The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-02-12

lettering along Pennsylvania avenu
: in Washington and stopped to look a
/ some books in II booksellers window
: The merchant saw him and beckon
ed him in, saying as he entered, 90
! have sent for those books you ordered
/ Senator, and they will be here in /;
day or two" "My friend" said tn,
Colonel, ~ guess you are mistaken
; Pm from Kansas, and Pm blessed
| sight bigger and better man than Sen
, ator Vest" Only the Colonel didn't
say blessed"
ii. NJ. Miller has received from l.
III. Hartman copy of the Superior
(Wis) Telegram, upon which he has
sketched beer bottle out of the
mouth of which pa" points to this
paragraph:
And Chicago gets the Democratic
convention. That's right-"sweets to
the sweet" Beneficent nature i'm a
prophetic mood saw what the result OF
the Washington meeting would be,
anu ycsttIudN IhOtHiIS cut VII tHlCd-
g0's water supply. When the COM
mlttee heard of the water famine
Chicago was chosen almost unani=
mously.
NeOshO Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
will celebrate the anniversary of the
founding of their order next Friday
evening, February 10, with what they
call In Boston q "sOcial function" In
plain United States that means they
will have a "feed" and good time
generally. The pleasure of the occa-
sion will be heightened by the atten-
dance of the Grand Chancellor, Will
Il. Walker, of Kansas City, who has
promised to he present.
The fourth Quarterly Meeting of the
Nj. +. church of this place will be held
next Saturday and Sunday. Rev. II.
w. Chaffee, Presiding Elder, will
preach Saturday evening and Sunday
morning. Quarterly Conference Sat
urday evening, the regular quarterly
Love-feast and the sacrament of the
Lords Supper on Sunday morning.
( On account of the Love-feast being
held at 10 u. m. on Sunday morning,
the Sunday School will convene at 3
pm.
Miss Lola Smeltzer has been Oblig-
ed, on account of failing health, to
give up temporarily her course at the
Boston Conservatory and is expected
to arrive at home this afternoon, to re-
main until she has again recovered
her strength. While regretting ex-
ceedingly the enforced interruption
of course Oftraining that was accom-
plishing such flattering results, Miss
SmeltZer's home friends will be de-
lighted to have her with them again.
Rev. j. McGaughey has accepted
the call to the Presbyterian church at
this place and will hold his first reg
ular service next Sunday, February
II. His family will remain at their
present home, Ration, y. NJ. until
Spring. The REGISTER is glad to
welcome Mr.. McGaughey as perma-
nent resident of lola and trusts that
his association with the church and
with the people here will be mutually
helpful and pleasant,
IT. Scott Tribune, FEB. I, This
morning the lease conveying the TT.
Scott, Wichita & Western railroad in
to the hands of the Kansas, Colorado
d Pacific, went into effect, and the
road will no longer he known by the
old name. This change necessitated
an entire change of tickets, pamphlets
etc, which caused ticket agent Nor
gan large amount of extra work.
The REGISTER is at work on job
of 1900 blanks, intrlcately ruled,
perforated, printed Oh both sides and
to he bound into 40 books, for the
Order of Select Friends. No similar
work in the printing line was ever
before attempted i'm an Allen county
printing Office and the REGISTER Sc
cured it in competition with Fort
Scott and Lawrence offices.
y. r. NOren, of Humboldt, had
trouble with one of his tenants, Mel
son KindblOn, which resulted in the
arrest of each party on complaint Of
the other on the charge of assault with
a deadly weapon. Mr.. Noren brought
his suit in Cummings court, but be-
fore it came to trial a compromise was
made and all the cases were dismiss
ed.
Frank Travis, of Elm, was i'll town
Monday to take the train for TT. Scott
where he goes to seek his fortune.
We hate to see such boys as Frank
leave Allen county. They are need
ed here and it look. as if there ought
to be room for them. But wherever
they go we hope they will find the
good fortune they deserve.
Our Spring Branch correspondent
reports that John Francis is going to
have a fine brick house built on his
firm up ON Deer Creek and will re-
turn with his family to occupy it as
soon as it is completed. This is good
news to the many Allen county
friends of Mr.. Francis and his estima-
BILE family.
There now lies Oh our table large
and fully matured lemon which was
grown in lola. 1t came from Mrs.
rozar's Oraen house and was Dlucked