The Iola register., 1891-07-10

| A new party has come to the from
down i'm Warren county, Tennessee
1t is called the Farmers Reliance
and has the following short and em
phatic PLATFORM: "Work hard tel
hours IN the day. Work 800 days il
the year. Never 90 to town withou
carrying something to sell. And new
er buy anything without paying for it
The "Reliance" farmers have evident
Iy nothing in common with the Al
lance party. They do not expect tC
be supported by the Government ant
If they carry out this platform they
will be abundantly able to supper
themselves.
Among other rows at Humboldt Sat
urday was one which may result in thu
death of one of the parties. A white
man named Jonathan McI.ain, an eX.
convict, was cut by Ed. Gilbert, (col
Ored), of lola. McLain fired several
shots at the negro but he escaped tC
the Southern Kansas depot. McIIair
and his brother Ed. followed him. The
latter struck Gilbert on the back oi
| the head with baseball bat, knock
ing him down. He was unconscious
for q long time and it is thought viii
not recover. McLain escaped.
The Hutchinson NeTs contains a
very complimentary notice of our new
principal, Mr.. Pickens and wife in re-
gard to their Institute work there.
.Mrs. Pickens has made a special study
of this department of teaching. She
has charge of most of the "prOfession-
al" work of the Institute beside the
recitations i'm bookkeeping, drawing,
geography, history and music. Mr..
Picken has charge of the scientific ex-
periments, and of the classes in physi-
ology, physics, calisthenics and or
biography.
Those who were so fortunate as to
hear Hon. +. H. FupstOn's speech at
Moran last Saturday, speak very en-
Enthusiastically of it. 1t was all ill.,
structive resume of the history of our
country, showing the immense prog
ress in material prosperity, in educa-
tional lines, and i'm the stability and
character of its institutions. Mr.
Funston thinks that we of the present
day and generation have much to be
thankful for. The Grafton was full of
instruction for the young and appealed
to the patriotism of all.
The students and teachers at the
Normal Institute were rendered an in
formal reception Monday night by tie
Epworth League at the Methodist
church. Rev. Freed made short adj
dress of welcome, to which Supt. Bar
ber responded. The remainder of the
set program consisted of declamations
by Misses Cowan, Myler, Rickets and
Welch, which were well received. The
rest of the evening was very enjoyably
passed in renewing old and making
new acquaintances.
Work has been commenced on the
the Presbyterian church, and the con-
gregation has secured the A. o. U. w.
nall, in which the meetings will be
held regularly until the completion of
the new church building. In the alb
sence of Rev Hyatt there will be no
preaching service next Sunday, but
Sunday School and young peoples
meeting will be held at the usual
hours. All strangers in the city are
invited to attend the Christian En-
deavor meeting at 7:l5.
1 have loaned the following books
and have lost track Of them; anyone
finding any of them in his possession
will please report to me: "The Fight
Of Faith" by Stopford Brooke; Lights
and Shadows in the Life of Faith,n by
Tweedie; "Able to Save" name of
author not known; "Strange Tales
from Humble Life,n by ]. Ashworth.
And oblige w. II. Hyatt.