The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-05-01

in Topeka last winter, a bitter fight
was had over certain changes in the
constitution. The changes were made
as proposed, and the consequence is
the organization of new benevolent
society by the dissatisfied minority.
The new society is known as the
Triple Tie Association.
Humboldt Union: Since county
rock pile is to be established at lola
the tramps will ego round by the
BRIDGE" and thus our neighboring
city will be deprived of their pres
ence. If each town had crock pile"
for the genus, tramp, TO pound out
his keeping on, they would give this
country q wide berth, rs work is
foreign 10 the average tramp's nature.
The Y. P. s. c. Z. of the Christian
church are using the fifteen dollars
cleared at the birthday social to
paper the church. They have taken
1t upon themselves to repair and re-
furnish the church, and in order to
help raise the necessary funds they
viii give social once each month to
which all are cordially invited. We
trust they will receive the liberal
patronage Of the people.
A cyclone swept through Cloud
county last Saturday night, destroy
ing great deal Of property, killing
eleven persons and injuring 25 others.
The list of the dead so far as known
now is as follows: Mrs. Frank Peter
son, Miss Peterson, John Anderson,
Mrs. Ola Hslverson, Jessie Hall, Eli
Beldezour, Mrs. Eli BeldezOur, Julian
Trimbly, J. S. Haynes. Two children
whose bodies have not yet been found.
Hon. w. NJ. Glenn, q member Of the
Legislatures of 1893 and 1895 from
Greeley county, was in lola Tuesday
between trains on his way home from
FIT. Scott where he had delivered an
address before the Odd Fellows. Mr..
Glenn says that the short grass cOun-
try is in better shape now than it has
been for several years past, and that
the chances are favorable for fine
crop. He also remarked incidentally
that q good many of the Burton men
out there were being left at home this
year and Ingalls, men sent to the
Legislature in their places.
There is more nutriment in sorghum
syrup than is commonly supposed. The
editor of this paper remembers mighty
we'll one winter when it formed
the principal article of diet of himself
and six other boys in impecunious cir
cumstances. The seven of US ate go
gallons Oft in about five months, and
kept fat on it, That is the reason we
want the farmers of this county to
plant lots of it this spring. They can
get it manufactured at Claiborne's
factory here in lola, and if they don't
raise any thing else they need not
StarVe 10 death.
The rapidity with which the recent
heavy rains have been carried Off our
streets, speaks volumes for the good
work that our city council and the
street commissioner have done. Mr..
Harris is about the first of our street
commissioners to discover that water
can be drained down hill better than
the other way, and the bitches and
thing he has put in do their work in
fine shape. There is only one sug-
gestion We ever heard of a change
that might be made in the work of
the present street authorities, and
that is that when tile drain is put
in across the street, it ought to extend
all the way across. AS it is now it
would be easy for stranger, turning
street corner after night, to upset
his vehickle. 1t would cost little
more money to put the drain all the
way across; bat it might save the city
a damage suit sometime.
Some folks live long time "down
east" Mr.. A. Mason, of Elm, hands
US copy of the Woodstown, New
Jersey, Monitor-Register containing
notice of the celebration of the 108th
birthday of Mrs. Hannah Chard. Mr..
Mason knew Mrs. Chard well, and
there is no doubt that the record of
her great age is correct She is still
lively in body and mind, and entirely
capable of looking after her own
household. For a great many years
the anniversary of her birth day has
been celebrated by almost the entire
population of the county in which
she lives, the people coming from
miles around to offer their congratu-
lations. Mrs. Chard's contribution
to posterity is u children, 55 grand
children, SO great grand children, 20
great-great grand children,-1S5
in all