The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-07

As promised last week full report
the proceedings of the first State A:
sembly F. M. B. A., appears in th
issue. With the greater part Of tn
platform adopted the REGISTER full
concurs. Concerning the remainin,
lparts we will reserve the expression d
lOur views until the matters come u
in the regular order for discussion
Just as q matter Of consistency, now
ever, and not with a view to arguing
the question, we should be pleased
some one of those who drafted the res
olutiohs would explain to US Why tn
Office of county printer shOu. be .e
to the lowest bidder and not the offic
of county clerk, or of Governor O
Kansas or of President of the United
States. The law fixes the prices tina
shall be paid the county printer JUS
as Ii fixes the salary of county clerl
and Governor and President, and W,
have never been able to understand
| why the one office should be let to thu
lowest bidder and not the others. vii
some one give reason?
The st. Louis, Fit. Scott and WIchi,s
railroad was sold last lost Monday by
order of Judge Foster. The Union
Trust Co., of New York, We're the pUr
chasers, the price paid being Sc, AGO,
742 81. the amount of their mortgage
with the accrued interest The road
was sold two years ago, as will be re-
membered, but it seems that the sale
was not legal and this was merely a
formal resale. A protest against the
sale was made by a committe of stock.
holders who represented 500, 600 of stock
in the road on the ground that they
were not informed of the tendency of
the original suit and so were unable t.
make defense. Judge Foster directed
that the master in chancery, who con.
Quoted the sale, should report to the
court, and no further action or con.
firmation will be made until the issues
made on this Intervention pc.
tition shall be heard aud decided by
the court. II we remember rightly
lola was one of the stockholders who
were frozen out. Does this offer us a
chance for new deal?
A break in prices till Apr at Rodman's
Perhaps the readers of the REGISTER
would like to know in what respect
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is bet
ter than any other. We will tell you.
When this remedy is taken as directed
as soon as cold has been contracted.
and before it has become settled in the
System, it will counteract the effect of
the cold and greatly lessen its severity,
If not effectually cure the cold in two
days time and it is the only remedy
that will do this. 1t acts i'm perfect
harmony with nature and aids nature
in relieving the lungs, opening the Sc
cretions, liquefying the mucus and
causing its expulsion from the air cells
of the lungs and restoring the system
to a strong and healthy condition. No
other remedy in the market possesses
these remarkable properties. No 9th
er will cure a cold SO quickly or leave
the system in 60 sound q condition.
SO cent and one dollar bottles for 9 al
by all druggists.
The farmers themselves cannot hope
more fervently for a rise in the prices
of their products than do the mer-
chants and other business men. De-
pending, as our country towns do, up
on the farmers mainly for their sup
port, depression in the agricultural in
i'm the towns than even in the country.
because its effects ale concentrated
there. When the farmers are making
no money it may be very certainly
stated that the merchants are not. And
it is because of the mutual dependence
which this fact demonstrates that
there should exist between the two
classes a bond of sympathy aud god
will. Their interests are identical.
What benefits the one, benefits the
other, and he who would attempt to
stir up epmity between them or to
create prejudice in the minds Of one
against the other, is al enemy to both.
w. l. Bartels has resigned his office
as deputy revenue collector, the dlties
of which he has performed with much
credit to Himself and with entire salts
faction to the department, and as sopl
as he is relieved expects to 60 to Ell
Moro, Colorado, to assume active con-
nection with the business which he
established there some tims ago with
his sOn-in.law. Eli. Wharton. Mr..
Bartels has been an honorable and
honOred citizen of lola for many years
and his departure will be generally re-
GREETED, while at the same Tina his
old friends will wish him all sorts of
good fortune i'm his new home. We
understand that his family will remain
in lola for the present.
Mr.. Adam Maiers, of Deer Creek
called Monday ard inform.
ed US that he had just completed
trade by which he exchanged his fine
400 acre farm on Deer Greek for Kan
sas City residence properly. The city
property is on Charlotte street, be-
tween 9th and 10th and is valued at
$4,000 Mr. Maiers will yield posses.
sion of the farm, March lss, to Geo E.
the new proprietor, and
will remove to Kansas City sometime
during the summer. We are sorry to
lose go good q citizen as Mr.. Maiers has
been for twenty years or more, but
trust that be may not regret his bar.
gain.
The candidacy Ct Mr.. Oscar Foust
for the office of Supreme Court COM
missioner has been the subject of much
favorable comment from the State
press, and las brought to his support
very strong personal endorsements.
Mr.. Foust is an able lawyer and has
been remarkably successful at this bar.
before which he has practiced for
several years. Inasmuch as there are
nearly 30 candidates for the position he
seeks, his appointment would be high
ly appreciated by his fola friends.
See here! Wheat is cheap and we
,ffer you flour and feed at these prices
Patent" at $500 per hundred pounds.
Bakers" at 81. so per hundred pounds