has been prepared. Coffee
ind cake will be served as refresh
nents. Admission 10 cents.
Ri,cdid Kronicle: Elsmore, Allen
county, is to have a newspaper. Geo.
I. Anderson and n. B. Webber have
bought the Harris Journal outfit aud
moved it down there, and will get out
heir first issue next week.
Richards & Welch continue to be ,
he leading grocers because their I