The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-05-15
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

business Monday.
C. s. Ritter went to Bronson on bus
iness Tuesday evening.
Rev. w. l.. Squier was in Ft. Scott
on business last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. d. Spicer were
down from Geneva yesterday.
Mrs. F. s. Longstreth. of Colony, is
visiting the family of J. c. Coffield
this week.
We are indebted to RObt. Cook, who
is now visiting there, for copy ofthe
Niles (Mich.) Mirror.
Nearly all the lola girls are wear
ing boomers these days. They gather
them off the rosebushes.
Mr.. Golf has added quite large
stock of musical instruments to his
jewelry stock since our last issue.
Star: A Savonburg firm of doctors
recent fly took a job lot contract to cure
whole family of cancers, tumors and
piles.
J. w. Coutant has improved the ap-
pearance of his already neat hard
ware by having the front painted this
week.
M. w. Bush and Miss Fay Golf
spent Sunday in Kansas City, Mo-.
the guest of DIR, J, III. johnson and
family.
The knights of Pythias have
changed their regular meeting night
to Monday instead of Wednesday as
heretofore.
The phonogrsph concert at the Bap-
fist church did not have a very large
crowd Monday night but those who
did go report some good music.
K. C. Journal: Lutte Slower, Of lola,
recently declined the offer of . good
position as assistant city engineer of
Salt Lake, and thus another rock
rooted Kansas tradition is rudely
upset.
The union meeting of the young
peoples societies will be held at the
Presbyterian church next Sunday at
$50 O'Clock. Subject: "How God re-
wards those who do his will" Matt.
25:31-41.
Miss Minnie Brown returned the
latter part of last week from Finley,
where she has been employed for some
time as singing evangelist for the
Christian church, and is visiting her
parents at the Leland Hotel.
Union: Officers for the city of Hum
boldt have been appointed as follows:
6. R. Gard, City Attorney; b. s.
Smith, City Treasurer J. F. Fisher,
Street Commissioner and Marshal.
These appointments have been con-
flrmed by the Council and the officers
named have entered upon the dis
charge of their duties.
Mrs. Mary E. Haines, president of
the Fourth District w. c. T. u, will
give an illustrated lecture, using the
dissolving view stereopticon, at the
NJ. E. church, lola, Friday evening at
s o'clock. Subject, "Mercy." She
will also speak at the same place in
the afternoon, 2:3O o'clock, on "What
is the w. c. T. U. doing?" Every body
invited. Admission free.
Union: The Oswego NeoUs-BlaCie, in
speaking of the horse and mule trade
of Kansas, says: People who are not
posted in this trade have but little
idea of its magnitude. Last week we
made the statement that A. Piper &
Son, of Labette, had shipped south
last winter, 1760 horses and mules.
Joseph Levi of Galveston has also
bought and shipped several car loads
from Oswego, while Erwin, Grant &
Co. have shipped from Humboldt,
Kansas, between Sept. l, 1895 and
April l, 1896. $50 car loads of mules
and horses, or over $500, 900 worth; in
these shipments were several car
loads of small mules for Central
America, also 10fine teams of matched
carriage horses that were sold on an
average of S240 per span, for the same
country.
1t does not Pay
IN avnarinant with nadioinaa Rappsi