The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-06-24

Chester Cowan was In town Friday
/ between trains on his way from Win
/ field to Denver, to which latter place
I he has Just been promoted. The VIM
field Courier gives Mr.. Cowan the
/ following very complimentary notice:
I C. l. Cowan. the gentlemanly agent of the
Pacific Express Company, will leave soon for
/ Denver, Colorado where he goes to accept pc:
sition as night depot agent for the Pncinc and
regret that the Courier bids farewell TO MI
Cowan lie has been one of the most quiet I'M
obtrusive aud strictly business young men IN
the city In his business capacity he has held
/ the esteem of our business men. In society
circles he was recognized as gentleman worthy
of an introduction to the best members. Mr.
| Cowan leaves US but ii is with pleasure that we
note his transfer to a better position.
The letters written to the REGISTER
by the editor from Mexico four years
ago, and from Europe last summer
have been collected and published in
book form under the title Letters"
The printing was done in the REGIS
TER office and the binding by Geo.
| w. Crane of Topeka. The result Is
quite a handsome volume Of 30 pages.
/ 1t is for sale in lola by Evans Bros,
or it will be sent to any address by
mail, post paid, on receipt of price,
which is Sl.00 for the cloth binding
and 80 cents for the paper binding.
Married at the residence of the brides moth.
! er one mile south of Scammon, Sunday, June
/ II bv Rev J. F. Eubanks Walter /. Croker to
| Miss COrdelia Reno After the Methodist Epis.
| cOpal ceremony was performed, the happy cou-
| pie were congratulated by those. present, after
which refreshments were served. Mr. Croker
! is in the employ of the Gulf railroad company;
is young man of much worth and one OF
scampOns most PoPqIar, b Young men the the
! has host Of friends. The young people are
thoroughly well mated. We can only wish
them long, happy, and prosperous life May
! there be just enough clouds IN their sunshine 70
make life real .-iScdmmon GLOBE
Mr.. Croker has many friends In lola
who will join the REGISTER in hearty
congratulations and good wishes.
Lew Edmundson, one of the old
timers in Allen county but for some
wears past a resident of Colorado, was
i'm town few days this week. He
expects to 90 on down into Missouri
and Arkansas, but will return In q
short time and spend three or four
weeks visiting old friends. Mr.. Ed
mundsOn says that, although he has
been away for several years he can't
get over the feeling that he belongs
in Allen county.
1t used to be thought that neither
timothy nor currants could be raised
| in Kansas, but our friend, A. Vande-
grift, of the Usage, brought us in some
samples of both Wednesday that are
surely as fine as can be grown any,
where. The heads of the timothy av-
erage more than ten inches in length,
while the currants are very large and
/ finely favored The secret of raising
a good many things in Kansas is to go
about it right.
ElsmOre Eagle: The Republicans
of this city met on Tuesday evening
June II, and organized Harrison
club with George l.. James as its pres
! ident. Quite a number turned out
and twenty-One members are enrolled
with fair promise of a much larger
list. The next meeting will be held
in the town hall ON Tuesday evening,
June q. All good Republicans are
invited to be present.
Prof. Picken has used part of the
High School entertainment fund in
! the purchase of some machines for
use in illustrating lessons on magnet
ism and electricity. Among others
| he has put in hand power dynamo,
and an incandescent motor, and all
| the apparatus necessary for showing
the method of operating the incandes-
ent and arc lights.
/ In our comment last week on the
announcement of l.. l.. Carter the inn
preston was probably made that Mr..
| Carter is graduate of the ..EmpOria
Normal School. Mr.. Carter does not
wish to be misrepresented, even fav-
orably, and asks us to say that while
he attended the Normal School for
some time he did not complete the
course there.
/ The pastor, Rev. j. A. &. Wade,
/ hands us a report of the last meeting
of the Home and Foreign Missionary
Circle of the Second Baptist church,
which we are sorry not to have room
to publish in full. The meeting was
well attended and the exercises were
most interesting. The next meeting
will be held next Tuesday at 1880 p.
m.
/ The following foreign attorneys have
been in attendance upon the District
Court this week: j. o. StrattOn and
J. l.. Denison, Erie; Henry J. Butler
and w. c. Cory, Fort Scott; +. A.
Barber, w. A. Choguill and Ell Gill
/ bert, Humboldt; J. III. Fisher and H.
p. Farrelby, Chanute.
The farmers of Allen county who
have been very forcibly reminded of
| the dangers to crops from hail
will no doubt be glad to welcome
a new departure of the Continental
/ insurance company by which their
agent, H. l.. Henderson, is enabled to
insure against such loss at a moder-
ate rate.
There will be an ice cream social at
| the residence of j. o. Ferris in Elm
| township on Wednesday evening June
20, the proceeds to go toward paying
the minister's salary. There will be
good vocal and instrumental music
and pleasant social time. All are
cordially invited.
The Savonburg Progress few days
ago changed hands; III. b. Morrison
retiring and l. c. Walker taking
charge. Mr.. Walker is one of Allen
county's well known teachers and Q
young man of energy, character and
ability. The REGISTER wishes and
predicts for him, the largest success.
The ladies aid society of the NJ. f.
church at their regular meeting last
Monday elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: President, Mrs
DIR. c. Boulson; vice-president, Mrs
Mary Thrasher; treasurer, Mrs. A. A
WEIGH: secretary, Miss Kate COutant
The ladies aid society of the NJ. f
church will give "green" social at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. DIR. BOulsOr
next Tuesday evening. Light re
freshments will be served. Four greer
young ladies will wait on the com
many. Everybody cordially invited