The Iola register., 1890-05-16

| The post-office changed conductors
last Sunday, J. E. Ireland handing
lover the keys to w. III. Mcclure. In
making note of the change the REGIS
TIER finds it pleasure to testify that
Mr.. Ireland has made good postmss-
ter. He has not suited ever, body, OF
course, for that Is about s.; hard a
thing for a postmaster to do: it is for
an editor. But he has - - been
prompt, courteous and oi,p = = and it
l. safe to say that he lea ,,s tle office
with more friends than when he took
iit,-which Is a pretty proud record.
II he lives and keeps his health for an
other quarter of a centurywe know Of no
lonewho will object to his taking up the
work again when the return of the
Democrats to power may make it
possible, For his successor we predict
an equally successful administration.
AS county treasurer for four years and
in many other positions Mr.. Mcclure
has demonstrated his ability beyond
question even by his bitterest enemy,
while his long residence here has
given him a personal acquaintance
and popularity that will greatly aid
him in his new duties. He takes
i charge of the office as the undoubted
preference OF the great majority of its
patrons and the success of his admins
tration is assured from the beginning.
At the last meeting of McCook Post
g. A. r., Messrs. r.. s. Moore, ID. b.
ID. Smeltzer, s. HcClaren, J. T.. Hen
derson and +. J. Thayer were appoint
ed committee to have general charge
of the arrangem eDts for Memorial Day.
ICapt. r. s. Moore, has been appoint
ed marshal of the day, with G.. H. De-
Clute as assistant. The W. II. G..
will have charge of the decorations.
All the societies in the city have been
invited to take part in the exercises,
which will be held i'm the park, If the
weather is pleasant, and otherwise i'm
the A.. &. w. Hall. Rev. o. l..
Sumner, of the Christian church, will
preach the Memorial sermon, probably
In the Opera House, on the Sundaypre-
ceding Memorial Day. The address will
be delivered, as already announced, by
Col. A. p. FOrsythe, of Montgomery
county.
| Mr.. f. l.. Anson, writing from
Leeds, Kansas, takes US to task for
misrepresenting the Farmers Alliance
i'm our article upon the comparative
cost of that and the +. NJ. B. A. We
distinctly stated that the figures in
our article concerning the Alliance
were taken from the Troy Chief, 80
that even if they were wrong we can
not cannot be accused of intentional
misrepresentation as we had not seen
them contradicted. However, we are
entirely willing to give Mr.. Anson's
corrections. which are as follows: The
organizer gets five dollars instead of
ten for instituting a lodge; blank
books, etc., cost two dollars or two and
ly dues are % cents for each male
member.
In company with Capt. III. A.Ew-
ing, the REGISTER man accepted the
hospitality of Salem Lodge, +. NJ. b.
A, on Wednesday night, the second
anniversary of the organization of the
Lodge, and was most pleasantly enter
tanned. There was an address by the
president, Mr.. Brady, and recitatious
and music and speeches and supper.
Particularly supper. 1t would take
too long to tell it all, and it is perhaps
enough to say that the entertainment
furnished and the courtesies extended
were such as one or two former exper-
fences had taught us to expect from
one of the most Intelligent, progressive
and prosperous commupities In the
county.
Last Monday evening the B. and l..
Association held its, annual meeting
for the transaction Of froutine business
The following board of directors was
elected. J. W. Coutant, II. l.. Hend-
erson, NJ. z. Jacoby, w. III. Ling,
Thos. Mcdowell, :. Tozer, II. Waters,
ID. C.. Wood, A. +. Wright, George \.
Bowlus. The secretsry's annual re-
port was read and is printed i'm full in
another place. The treasurer's report
was substantially the same As that of
the secretary. The report of the aud
iting committee showed the present
value of shares in series to be SS5.5I,
and in series to be $3.50.
At the meeting ot the city council on
Monday evening, the following bills
were allowed:
Meakum & Hall, stone ..--....-... So 70
D. II. Scott street commissioner. 900. ... - ~
The committee on streets and alleys |
presented a report recommending that
the alleys in block 3, and Elm street
i'm Rhoades' addition be opened. The
report was adopted. A petition for |
certain sidewalks, signed by r. Thrall
and others, was presented end refer
red to the committee on streets and
alleys. No further business of impor-
tance was transacted.
We neglected last week to note the
death and burial of the two year old
son of Rev. and Mrs. ID. b. Finch. The
death occurred on May 3, resulting
from all accident which occurred last
November by which the child swal-
lowed large quantity of concentrated
I've. The funeral services were held
on Sunday, Rev. VIM. Hankins officia-
ting, and were attended by a large |
number of sympathizing friends.
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the Neosho Presbytery will hold its
seventh annual meeting at Ottawa
May ~, p and ~. We regret not
having space for the program In fnll
but among those having places on it
we notice the names of Mrs. Irwin, |
Geneva; Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs. Mitch |
ell, Carlyle; Mrs. Bassett and Mrs.
King, Moran; Mrs. Roll, Colony; Mrs.
Ewing. lola.
If time hangs hangs heavily on
your hands any of these warm
spring days, suppose you take
hold. of your tongue and prac-
tice it while on the following: "Six
silver sieves of silver thistles and a
sieve of unsifted thistles. / am a
sifted thistle sitter and an unsifted
thistle sitter with a sieve of sifted
thistles and sieve of unsifted this
tlesv