The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-19

9 that when the occasion offered W,
/. could all pull together. The outlool
l for a decided growth in the size an,
/ business of lola has rarely beer
brighter than it is this spring. ano
no effort of ours should be spared
! which might help to start the wheel.
turning.
The REGISTERS record of that
ancient ball program. handed US by
Capt. Slower. started McEIroy, of the
Humboldt Union, to digging among
his archives with q result which be
reports as follows:
We can beat the above a year and a half a,
our specimen book shows q ball program for
June 18th: 1872, of the Masonic Lodge of Hum
ooldt and the manakers were T. a Slower r.
". Waters, W. II. Emmert of this city W. ~
| AcBrown. OF New Albany;J G CARPENTER Of
Erie; l. Dow Neosho Falls. and John Har-
MS OF lola All of the above are alive ret I'M
less NcBrOwn has succumed to the DESTROYER as
we have lost all tr-ce of him
Judge StillW ell takes both the REG
IsTER ana Union, and these two items
prodded him into opening the grave
of his antiquities from which he ex-
humed an invitation to a Coalition
Party" at Erie, Kansas August "a,
1868. The names which appear on it
are, y. Trenchard, A. Bryant, \.
KilwOrth, A. Z. Mcdonald, managers.
and L. SinnemaD, Prompter, concern
ing whom the Erie Record says:
! OF the list Of msnsgers Brysnt il the only one
certainly known to be dead. he was murdered
/ Geavoring in his official capacity a. a L. =
| deputy marshal to arrest q criminal sinnemau
th" prnmptrr. was incidentally killed at Usage
Mission about fifteen years ago. Kilworth is
prosperous farmer in the state Of Wa hington.
MeDuaiald and Trenehari LEFT Kansas many
wears ssp. and their present whereabouts are
unknown
The Board of Commissioners met
last Monday Pursuant tn Adjournment
and transacted business as Iuilows:
The proposition of the Santa Fe rail-
road to compromise taxes was reject
ed. The bond of A. f. CulbertsOn as
uperintendest of the Poor Farm was
approved and the contract signed.
Application of +. &. Smith for rebate
Of personal tax, was laid over to the
April meeting. 1t was ordered that
A. +. Wright, trustee of lola town.
ship, shall repair the filling at east
end of lola river bridge. employing
therefor persons who are liable to re-
quire assistance from the county, the
total expenditure not To exceed $50.
On the statement Of the county treas
urer that certain personal taxes could
not be collected, the same were chsrg-
ed back to the county. Ordered that
the contract with the lola REGISTER
for doing the county printing be re-
newed on the same terms as last year.
In the matter of the location of q
ditch to drain what Is known "a the
Jones pond, action was deferred until
Feb. 3, in order that the required no
tice might be given to nonresident
property holders. Erroneous taxation
of J. ID. MeadOr was corrected. Spec
ial meeting ordered for Feb. 3. Board
adjourned.
Executions were put into the hands
of the sheriff this week for the cOllec-
ton of delinquent personal property
tax. Among others was one against
the A. T. & 5. +. Ry. Co. for s., 600,
the amount of the tax due the county
from that Company. AS is generally
understood, the Santa Fe is contest
ing the payment Of its taxes over the
entire State on the ground that it's as
sessment was exhOrbitant and dis
criminative. Some days ago the Com
pany made proposition to our Board
of Commissioners to compromise by
paying the years levy on last years
assessment. AS the levy was made
on the basis of last years assessment
this would have given the county all
it expected to get from the road, and
as matter Of business it would prob
ably have been to the advantage Of
the county to accept the offer rather
than to do without the money for an
indefinite period, with the risk IN the
end Of getting only what il offered
now. There seemed tn be no legal
authority, however, giving the Board
discretion in the matter, and the pro-
posed compromise was therefore re-
jected. AS the road is i'm the hands
Of receivers and its affairs thereby
much complicated there is no telling
when the tax will he paid and the re-
suit will be that the school term i'm n
good many Of the districts in the
county will probably be shortened
for want of funds.
No better aid to digestion.
No better cure for dyspepsia.
Nothing more reliable for billOusness
and constipation than DeWitt's Little
Early Risers, the famous little pill.
COwan & Ausherman.