The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-05-29

| furnished a few hours oil dellgntfr
entertainment for the fortunat
guests. The house was handsomel
decorated with roses, the compan
was congenial, several new device
for entertainment were introduced
refreshments were served,-as resul
of all of which the evening was O YER
happy one. The following are tn
names of those who were present
Mrs. A. w. and Miss Blanche Al
len; Misses Pickell, Wright, Parmen
ter, Peterson, Evans, Ellis, Hankins
Mcclure, McNiel, Rowland, Sadi
and Beulah Reimert; Messers Evans
Wood, Marley, Scott, Bert McNiel
Greene, Hankins, Horville.
MARRIED: At the Union Hotel
Tuesday May 26, 1891, Mr.. Charles II
Beaumont, of New York, and Mis-
Adele Bertha Cox, of lola, Rev. A. S
Freed officiating. The bride Is tn
and has lived with them from child
hood, and has indeed borne thei
name being better known as "Dell:
Harris" than by her own name. TIL,
groom is, we understand q CONNER
cial traveller. They went to Parsons
Wednesday morning, and after visit
iting at various places during tn,
summer expect eventually to make
their home in California.
Chris Ritter is the most unreason
able man we ever saw. Two weeks
ago we made him what we thought
was an all-wool, yard-wide apology fol
saying that he was lawyer and lived
at Bronson, but he still keeps ham.
mering away at ns. Some people are
mighty hard to suit. Mr.. Ritter kick
ed when we said he was lawyer
Then we took that back and said he
was not lawyer, and still he kicks.
Maybe he wants us to say he never
was a lawyer and never will be. II
that is what he wants why there 1t
stands. And if he will only tell us
where he does or does not live we will
say that too. We study to please.
The graduating exercises of the
Humboldt High School were held
Tuesday evening and attracted a large
audience. The following are the
names of those who went down from
lola: Misses Welch, Wright, McNiel,
Bruner, Davis, Taylor,
Bostwick, Ewart; Mrs. p.
HI. Moore; Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Il. Bar
Der; Messrs. H. A. Ewing, A. w.
Lutte Slower, Walter Jones,
Will Hartman, Lev. Bostwick, Vinton
Moore, Arthur Cunningham, Chas.
Moore, Horville, Bartels, Irving and
Cox. They report an interesting pro-
gram and a good time all around.
Mr.. Edward Fullington, and d. P.
Greeley, brother and cousin of Mrs.
F. Atkinson, and both large land
owners near Yates Center, were visit
ing here Wednesday and Thursday.
They were much pleased with lola,
and especially 80 with the Mckinley
prices at which our merchants are
selling sugar, each of them taking
home 100 pounds of 1t because they
found they could get 20 pounds more
han they could have got from their
nome merchants for the same money.
Prohibition in Kansas has been
again upheld. This time it comes i'm
he shape of u decision from the Su-
Dreme Court of the United States,
which holds that the original package
aw passed by Congress is constitu-
ional and that it was not necessary
or Kansas to re-enact its prohibitory
aw after the passage of the Congress-
onal act, in order to shut out liquors
n original packages. This Is a revers-
j of the decision of the lower court.
Humboldt Herald: Mr.. Geo. Wag.
.oner, who has been out in Washing
on for eight years past, came home
sunday on visit to his father, Mr..
frank Waggoner, and his sisters,
Nary and Louie. Mr.. Waggoner is
,adly crippled. He fell from the top
# a car, In January last, and came
within an ace of being killed. He
vas agent at town there, and was
the placing of some
ars ON the side-track.
The official notice of the meeting of
he Board of Equalization ON Monday,
une l, appears this week. The COM
nissiOners especially request all tax
ayers who have reason to believe
hat mistake has been made in their |
or who are dissatisfied |
rom any cause, to appear before the
oard at this meeting and have the
natter settled, as it will be much |
lore easily done now than at later
ate.
The threatening weather doubtless
ccounted for the rather small aud
snce at the w. G. Il. U. meeting last
unday evening. An interesting
rogram was presented, however,
of an essay on the Life and
Work of Mrs. Mary Leavitt, by Mrs.
I. Hankins, brief address by Revs.
reed, Hyatt and Sumner, and q rec
alton by Miss Ella Ewart,-all of
hitch was much appreciated.
We have a letter from a Chicago
hilanthropist who says that If all J
hose expecting to attend the Worl5,s |
air will send him their mare and adj
ress he will find a room that can h.
ad for Sl.00 a day and reserve il for
hem so that.when the time eOmesthey
an go directly to it, The philanthro-
ist does all this at his own expense.
-ddFess II. II, Haaff, Chicago.
The street commissioner desires to
i've notice that all property owners
lust repair their sidewalks and trim
P their trees so that they will not
for any obstruction to passers by.
ny of this work that remains undone
y June 6 will be done by the street
and taxed up to the
IT'S. By order city council.
Mr.. I. Port received notice that he
ad heen granted q pension under the
eW law. His application was put in
N months ago and the pension will
egin from that time. He receives
re full allowance, Sla a month. The
ension is we'll deserved and all his
lends are glad he gets it.
Miss Ella Cowan returned home
'ednesday for the summer vacation,
aving finished her years school
ork at Wellington.