The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-18

, cider. 1t was made of crab apples
and the boys say it was the best of
the season.
Mr.. Beatty has located a~oiher
prospect well on the farm of u. A.
} Ewing i'm the field just east of the or
chard, and work will begin on it as
soon as the derrick can be erected and
the tools moved.
Have you good picture of every
member of your family? If not can
you afford to put Off getting one? The
lola Art Studio. in the Marble Block
has all the latest methods and guar
antees satisfaction.
Silas Malcolm, a boy living about
miles southwest of lola, jumped off a
hay stack last Saturday and snapped
both bones of the left leg below the
knee. DIR. l.. T0zer was called and
reduced the fracture.
At cost. buggies, surries, phaetOns,
road wagons and spring wagons. lola
! Carriage d Harness Co, wanting to
reduce their stock will sell at prices
that will surprise the natives. Come
while the assortment is full.
We do not know of any mechanic
or labOrer i'm lola who wants a Job
that can't get it. \ carpenter prom
| ised three weeks ago to do little job
for us as soon as he could "get around
to it" and he hasn't come yet.
Non resident persons that own land
in Allen or adjoining counties that
| they wish to dispose Of can do so by
sending description and prices to ID.
w. Bostwick, Real Estate and Loan
Agent, lola, Allen comfy, Kansas.
Sheriff Ausherman is again out on
the street and everybody is glad to
see him. Charlie used TO say that if
he ever got sick enough to go to bed
he would die: hat that is one foolish
notion that he has got bravely over.
My stock OF lumber and building
material il complete and if you con-
template building should be glad to
make figures for you. When you get
ready to build house or a barn it
will pay you 10 come and see me. A.
l.. Taylor
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kirby arrived
here from Grand Rapids, Mich, last
! Thursday and will make this place
their home in the future, Mr.. Kirby |
having accepted a position as assis-
tant i'm the post Office. Mrs. Kirby !
was formerly Miss Sadie Ireland and |
her old friends are glad to welcome |
her back to lola.
We have received several district |
school reports this week which we re- |
greet to be unable to print for lack of /
space. We are contemplating making |
Il,
give us room for all these things; but
that depends good deal on the way |
our delinquent subscribers treat US
the next thirty days.
The new firm i'm the gas business
will be known as 1.-THE Allen County |
Gas Company and will probably be
incorporated. 1t now has nearly two
miles of gas pipe strung about town
and is getting it under ground as fast |
as possible. When il is all laid the
gas will be i'm reach of nearly every
body i'm town who wants it.
The State Bank at FIT. Scott has
been obliged to close its doors on ac-
count of the defalcatiOn of its cashier,
J. r. COlean, who took $4,000 of the
banks money to speculate with and
will probably be paid in full. Mr..
Colean is said to he physical and
mental wreck, The wages of sin is
death.
The Eair Association has built ten
new stalls at the Fair Grounds and
they will he occupied this winter by
horses belonging to Harvey Long
shore and j. Il. Dunlap, of Carlyle. in
charge Of Mr.. A. X. Ross, on eXper-
fenced trainer. Mr.. Hayne already
has a number of horses i'm training, so
that altogether about 20 fine horses
will be wintered at the lola Fair
Grounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. w. Rowland en-
tertained number of their friends
last Wednesday evening and afforded
all who were present a few hours of
delightful recreation. The hospital
ity of Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland is of the
old fashioned hearty kind which
makes their guests want to come
early and go late, and the cOngenial
people whom they bring together
never fail of thorough enjoyment.
The school board has made con-
tract with the new company to put
gas into the school house, the price
agreed upon being Sl60 for the school
year. We understand that the con-
tract provides also for lights in the
High School room without extra
charge. Other public buildings in
town are furnished at the following
figures: Court house, $50; Christian
church, SO; NJ. +. church, So; Bap-
fist church, Sl4; Presbyterian church,
SIG.
The knights of Pythias "team"
came down from NeOshO Falls We'd
nesday, accompanied by other MEM
bers of that furnishing lodge to the
whole number of about thirty, and
conferred degrees upon candidates
for membership in the lodge at this
place. The team has been splendidly
drilled and the impressive ritual was
beautifully eXemplified. At the close
of the work in the hall the visitors
were escorted to the Nickle Plate
restaurant where supper was served.
The visit was very much enjoyed in
deed by the home lodge, and they
hope their guests will also remember
it pleasantly.
"Fontana's Merrymakersn were at
the Opera House Monday pight,-but
nobody else was. The people of the
town had not found out through any
of the city papers that there was to
be a show here on that evening, and
so they very properly stayed at home.
On Tuesday Mr.. FOntana performed
some feats ofmind reading, driving
team through the streets while blind
folded, and finding hidden articles,
which attracted some attention and