The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-03-04

LeROy Reporter. Occasionally al
editor has what Bro. Watrus calls
rush of brains to the head aud Mt sucl
"a time lie is apt to jot down all ide:
that seems to strike "A responsive,
chord. Something of that sort mus
have happened in this shop about {
year ago. \ short observation con
corning the Importance of using res
pectable stationery i'm business CORES.
pondence was reprinted with and
without credit Mt the time i'm q mum
Der of papers. But to our great sur.
prise there came the Madison .Ncr,
fast week and printed the same IA
! miliar lines giving tho credit to the
Chicago Neps. The same issue OF
our neigh Dor contains gem from the
pen of Charley Scott, of the lola RIG
IsTER concerning man who "takes a
cigar out of his mouth to toll the edi-
tor to stop his paper, he can't afford
it," 1t bears the general introduction
of "an exchange says"
The contest I'm defamation and ora
ton for selecting the county delegate
to the Chanute contest will take
place in the lola opera house Satur-
day evening, March II. The contest
is among those who were successful
in taking first and second places at
the local contest of February 26. An
admission fee of ten cents-l5 cents
for reserved seats-will he charged to
defray the expenses of the contest and
of delegate to Chanute.
The house occupied by James Mills,
on Madison avenue, was quite badly
damaged by fire on Wednesday eve
ming about o'clock. All the family
were away from home at the time, but
some one who was passing happened to
notice the fire and gave the alarm.
Fortunately it had not gained much
Roadway and was soon extinguished,
the damage probably not exceeding
S25. 1t is not known how the fire
started.
Hon. l.. Il. Pearson, Ed. II. Barber
and Chas. r. Scott were i'm Topeka
this week to attend the Republican
League Convention. 1t was a great
gathering more than 1000 Republicans
from all parts of the State being pres
ent, and was harmonious and enthus-
iastic from start to finish. Ingalls,
was there and made great speech.
Our guess is that he is after Peffer's
scalp.
A bright lola boy who is away at
college sent the following touching
appeal for funds to his father:
] had only dime left last Sunday.
The minister said that to him who
gave it would he recOmpensed tenfold.
| gave my whole dime, and have been
fNr that sInIlar oil rvanH
board bill comes due tomorrow.
Such implicit faith i'm the Lord
should certainly be rewarded.
We observe by Toledo Qll.) papers
that our friend, l.. ). Myler, is can
didate before the Democratic cOnven-
ton for the office of Representative i'm
the Illinois legislature. We never
could understand how SO bright and
honest man as Lark Myler could he
q Democrat. But since he is his par
ty would do mighty well to stand by
him.
For rent. n first class residence
property located one and One-half (14)
blocks from the public square; house
of seven rooms nicely finished, good
well and good cistern, good barn for
three horses, 1eeu Dlns ana TWO IONS
of hay, also buggy shed. This is
desirable property to live i'm. Price,
so per month. G. l.. Whitaker.
KiRcdid KrOnicic: Il. y. Johnson,
living two miles southwest of Kincaid
OWNS a COW which gave birth to four
male calves last Saturday. They
were small, but perfectly developed
in every way. Three of them were
alive at their birth and two of them
lived twenty-four hours. The same
COW gave birth to twins two years ago.
Al. II. Greene who was elected
Commander of the G.. A.
II. at the Atchison encampment, was
an old Ninth Kansas boy and has
many comrades around lola who are
proud Of his advancement.