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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-28
Oyster-GOund Holdings.

MATTHEWS. VA.
TO the Editor of the Dispatch:
In a recent issue in reply to the query
Of G. S. from Williamsburg "a to whether
the holder OF oyster-grOund can transfer
his rights therein TO another. you quote
the statute which forbids sub-iettinG. l
do not think that that IL complete
answer 10 the question: and In my opih-
ion such rights can be transferred by
sale of the lease without violation OF law.
THE thing forbidden by the Legislature
is sub-renting-not sale Of the lease
hold rights-and there is a wide distlnc-
ton. The object of the statute was TO
prevent land -grabbers from taking up
large areas of oyster-grounds at the rental
fixed by law to be paid the state ana
afterwards sub-letting the same In parcels
10 individuals at higher rate or rent.
But I can see nothing In the law when
forbids the holder OF n lease or the
States oyster grounds selling his lease,
as any other lessee may do. q, III.
WILLIAMSBURG.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch;
Suppose person engaged In the oyster
business should die and leave an estate
10 ha settled by an administrator and
there was In the estate lease for twenty
ground with fifty thousand bushels OF
oysters PLANTED on IL, could the admins
traitor sell the oysters. providing tnat ne
could sell the deceased's lease with them
Can he do 1t? "
can't he sell the twenty years lease
al anv time for the benefit of the heirs?
Respectfully, -
The statute which forbids sub-letting
or sub.renting reads as we have already
published:
'It shall not be lawful for any person
TO rent oyster planting ground ana a''er-
wards sub-rent or sub-let the same 10
another person. Any person violating 'iIls
section shall be fined not less thah ~
nor more than 800. and the ground SUB
rented or sub-let shall be taken away
from him by the Inspector
\ lessee or an administrator clearly
has n right 10 remove all oysters from
rented ground and to sell them.
In common equity judge or jury would
decide that an administrator or even
lessee could sell the whole lease Tor the
fun term OF years
II would be too great hardship not 10
concede this privilege.
HICKS'S WHARF.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Has the LEGISLATURE OF Virginia passed
a law since the war between the states
renting out oyster-planting ground al
q per acre? Please answer W. M
We fail to find any such law.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-28
DHILADELPHIA, RICH m
xoSD. AND NORFOLK
sTEA usHIp COMPANY

.s SR ssrs saYs EysI ,yua r .yssy
sp Ps.isss s q F i; = and ys.d.xs
eundays steamer TIL p " SATURDAY.
TTsl.Ss ss0llvsd dsiiy antiI 8 ,. \.
Fsi fafshsr iqt9'q u e.. sppsg, i'ssx.
General southAss xgsnt eli<s Rccksstr.
pv-s o.o.-sxs l z; c.sP es',. 4 SSii
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-28
QUERIES & ANSWERS.
Historical Notes About Brandon and
tho HarrISoDs.
PUBLIC SCHOOL MATTERS.
Our Fence Laws-AppoIntmcnts tn Annspo-
iis-The Duke Of MARI
borough.


10 the Editor Of the Dispatch
Plcas answer the following query:
Why Is Fortress Monroe titled Fortress
Instead OF Fort? QUERY.
This "a one OF the things which mo
Yellow can find out" Besides II Is now
officially known az Fort Monroe.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-28
VIRGINIA NAvIGATIONsaN

VIRGINIA NAVIGATIONei22h
' CoNPANY's JAMES-R h X =.
LINE for Norfolk, Portsmouth. Old
Point, Newport News, claremont, and
James-riyer landings. and connecting at
Old Point and Norfolk for Washington.
Baltimore. and the North.
STEAMER POCAHONTAS LEAVES
RICHMOND EVERY MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY, AND FRI
DAY AT 200 A. 81.
E!ectric-cars direct TO wharf. Fare only
$50 and 800 TO Norfolk. Portsmouth.
old Point, and Newport News. Music
by q Grand Oychestrion.
Freight received daily Tor above,named
and North Carolina.
EDWARD Il. BARNEY.
President.
IRWIN WEIsIGER.
Superintendent.
General ofices; Pianters Bank Build.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-28
DEPARTURE or STEAMERS.

