The Iola register., 1891-07-24


There ought to be 100 county fairs in
Kansas this year.
Diamond Dick carried 5000 in
notes out Of Concordia in exchange for
his physic.
Society at Abilene is divided by two
lawn tennis clubs, both OF which consid-
er themselves ''the people"
Miss Minerva Walker, Of the Harper
Graphic, has been compelled to retire
from the management OF that paper on
account Of i'll health.
By col, ision of q Missouri Pacific
passenger with M. K. & T. freight at
Fort Scott, chair car was upset with
It's thirty passengers, many of whom
were considerably injured, but none
fatally.
Minneapolis has church for every
200 people. The Star says Kansas
City has larger proportion Of churches
than any other city In the United States
but 1t Is slow on base ball.-Ottawa Re-
publican.
Kansas has another new ma gazine,
the "Agora," 9 quarterly, published at
Salina. The first number makes an ex-
cellent showing with q list of contribu-
tors that gives the very best promise
for the future Of the publication.
The friends of Eddie Belden, the
United States prisoner who Is condemned
to be hanged at Wichita July "a, are
depending for the Communication OF sent
ence to imprisonment for life upon the
influence OF Plumb with the president.
Kansas is the third state in the union
in the production Of zinc. How few
dreamed Of such a thing, yet the official
census sent out last week show just that
thing and also that Kaness is tn.
sevepth state In the production of lead.
Will Mckee, who has been running
as fireman on the NJ, K. & T. for the
past eighteen months, has tendered his
resignation and left the service Of the
company to accept q position In the
drug store Of w. G. Holmes in Par
sons.
Some time within the next few days
there is going to be noise out in west
ern Kansas. Uncle Sans rain-makers
are bound thither with . provision OF
explosives sufficient TO stock fair-sized
volcano in active operation.-Kansas
City Gazette.
Richard Lang committed suicide near
Burlington Monday morning, by hang
ing himself In the barn. He was MEM
Der of the I o. o. F., A. o. U. w. and
Modern Woodmen, and carried q life
insurance of 5000. Dependency is
the only cause assigned for the deed.
The fungus which is used by Chan
cellor Snow of the Kansas university
for exterminating chinch bugs Is being
used by Professor Forbes of the Univer-
sity of Illinois for killing cabbage
worms. It is called sporotrichum
gobuliferum, and its name helps to do
the business.
While crossing bridge over Hunt
ress creek last Monday evening, in
Clay Center, threshing machine
owned by w. A. Armstrong went
through and buried under the wreck
the fireman, S. S. Simpson. His body
was recovered, but life was gone. He.
fell about twenty feet He leaves a
large family.
Captain Diehl's old ice house, near
the Fort Scott & Memphis railroad
track just southeast Of the city limits,
was destroyed by fire last Saturday,
supposed to have resulted by a spark
from passing engine lodging in the
thatched straw roof of the building.
The loss was estimated at 81 900 with no
insurance. Mi ror.
How little OF the true inwardness OF a
man is indicated by his outward con-
duct. Young men who are held up as
models in Sunday school behavior at
home will sometimes 60 a hundred
miles away and dive into the depths OF
drunkenness and debauchery for spell
and then come back to continue their
course of deception.
C. B. Horton of Omaha, assistant su-
perintendent of the Western Union
Telegraph company, has found irregu-
larities In the accounts OF Mrs. L. M.
Harker, the companys local manager
at Leavenworth, and has appointed
Thomas j. Farley, the Associated Press
operator, to succeed her. Mrs. Harker
left Leavenworth a month ago to spend
the summer at Assinaboine, Mont.
Wah Sing, q Chinese laundryman,
died the other day at Winfield. He
was buried by three of his own country,
who placed in his coffin all Of his per-
.
razor, brush, q knife and some pieces
of soap. The cot of the deceased and
his bed clothes were buried with him.
As far as known Wah Sing is the first
Chinaman to sleep in Kansas soil.
The presbytery of Neosho, met in
special session last evening in the First
Presbyterian church of Ottawa, to dis
solve the official relations of pastor and
people between Rev. Preston McKin-
ney and the church congregation. Rev.
w. 81. Wyatt of lola, was appointed to
preach for the church next Sabbath
morning. July 10th, at the usual hour
and to declare the pulpit vacant.
The board of trustees Of Lane univer-
sity have elected new faculty for the
ensuing year. Prof. Chas. NJ. Crooke,
late principal of Gibbons Collegiate in
stitute. Nebraska, becomes president;
l. c. Jacoby of lola, professor of Ian
guages; J. S. Brooke of Lecompton,
Massachusetts; w. D. Harper, West
ern college. Iowa, natural sciences; ].
f. Kinsey, Lafayette, Indiana, depart |
ment of music; P. L. Lake, Winfield,
commercial department; ]. R. Cham |
bers OF Chanute becomes general inan- |
cial agent and treasurer
A story from Web Wilder: When
the Kansas legislators met in joint ses-
sion to elect a senator, it was a very
trying moment for Andy Felt, the pre-
siding officer. To make matters worse
the bell on the Catholic church began
to toll. Felt's nerves were all unstrung;
Ingalls, was soon to be defeated; the re-
publican party in minority, and the
bell still tolling. Felt turned to Speak
er Elder to say word while the alli-
ance chaplain offered prayer. "You
must find this a difficult body to pre-
side over" Elder: 1T is the damned