The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11
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Shil.h gathering last Monday even
ing, m all the features that Gn TO max
upe thoroughly enjoyable time. fairl,
cell. sed all that have gone before it
To / egin with the tables were brough
out and loaded NTH the repula,io,
Can 2 Fire supper and a good mapy
other things that were not down OIL
the DILL of fare After these thing.
wer. disposed of " H. Mcclure tool
com -nand of the ceremonies aad Intro
due i Capt. Slower who gave a clea,
aad comprehensive historical sketch
OF tie battle of Shiloh. Mr.. Mcclure
followed him with fif.eeu or twenty
minutes CT personal reminiscrnce:
which were very enter tanning. Their
Capt. Ewing kept the audience de.
lighted for half an hour with q vivid
sketch Of the battle as he saw it, filling
In and Ornamenting the narrative
with innumerable incidents pf a hu-
morous or pathetic character. E. ]
Thayer WIS then calle-' ,r and recited
in a splendid manner the stirring poem
1.-The Battery in Action" After thai
there was p song ar two and at OIL
about midnight the Fire" was" puI
out" and the company 'ii-petsei The
following are the names Of the veterans
present who took part In the famous
battle, together with the rank they
held when mustered out, aud their
COMPANY and regiment:
W. VI. Mcclure. Capt 10 VI.
II. a. Ewing. cant. Co. T. il hi Inf.
w. VI. Mcdowell, corporal ca II 81 Ini Inf
ID. II Scott, private, co. \ q No Inf.
j. L. Steele, private, Co ~ III. Inf.
+ Hardin, private, Co. T. IL III. Inf.
McClarrn, lst Lieutenant, Co d. $50.
a. c. Gilmore, private. Co il IL Ia Inf.
8 Mimi Inf.
U.E. Thomas, Co. E. 4I.t Reg. end Ind. Cav
4. W. Hall. private, Ill Cav.
After Iola's usual good fashion the
election last Monday was quiet and or.
derby. The action of the caucus on
the Thursday evening preceding gave
such general satisfaction that no effort
was made To run an opposition ticket.
40 that the only thing there was III
fight over was the ''cow question "
And this fight was all on one side. TIE
champions of the COW were active and
yigilant, while her opponents quietly
scratched her and said nothing about
". n considerable number Of ladies
voted, but not 50 many. as in former
elections. The novelty ia wearing of
The vote on the ticket as nominated
was as follows: For Mayor, f j.
Thayer. 1856; for CbuncIlmen. a. J.
Fulton 400, G. l.. Whitaker 400,
". A. Cummings 4O7, e. w.
McNie! 1906, NJ. q. Robinson 4O6;
for Police Judge, d. B. ID. Shelter
257; for Herd Law l53, against Herd
Law 254. Judge Boyd's friends rallied
around him quite Unexpectedly and
gave him l52 votes for Police Judge.
And there were scattering votes cast
as follows: For Mayor, G. Jones 3,
Peter Ross l. George Akeiey i; for
Counci!men, G. Kreuter l, Jas. Reed
l.; for Police Judge, John Walter. 1.
BY slip of the pen We spoke last
week of the assessors returns from
CARLYLE township as having been made
by K. b. Arnold, when of course We
should have said T. s.. Ball. Looking
over the abstract Of the returns we
fluid the following items that nay be of
general interest; There are &C., horses
in the township. the average assess
ment being S32 50. There are 1927
head of cattle, average assessment
50 50 There are 81 mules, average as.
sessmenr S33 50. There are 723 sheep.
assessed at 80 cents apiece, and l, lS4
hogs assessed at 8 cents pound. Land
is assessed at an average Of 1913 per
acre. The total assessed valuation
less exem2tions-is SI6S,65l which is
so SOB more than that Of last year.
The population Of the township is
LII lob
ed last year.
Postscript: Since the above was ia
type We are requested to add the fol-
lowing details: Average assessed
value uf land in 1883, S. 50 per acre;
total personal proparty in 1889, SIS, s22,
in 1890, $40, O6e
Mr.. w. P Northrup has accepted a
highly flatteriuy offer recently made
him by large merchantile. firm at
The Dalles, Oregon, to take charge Of
their dry-goods department, and ex.
poets to start to-day t. the new field
He will leave his wife here until he
decides whether he cares to make his
trial engagement permanent. w. P,
has been a prominent figure in lola
business and social circles for many
years and will be greatly missed The
numerous secret orders, IF which he
has been a sfaunch and faithful menu
Der, will be especially 10th to give him
up. All his friends, while wishing
him success in his western venture,
will still hope that he may soon find it
10 his interest TO return to lola.
Speaking of the reluctance of farmers
svix in, Pm fof lat foe
which the assessors make the usual
the Kansas Farmer says:
This, We believe, is q mistake on the farmers
part. because, IL no other reason, the grain
gamblers, railroad managers and newspaper
Editors collect this kind Of Information In ad-
Vsnce and invariably have il on hand before
official reports reach the public The Kansas
Fdgmrr has frequently criticised our State au-
thorities for not getting their crop report out
boomer. The people-all the paople-in this
his kind of information ft is important es-
pecially to farmers themselves for without IL
they lack the necessary data To Calculate their
Dwn business conduct upon Farmers in Kan
Ohio, of Kentucky, OF Nebraska. Of Missouri.
Of ali the States and OF all the nations. NJ man
ran lay out his own business plans satisfactor-
liz who does not know anything abOnt the bus
business.
The Blue Mound Sun has our thanks
TOR the following, upon which we will
make no further comment than to say
that the 500 has not yet been called
for:
A few demagogucs about lola are trying TO
prejudice the +. VI q. A, of Allen county
against the lola REGISTER, by claiming IL IL
hostile ~ the agricultural interests and all Of
It's organizations Chas. F. Scott meets these
fellows with an offer OF 500 for line or sen-
m hal "a no fOn q N N a m
attack upon the farmers organizations We
have read the REGISTER every week since We
came to the State and must say th at In our
judgment the farmers have no better or ADLER
ch ampiou OF their true interests In the second
district than Chas. +. Scott. He
always avoids buncomb in the discussion OF
any question, and this does not please the
deIp.gDgue The REGISTER, like the Sa1 tries
q ALI AIDES a rair hearinr the canssa Of