The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-10-01

Mr.. L.. Hampton, stamper on Block
No. l, at the LanyOn's Sons speIter
works, and Miss Jennie Benjamin
were married at the home OF Geu.
COlgin, last Tuesday. They took the
evesing train for Nevada, Mo, To
visit relatives and friends a few days.
Mir. w. NJ. Glenn, of Tribune, Kans
Grand Master of 1. o. y. f., was ia
town Tuesday night and a goOdly
crowd OF Odd Fellows greeted him at
the lodge room. A bout 10 O'clock
thirty or forty Rebekahs entered I'M
announced and spread spread of
good things which caused a smile TO
spread over every countenance Mr.
Glenn was a member of the legisIa-
ture in 1893 and the editor of this pa
per had q pleasant reunion with hun,
talking over the times when we "fil ,
bled and died" in the LEV elling
War"
When Mr.. Fred Baker started for
home Saturday evening be drove up
to the back door of q. V. Bakers
harness shop and leaving his horse
unhiUched stepped inside a minute.
He had hardly gotten inside the
building when the horse dashed down
the alley to Washington avenue and
then started north. As the horse
turned coming out of the alley the
cart to which he was hitched tipped
over, and the horse soon kicked him.
self free, ran q little piece and was
caught. The horse was not hurt but
the cart and harness were pretty
badly damaged.
MARRIED: At the home of the
brides parents in Wier City, Kansas,
MIR. AdOlph SchOnerts, of lola, and
Miss Edna Barrow, of Weir City,
Rev. McKilp officiating. MIR. SchO-
uerts is the handsome day fireman
on blocks Nos. l, 2, 8 and at Robert
canyons Sons Spelter Works, and
during his short residence here has
won many friends. He is an honest,
hustling young man who wins friends
where ever he goes. Mr.. and Mrs.
SchOnerts will go to house keeping at
once in the fine new house on north
Western street. just built by MIR.
Fred Heilman. All the friends of the
young people will join the REGISTER
in wishing them long and happy
welded life.
A bout l O'Clock last Tuesday after
noon the row of stalls at the Fair
Grounds caught fire and burned to
ground. Charley Richards and Lee
SOpher who kept horses there had
just left the stables and gone to the
river for water, when they heard
cracking noise and hurryiDg back
found one of the stalls in flames.
They quickly entered the nearest
stalls and freed the horses, four of
which were tied inside, including
Marie, Mr.. Richards blOOded pacing
mare. Marie and Mr.. SOpher's horse
and horse of Will NOrthrup's were
gotten out and turned loose in the
grove, but one horse which Mr.. Rich
ards has been driving to his delivery
wagon was in the stall where the fire
started and was smOthered when
they got to it. The cause of the fire
will probably remain a mystery, but
Mr.. Richards thinks a match had
been dropped i'm the stall sometime
70 other and either horse stepped
on it or rat gnawed it. A badly
singed rat ran out of the stall when
they first reached it. The fire burned
very fiercely and i'm fifteen minutes
everything was mass of flames.
Mr.. Richards lost one horse and a
good set of single harness and the
FairAssOciatiOn estimates the stalls
which were the best on the circuit at
$500. There was no insurance.