The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03
KANSAS NOTES.

Whiskey and electric lights are the
municipal issues at Winfield.
Douglass boasts of being the banner
republican county Of the state.
Two hundred Mennonite families will
locate near Eldorado this spring.
An alliance journal called the Crank,
has been started in Jewell county.
Senator Kelley estimates that Kansas
will produce $4,000, 900 bushels of wheat
this year.
Nine-tenths of the Kansas journals in-
dorse the action of the New Orleans
vigilante>.
Mrs. John A. Martin has presented
a portrait of her late husband to the
sons of veterans at Atchison.
Miami county produces a considera-
bic quantity of oil, which is developing
into quite an industry in and about
Paola.
The silver wedding of State Senator
and Mrs. Wheeler was celebrated at
Concordia on the evening of the 2lst, in
delightful manner.
DIR. and Mrs. ]. F. Buck have severed
their connection with the reform school
at Topeka, and have been succeeded by
Mr.. and Mrs. f. y. Pagan.
The shortest proclamation ever issued
by an executive of Kansas was the re-
cent order of Governor Humphrey des-
ignating April 8 as arbor day.
The state university has twenty-tbree
student organizations. Six of these are
societies OF literary character, ten are
frate-nitieS and seven are clubs.
a late dry goods clerk at Leaven-
worth has developed into a dialect
comedian and is playing an important
part in Madame Rhea's company.
A Hiawatha printer has fallen heir
to Sl50,000, which WAS left him by an
uncle. The first thing he did after
coming into his fortune was to quit set
ting type.
The comptroller OF the currency has
appointed Andrew GOOdhOlm of Linds-
borg, receiver of the Second National
bank of Mcpherson, Kas, recently de-
clared insolvent.
VoOdooism still fiourishes in Leaven-
worth. a frame cottage in that town,
occupied by colOred family, is forti-
fed against the evil spirits by trench
extending the entire length of the yard
which is constantly filled with water.
Salina is to have an electric railway
that will cost between $4,000, and
800, 900. and all her citizens are asked
to donate toward it is $4,000 worth o.
real estate. 1t is to be completed %
fore February "a, 1892, possibly befora
July 4, 1891.
Governor Humphrey vetoed the bill
providing for the government of the
state school for the deaf and dumb. 1t
created a special board for this school, !
which had formerly been under the di- !
raction CT the state board of charities. |
The governor was of the opinion that !
the creation of the board was unueces- !
sary and wasteful.
THE following act was published in |
last Saturdays Capital and is now the !
law of the state. 1t is the much talked |
of Sunday Sun act and will doubtless |
stop its circulation:
Section /. Every person or persons
who shall, within this state, edit pub
lish, circulate or disseminate any news
paper, pamphlet, magazine or any
printed paper, devoted largely to the
publication of scandals, lechery, assig-
lntrlgueS between men and
and immoral conducts of per-
son or persons who shall knowingly
have in his Or her possession for sale,
or distribute, or in any way assist in
the sale, or shall gratuitously distribute
or give away any such newspaper,
magazine or printed paper
in this state, shall be deemed guilty of
a felony, and on conviction thereof
shall be punished by Imprisonment in
the penitentiary for a term of not less
than two or more than five years
Section ,. \ publishing or editing in
another state and sending said paper
into this state, shall be deemed, taken
and held to be publishing, editing and
within this state.
Section 3. Thir act to take effect and
be in force from and after its publica-
ton in the official state paper.