The Iola register., 1891-06-26
KANSAS CLIPS AND COMMENTS.

TT. Scott expects to celebrate the
laying of the Court House corner stone
with appropriate pomp and circum-
stance.
Eagle: A good many of the Kansas
farmers who read the Alliance papers
for politics read the Republican pa
pers for news about their crops.
Gov. Humphrey has again recogniz-
ed the young crowd in appointing w.
NJ. Rice, of the Ft. Scott Monitor, one
of the directors of the penitentiary.
Chase County Republican: The ed
itor of the lola REGISTER is such a
radical prohibitionist that he will not
even "wet down" his papers before
printing.
We don't wonder that Will White,
of the ElDorado Republican, is getting
little tired of the old crowd when all
of his articles go around the State
credited to one of them.
Noble Prentis says that verses about
Kansas are like the quality of mercy,
blessing him who gives and him who
receives" Unlike the quality of mer-
cy, however, they are sometimes a lit
tie strained.
Even Wichita people themselves are
beginning to realize the lost and un-
done condition of that city. They
have appointed day of fasting and
prayer "to the end that Gospel influ-
ences may prevail"
\ man named w. Y. Morgan, of
Arkansas, has been elected to an office
iE the national Citizens Alliance
And the editor of the Chase County
Republican is getting up a petition
to have his name changed to Smith.
Speaking of Prof. Canfield's depart
ure, the Clay Center Dispatch says:
"Kansas University suffers an irrep-
arabic loss, and Nebraska University
even a greater gain" The sentiment
is all right, but how about that sen-
tence?
Kansas salt men have brought COM
plant against the railroads for unjust
discrimination in rates. The matter
comes before the Interstate commission
for settlement. If the plaintiffs get
the rates which they demand, Kansas
can control the salt industry in the
United States .... { SIZE
The land office at Oklahoma City
has just decided contest over a claim
near that place In favor of. Henry
Howe, the father of Z. w. Howe, of
the Atchison Globe. Henry Howe is
supposed to be the original of the
character "John Westlock" in the
"Story of Country Town" go Z
Noble Prentis refers to our late un-
pleasantness in the following altar
esquen manner: 80 " ..
"Some years ago there was an ex-
tensive armed Disturbance caused by
different theories respecting the rights
of the State, especially the right of a
State to make holy show of itself by
getting up and going out before the
exhibition was over" --.. ..-
Topeka Journal: Nothing has pro-
duced so much ill-feeling in Lawrence
since the QuantrIll raid as the closing
of the gates of the State Bible school
meeting at Bismarck grove, on Sun
day last. One man was so madr that
he said, "If some folks had their way,
they'dsclose the gates of heaven on
Sunday, 80 .' -,
The latest poetieal Eenturein Kan
sas is "Colleetion1of Kansas Poetry,n
compiled by Miss Hattie Horner, and
offered as premium by II. w. Frost,
editor of the Topeka Lance. Most of
the poems are familiar to Kansas read
ers through the newspapers but it is a
good thing to have them always with
us in some permanent form.
We hear, it reported that Charley
to take d three months trip to Europe
the latter part of this month"; We en-
w Charley his "trip, butcwhat is troub-
ling our mind most is, Where did he
get the ..dough''?i Tt has always been
our understanding that he was devot-'
ing his time wholly to the newspaper
business, but it seems evident to our
mind now that he has also been eBgag-
ed in some business wherein there is
some lucre--Erie BecOfd. r
He has been engaged in nothing else
than the newspaper business; but he
has attended pretty. strictly TO that
And he hasn't "blowed ia'h any of his
hard-earned dollars Oil a ttruso" and
a wedding tour as the rest of you fei-
lows have, .-.--.--
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CHEAP MoENY.- t
u Bowlus has any amount of money
that he can loan on real estate security
at lower rate than can be had any
where else.