The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-10-02
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Mrs. Lease is known on the Santa Fe
as No. 2,7lS. That's the number OF her
pass
There is not vacant house in Bal
dwin City. That is what Methodism
will do for town.
A Garden City man dug fifty bushels
of sweet potatoes from patch of ground
50xl40 feet.
The undertakers must be at the bot
tom of the scheme to fix up cellar for
a school room at Hlawatha
There are thirty-two divorce cases
docketed for the supreme term of the
district court in Leavenworth county.
Ten insane members of the soldiers
home at Leavenworth were taken to
! Washington for treatment in the home
here, last week
All of the ex-governorS of Kansas are
still living with the exception of Thorn
as Carney. n. Green, John A. Martin
and John z. St John.
Parson Irvine, who is so often quoted
in the AtchisOn papers, is a real per-
sonage. He has black skin and an
exceedingly virile tongue.
Ten negroes were killed on Tuesday
in Oklahoma. The colOred man who
has a mule and a watermelon patch in
Kansas ought to stay there.
4 strange disease is killing the COWS
in Leavenworth. 1t takes the form of
a malignant fever and does its work
with expedition and certainty.
The state Baptist convention of Kan
sas will be held in Atchison in Octo-
Der. A good many of the best people
in AtchisOn believe in immersion.
The packing house at Wichita has a
more hopeful expression since the Ger
man government has removed the en-
barge against the American hog.
Tell Walton of the Lincoln Republi-
can has been compelled to take charge
of his old property, the Caldwell Jour
nal, pending probable sale of the
Office.
A rattlesnake was killed near the
court house in Meade the other day.
The local druggists are taking a great
deal of pains to give publicity to the
incident.
This is about the way the matter
stands: If f. n. Morrill, wants to be a
candidate for governor next year there
will not be much of a chance for any
other republican.
Eugene f. Ware had his passage en-
gagged to accompany Peck and Rossing-
ton to Europe: but one of his clients in
New York got out a restraining order
and kept him at home.
Lawrence Journal: The Kansas City
court fined. imprisoned and removed
from Office Judge Ganzhorn. who had a
humorous habit of holding court when
he was under the table.
Governor Robinson has tried to be
perfectly fair to Jim Lane in his new
book-"The Conflict of Kansas" But
there are some things in this world that
are much easier than others.
David Long languishes in the John
son county Jail, charged with arson by
Mrs. Galbreath. Mrs. Galbreath, who
resides east of Olathe, was burned out
on the evening OF the 30th of August.
For the first time in the history of
Kansas the number of teachers appears
TO be greater than the number of
schools, and the state normal at En-
poria is constantly adding to the sur
plus.
One of the new professors at the uni
versity astonished the class recently by
the following question: "Who dragged
whom about the walls OF what, when,
where, why and under what circum-
stanceS?"
Jerry Simpson is disappointed be-
cause the attendance at the alliance
picnics is not as great this year as it
was last. AS matter OF fact the farm
ers Of Kansas are too busy making
money this fall to give any time to the
calamity howlers.
Someone In writing about the pluck
energy and independence OF Kansas
women says: A Woodlawn woman lost
her husband some years ago, since
which time she has kept house and done
all the work of q 100 acre farm. Her
Oldest boy is now but IA years old.
An Atchinsou woman conducts
an ice business, manages farm and, be-
sides doing her homework single
handed and alone, has plenty OF time
for charitable and neighborly deeds of
kindness. A Fort Scott wo-
ports herself as real estate agent.
= A Lawrence girl supports her
self as successful horse trainer. =
A woman in Sabetha is licensed
preacher. A Cottonwood girl
conducts bank, assisted by her broth
er. One of the best lawyers
in Kansas is woman. A wo-
man hustles for local items on the Wich-
tia Beacon and makes a first-class re-
porter. The most successful
real estate agent in Leavenworth wears
cOrsets and petticoats. A
prominent stock dealer in Kansas has a
wife who can beat him out of sight
guessing the weight of bunch of steers.
= One of the most prominent
lawyers in central Kansas would have
been a pauper if it were not for his
wife, who takes care of the money and
looks aftethe business.