The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-04

! half of the load himself and sal! they
o weighed $50 pounds on an average
The Horticultural Society Will be
pleased to meet all its friends at tn,
= residence of L. w. Jones near Wise
on Friday October 18th at our picnic
dinner and probably the last Of the
a year.
NJ. +. Kesterson, of Logan TOWNSHIP
was in town last Saturday with some
4 flax and millet. He is going tC
change his residence to Yates Center
and will probobly go into business
there.
w. Il. Reed is taking a well des-
erved clay OFF, this week and is
spending the time in Kansas City see
ing the sights of the Carnival A Mr..
Oblfest is running the shop in his
absence.
Have you a good picture of every
member of your family? If not can
you afford to put off getting one? The
lola Art Studio. i'm the Marble Block,
has all the latest methods and guar
antees satisfaction.
Topeka Mail: Elder j. D. Botkin
went down TO lola with his lecture.
1.-The Problem of the Unemployed"
last week, but every body was so
terribly hard at work that he could
not get an audience.
Mrs. NJ. f. Giltner, who has been
visiting relatives and friends in lola
for some time started for her home in
Abba, Iowa last week, going by the
way of PleasantOn where she made a
short VISIT with relatives.
Rev. w. L. Squier went to Coffey-
vile Monday to a meeting of the
Thursday and then went to Parsons
to meeting of the synod. He will be
in his pulpit as usual on Sunday.
Miss Lucy Fisher was up from Gal
weston the first of the week to look af-
ter business interests here. She says
that their hotel in Galveston is enjoy
ing great prosperity and that she and
her sisters are in the best of health.
Talking about potatoes, the ,Scien-
! tifc american gives picture of one
raised this year in California that
weighs Sc pounds 10 ounces. 1t is IS
! inches long and IA inches in diameter.
1t is of the Maggie Murphy variety.
Rev H. w. Scott goes to Ottawa to
morrow where he will pr each Sun
! day and then go on to Topeka to at
! tend the State Convention of the col
Ored Baptist church which will be i'm
session there October to 18th in
elusive.
DR.. Clifford, of Lawrence, formerly
of lola, has been elected delegate to
the National Health Congress to be
held soon at Denver. The Doctor
goes 20 represent the Kansas State
SANITARY Board, of which he is a
member.
My stock of lumber and building
material is complete and if you con-
tenn plate building | should be glad to
make figures for you. When you get
ready to build house or ba rn it
will pay you TO come and see me. a.
l.. Taylor.
Mr.. u. G. Thomas, of Salem, whose
barn was struck by lightning and
destroyed recently, was in town this
week and took out the lumber for the
erection of new one. The work will
be pushed rapidly and he expects to
have it ready for use soon.
Comparatively few of our people
went up to Kansas City this week to
"KavOrt with the Karnival Krewe."
And those who stayed at home show
eel much wisdom. Kansas City has
been about the most uncomfortable
place ON earth this week.
Bert Harris came over from Fort
Scott Sunday to visit his parents, re-
turning Monday evening. He was
disappointed in the college at Man.
haitian, not being able to secure the |
desired studies, and is now attending
the Normal college at Fort Scott.
Having completed a course of in. |
stTUctiOns in the Standard Dress Cut |
ting school | find it perfect success
in every way and would recommend |
it to all ladies interested in sewing,
whether for ladies, gentlemen or
children. Mrs. SUSIE BURTCH. |
a list of the old settlers VIII ose |
names were secured by the committee |
appointed for that purpose appears |
on our last page. If there are any |
errors or omissions they should be Ie-
ported to w. j. Evans, lola, John
Francis, Colony, or S. J. Stewart,
Humboldt.
Mrs. Geo. Lambert, living 4 mil es
east OF town, was attacked by a vi |
ciOus hog last Sunday and had not |
her husband been near at hand she |
would undoubtedly have been killed |
as the brute had thrown her down |
and had torn her clothing to tatters
when driven Off.
The editor of the REGISTER ack- |
nOwledges the receipt for himself and |
family, of an invitation from the Gov |
ernOr and Mrs. Morrill, to attend the |
wedding reception of their daughter |
Grace, and Mr.. Chas. Dixon, on Tues |
day evening, October Sth, at the fam
lily home in Hiawatha.
The foundation of the new building
ly under way The carpenter work |
is being done by d. c. Wood and he
is pushin q it as rapidly as possible. |
now wOr king on the shelving. The
building will be 23xS0 inside.
G. \. Japhet has traded his livery |
barn and stock to J. ID. Mann and |
Chart" Gwin, of Moran, this week
for real estate and other property. |
Mr. Japhet has run the livery bust
ness in fine shape and his withdrawal
from it will be generally regretted.
The new firm has our best wishes.
They have queer way of describ-
ing land down in Maine.n A. w.
Northumberland us a paper from there
the other day containing delinquent