The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-02-20

!. now offer my customers the most com.
plete line of stoves in this market
This includes the Superior and Charter
Oak cook stoves, the Round Oak heat
er and the Quick Meal gasoline-all
acknowledged to be the very best oil
the market. 1 shall continue to carry
a complete line of shelf hardware.
cutlery and tinware and solicit the
patronage of the public. W. l.. Bar
tells.
A large number of their lola friends
as we'll as numerous country neigh
bors responded on last Saturday after
noon to the invitation of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Greene to help them celebrate
their silver wedding. Mr.. and Mrs.
Greene own a fine farm about four
miles west of town every part of
which gives evidence Of careful man
agement. The residence is coy and
comfortable and the unaffected
warmth and cordiality of the greeting
that meets every visitor at the door
puts him at once ut his ease. The
company Saturday proved to be
most congenial one aid it enjoyed ev-
cry minute of the time. A sumptuous
repast was served during the after
noon, the discussion of which occu-
pied 10 little part of the time. A sill
Yer tea set, fruit dish, knives and
forks and other handsome and valu-
able gifts were left by the guests as
tokens of their esteem and mementOes
of visit which the guests themselves,
and we hope the host and hostess
also, will long remember as one of I'M
alleged enjoyment.
The negro, Simpson West, who is
in Jail awaiting trial for stealing hors-
es in ElsmOre township, has been
making Sheriff Hobart lot of trouble
lately. Soon after being arrested he
attempted to break Jail and the sheriff
was obliged to confine him i'm cell. |
He was quiet enough after that until
about two weeks ago when he told
Mr.. Hobart that he was going to get |
out of that Jail If he had to kill some
body, or get killed himself, and since
then he has made several attempts to |
break out of his cell. Last Saturday |
night he broke up chair that hap
pened to be within reach and set fire
to it. One of the other prisoners dis
covered 1t and gave all alarm which
brought Harmon Hobart down stairs
with a bucket of water by which the
fire was extinguished. The next day
the sheriff heard a great noise and
going into the Jail found that West
was using the pieces of chair leg
which had not been consumed by the
fire as wedges, pounding them with
the chair bottom into the crack at the
side of the door trying to wedge it off
its hinges. They were driven in 80
tightly that the sheriff had to get an
axe to drive them out. But the Gull
mination came Monday when the
darkey broke up his iron bedstead
and made an assault OH the door with
one of its side rails. He was striking
blows when Harmon Ho-
bart came into the corridor and or
dered him to desist. Instead of doing
so he redoubled his efforts. Seeiug
that the door would soon be broken
down and knowing that he had
desperate man to deal with Mr.. HO-
bart drew his revolver and fired three
shots at the negro. The first two he
fired wild but as the pound
ing was still kept up the third bullet
was sent little nearer, cutting the
negro's clothing and scratching his
side. The man wilted at once cried
put that he was killed and called for a
doctor. Doctor Scott was summoned
and upon examination found that the
bullet had barely grazed the skin.
was taken of the oppor-
tunity to remove from his cell the
pieces of bedstead and everything else
hat could possibly be used as a weap-
IN, and the sheriff expects 10 farther
rouble. The under sheriff, Mr.. Har-
non Hobart deserves credit for his
,oolness as if he had been little
nervous or very much frightened he
night have killed the prisoner, which
would have been unfortunate, how
,ver justifiable.