The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-29


beginning to realize the fact that q
course at the Dress Cutting school is
one of the most profitable invest
ments they can make. As an educa-
tion for young ladies there is nothing
better.
My stock of lumber and building
material is complete and if you con-
template building should be glad to
make figures for you. When you get
ready to build a house or a barn it
will pay you 10 come and see me. A.
L. Taylor.
A drainage bridge has been built
across West street near the Santa
Fe depot to let off the water that gen.
orally stands In great pools on either
side of the road in wet weather. This
is much needed improv ement aud
We are glad to note it.
Mrs. Chas. Null lost a gold breast
pin on the grounds during the fair
last September which she is very
anxious to recover, because of its
value as a keepsake. If any one
found it and will leave it at this office.
Mrs. Null will be very grateful.
Mr.. J. Chatfield was called to
Zurich, Mo-, Saturday night by tel
egram announcing that his son. Ed
ward, had been kicked by a horse
and could not live. The news was q
sad blow to the aged parents and
they have the sympathy of the whole
community.
j. H. Rickle with his collection Of
ocean shells and fish gave an exhib-
itIon and lecture in the Opera House
last Thursday evening to a small
crowd. 1t was a good collection and
good lecture, but alas! the old story
again, he didn't patronize the news
papers, hence, no audience.
The lola Dramatic Club will render
the Comedy Drama, Comrades" un-
der the auspices of lola lodge, SO A.
o. U. w. on December 18th aud 18th.
The former date set for this entertain.
ment is abandoned. The proceeds to
be used by the trustees of the A. o.
U. w. lodge in furnishing the pipes
and plumbing preparatory to using
gas as light and fuel for the hall.
John 8 Martin was in from Moran
this week settling up his business
preparatory to going to Alexandria,
La, where he expects to locate with
his family. He is going into the
dairy and restaurant business there
and thinks he has q good opening.
Mr.. Martin lie an energetic, hardwork-
ing honest man and deserves to do
well. We trust that his hopes will
be realized.
The object Of the entertainment at
the Opera House tonight is to raise
money for a new organ at the Presby-
terrain church. The old one was q
good one, but it is twenty years old
or more and it Is worn out, as all who
have attended services at the Pres
b, terian church the past few weeks
can bear painful witness. The con-
gregation hopes to get q fine instru-
ment to take its place, and solicits the
help of all its friends.
Clarke Jacoby met with q painful
accident last Friday. He was play
ing "Blackman" with some school.
mates at the school house when one
of the boys threw him to the ground
in such q manner as to break his eollaIc
bone He went into the school room
to study when the arm gave him such
pain that he reported it to the teacher
who sent him home. DR.. Fulton was
called and set the bone and it is gett-
ing along as well as could be expect
ed.
Just as he was getting. ready to pull
the tools out of the Ewing well last
week, having found, as stated in our
last issue nothing but salt water. Mr..
Realty got instructions from the
members of his company in the East
to go on down and see what there
was there. Accordingly work was
at once resumed and we will know in
q few days what there is 500 or so feet
farther down than any we'll has yet
been sunk here. The Palmer Oil
Company evidently mean business.
We print elsewhere a dispatch an
nouncing that the Standard Oil
Co., has bought out Guffey & Galley
and has taken possession of the
Neodesha oil field, together with all
the leases that G. & g. had secured in
Allen county. This is good news or
bad according to whether the Standard
people have bought the field to oper-
ate it or shut 1t down. But the fact
that they have bought it at all shows
that there must be something here,
Tor if it was not going to amount to
it would not be worth while
% shut it down Further develOD-