The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09


faster than could be honestly account
ell 70, and suspecting one of his
neighbors of borrowing" he marked
a number of pieces late one evening.
The next morning the pieces were
gone and search, i'm company with
an officer, discovered them in the
possession of the aforesaid neighbour
well known eolored man. The man
expressed great surprise and didn't
know who i'm the world could have
brung them sticks to my woodpile."
The citizen, being of a benevolent
turn of mind, RETAINED from prosecut-
ing upon the condition that the wood
be returned,-a condition which was
promptly complied with. \ consid-
cradle amount of small pilfering has
been going OH lately, of which this is
a fair sample, and the few who in
dulge in it are pretty well spotted and
would do well to "lOok a leedle out"
Everybody may not be 80 lenient as
the above mentioned prominent citi-
zen was.
Here Is an extract from q private
letter received the other day from Fred
Funston that will be read with inter-
est doubtless by his home friends. 1t
is dated at San Bernardino, California,
Dec. 30. at which point the expedition
for the exploration of Death Valley, to
which Fred is attached, was Outfitting.
After few remarks about the climate
the letter continues: "The people here
have cheerful way Of guying which
il unique and exhilarating. One man
gives Us his lowest rates OH metallic
collins. Others tell over and over to
us the horrible tales of the hundreds
who have gone into the valley never
to return, and of many of those who
did return spending the remainder of
their lives in the insane asylum. All
of which is very bracing. But serious
ly, it is going to be terrible exper-
fence without any doubt. Every man
in the party except myself has insured
his life, made his will and closed up
all his earthly affairs, 80 you see it is
regarded rather seriously" 1t looks
rs If the boy were in for pretty inter
esting trip, but we are guessing that
he comes out on top. 1t is way the
Funston family has.
Mr.. ]. C.. Strong, of Moran, is a skill
full taxidermist and has converted his
house into most interesting natural
history museum. The Moran Herald
gives the following list of his mounted
.pecimens: Zone full grown wolf, one
young wolf, one old fox, one wild cat,
one white and one black rabbit, one
pole cat, one weasel, two white rats,
'ne muskrat, one chipmunk, one jack
rabbit, one squirrel, one ground mole,
one porcupine, two pelicans, one crane,
six owls, one large black and white
Don, one grey loon, one bald eagle,
two divers, one large, black woOdpeck-
Dr., two sap-suckers, one black-bird,
and one oddity in the way of black
bird that is not black but nearly
white, three snipe, one pair CT Cali
fornia quail, two domestic quail, one
four feet long, q deer's
head with very fine pair of horns.
There are, in the whole collection fifty
pieces of birds and animals, and he
,lsO has a case of insects which is
'rly partially complete. Mr.. Strong
began the collection twenty years ago,
near Rockford, Illinois, and has add
I'd to it from time to time, the last
being wild eat and porcu-
pine just received from the mountains
If Colorado. He takes pleasure in ex-
libiting the collection to all of his
friends who may wish to see them"
The action of the Commissioners in
,-de.ing the trustees not to furnish
,offee, tea or sugar to those applying
or temporary relief, except upon
physicians prescription, will be most
alphabetically approved by the tax
payers. a glance at some of the bills
presented this quarter shows that the
rider has not been made any too sOon.
These bills show, for example, that
he county has been furnishing one
amily of two persons an average of o
lollar's worth of sugar month, an
'ther family of three persons nearly
hat much cOffee, and 40 OH. These
.riicles are very nice to have around,
,ut they are not necessary to the sup
'ort of life and the county should GER
ainly not be compelled to furnish
hem in unlimited quantity to whom
Oevec gees fit to apply. The fact is
hat great many of our trustees have
'ee1 too generous in the matter of
furnishing supplies to INDECENT fam
lies. We have heard it frequently
taxed that there were at least two
antilles living at the expense of the
ounty whose tables were better sup
lied than those of many men who
arm their living by hard labor. That
> not right. The REGISTER il of the
pinion that when a person or a FAM
" becomes entirely dependent upon
harity, he or they-except in the
ase of an ex-union soldier-should be
ent to the county farm where they