The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-18


on Monday night, transacted the littl
routine business that remained f.
it to do, aud then adjourned sin
die. The new council was immediat.
ly called to order and duly sworn Tn
Mayor announced the following ar
pointments. Chss. F. Scott, city CLERK
n. l.. Henderson, treasurer; d. II
|, Scott, street commissioner; John Han
ris. marshal; John Thomas, superiu
tendent of the cemetery, and A. II
Campbell, city attorney. The appoint
, meuis were all unanimously cOnfirm
ed. The mayor then announced tn
following committees: Judiciary, w
A. Cummings. &. l.. Whitaker, NJ. G.
Robinson; Public grounds, G.. T.
Whitaker, &. w. Mcneil, w. A
Cummings; Finance, a. fulton
w. "A. Cummings, T.. l.. Whitaker
Streets and alleys, NJ. G.. Robin
son, A. j. Fulton, G.. W. Mcneil
License, c. w. Mcneil, A. J. Fulton
NJ. G.. Robinson. On motion A. J
Fulton was elected president Of tn
council. The bond Of ID. b d SmeIt
ger, as police judge was presented ant
Improved, and the cnuncil adjourned
A letter from Mr.. Grin Leake, form
erly of Geneva township, now az AvoI
Washington, enclosing his subscrip.
ton To the REGISTER, has some re
marks about the country in which h,
IL now located that may be Of Interest
to his old neighbors He says:
| We are located ut Avon, Skagit county
| Wash. on the agit river about ten miles vi
the river which empties into Puget sound, an
about fifty miles north OF Seattle. Avon Is ,
nice prohibition town with one Of the hes
farming countries around 1t Of any place IL
| western Washington. Oar place a'ljOins tn,
townsite. Property is increasing rapidly II
value, having doubled since We came hers
at 81 and $50 per acre. Here are some d
the prices of grain etc Wheat per bushei
81 20: oats 30 cents; corn 81 90. hay per ton
sls.Oo; potatoes. per bushel. 81 s.; eggs PEI
1 dozen - cents, butter per pound, 30 cents. We
have all been well since we came, and ther,
has been no sickness around here IL speak OF
| IL Ia surprising what crops are raisel know
| OF nne man here who hal 90 acres of oa's thai
yielded an average of Iu5 bushels to the acre.
| Mr. Leake adds that he will cheer,
fully answer any question that MAY
be addressed 10 hun 10y rartiDs who
wish to know about the country.
"Kansas Methodist Pulpit" is the
| title of handsome boDk of 800 pages
which now adorns our kansas shelf
all the more valued and welcome
| because it comes "with the kinJest re.
membranes" of the compiler, Rev. J
w. ID. Anderson. The book contain.
a collection of tweBty-four diseourses
BY as many of the eminent Methodist
ministers of the State among whom
the following are personally known
in lola: Bishop Ninde, H. A. Goblin,
w. A. Quale, J. A. Lippincott. j. B.
Ford aud J. W. D Anderson. A fine
picture of Bishop Ninde is the fronts.
piece and portraits Of all the others
whose sermons are published appear
at intervals through the book. The
publication of the volume was happy
thought, and we hope the compiler
will find the venture profitable one.
The advertisement of "R. W. Duffy
& Co., successors to b. L. Rodman,"
announces the business change We
predicted last week. Mr.. Rodman
expects eventually to remove to Dem
v.r and go into bushes, there, but as
he will probably not make the change
before next fall we need not bid him
good bye ye.. And while his retire.
ment from business here will be very
generally regretted, yet since the
change was to be made it is an equally
gratifying matter that his place il to
b" filled by 80 popular and capable a
dry goods mau as Mr.. Duffy. Possess
ing as large personal acquaintance
probably, as any man in the county,
the success of the new firm IS assured
from the start.
Eureka Messenger: The poet has
been defined as one who can eNpress
in language the thoughts which all
men feel but cannot utter. We wei.
fOrcibly reminded Of this definition in
reading Charley Scott's letter in the
lola Register descriptive of New Or
leans. From Spanish Fort to the st.
Louis cathedral the writer saw every
thing that Scott describes and fiatters
himself that the emotions engendered
by the sights seen were similar to aud
exactly as pleasing as those pictured so
delightfully."- by the editor of the REGIS.
TER But We are not able to share our
enjoyment with our subscribers as Mr..
Scott has done. Charley you are a
word painter of the fret water.
The good neighbors IF Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Marion, learning that Friday,
April IL, was the fortieth anniversary
of their marriage, called upon them on
the evening of that day TO offer their
and best wishes. A
number of useful presents were brought;
and an elaborate supper was spread
from the contents of numerous bas-
kets. The evening was most pleasant
Iy spent. Among those present were
the following:
Mr.. and Mrs ]. L. HAYWARD, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo Fryer. Mr. and Mrs. d. c Neer, MIR.
and Mrs, Robert Cook, Mr.. and Mrs. + left
Xii sn1 MRS and Mr. R- NM and nd MIS- Us
Mrs. J. A. Fiser, Mira. McCor-
mick, Chas. Fryer, Frank Neer. VIM LedfJrd.
Garnet Ptdindedler: H. K. Win
ans returned Tuesday last from LOui.i-
ana, where he went some ten days ago
with & car load OF horses. The over
dow from the Mississippi river has
States of Arkansas and Louisiana, and
he says the newspaper accounts of the
distress among the people do not con-
vey anything like an Intelligent un-
of the situation n. it. truly
exists. Boat load after boat load of
people who have been drowned out
comes into Memphis every day, and
the government is feeling thousands
that are destitute.
Pryor our gas well man, went TO
Yates Center Wednesday TO bore a
we'll for the Gas Companyat that place. |
The company trades him its machinery
fo- the hole, having exhausted its
funds with no result thus far. Pryor
expects to complete the job in about
ten days, after which time he will re-
turn to lola and Iesume work here
He has not been able as yet to shut out
the water from the well, but has sent
for another packer and still hopes to