The Iola register., 1891-10-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

county rivals In interest and excite
ment the state canvass in New York.
Congressman Funston ought to hav
been eating paw-paws when he declare,
that the soldier who votes the people
ticket deserves to lose his pension.
The Kansas City Gazette has a re
cord OF the date of killing frosts in Kan
sas for seventeen years past. The car
liest was in 1888, on October Sd, ant
the latest in 1882, November 18th.
\ pipe organ, valued at s4oO, was re
Gently knocked down at the Santa Z,
sale of unclaimed freight at Topeka fo
$40. What chance that would have
been for struggling church with al
amateur choir.
John Fler denies that he was bitter
on the finger by fish but that the
wound came from having a fish bont
run into it. There is no danger OF los
ng the finger by amputation.-LeSssn-
worth Standard.
Within few weeks the Spooner es
tate which was bequeathed to the Kan
sas state university, will be settled up
What's the matter with using the pro.
oeeds for the construction of a stree
car line on the gentle slope of Mount
Dread?
The Seventh cavalry has been pre-.
sented with handsome flag on which
is q representation of the famous war
eagle ''Old Ace" so we'll known to the
vetrans OF the northwest. The head.
quarters of the Seventh are now at
Fort Riley.
There have been three couples mar.
ried in Brown county during the pres
ent year between 80 and 10 years old.
One man recently assumed the cor jugal
relation at the age of so years. People
never get too old in Kansas to fall In
love or to run for Office.
f. L. Vandegrift, who has been
prominent on the Globe for several
years, has accepted . position on the
Kansas City Star, where some OF the
brightest lights of the country shine.
Mr.. Vandegrift has made his mark on
newspaper journalism of the west.
The Kansas Central mixed train that
went out at o'clock this morning was
partly derailed between here and Eas-
ton. Two freight care left the track,
which caused the train several hours
delay. Noone was hurt.-Leavenworth
Standard.
The crumbling bones of William Nc
Croty, Bender victim whose relatives
were never apprised Of his fate, were
brought from Ladore to Parsons the
other day and buried In Oakweod GEM
etery in the latter city. The skull
showed that it had been crushed in by
one OF the hammers used by the inhu-
man butchers.
Judge Phillips in his instructions to
the jury. in the case of the United
States vs. J. d. Smith, tried at Leaven-
worth, held that pension agent receiv-
ing excessive fees for the prosecution
Of claims before the pension depart.
ment, under the guise of a gratutity
was guilty of fraud under the law so
made and provided.
A woman bought fifteen buttons in a
Girard dry goods store at a It apiece
the other day. Next day sh. stopped
in for some skirt braid, costing 4 cents,
and for payment presented three Of the
buttons bought on the previous day aud
a cent. The storekeeper says that he
has had thirty years experience in the
business, but this kind of legal tender
Is absolutely new to him.
Work on the east pier of the new NJ,
K. & T. bridge has been begun. An
as low as the bed OF the
river was made and the bottom is being
driven full of oak piles. Masonry will
be built on top of that. The company
now has under construction eighteen |
bridges along the line, all as long at
east as the one being put over tie |
Marmaton here. The superstructures |
are all steel.
Mrs. John A. Halderman of Leaveu-
worth, has filed suit for divorce from |
her husband. Halderman is rarely at |
home. He began life in Kansas as pri-
'ate secretary to Governor Reeder,
coming from Kentucky in 1854. He |
vas in the newspaper business In terri
orial days, has been member OF the
Kansas state senate, and was appointed
" General Grant minister to Siam.
The family are very rich and have al
Ways been prominent.
1t is wonderful the amount of wheat
here is in this country. The Conway
springs Star says that for over two
months the numerous threshing ma
hines have been constantly busy In the
surrounding territory, yet their work
S hardly perceptible on the thousands
# stacks OF wheat yet to be threshed.
over in Eden township the farmers OF
whole neighborhoodS are clubbing to-
tether and are Offering special induce
nents to machines to come and thresh
heir wheat.-Anthony Republican.
The Grand Lodge 7. o. o. F., for
which met this year at Hutch
nson. selected Fort Scott as the next
lace of meeting in 1892, and elected
he following grand officers: Grand
lastcr, DR.. NJ. B. Ward. Topeka; dep
ty grand master, II. W. Pond, Fort
cott; grand warden, w. B. Patterson,
luscota: grand secretary, John A.
'right, Abilene, grand treasurer, L.
:. Stine, Ottawa; grand representative
D Sovereign Grand Lodge, A. L. Voor,,
The following incident is related by
ian who knows all about the facts in
he case: When Mauvel succeeded
trong as president of the Santa Fe it
Tas the intention to let out Peck as
eneral solicitor and the new president
ad even selected man for the place.
'ut upon meeting Peck, Manvel was so
leased with him that he speedily gave
p the idea Of making a change and
that there would not be very
luch use in trying to operate the road,
t least in Kansas, without the genial ,
ieorge.
Perhaps no county in the state can
how more bridges than Bourbon
ounty has in the same area. The
ounty is now constructing FIVE averag-
1g 120 feet in length in different parts
I the county. A new one of about
hat length has just been put over the
I'm street cut by the Missouri Pacific
Ompany. Within about three miles.