The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-13

Y river farmer, sold six hundred bushel
t of potatoes this week to Humboldt
9 merchants for 81 90 bushel. He still
has about six hundred bushels OF
hand. Mr.. Townsend is one of tn,
men who manages to make none,
farming.
r The Southeast Kansas Teachers
Association meets at Fort Scott Marcel
10, 20 and q. A large flag is Offered
to the county which has the larges
percentage Of its teachers in attend
ance, and as we are within easy reach
of Fit. Scott it is hoped that Allen
county may carry off the prize. Fare
is one and one third for round trip.
; An unfortunate difficulty occurred
in the school last Friday between Mr..
Grant Billie and one of the pupils
Rad. Parkinson, as a result of which
the former has been arrested upon
complaint of the parents of the latter
charged with assault. The case is set
for trial before Esquire Cummings, at
nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and
until it il determined the REGISTER
prefers to withhold further comment.
Jesse Smith, colored, hired a gun a
few days ago from A. Ewart and for
got to return it. Mr.. Ewart had 4
warrant sworn out,for.hi arrest but 40
far the officers have been unable to
serve it. They cornered him down by
the river Wednesday, but he jumped
in and swan to the other side and the
officers concluded they didn't want
him. 1t il not known where he IL
now.
During the recent farmers institute
in Marion county, the farmer who
made s. day last season raising corn,
presented the following facts: He
planted nineteen acres, which requir-
ed two days for listing, nine for culti-
waiting and twelve for husking, total
twenty-three days; yield at thirty
three bushels per acre, 627 bushels;
proceeds at % cents bushel, S163.O2;
making an average for each day of
s7.OS.
Rev. w. H. Hyatt will begin Sun
day night a series of twelve lectures
on the Pilgrims Progress, the succeed
ing ones to be given on succeeding
Sunday nights. These lectures will
be illustrated by handsome oil paint
ings, and will doubtless be very inter-
esting. Preparatory to these discours-
es Mr.. Hyatt has already given two
talks OH the life and times of John
Bunyan which have been entertaining
and instructive.
Mr.. Cox announced last week that
he had leased the Allen County Herald
to Mr.. w. a. Bailey, who takes edit
orial and business charge of the paper.
Mr.. Bailey seems very pleasant and
courteous gentleman and he has our
best wishes. The only thing that dis
tresses us il that man who was once
Il good enough Republican to be twice
elected Register of Deeds in WoodsOn
county should have go far fallen from
grace az to find it in his heart to run
straight-out Democratic newspaper.
Charlie Kline has given mp his situa-
ton in Evans drug store, on account
of i'll health, and will take "A rest of
several months. He is now visiting
with his wife in Girard, but they ex-
pect soon to return here for a few days
and then go on to Indiana where they
will probably spend the summer. Mr..
Kline has made great many friends
in lola and everybody hopes he may
completely regain his health. His
place i'm the store will be taken by Miss
Lutte Evans.
Miss l.. \. Minis, who was hers
some weeks ago in the interest of the
G.. y. r. Memorial College, writes Us
that it has been thought best to re-
move the college from Oberlin to Els
worth, Kansas. She also desires us to
ask all who, since Oct. /, 1880, have
sent money to her address, to write to
her at Ellsworth stating the date of
such remittance, the amount and the
form in which the money was sent, as
there is evidence that money TINS sent
has been lost.
Hon. f. H. Funston will probably |
reach home this week. 1t is not too
much to say that az chairman of the |
Agricultural Committee,-a position
which for reasons beyond his control
he will not occupy in the next Con-
gress,-he has done more effective
work and has secured more legislation
favorable to the, agricultural and |
has ever before been done in the same
length of time by any previous chair
man.
Some farmers in Cloud county re-
Gently experimental with dynamite as
a subsOiler. Light charges were plac-
ed in the ground at distances of about
six feet apart. The soil was not ser
ously disturbed at the surface, but in.
vestigation showed that the subsOil |
was broken up and pulverized to a
depth of several feet and left in con-
dition to hold all the water that falls
ON it. The expense for dynamite is
trifling. They think they have made