The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-02-08
Good morning.

The Leland hotel has a new col red
porter.
Bring your job printing to the REG
IsTER office.
Those who gossip much usually
achieve little
The last snow was just what the
wheat needed.
Monday was freezer. 1t made peo-
pie step lively.
Gambling in Kansas from now on
will be "ausgcspeilt."
The county commissioners met in
special session the first of the week.
Bert Mitchell came home last Sat
urday to spend a day with "the folks"
You can get the REGISTER and the
twice a-week Democrat for
$3.50.
The south-bound passenger train on
the Southern Kansas was about two
hours late Monday afternoon, caused
by the engine breaking down.
WmDavis came up from Oklahoma
one day last week and remained with
his family till the first of this week.
Considerable fun was had at the ex-
pense of farmer and his family on
the streets last Saturday, caused by q
balky horse.
Have you noticed how beautiful
the trees and shrubbery are these
mornings when the sun comes out
and shines on the frost.
Mrs. Rosa (Travis) King came up
from Blue Mound and visited few
DAYS last week with the home folks"
She returned last Friday.
The weather warmed up a little
Saturday and as result our streets
were crowded with people and our
merchants enjoyed good trade.
J. W. Lawry made us pleasant
call Tuesday. He ordered the REGIS
TER, Tribune and Capital sent to his
address. He is going to keep himself
posted.
The weather has been quite variable
for some weeks. Sometimes warm,
sometimes cold, sometimes betwixt
and between, but, on the whole it has
been winter.
Two of our citizens got into little
alteration one day last week and one
got his fist into the others face. We
won't -ive any names because they
are both bigger than We local man.
J. NJ. McNutt has resigned his pc
sition as night police and is driving
the bus fprJ. ID. Arnett. "Jim" made
a good night watch and it will be no
easy task to get some one to fill the
vacancy.
Miss Daisy Butler who has been
visiting Nettie and Nellie Reed a few
weeks, returned to her home i'm Yates
Center Monday. She made many
warm friends while here who regret
hel departure.
Last Saturday was ground hog day
and the old fellow must surely have
seen his shadow. Some people are
taking consolation in the fact that it
was too cold for him to come out, and
perhaps it was. Time will tell.
Miss Maggie Bedell, accompanied
by her Grandma, Mrs. Wilcox, re
turned to her home in ElDOrado last
Friday, after visit of three weeks in
this city. Maggie is a delightful
young lady and will be greatly missed
by our young people.
South Dakota will resubmit the pro-
hibition question, and the fight will
be a most lively one for the repeal of
the law. The national liquor dealers
association will contribute the Doodle
and the temperance people will have
The CubbisOn bill is now a law,
the governor having signed the bill.
Now when a gambler is fined it will
not be five dollars and costs, or sixty
days in the county bastile, but it will
be from one to three years at hard
labor in the "pen" at Lansing.
Chanute is still having trouble over
their water works, and it begins to
look as though they will never have
them. Why don't your city dads get
together and settle the trouble, once
for all. Cbanute would be a good
town if it only had a good supply Of
water.
The Christian EndeavOr Society of
the Presbyterian church have been
no lding a series of meetings this
week. members of the society taking
turns at leading meeting. Good
crowds have been attending and con-
siderable interest has been manifest
ed. Let the good work go on.
The Teachers Association met at
Humboldt last Saturday and quite a
number of our teachers went down.
They report a most pleasant and
profitable time. Those who went
were Mr.. and Mrs. H. II Jones, Prof.
Banks, Misses Ruth Brown, May
WOodin, Della Ladd, Grace and Hat
tie Bostwick, Maud Minrow, Mollie
White and Olive Thayer