The Iola register., 1895-04-05

Adlai Ewing spent Sunday and
Monday with friends in Emporia. lie
went by bicycle as far as Burlington,
returning the same way.
The election Monday was quiet tn
the verge of dullness. Both tickets
were made up of good men, and so
there was no occasion for anybody tn
get excited. The country would have
been "savedn whichever way the
election might have gone. This feel
ing of indifference was SO general that
it looked at noon, when only a hun
dred votes had been cast, as il the
whole thing would 90 by default.
But after noon some carriages were
got out aud voters were brought i'm
until 407 in all were registered The
count was completed about ii o'clock
in the evening, and resulted as follows:
Republican tisket. For Mayor, r. b.
Stevenson, 297. For councilmen: w.
H. Mcclure, 271. G. w. McNiel, 2S7,
G. Kreuter, $50, J. NJ. Williamson, 297,
l.. l.. NOrthrup, jr., 800. For Police
Judge: J. Z. Duncan, 297. Citizens
Ticket. For Mayor, ID. Ewart, 10.
For Councilmen: A. j. Fulton, li3,
j. ID. A rnett, 100, G.. w. Apple, 1I6,
w, l.. Bartels, 103 For Police Judge:
H. w. Williams, 104 Average Re-
publican majority, 1S2.
EldoradO Republican: Get sub
soil plOw with a steel blade half
yard long running down from the
beam like coulter, on the lower end
of which, and straddling its front edge
up to within six inches of the beam,
is a slender steel share, point and
mold board all in one piece. Run this
after the stirring plOw and near the
land side, six to ten inches under the
bottom of the furrow, and the long,
low, little mold board will lift the sub
soil two or three inches, tilting it out
wards and it won't drop back, but
leave a long cavity an inch or so high
next to the land side and tapering
down to nothing outwardly. This
space will hold much of the water
and will not entirely close up for sew
eral years if in stiff soil, and most
prairie subsoil is. Next year you need
not plow at all: just list little corn.
By the fourth year it will have settled
down hard enough for wheat, and af-
ter harvest of that year, or the next,
it should have another subsOiliDg
of the first. After that you
will have twice as much land to the
acre as you now have, and much bet
ter land and surer to raise a crop in a
bad year, when high prices make
even half a crop pay well.
Section AZ of the laws governing
cities of the third class provides as
follows:
The council shall cause 10 be published
quarterly between the fifteenth and twentieth
lays of Martch. June; September and Decem-
ber, in each year, full add detailed statement
of the receipts expenditures and Indebtedness
oi the city for the quarter ending on the fifteenth
Of said months respectively.
Solely from motives of economy this
law has never been complied with by
any city council of lola. I'm view,
however, of the grave misstatements |
and misunderstandiDgs that have re-
gently come to light concerning city |
affairs, it would seem to be the pant
Of wisdom for the new administration |!
10 see that this requirement ofthe law I
IS carried out The cost of printing /
would not be a serious matter, and /
he satisfaction to the taxpayers of
knowing just where the money was /
yoing would be cOnsiderab BILE. 1t .
would be a protection to the council |
also for then it could not be charge /
with hiding anything from the peo-
pie.
Tommy Mcclure, Il year old son of
w. II. Mcclure, accidentally shot /
himself through the body last Friday /
afternoon. The schools had taken a /
and he had gone in company |
with some other boys to the creek .
east of town to hunt and fish. In 1
taking a small target rifle, 22 calibre, /
put of the wagon, it was discharged /
and the ball passed entirely through !
mis- body, entering through the lower |
part of the breast bone and making |
its exit about two inches to the right /
Of the spinal column. The wounded /
boy was taken to Lafe McCarley's, |
near by, and Drs. Fulton and BOulsOn |
we're summoned. An examination /
showed that the ball had passed |
the lobe of the right lung, |
but had probably not touched any
1ther vital Orgaa. The wound was |
dressed and Tommy was brought
home, suffering no special incOnveni- |
ence from the removal. During the
first twenty-four hours there was con-
fever and the outcome SEEM !
ed doubtful. But since then there
mas been constant improvement and |
heir now seems little doubt of an
Early and complete recovery 1t was
a narrow escape and every |
body is glad that what seemed at
first TO be so bad, is turning out to be
20 we'll.