EVERY TUESDAY and tkIDAI
nj 3 o'clock L. 81. Manifest cI1se1 one
lour before sailing time, NJ
Staamsla leave New YORK. from Pier
On North River, Tor Richmond every
WED\ESDAY and SATURDAY at l.;
4 arriving in Richmond MONDAY and
FRIDAY MORNINGS.
passenger accommodations unsurpasseu.
Cabin fare to New fork Including
meals and berth via Jame5-riyer ~
route OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES go. v"
h9una attsr ds,s OF issue .......... Il %
Storage fare, with subsistence b W
Steerage fare, without subsistence; w
Cabin fare via Chesapeake ana
ONO railway and Richmond and
Petersburg railroad (tickets limit a a,
ed 10 four days. .......:......:.... wv
Round-trip tickets Omitted TO thirty :, a.
Tiekets can be obtained at Richmond
chesapeake and Ohio and Richmond and
petersburg depots, and at the company =
office, 1901 Main street. and wharf, Rock
Freight forwarded and through bills of
ladlng issued .or points beyond New
Freight received daily until ; p. y.
Passengers leaving Richmond on MON
DAYS, WEDNESDAYS. THURSDAYS;
SO io'G end by by the Richmond and Petersburg
railroad Same days) at 900 a. NJ. viii
make connection at NORFOLK with
steamer leaving those days.
GEORGE w. ALLEN & CO. Ag'ts.
No. 1901 Main street,
myl1 and company's wharf. Rockets.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-28
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND

i.25 p NJ From Atlanta ard Augusta
s:S A. NJ From Amelia Courthouse.
4:45 T.. NJ. Arriving at Manchester.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-28

CEABOARD AIRLINE.

SCHEDULE ~ EFFECT
SUNDAY, DECtNNER 2 1870.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
OMEGA.
South Maple Grove,

The business for the farmers this nice pleas
ant weather is blowing and hauling water.
Mr. Drollinger made a business trip to lola
last Friday.
Miss Ollie Corral spent a few days at Mr.. Lind
sey's last week.
Miss Minnie Ably Is quite sick at present.
Mrs Cunningham is also quite sick.
Mr. Baxter and wife and daughter. Jennie.
spent few days visiting friends at Prairie
Hall last week.
The oyster supper at Mr.. Aby's last Tuesday
evening was we'll attended and good time was
reported.
A series OF meetings began at Maple Grove on
Monday evening by Rev White.
The election of Sunday School officers at
Maple Grove was held January2. The follow
ing ofhcers were elected: Superintendent
Enoch Palmer; Assistant &. Jay; Secretary,
Miss Ollie Gerall; Organist and Choirister. Miss
Maggie johnson; Treasurer, Jas. Finley; Libra
rian Oral Finley.
Miss Maud Palmer spent few days visiting
Miss Lettie Sewer last week. She was accom-
panied home by Miss Lettie.
Several attended the Evolutionary meeting al
Allen Center Monday evening from here.
Mr.. Warren Pine and family spent New Years
eve with Mr.. Finleys
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Of Humboldt are
spending few days in the country.
Miss Luella Shoemake returned to Chanute
Wednesday. LADY ST. CLAIR.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
THE COOLEST COLD.
An Extreme Degree as Yet Only Guesse
at by Scientists.

