The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-05-15


ogfce South of Bank Main Street
Would not almost anybody judge
from that card that Mr.. Ritter is a
| lawyer? Besides this we noticed q
little while ago that Mr.. Ritter ap-
peared as counsel for one of the par
| ties to a law suit at Moran. Would
not almost anybody take man to
be a lawyer who advertises himself as
an attorney and practices law before
the courts? And then as to his place
of residence: We noticed that he
resigned his office as clerk of a school
district i'm Allen county some months
ago, OH the ground that he had re-
moved from the county. Then we
noticed from his professional card that
he has an office on Main street, Bron-
son. And besides that we learn from
citizens of that town that he holds the
office of justice of the peace for Marion
township, Bourbon county, and that
he is also police judge for the city OF
Bronson. We didn't suppose that a
conscientious young man like our
friend Ritter would advertise himself
as a lawyer and practice i'm the courts
as lawyer when he was not. And
we didn't suppose that a man could
hold two municipal offices i'm Bourbon
county and still be resident of Allen.
And so we remarked in a good-natur-
ed way that it was little funny that
the Allen county Alliance should
have made a Bourbon county man
and a lawyer its President. But We
must have been mistaken for Mr.. Rit-
ter says himself he is not a lawyer,
and he also says that he is still farm
| ing in Allen county; and he surely
ought to know. So we take it all
back, and make Mr.. Ritter our hum
blest apologies for having uninten-
tionally misrepresented him.
The city school teachers load5l
themselves into McNutt's express
wagon and drove over to Jones' grove
Wednesday afternoon to have a sort
of farewell frolic before parting for
the summer They are likely to be
pretty widely scattered in few
weeks. Prof. whitehill, while max.
| ing lola his headquarters, will visit a
good deal in different parts of the
State. Miss Williams will return to
her home in Lawrence. Miss Crosby
will visit friends in Ohio. Mrs. Arch
ibald will go to Chanute. Miss White
will visit her sister i'm Chicago and
probably go to her old home i'm Ind
lana. Miss Thayer will go to Nebras-
ka to see her brother and other rela-
tives. The others will stay at home
most Of the time, although nearly all
have planned some little excursion.
Wherever they may go or stay the
patrons of the school will wish them
the happy and restful vacation their
faithful service has so well deserved.
The meeting of the Horticultural
Society at Mr.. Harmon's last Satur-
day was a very successful gathering
large number of persons being pres
ent and the day most pleasantly
spent. The Society has decided to
hold strawberry and flower show
date and place to be announced here
after, and committees were appointed
to secure premiums and make other
arrangements. 1t was also to hold q
chrysanthemum and fruit show next
fall, to which exhibitors from all over
the county should be invited and lib
eral premiums offered. Announce
ment is made thus early in the hope
that special effort will be made by
fruit aud flower culturists to make
this exhibition the most complete and
successful the Society has yet given.
The next meeting will be held the
second Saturday in June in PancOast's
grove.
At the meeting of the city council
Monday night bills against the city
wera allowed "a follows.