The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-09

Some OF the humboldt base bal
players witnessed the game with OF
tawa Wednesday and they may ge
up an excuse and not come up today
but if they should come you ought t
see our boys even up old scores Will
/ them.
Rev. Leslie Potter was called to hi
home in Mexico, Mo-. Wednesday
morning by a telegram announcin!
the death, by lightning, of one OF tn,
prominent members of his church a
that place. Mr.. Potter will officiatt
at the funeral.
The game of ball this afternoon be
tween the lola and Humboldt mines
should be well patronized. The IOls
boys are playing good ball, and i
they should shut Humboldt out this
afternoon you will be sorry you did
not witness the game.
The County Commissioners were in
session Monday and Tuesday, all the
members of the Board being present
1t was the regular annual meeting fol
the purpose of making the tax levy,
account of which will be found else
where in tO-day's paper.
/There is to be tennis tournament
at Burlington next week and so Fred
Nelson and Frank Smith are training
to enter. Several of the young people
will go along to encourage the boys
and we sincerely hope they will be
able to make a good showing.
a very generous man came into our
gloomy den last week and made our
hungry prints glad by leaving bas-
ket full OF delicious grapes. He said
he didn't want his name in the paper
and So we promised, but his initials
are H. c. Winchester, and he lives at
Carlyle,
w. H. Clark, who lives on Elm
creek just south OF town, came drag
ging something into our composing
room last Saturday which proved to
be corn. 1t was over II feet high and
he says he got the first premium on
it at our fair last year. 1t is white
corn and hard to beat.
In the July number of the Missouri
Bulletin, published at Washington,
d. c.. there are several compliment
tary notices OF w. H. Evens as a solo
singer and leader of a choir. Mr..
Evans is a clerk in the pension de-
partuent in Washington, but his
home aud family are in lola.
The people living in Pleasant Val
ley vicinity, with the assistance of
w. :. Carr, organized a Sunday
School at that place on the 4th inst,
with the following officers: Supt.
VIM Gwillim Sect. Wesley Ed
wards. Time of meeting $50 p. m.
Every body cordially invited to come
and take part.
e. II. DeClute has made up his
mind that he is tired of almost con-
stantly repairing the sidewalk at his
so he has had the board
sidewalk taken up and a beautiful
walk of lola marble put down in its
place and it adds greatly to the looks
Of his already lovely home. Let the
good work go on.
The Santa Fe has now placed
in effect summer tourist rates to Den
yer. Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Mani
tou and Glenwood Springs, Colo, Los
Vegos, Hot Springs, n. NJ, Grand
Cannon of the Colorado via Flagstaff,
Ariz., Ogden and Salt Lake, Utah,
Butte and Anaconda, Mont,
and Spokane Falls, Wash.
Fish stories are not in it this year.
The Kansas corn fields are to the
front. We heard of a boy on bottom
farm the first of the week who con-
cluded to climb up corn tree and
see how the ears were filling out, and
it was growing so rapidly that when
be started down it took him two
hours to reach the ground.
Tuesday evening, Rev. WINNER of
the L. B. church was given a sur
prise, the occasion being his 44th
Seventy-five people from
Rock creek, Salem and lola gathered
at his home where a good supper was
partaken of and a good social time
was had. Mr.. WINNER was present.
ed with n hat and other presents.
Y 1t was Miss Ruth Mckinney, the
l2-year-old daughter of r. c. McKin-
ney who lives two miles southwest of
town, who won the ladies prize at the
spelling match last week, and not
Miss Eva Kinney, as enormously re-
ported last week. The little girl de-
serves much credit for winning the
prize over so many older contestants.
\ few days ago Mr.. and Mrs. John
Chatfield of our town received the sad
news of the death by consumption at
Salt Lake City, of their son arthur J.
Chatfield. The deceased was born at
Canandaigua, n. y, June Is, 1851,
and died July 81, 1895. He leaves a
wife and two children. The bereay-
ed family and friends have the SYM
pathy of this community.
The editor of this paper, who, with
his family, is rusticating in the noun
tains of Colorado, left orders that he