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

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Missouri and Colorado. Poor OLD
Kansas, indeed, when she has to TAX
a back seat on account of her politics
for Observation-Disclosures Journal.
In accordance with usual custom
the Christmas REGISTER will be /,
12-page paper. and the four pages es
pecially devoted to holiday literature
will be handsomer and more enter
tanning than ever. They will bt
beautifully illustrated and filled will
choice poems. rich humor, and fasci
mating sketches and stories, all pre-
pared by well known artists and
authors. The Holiday REGISTER will
be paper you can be proud of.
In order to be i'm the fashion I have
put i'm an elegant stock of holiday
goods consisting of dressing cases
odor cases, manicure sets, tourists
cases, fine photograph and autograph
albums. etc., etc. AS the holiday
trade is a sort of side show to my
regular business of selling drugs and
medicines, l don't expect to make any
money out of it, 1 can and will sell
cheaper than anyone else can afford.
Be sure and call on me before making
your selections. j. w. Scott.
John Clark, a farmer living few
miles north of town, was brought be-
fore Judge Arnold last Friday and a
jury impanelled to inquire into his
sanity. The jury was convinced that
the man was insane and a verdict was
rendered accordingly. His mania
seems to be the result of religious ex-
element as he insists that he is Christ
and is looking for his disciples. As
there is no room for him i'm the State
Asylum he will have to be held here
for the present. Thus far he has SEEM
ed to be harmless and it is thought
that it will not be necessary to have
him confined i'm the county Jail.
Later: Since the above was written
the patient has grown more violent
and it has been found necessary to
confine him in Jail.
We heard a man talking the other
day and he was saying something like
this: az believe that people, in the
main, are honest. / don't believe
that the merchants of. this town, for
example, are conspiring together to
beat me or make me pay more than Is
a fair price for what i buy. l trust
every man deal with as a good man
until he is proven to be q bad one. /
haven't any sort of use for the people
who are always accusing everybody
of being dishonest. 1t has always
seemed to me that the man who was
so ready to suspect his ueighbors of
trickery would hear pretty close
watching himself.n And the fellow
that said all this was not preacher
either, but just common, plug man.
In November last, in speaking Of a case in
court, the lola REGISTER made rather an uu-
complimentary allusion to two citizens of Hum
boldt township-Jorion Bsrrackman and Chss.
Hauser. The case in the court involves the
title to a steer and IL is through misunderstandI
ing that they are in the suit. Both men are
well known here and are numbered among the
most honest, honorable and reliable of our citi-.
zens.-Uni0n -....
The "allusionn referred to was rs
follows, "This case is the theft of
90 steer and as fifty witnesses are
in attendance it will probably prove
to be the most costly piece of beef the
county has ever Produced Wedo not
see how this can be construed into a
reflection on the integrity of either of
the gentlemen. 1t simply states fact
which both of them will doubtless adj
nit, that"the aforesaid steern Is like
ly to prove very expensive piece of
Repairs are being made, on the S. X.
depot this week to make the old thing
habitable for another winter. Before
the work began Mayor Thayer tele-
graphed' Supt. Barnes an emphatic
protest against patching up the old
building and strongly urging the cree
ton of q new one. Mr.. Barnes replied
as follows:
am only doing enough to the depot to make
1t respectable and comfortable. I think your
city is worthy OF better station and will
whenever the finance OF the road
would permit, the placing of q new station on
the CITY side of our tracks. 1t is now a dis
grace to your city and must be made comfort
able at least Very Respectfully;
This. letter makes it plain enough
that Mr.. Barnes realizes the situation
cling to. -
The Supreme Lodge o. S. F.. was in
special session here this week, Tues
day and Wednesday, engaged in the
of business pertaining ex-
clusively to the interests of the order.
The following delegates were in at
tendance from abroad: Judge J. A.
Wells and wife, Erie; DIR. J. Il. finder,
DIR. Sarah &. Hall, dc. A.
A. H. Sears, f. f.. Stfoth-
ers, Mrs. Leck and Mrs. Cottingf3n,
Fort Scott; DR.. C.. p. Lee and y. WI
Pleasanton, Mrs. Bordwell,
Girard; Miss Brandon, Baxter Springs;
H. A. Strong, Mound City; J.. s.
French, Humboldt; B. +. Simmons,
Salina; A. Heininger, l. I. Osborn and
wife and DR.. e.. &. Kisner and wife, |
Leroy; Prof. d, w. Kingsley and +.
P. DOane, Independence.
The burning of the Elevator Mills !
destroyed the only building that was
ever used in lola for the manufacture |
Of whiskey. 1t was the old Goforth
iistillery and used to stand on the I
corner south of ]. f. Ireland's resi-
1ence. Mr.. Thayor bought it for a /
.ong along in 1874 or ., after it had
been demonstrated that whisky max
ng in Kansas was not a profitable
business, and converted it into a flour
actory, which paid good deal bet
er. After year or two he moved ii
Town to where it has since stood. Mr..
rhsyer began in a vely small way,
With only "corn-cracker" and small
profits. But he didn't waste any
ime abusing the Republican party or
he State of Kansas because his profits
we're not larger. He just quietly
ooked after the ''many mickles"
which "make muckle," and 80 he
vas able to add one improvement af-
er another until at last he had full
mill. We hope he will
zee his way clear to build another
,etter than ever.