The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-02

81 An order has been received Tor TN
admission of Clarence Claiborne to tn
Insane Asylum at Osawatomie ant
he will be taken there next Monday
1t is hoped that with proper treat
ment he may coon recover his mind.
There is a girl in lola who chew
gum nearly all the time. The othe
day she happened to stop for minute
and man who was looking at he
said, "Why, how pretty she is!"-ant
, he had seen her every day for months
Have you noticed that new depar
/. ture at Anderson & DeClute's? The.
|, have added blankets to their stool
and are selling them at astounding
prices. Two good gray blankets TO
% cents! Think of it. Go and se'
them.
Mrs. Lou Major and daughter
Maud, of Sedgwick City, Kansas, ar,
visiting at H. T.. Thomas They
started from Sedgwick City ii year agt
!. and went to North Dakota thence t
Indiana and are now on their way
home.
John \. Christy will sell at publ,
auction mt his farm miles north o
lola at 10 o'clock on Wednesday, Jan
-, 1891, horses, cows, steors and heifers
calves. hogs and farming implements
For terms and particulars see bill:
from this Office. Hapes, auctioneer.
Mr.. +. J. Kenney, "a well-knowr
lawyer of Usage Mission who was in
lola last Saturday on business, fell
from the train on his return home and
was killed. He was prominent and
influential man i'm this part of the
State and his death is much deplOred
Thayer & Gilmore are handling coaI
at the old stand, and solicit share OF
your patronage. All persons knowing
themselves indebted to them are urged
TO call and settle by cash or note, as il
Is absolutely necessary that their
books should be closed by February /
1891.
| X. g. Star: Fre1 Funston, son OF
Congressman Funston, has gone to
California, where he will join a party
engaged in the geological survey.
Freddie is mild-mannered little fel-
low, who resembles his father about
as much as piccolo resembles how
itzer.
w. III. Root is now settled in his
new shop, at the COutant building
and sOlicits the patronage of those
needing the services of a first-class
timer. Spouting, roofing and sheet
iron work done promptly and at
reasonable rates. Satisfaction guar
anteed.
We made brief mention last week
that J. +. Hardin had been allowed a
pension. The allowance came under
the new law and is the first one to get
through in this county we believe.
Application was made through L. =.
StOveI just five months ago. That is
pretty quick work.
OHdmu Republican: The lola REG
ISTER has found a citizen who "has
not read" that paper f two years,
but who borrows it regularly i'm order
to find fault with it. We couldn't
cry for sure but we think that speci-
men of noble character has been skulk-
ing around Ottawa after dark.
Louis Thayer has just returned from
South Dakota where he has been en-
plOyed on an engineering corps for the
past nine months, 1T is his first visit
home FOR more than two years and his
friends are delighted to see him. He
returns. after the holidays, to Lincoln,
Neb., to resume his studies i'm the I'm
iversity.
Why was the custom of making and
receiving New Year calls allowed to
die out? 1t was a good old fashion
that had good cheer and good wishes
and good fellowship i'm it, and it
ought to have been kept alive. 1t IL
too late for this year, but suppose that
next year we revive it here in lola,
and try it again.
We wonder if there are any old
fashioned families left where the chill
dren cry out "Christmas Gift" to the
rest of the folks the first thing oil
Christmas morning? We know o
man who, when he was Il boy, used to
get up about two o'clock every Christ
mas morning 20 he could yell "ChriSt-
mas GIFT" ahead Of all the rest.
The Topeka Weekly Capital from
now until.J /, 1892 and the REG
IsTER for one year for 500. The
Weekly Capital will contain the most
complete reports of the organization
and proceedings of the coming Legis-
lature that will be published, besides
all the news of Kansas and the Capt.
tai city. No Kansan should be with
out it.
There has been fight at last in the
Indian country. On Monday the Sew
enth Calvary attempted to disarm the
Big Foot band. Instead of giving up
their arms the Indians opened fire on
the troops at close range. The result
was that the band, something more
than 200, were exterminated, men,
women and children Twenty-Five
soldiers were killed and about 35
wounded.
Have our advertisers taken note of
the fact that, beginning with the next
issue, the REGISTER is to he sent to
nearly every school in the county?
and if so, have they reflected how
much that adds to it's value as an adj
vertising medium? School children
read every line in a newspaper, and
what they read in school they talk
about at home.
Come ill up your glasses
with red wine and white
With q cheer for the New Year
that comes in tonight.
Drink Drink!
Then put down your glasses
and lower your head
With sigh and a tear for the year
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