Al Extreme Degree as Yet Only Guessed
at by Scientists.
The science of chemistry, like that of
geography. has its undiscovered north
polo. Four hundred and sixty-one de-
grees below the freezing point of the
Fahrenheit thermometer (274 deg. c.
degree of cold which science has long
been gazing toward and striving to at
tain, wondering meanwhile what may
be the conditions of matter at this I'M
explored point. It's existence has
long been indicated and its posi-
ton established in two differ
emit ways. viz, the regular
" diminishing volume of gases
and the steady falling off Of the
resistance made by pure metals to the
passage through them of electricity
under increasing degrees of cold. This
point, to which both these processes
tend as an ultimate, is called the zero
of absolute temperature. BY more than
one eminent observer it is supposed to
be the temperature of interstellar
space, the normal temperature of the
universe. Whether or not this suppo-
sition be correct, the efforts which
have boon made, and are still in prog
ress, to reach this degree of cold have
been many, diverse and ingenious; the
equipment of the explorer being not
boats, condensed foods and the general
machinery of ice exploration, but all
the varied resources of mechanics and
of chemistry which can be combined to
compass the EXTREMIST degree of cold.
-Mcclure's Magazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

car comes up the other goes down and
that flying; it is a self dumping ma
chine; they claim they can load
rs car loads per day.
In passing from Frontenac to Pitts
burg 1 noticed fine orchard killed
by the smoke that comes from the
SHELTERS. 1t kills all the grass as far
as it strikes it. 1t can not be very
healthy to inhale such a smoke. That
reminds me of what 1 saw at Joplin,
Mo. There they make good use of
the smoke from the lead smelters; it
is all caught in large fumes or pipes
and carried on until it is cool enough
to be carried through long sacks, and
inside of those fumes and sacks some
thing gathers like SCOT would form in
a stove pipe, only that this is white
and .is called white lead of which
white paint is made.
Webb City is like city that is set
upon a hill that cannot be hid. You
may approach it from any point OF
the compass in the night and you will
see its electric lights long before you
get to it. The electric street cars now
run east through Centerville to Pros
perity, and southwest to Joplin dis
lance of eight or ten miles from one
end of the line to the other. Even
Carthage, the county seat, has no
such an enterprise yet. The wealth
of this (Jasper) county is mostly
under ground in minerals. The sur
face of the ground or rather the stone
is very rough. Not much farming
done here, but vast amount Of mon
ey is paid out every Saturday evening
by the mining companies. and that of
course makes business lively in diff
terent branches of trade.
1. B. LAWYER.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
Prairie Doll.

Miss Alice Crosby who was called home by q
telegram announcing the serious illness Of her
niece, Eta Crowell. has returned to her work In
Muskogee, l T.
Mrs. Sheriff. has just received the sad news OF
the sudden dealt Of her sister-in-law In Ill.
Little Jessie Heller had quite serious attack
Of membraneous Group last week,
number Of Mrs. Arnold's neighbors went In
and helped her with her sewing last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sheriff. were calling on friends
last Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold started last Sunday
evening to Ohio called there by the serious III
ness Of her father. Mrs. Faddis is keeping
house for Mrs. Arnold In her absence.
Miss Ida Nash. whose school closed in Deem
Der on account Of scarlet fever. has resumed her
work again.
Grandpa Fitzpatrick of Allen Center died last
week.
Grandpa Morrison is quite sick
1t is with sorrow and regret we speak of the
death OF Miss Betty Davis of Allen Center which
occurred last Sunday.
The Sheriff. boys are hauling corn from their
Deer creek farm.
c Barth and son have about seventy acres of
fall blowing done.
Eta Crowell is slowly improving. I'll TRY.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
Letter From i. Ii. Lawyer.

WEBB CITY, Mo. JAN. 1, 1894.
DEAR REGIsTER:-A Happy New
Year to you and your readers. 1t is
hard to realize that it is New Year,
in this latitude, with such delightful
sunshine weather. We lola folks all
rejoice with the REGISTER on account
of the new gas well that makes such
a tremendous, noise, and. we especial
Iy congratulate Mr.. Pryor for his sue
cess as he deserves it for his indefati-
gable perseverance. We hardly know
how we would get along without the
REGISTER. We would all get home
sick without it. Allow me to give
your readers little history of what
has passed under my notice since l
lett lola. stopped with friend Of
mine at Frontenac, Kansas. 1t is sit
uated four miles from PittsbuIg in the
great Kansas cornfields. 1 saw a
shaft operated there where they have
thirty five mules under ground to
haul the coal to the shaft. When one
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
PIIH AND POINT.

