The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14

| Building with her dress making ana
millinery goods. The building she
vacated will be occupied by Mr.. Nelson
Rowe, of Parsons Kan, who will run
Chill Soup House.
Scalds, Burns, Old Sores. Tumors,
Piles, all are relieved at once, and in
time effectually cured by the use of
that perfect ointment, BEGGS' GER
MAN SALvE. Ask your druggist for
sample. For sale by G. b. Spencer d
Co., North Side Square.
Mrs. Melissa Penn, wife of Rev. C..
V. Penn, has sued the city of Hum
boldt for $1,000 damages from a fall
| from q slight defect in the sidewalk
| in front of the Methodist church, of
which her husband was pastor.
This office had a pleasant call last
Saturday from Mr.. H. A. Myers, of
Savonburg. Mr.. Myers has been a
buyer for r. X. Campbell & Co, COM
mission merchants of Kansas City, for
| a number of years, and is one of the
best known stockmen in the State.
Superintendent Billbe went to
junction City Tuesday TO attend the
Semi-annusl Convention of the County
Superintendents of the State. He
took with him letter from the Com
mercial Club cordially inviting the
organization to hold its next conven-
tiOn at lola.
A subscriber in Oregon, enclosing a
years. subscription, remarks: ~ see
that you agree to buy the Central
Pacific railroad if all your delinquent
subscribers will pay up their arrears,
and so | thought l would do my part
and when you buy it will come back
to lola and see all the old friends
Mr.. G. Chase has sold four acres off
the south end of his 9-acre tract adj
joining the city limits, to Mr.. Davis,
of Minnesota, for S1100, cash in hand.
1915 an acre is not SO bad price for
Kansas land and the sale is one of the
evidences of the faith men have IN
the rapid and permanent growth of
lola.
The ladies of the NJ. +. church de-
sire the REGISTER to express thanks
to the Mandolin Club for the excel
lent music furnished at their enter
tainment last Monday evening. To
| MISS NldId IOuSI iOA lhC
Drill, TO Miss Birdie Reimert for mu-
sic furnished and to Mr.. Saphar for
recitatiOns.
Rev. A. $. Dechant, successor of
Rev d. b. Shuey, Superintendent of
Missions, will make his first visit to
the lola Reformed church next week
speaking in the church Thursday
evening May 20; at Allen Center Fri
! day evening the Dist A full attend
ance of the members is desired. The
public is invited.
Parties thinking of erecting monu-
ments or tomb stones at the grave of
their friends will save money by call
ing on Palmer q Null of lola. They
have good stock on hand to select
from. IfyOu wish work for decoration
do not delay but call at once. We
will give you good stock and good
work for little money,
w. r. Hadley, who used to live
near lola, but who moved to Lamar,
| Mo-, some time ago, was awakened
from his sleep few nights ago to find
| his barn wrapped in flames. He went
out and tried to save his horses and
| in the attempt was so badly burned
! that his death is mOmentarily expect
ed. He lost five horses in the fire.
Two or three of our friends from the
country haN e got in the habit of COM
! ing up to the REGISTER Office every
! time they are i'm town and getting a
| handful of exchanges ''tO read over
Sunday We are glad to have them
do this, and we will cheerfully sup
ply all others that may come on the
same errand-as long as the papers
hold out.
DIR. w. K, Jones has secured the
| front rooms over Bartels and Yeager's
stores for offices and enters this week
upon the practice of medicine here.
His family will occupy the Myler
house. lust north of the Baptist church
as soon as it is finished. DR.. Jones is
thoroughly educated man, young,
vigorous and ambitious, and we pre-
dict for him a successful career as
physician and surgeon.
Some of our good people object to
subscribing anything to induce fac
| tories to locate here on the ground
that whatever is worth having will
come here anyhow. We notice, how
ever, that among the items of invest
ment by the Kansas City Stock Yards
Company, as sworn to by its officers,
is one of S775,874 given as bonus to
packers. 1t must be admitted that
the great Packing Houses were "worth
having" to Kansas City. and yet they
didn't "cOme anyhow" by whole lot.
Fifteen years ago last Tuesday
evening j. r. Crigler and Rachel ID.
Mayfield were united in marriage at
the Baptist church in lola, and the
anniversary was delightfully."- cele-
brated last Tuesday evening by nearly
40 of their friends who came in on
them without notice, bringing baskets
full of all sorts of good things TO eat,
and a lot of useful and pretty presents
besides. 1t was highly gratifying
testimonial to the high esteem in
which Mr.. and Mrs. Crigler are held
by their friends, and the occasion will
be happily remembered by all who
were there.
ON PEOPLE. Old people who re-