The Iola register., 1891-05-01

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does a great injustice to Farmer Fun
ston when it says that Judge Botkin
Is the only man in Kansas who would
not he bothered by the noise of a
threshing machine In making a
speech.
Mr.. J. +. Covey, of JohnstOwn, Mo-,
having seen our remarks about the
need of instruction in vocal music
here, writes to say that he will be in
lola soon with the intention of form
ing a class. His terms are low and
we hope he will succeed.
A young man who ought to be in
better business, was on the street Mon
day night exhibiting his strength, and
taking up a collection ON the strength
Of it. He wore a plug hat of the yint-
age of '64, and looked as if his collec-
tions had been rather scattering.
J. w. Marshall left Thursday eve
ming for a visit to lola. on business.
and from there expected to return
to Quincy, Ill.-LdCygRc Journal.
Mr.. Marshall called at this Office
during his stay here. The editor re-
grets that he was not i'm at the time.
Mrs. +. III. Root and her daughter,
Miss Eflie, expect to start Monday to
California where they will make their
home for a year or two and perhaps
permanently. Their lola friends
greatly regret their departure, but
wish them safe and pleasant jour-
ney.
Our strawberry growers say that
the prospect for IL large Weld of this
luscious fruit was never better than it
is now. In fact the prospect for all
kinds of fruit, small and large, is ex-
ceptionally fine. Kansas will live
well this summer whether she makes
any money or not.
The Good Templars elected officers
at their meeting last Monday night as
follows: III II. Evans, G.. T.; Jennie
Mcneil, V. t.; May Ewing, c.; John
Henderson, Sec; Lutte Evans, +. s.;
J. J Casmire, Treas; Frank Travis,
Marshall; Nellie Warner, Guard;
Maynard Bush, Sentinel.
G.. w. Moore has bought the resi-
dence of Mr.. l.. III. Hartman, i'm the
southeast part of town, and expects to
gain possession about June first. Mr..
Hartman's family will spend the sum-
mer i'm Chicago, while he ex pects to
90 to a health resort OH Lake Superior.
Their many lola friends will exceed
ingly regret their departure.
The Horticultural Society will hold
a picnic-meeting at the home of A. l..
Harmon the second Saturday i'm May.
Aside from having a good time the
special object of the meeting is to
make arrangements for holding the
regular spring strawberry and flower
and Mr.. Harmon requests that eleven
o'clock be understood as the hour of
meeting.
Sieber & Cos. circus and their gor-
geous parade will make the streets of
our town lively on the morning of
April 9TH. They will give two per-
formances on that day-afternoon and
evening-and their coming is welcom-
ed by all. The performance is said to
he of the best, their elephant, "Tohe,"
the largest on earth and the parade
the richest and most dazzling of any
now travelling i'm this country. Come
to town early and don't miss the pa
rade.
The Probate Judge has received no
tice from the Superintendent of the
Insane Asylum at Osawatomie that
James III. Golf will be exchanged for
James Abrams, and the exchange will
be made soon Mr.. Abrams was
brought home some time ago under
the belief that he might be cared for
by his family, but he has lately be-
come violent and unmanageable and
. is.f 70 i'm,
to the asylum. Mr.. Goff is harmless
and will be cared for at the poor farm.
Hon. T.. III. Funston returned last
Friday from the Republican League
Convention at Cincinnati, and speaks
in glowing terms of the splendid en-
thusiasm that marked the meeting,
and says he comes back stronger
Republican and prouder of his party,
if that were possible, than ever. He
brought with him, and kindly left at
this office, one of the American made
tin plates that were distributed
among the delegates, as tangible and
visible evidence that the Mckinley
bill has already given birth to a new
industry.
The street commissioner is now at
work Oh a new scheme to drain the
pond west of the square: That is to
open ditch to the ravine north of
Colborn's store. 1t has been found
by survey that 13 inches is the deepest
cut that will have to be made to take
the water i'm this direction and it is
believed that problem that has vex-
ed rybody for the last 20 years is
at last solved. AS a part of the plan
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out to the proper limit of the street so
that the ditch will not be filled up by
traffic across it.
o, the blooming trees are swishin'
And the pretty maid is wishin'
For her lover, near the lilies in the lane;
And the plowman's Is voice is ringin'
And the million birds are singin',
And the fsh-the fish are biting once again,
The fields of fern and clover
by a storm of milk white daises and the like;
And the soOty crows are wrangln'
And the editor is anglin';
News is scarce, /" axi half the conntry,s on
strike! Stolen.
About fifteen members of the 1. o.
o. +. Lodge No. q, twenty-five men,
bers of Rebekah Lodge and half doz-
Ell visitors, accompanied by the ladies
band, went to Chanute last Monday to
help the. Lodge at that place celebrate
the 72nd anniversary of Odd Fellow
ship. The Lodges from numerous 9TH
er towns had been also invited, and
had numerously responded so that
there was probably the largest gather
ing of Odd Fellows ever assembled in |
Southern Kansas. Our folks were cor
daily received and were shown every |
possib attention. The ladies band
attracted many admiring glances
and were highly complimented on
their music, great many critics pro-
nounced it the best of any of the four