Give every man justice and make
him take it.-Galveston News.
There is nothing like a sharp com
petition to cut prices with.-Elmira Ga.
zette.
Some men who start out to set the
world on fire give up at the first thun-
der-clap.-Ram's Horn. ;.
The man who is able to travel eH'
tensively can generally learn enough
in year to make bore Of himself all
the rest of his life.
There is often more trough" than
diamond" about the man who prides
himself on boing "a diamond In the
rough. Young Mems Era.
Dreamy Novelist-"Whata change
woman can make in . mans life!" Vic
tim-"Exactly, and what . lot %
change she requires doing itT-Chips.
Love is that sort Of thing which
makes a mans bank account OF two
hundred dollars seem abundantly large
to go to housekeeping on.-Atchison
Globe.
Kind Gentleman (picking up boy)
THAT was an awful hard fall, my
young man; why don't you ery?"
Small Boy-'T didn't know anybody
was looking."-Sun.
Tenant (hesitatingly)-'Tve been
reading a very good article in my pa
per, headed Rents Must Come Down.
Landlord (confidently)-"All right; you
just come down with the rent-"-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Wildcats Age.-Bobby-"Pa,
what has that man got in his MOUTH"
Pa-"A cigarette. Bobby" Bobby
"Pa, l want a cigarette. Pa-"No,
Bobby; not until you arrive at the age
of indiscretion. Judge.
-visitor-"Is this a portrait of Ma
bel?" Mother-"Yes" Visitcr-"And
you say very famous artist painted
it?" Mother-"Well, 1 should say so.
We had to send for him to find out II
it was really her picture. Inter
Ocean.
DIR. Jalap-'T have had him on my
list of patients for a year, but he does
not improve. Something must be seri.
ously wrong in his system" DR.. Pellet
Isn't it just possible that there is
something seriously wrong in your sys-
tem?"-Boston Transcript.
Papa" said Kenniboy," "I've got
some pins. Don't you want to buy
one?" 81 shouldn't wonder. How
much arc they apiece?" zone kiss. ~
said Kenniboy. The price was paid,
and Kenniboy returned three kisses
with the pin. That's the change" he
said. Yours was such great big kiss. "
-Harper's Bazaar.
-Foyer-"You say your ambition is
to become finished actor? You ought
TO start for the far west at once, then"
Hamtolette Buskin - "Why the far
west?" Foyer with emphasis)-"Be-
cause after one dose of such acting as
you gave US tonight an audience out
there would be apt to finish you in no
time. buffalo Courier.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
Colony, Kans. Dec. %, 1893.

EDITOR c. F. SCOTT, lola. KAN.
Please give in a corner of the REG
IsTER so that it can be cut out for
preservation without marrinZ your
poetry, the legal weights of Kansas
for grain, seeds, vegetables, coal, etc.
Also the number of inhabitants
necessary to constitute a state. also to
constitute cities of first, second and
third class.
Please also explain what is meant
by Clearing House returns" Was
Gen. Andrew Jackson q native born
American? If not, was he eligible to
the office of President?
Please excuse the liberty OF thus
asking questions, but 1 ask for infor-
nation, and editors are supposed to
know it ALL" especially if he is q gas
town Editor. Resp. l..
To give a complete list of legal
weights of "grains, vegetables, seeds,
coal, etc." would be rather tedious,
but we append those in which our
correspondent will probably be most
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
Prairie Center.

