The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-23

There will be Sunday School pic
mic held in Mrs. Stanley's grove, east
of the Usage church, Usage township
Saturday August 81. Good speakers
have been engaged for the occasion
and short programs will be rendered
by different schools.
There was too much water last
Tuesday for even the third party
PrOhibitionists, and their mass con-
vention which was to have been held
that day for the purpose of nominal
ing a county ticket, was postponed
until Saturday, September 81.
Chicken thieves are getting most
too numerous in this neck of the woods
and nearly every one that has chick
ems is complaining of some one steal
ing them. Somebody better look out
or they will wake up some morning
in climate even warmer than this.
A. w. Rowland and wife left yes
terday for Kansas City where they
will take the knights Templar ex-
cursion train for Boston. From there
they will go to Richmond, Maine,
Mrs. Howland's old home, and spend
two or three weeks visiting with
relatives.
Servey Bros, the two horse dealers
who have been around town off-and-
on for month, started for their home
in Pittsburg, Pa, Tuesday night.
While here they purchased "Bud
Dille," our fast PAGER, from ID. Arnett,
and took him with o lot of other hors-
es back with them.
Last Tuesday night the hay barn
on l.. Hobart's farm south of Hum
boldt was struck by lightning and
the hay stored in it all burned up. +.
A. ABBEY lives ON the farm and had
just finished putting away his hay
last week, about one hundred tons of
timothy and prairie hay. His loss is
about $500.
The weather has been pretty damp
bad for the Moran fair and many
who intended going were compelled
to stay at home. But there is the
comforting thought that lola is going
to have the biggest, most enthusiast
tic and most SUI ccessful fair ever held
in Allen county next month and
everybody can attend it.
The Santa Fe has now placed
in effect summer tourist rates to Den
yer, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Mani
tou and Glenwood Springs, Colo, Los
VegOs, Hot Springs, N. NJ, Grand
Cannon of the Colorado via Flagstaff,
Ariz., Ogden and Salt Lake, Utah,
Helena, Butte and Anaconda, Mont,
and Spokane Falls, Wash.
At First Baptist Church evangel-
istic services every night, conducted
by one of the most successful evan
gelists in Kansas, Rev. s. J. Minor of
Sabetha. The Lord is abundantly
blessing us. "Come thou with US and
we will do thee good, for the Lord has
spoken good concerning Isreal." This
means you. NJ. f. King, pastor.
G. A. Japhet of the Star Livery
came up Tuesday morning and made
us neighborly visit. He says he
has just added two more teams to his
livery outfit. making seven teams in
all. 1t is credit to town and coun-
ty to have so wide-awake man for
citizen and we are proud of him.
Here's hopin' he'll wear diamonds in
his shirt front soon.
Mrs. G. p. Hunsicker and little
daughter, Florence, Of Williamsport,
Ohio, have been spending the past
week here, the guests of Mrs. A. b.
Myers. They have been on an ex-
tended visit to Tacoma, Washington,
and Hot Springs, s. d. Miss Nina
Sly, of Tocoma, Mrs. Hunsicksr's
sister is with her, going to Ohio to
make it her future home.
VIM. A. Pennell, of Kansas City, |
has been in lola several weeks inves-
tigating the lime rock and natural
gas facilities for manufacturing whit
ing and putty. He says he is quite
satisfied that with tho natural fuel
that is so abundant here he can pro-
duce a marketable article of putty. |
Mr.. Pennell returned to Kansas City
Thursday to make arrangements to
come here and start in business.
The X. of P.s had their regular
meeting at their hall Wednesday
night and at the close of the meeting
gave the Knight rank to Mr.. James
1. Adams, one of the oil men. Mr..
Adams home is in Neosho Falls and
about a dozen Knights came down
and surprised the local lodge and as
sisted in the ceremonies. An infor-
NAL lunch and cigars were served and
a pleasant social time is reported.
The well on the Butler farm west of
the river was finished the first of the
week. Result 100000 cubic feet of
gas daily. We write this without a
quaver as we are getting used to the
fact that lola has more gas than any
body. No oil was found but black
greasy substance was discovered that
Mr.. Beatty says is found on the bor-