The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-19

on slip of papsr. The fact that sew
eral of them were rather sad did not
stop the mirth of the party in the
least.
The guests were: Misses Duffy,
Harris, HOrville, Reimert, Abbie Ew-
art, Waters, Irving, Richards, Davis,
Thomas, Ausherman, Esse, Jennings,
Kelso, McHugh, Ricketts,, Newton.
Proctor and Mrs. Lutte Northrup and
Messrs. Travis, Smith, Slower, Nelson,
Mitchell, s. G.. Brewster, HOFville,
Bert McNiel, Walt McNiel, COutant,
Jsnes, Green, Lyell, f. w. Brewster,
McClain, Gilliban, Miller, Brown,
Bowlus, Lutte Northrup, and Frank
HOrville.
In again making the REGISTER the
official county paper at one half the
rates allowed by law, the county CON-
missioners have conferred n favor
which we gratefully appreciate and
they have also, we believe, complied
with the wishes of a very large ma
jority of the tax pages of the county.
The purpose of the law in requiring
that certain official acts and state
ments should he published is that the
people may be informed. Is it not
carrying out the intention of the law,
therefore, to have these publications
made in the paper having the widest
circulation? The average weekly cir
culatiOn of the REGISTER during last
year was over 2300 copies. To be sure
1894 was political year and our SUBJ
scription list was swollen by tempo
rary additions. But we feel safe in
saying,-and our books are open to
anyone who wants to verify the as
sertion,-that the regular bona fide
subscription list of the REGISTER
contains the names of twice as many
Allen county tax payers as that of
any other paper published in the
county. The merchants of lola rec
ognize this when they pay us high
er price for advertising than is asked
by any other paper. What is good
sense for the merchants is equally
good sense, we believe the taxpayers
will say for the county.
Little HOlledge Allen wanted to see
a blaze last Saturday afternoon and so
started a fire in pile of boards that
lay near his fathers barn. The re-
suit was a very lively fire that burned
the barn. with all its contents, includ-
ing a fine cow, buggy and harness,
and a lot of grain and tools. AS soon
as the first blaze was seen one of the
neig hbOrs, knowing that the COW was
kept i'm the barn, ran to release her,
but failed to see her on account of
high partition and so she was left to
perish. AS soon as the alarm reach
ed the streets it was responded to by
a hundred or more men who devoted
themselves TO saving the house which
was in great danger for half an hour.
1t was only by the most heroic exer-
tions that it was prevented from
catching fire. Harry Brown, Willard
Hibbs and several others deserve
great credit for the courage and nerve
with which they faced the furious
heat, remaining at their posts even
when their own clothing was on fire.
Fortunately the wind was not blow
ing. If there had been such gale
as we had several days last week it is
hard to tell where the fire would have
stopped. While the fire was at its
height some persons, thinking the
house was bound to go, began taking
the furniture out of the house, and in
this way some trifiing damage was
done. The property was owned by
Il. f. Kelley and the barn was insur-
ed for S125.0O. 1t could be replaced
probably for 500. The loss which
MIR. Kelley deplores most is that of
the fine weeping willow and several
apple trees, which were killed by the
heat, Mr.. Aliens loss will reach
about 500 with no insurance. Every.
body is sorry it was so bad,-and
glad it was no worse.