The New Year came in bright and clear.
The Dickinson brothers have purchased a
hay bailer and are bsiliDg and shipping quite a
lot of hay.
John Myers wears broad smile, another
young Republican has come TO stay.
George Bellinger left Tuesday TO return TO his
farm near Burlington
We understand that a red and black necktie
was found in James Wilson's chicken coop.
viii the owner please call for 1t?
Rena Carver has come to live with her Grand
ma. Mrs. johnson.
large crowd of young people met at II
Smiths last Tuesday evening and had fare
well party for the holiday season. They report
fine time.
VIM Stevens is in our vicinity again and at
tended the party Tuesday night
H. Smith and wife were very pleasantly SUI
prised on the 18th, il being their 18th anniver-
sary, by host of friends coming to celebrate
the occasion. They were the recipients of many
beautiful and useful presents. There were 81
guests present young and old, and all seemed 70
enjoy the occasion. Refreshments prepared
by the ladies. music and general good time
characterized the day. Before parting the
crowd all joined in singing God be with you v
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
Diamond.


Your type made US say in our last that D
fact is. IL was one OF our most popular widows,
Mrs Wagner.
Prof Smith and family accompanied by
Edith Smith and Pearl Banta came over from
Elsmore for the holidays
About half Of our neighbors entertained the
other half Christmas.
Will Shinkle was surprised recently by visit
from his father and cousin Frank. the latter
having spent some years in the far west.
Mrs. shinkle has gone to visit her mother and
Will has to keep bach.
Fielding Latham and Charles Dragoo have
gone to Miami county.
Mr. Mitchell and family visited west of lola
Christmas.
Mrs. Sam Jones entertained her son and
daughters from Kansas City holiday week.
A Mr.. Sparks from the strip is at Mr.. Runolds.
Mr.. Farmer and family of Humboldt were
visiting near Waverly last week.
We thought lola was on fire when we first
saw the light from the new gas well. The
light is plainly visible at Wise twelve miles
away.
Mr. Robinson and wife Sundaycd at Mrs.
HenderSOns near Kincaid.
L. s Jones is In Scott county on business.
All have enjoyed weeks vacation.
A few LaHarpe young people were at Dia-
mond Friday night to Literary.
Mrs. Dragoo and Mrs. T. W. Jones went over
to Anderson county last Friday to visit Grand
ma Strickland. who has been very Ill They
found her much easier and hope for her recoy-
cry.
Mrs. James Davis is again suffering from
rheumatism.
Al. Kenedy's team ran away Thursday. In
jumping from the wagon his leg was broken
DR.. Fulton was called and is doing all he can.
but says 1t Is An ugly break.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
Salem.


1t is with sadness we chronicle the death OF
Miss Bette Davis. She was highly esteemed
by all her acquaintance. She died On the last
day of the old year and was buried at the Salem
cemetery on New Years day. While her par
ents feel their less ii Is a great consolation to
know that she departed from this life in full
confidence of the life hereafter. She called her
friends around her bed. babe them goodby and
meet her in the better world. The family have
the sympathy of all their old neighbors in their
sad bereavement
Grandpa Fitzpatrick was buried in the Salem
cemetery on New Year day.
H T. Minnich had sister and her husband
out from Illinois last week making them visit
z. Atwood, young man from Cherry Grove
is patching at the old Towner place and going
to sc hooi at Salem.
C. A. Fronk is improving the looks of his farm
by cutting down the big hedge along the road
A Wood and wife, W s. Lyle and wife and
Mrs Finley aud Olive Gersll were ut A. Gun
ninghams Friday helping dissect q turkey.
George Petit derives some consolation frsm
the fact that while he walked sixteen miles.
which you made mention of last week other
young men OF Salem and Allen Center walked
eight miles to charivari a young couple and got
q two cent cigar.
Rev. Miller from Humboldt will preach at the
Salem school house Jan. IA Let everyone come
out aud be there promptly at II Q. m
SUSFLowER.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
A Household Treasure,

d. w. Canajoharie, N. Y, says that
he always keeps DR.. Kings New
Discovery in the house and his family
has always found the very best re-
suits follows its use; that he would
not be without it, if procurable. g.
A. Dykeman, druggist, Catskill, n.
Y, says that DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry is undoubtedly the best Cough
remedy; that he has used it in his
family for eight years, and it has
never failed to do all that is claimed
for it. Why not try remedy SO long
tried and tested. At Evans Bros.
drug store. Regular size soc and 300.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
NeoSlio Valley.

