The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-06-05
STATE NEWS.

The most graceful dancer in Empori
Is young lady who is entirely deaf an
cannot hear note of music.
The next payment of pensioners vii
be made June 4th, the next August 4th
and every three months thereafter.
John Hutchins of Lawrence, q man
by the way, of much intelligence, be
iieves that Bacon wrote Shakespeare
John Browns. Oldest son is now 4
years ofage. He is grape grower bu
will not sell his frrit for wine making
Mr.. Samuel Workman OF Ramona
who claims to De lO6 years OF AGE. i
supposed to be. the Oldest person il
Dickinson, county.
EmpOria Republican. The attemp
to lmpeach BOtkin was a blunder. Hi.
acqulttal upon the evidence was an
other: And there you have it
A man bought lot on College Hill
in. Wichita Last March for Sl.2UO and
sold it the other day for sl.525. Thi:
cheering incident proves that the Peer
less Princess is sLiil in the ring.
Hutchinson News: An Iowa man has
begun suit to get possession. of eighty
acres OF land in the city of Wichita.
Good farms are to be found probably as
cheap IN that city as elsewhere in the
state
\ man who started to swim from
Winfield to Arkansas City. a distance
OF twenty-five miles, on a wager OF 5000,
made the first three miles in thirty-five
minutes, At last account he was still
in it.
The Beacon, Wichita, gives the fol
lowing report of b score of the COM
Detitive drill participated in by the
uniform rank X. of p, in that city last
week: Galaxy Division o. Pittsburg,
81. 40: Junction City, SS61: ChetODa
Division, SS.2J, and the Newton Divi-
sion. 90.S1.
Professor Kelly has received and
added to the State Normal museum a
very rare bird captured near McPher-
son. 1t is of dark, purplish green col
or, and Is known Is the Glossy Ibis. It
closely resembles the long billed curIew.
and Is usually foand on the sea coast in
a tropical cline.
Three hundred Kansas people, have
gone to Iopolobampo, carrying syear's
provisions where they will generously
donate a years labor on the big ditch
Tor the benefit OF the Sinaloa Invest
ment company. They will then Dor
row enough money of friends and rela-
tlves In this state to bring them back.
One OF the largest real estate trans
ters made in southern Kansas for some
time has just been cOnsummated. Il
was the sale of the O'ConnOr ranch, in
the eastern part OF Cowley county 10
James K. Mulkey of San Francisco.
Cal, by a. CradOck, OF Aurora, III.
The ranch contains 200 acres and
Mulkey paid $4,000 for it.
Arkansas City Traveller: Yesterday
at Winfield there was matched a novel
race. Bob Chettit. an expert swimmer
Of Cincinnati bet $500 that he could
swim to Arkansas City in the Walnut
river IN six hours. At O'Clock yester-
gay afternoon Chettitt took TO the riv-
er at the old mills at Winfield and
started down the swollen Walnut river,
He was accompanied by Charlie Cloud
N boat and who carried his clothes.
Jhettitt experienced considerable trou-
Die IN lodging floating debris but he
arrived at Harmon's bridge at els. hav-
NC swan about thirty miles in five
hours. He had an hour to spare. When
he climbed out ofthe river he was in an
almost exhausted condition that it was
ome time before he recovered suffi-
;iently to dress. Chettitt said that the
OF the river was about three and
me hall miles per hour but it was gen.
rally believed that it was swifter than
hat. DIR. Quinn happened to be at |
lannon's bridge when Chettitt arrived |
nd when he had dressed he rode to the
ANITA Fe depot in the doctors buggy |
nd took the train to Winfield 70 get |
is money.