The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-22

III. Wren, harmless old gentleman
who claims to he searching for u
daughter whom he says was stolen
from him at Kansas City year or
two ago made this office brief call
Wednesday and left 47-page article
on religion which he said we might
publish if we wanted to. He makes
his way over the country on foot and
is very nice appearing old man and
uses good language, but he is AZ crazy
as loon. Being entirely harmless
he is allowed to wander about at will.
Erie Record.
Mr.. Wren's contribution to our
waste basket, on the occasion of his
last visit, was an article on anarchy
and Socialism," He is a very enter
tanning visitor and we are glad to
have him come.
Have there been any grocery fakes
around through Allen county selling
groceries to the farmers ut wholesale
prices?r The Abilene Reflector tells
of Dickinson county farmers buying
a bill of goods amounting to S67. Abb
lene merchants duplicate the bill every
day in the year for so. The fakir sold
sugar at 1926 per hundred. When
the sugar arrived freight had been
added which increased the cost to
$3.50 per hundred, fifty-nine cents in
advance of what Abilene merchants
agreed to furnish it for. Take it one
year with another and the man who
trades with his home merchant is
away ahead.
The county officers believe in pat
ronizing home industry, and as a re-
suit their bills with outside printing
offices are very small. The bill of the
Hamilton Printing Co., Topeka, for
the last quarter was just $500, and in
acknowledging receipt of the payment
the Company addressed to Clerk Eek
ley the following letter:
Dear Sir:-IOurs of the 9th inst. en-
closing 500 to balance account of Al
len county received and proper credit
made. We sincerely hope and fOndly
pray that you will make a better Or
der with us next quarter. We are
just about to starve to death and must
have meat. Yours truly, The Hamil-
ton Printing Co.
Miss Grace Beck gave delightful
party to a few of her intimate friends
last Friday evening. Taffy pulling
was what the old fashioned reporter
might have called the order of the
day, but it was varied by other di-
versions so that the occasion was a
very merry one. The following are
the names of those who were present:
Della Irving, Henrietta Henderson,
Wessie Wise, Anna Thayer, Eliza
Reimert, Fanny Norris, Maude Esse,
Daisy Scott, Adlai Ewing, Richard
Ewing, Willis Henderson.
We publish in full circular which
Supt. Barber has sent out to the
teachers of the county this week, in
regard to the prizes to be given in
oratOry and defamation at the next
meeting of the District Teachers As
sOciation. We hope the recOmenda-
tiOns will be promptly acted upon by
the teachers. The interest that will
be awakened in the school and the
work that will be done by contestants
will amply repay any trouble that
may he taken, whether the prize is
won or not.
Messrs. Spicer and CrOwell came
into town Monday, in spite of the
blizzard, but Capt. Braucher again
failed to put in an appearance so the
organization of the new Board of COM
missiOners was postponed another
week. We understand that Capt.
Braucher is confined to his house by
a severe attack of the grip.
Frank Kelsey is home from Utah
where he holds an important position
as civil engineer, for months visit
with his parents, south of lola. The
REGISTER acknowledges a pleasant
call from himself and his father, the
Captain, on Saturday last.