Chester Cummings and wife spent Sunday
near Colony.
Jas. Brown and wife and Mrs. Mckee were
down in Otter Springs neighbhrhOod. six miles
southwest of Humboldt Sunday.
Mrs. Purcell came over from Fl. Scott to at
tend the wedding of her sister May and spend q
week or so with her parents.
G. W Garner was out near Moran the first OF
the week.
A half dozen young people from Neosho Falls
were visiting at J l.. Steele's Sunday.
We neglected to mention the fact that Mrs.
Welch of illinois, sister of H. Z. Billbie, visit
ed him week or so ago.
The holidays closed with a few dinners in
the neighborhood on Monday and dance at
g. A LutZ's in the evening.
G. W. Gamers team ran off Monday. but did
little damage. VALLEYITE
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
Prairie Hall.

Our watch night meeting was more than we
expected. There was crowded house and q
number tn ere we never saw before.
Bro. Leaser preached a very interesting ser
mon in the regular service hours, then there
was testimonial meeting followed with a min
utes silence which was as silent as q graveyard
and made us wonder. Mrs. Hattie Gullett read
poem Of her own composition on Conviction
and Conversion"
Charles Freeburg and, well we promised
not to tell, but they were from ElsmOre; and
from the wa y Charles stood the trying hour Of
the meeting we think he has burnt the mid
night Oil before.
M iss Sallie Kerr and her cousin. Miss Amy
Ker were the guest of Mrs. Gullett Sunday.
Mr. Criss Kerrs Brother from savonburg was
spending New Years here.
Mrs Aggie Funks brother. Mr.. Lightcap from
Mo. is visiting his relatives at this place.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
MICROBES ON BANK NOTES.
They Carry the Germs of Many Frightfui
Diseases.

They Carry the Germs of Many Frightfui
Diseases.
Two Havanese psychologists, Drs.
Acosta and Grande-Rossi, conceived
the idea, surely an original ono. of
studying the microbes of bank notes.
They have published the result of their
researches on the notes 81 the Spanish
bank of Havana. They have proved
in the first place that the weight of
these notes increases in the course of
their circulation by reason of the addi-
ton of foreign matter. At the end of
certain time the archaeological
analysis demonstrated a considerable
increase in the number of microbes; in
two cases this number rose to more
than nineteen thousand. The physi-
clans discovered specially the presence
of a septic bacillus. which rapidly kills
animals inoculated with it; this, to
speak properly, is the specific microbe
of the bank note, and Talamon thinks
that the name bacillus septicus aureus
could be justly given to it.
Messrs. Acosta and Grande-Ross
have besides recognized distinctly in
tuO Odhh HUGS ny tucln clRut
pathogenic species, among which were
the bicillus of tuberculosis, that of
diphtheria and the streptococcus of
erysipelas. The two psychologists do
not say what were the denominations
of the notes they experimental with.
1t may be supposed. however. that they
did not use notes of thousand or even a
hundred francs. If the notes were of
that size it would be difficult to verify
their experiments in all Laboratories,
the means of which in general do not
permit of such prodigality. What
use can the Havanese make of their
bank notes that they become such re.
ceptacles of microbes? Messrs- Acosta
and Grande-Rossi declare that the chill.
dren of Havana are accustomed to carry
bank notes in their mouths. It is easy
to believe that the adults carry them
Observation-Disclosures d'Hygiene Pub
liQue.