The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-07

a recent letter from a. j. Clark,
renew ing his subscription to the
REGISTER. says that business is pick
ing up in Tacoma, Wash. where he
Is now living, owing largely to the
demand for supplies for the Chinese
and japanese armies. Tacoma is the
nearest American port to these two
countries and her merchants expect
to gather in "tael'i and yen galore.
Al. Abrams has found that he can
not transact the business of trustee
satisfactorily and run a farm at the
same time. and so he has decided to
bring his family to town. He will
have a public sale at the Keeper farm
on Thursday. Dec. Is, at which he
will dispose of work horses, l yearl-
ing and one sucking colt, one new
wagon, one Buckeye mower. a lot of
plows and other farm implements,
some chick ems and hogs, and some
fodder and hay. For terms and par
ticu lars see bills from this office.
Cliff. McCarley's turkey shoot was
such success that it was continued
over two days, and SO turkeys were
disposed Of altogether. The shooting
was with shot gun and rifle. One Of
the Excelsior fence men did the best
work with the rifle, getting six birds
out of fourteen shots, which is good
deal better than you probably think
it is if you never tried it. Joe Often
probably came next, getting turkeys.
II was fun for the boys, but it was
rough on the turkeys.
W. naoIaotaJ 70 ,,,au+ioD Iart ,raat-
the good luck that has fallen TO Miss
Clara Harris in having been chosen
to fill vacancy in the TT. Scott city
schools at a considerable advance in
salary over that she received here.
Miss Harris has developed remarka-
BILE ability as q teacher during her
service in the lola schools, and while
she will be much missed here, her
friends are ali glad of her promotion.
Her place will be filled by Miss Olive
Thayer, a most admirable selection.
We know a man not very tar from
lola who has only forty acres of land
and most of the time for the past five
wears his wife and one of his children
have been invalids. But the man
makes a living all the time and pays
his bills, and takes and pays for
seventeen newspapers every week,
And yet men who have four times as
much land, and who don't spend half
as much time at work, sometimes tell
US that they can't afford to take
pa per, or that they haven't time to
read one.
Don't forget that the REGISTER now
has the service Of as good job prin-
ter az there ever was in the county.
w. G.. Allison was brought up in
a printing office He can't remember
when he couldn't set type any more
than he can remember when he
couldn't talk. He has kept up with
the times too, and is able to do the
most skilful aud artistic work. We
solicit your patronage, feeling certain
of giving the most entire satisfaction.
The Opera House will be occupied
on Christmas eve with an elaborate
entertainment appropriate to the &C.
casion. consistiOng of readings, songs,
and tabIeauX, followed by Christ
mas tree and the distribution of
presents by Santa Claus, -Sho comes
onto the stage with his reindeer,-the
most realistic scend ever presented in
lola, Anyone desiring TO make
present to friend ON that evening
can do so by leaving the same with
the committee whose names will be
given in the next issue of the REGIS
TER.
Just as DR.. Scott was sitting down
to his Thanksgiving dinner he was
called out to Hon. F. II. Funston's
place to attend young man by the
name of Miller who had accidentally
shot himself and had been taken into
Mr.. FunstOn's. The Doctor found
that a charge Of number shot had
entered the mans right breast, just at
the nipple, making a deep wound be-
tween the fifth and sixth ribs The
shot had evidently not penetrated the
lung, but had passed to the right and
probably lodged in the flesh of the
right side and back. The wound
was properly dressed and the young
man sent to his home near Colony.
The Doctor thinks that with proper
treatment there is little danger of a
fatal result. although il was a very
close call. The young man was polk
ing the butt of his gun into a brush
heap to scare out rabbit when it
was discharged