The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-09-26

gia by Captain Samuel Hymer and
forty-two soldiers Of the 115th Illinois
against Moods whole rebel army in
October 1864. After ten hours defense
of a rude fort with his handful of men.
Captain Hymer surrendered with the
hOnors of war. During the fight sew
enty-five rebels were killed, and prob
ably an equal number were wounded,
while five Union soldiers were killed
and one afterward died from wound,
Il while the total casualties in the little
company were equal to one-third of
the number engaged. For this special
act of gallantry Captain Hymer was
brevetted Major, and afterward ap-
pointed captain in the regular army,
which position he declined. Captain
Hymer is living at LaCygne and is
one of the most prominent and re-
spected citizens of Linn comfy.
The REGISTER has several times re-
ferred to the profit to be made from
sheep i'm this State. Last week the
annual meeting of the "Kansas Sheep
Breeders and Wool Growers Associa-
ton" was held at Topeka snd reports
were read which seemed to prove con-
clusively that during the past three
years the sheep men of Ksnsas have
made more money than any other class
of stock men. 1t was the unanimous
opinion of those present that Kansas
has more natural advantages for sheep
growing than any other State in this
latitude, and confidence was express
ed that IL will be only few years I'M
til the sheep interest will rank with
other live stock interests of the State.
A committee was appointed to secure
| the passage of dog law and a uniform
bounty law by the next legislature.
The Baptist church was crowded
last Sunday night and just before the
audience was dismissed man arose
and craved moments attention. He
was blind, he said, and destitute. He
had been a Baptist for great many
years. And would not the good peo-
pie take pity OH him and give him a
mite to help him ON his way? His
tale of woe fell on sympathetic ears,
and considerable sum of money was
collected for him. A gentleman who
happened to be in the audience re-
marked the next day on the street
that he had led this same man, on
the preceding Sunday to the Metho-
dist church in Cherryvale, and that
he had told the same tale of woe there,
varying it only by declaring that he
had been Methodist all his life.
JVb,. Cunningham: When the Kan
sas delegation went to see Plymouth |
Rock q good many of them expected to |
see huge rock jutting out into the |
sea high and dry above tide-water;
but instead of that they saw only q |
big boulder carefully patched and ce-
mented as if the pieces had been gath
cred from different places, and labeled |
1920" There is no image breaker so
ruthless as seeing. Plymouth Rock Is
nothing but a Boulder and imagina-
TONS weary fight can never make me
Carter first read the New York Ledger
in 1870.
We are indebted to J. G. Hamm,
now of Evanston, Wyo., for a sample
of the ballots voted i'm that State at
the late election. The Australian
system is used there and the ballot is
q formidable looking piece Of paper,
about 8inches wide by 20 inches long.
The names of the candidates of all the
parties are printed on; the ticket and
the voter indicates the candidate of his
choice by making an after his name
Our friend Hamm, by-the-way, was
elected county attorney at the late
election, recognition of his character
and ability on which we, congratulated
him.
The Joke seems to be on Mr.. r. r.
Claiborne who went home, or thought
he went home, about nine o'clock the
other evening, but was unable to get
into his house. After trying the front
door i'm vain he walked around to the
rear and was surprised to see lamp
in one of the back rooms. He
was still more surprised, on closer ex-
to find that it was not his
house at all, but one of his neighbours ,
into which he was trying to force an .
entrance. He slipped out of the yard !
having been discovered, but I
the joke was too good for him to keep.
So far as can be learned at present
there will be three candidates for ,
Trustee, four for Justice and three
for Constable, before the Republican
tomorrow, as follows: For
Trustee, Robert Cook, w. III. Ling, l.. !
e. Munger; for Justice, ID. II. ID.
w. A. Cummings, $. b.
H. w. Williams; for
John Woodin,T f. Strick-
and, T.. w. Hall. No candidates tor
township clerk or treasurer are an 6
yet and those offices will /
go begging, as usual. II
Our good old Democratic friend, G..
w. Kelley, of Geneva, dropped in the ,
,ther day to protest because the REG
sTER named him as one who had
attended the Peoples convention. II
haven't got as much sense as used
o have,n the old man said, "but i
INIT quite far enough gone yet to join
hat outfit. 1 have never been any
hing but a Democrat and by the :
race of God never will be.n The
REGISTER was undoubtedly in error :
md gladly makes the correction. |,
The REGISTER acknowledges a '
pleasant call from Mr.. G. Newton,
resident of lola but now il
living at Kingsville, Mo. Mr.. New i
on was Democrat while he lived in g
Kansas but he has been converted il
ince removing to Missouri. When
he found that to remain a Democrat
lie would have to vote at every cleo =
ion for men who owed their nOmina-
ion to the fact that they had fought :
u the Rebel army, he concluded it !;
vas time for him to be Republican. =
In response to some anxious in 2
Iuiries that have come to this Office, !
We desire to say that the prosecution y
f the original package man who at q
empted to do business here has cost t
nd will cost the county nothing but t
lis board while in Jail and the sher- il
frs fees. All the other eXpenses-Iv