The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-06-17

! and :. G.. Cecil are busy invoicing
the stock. 1t is hoped that the affairs
OF the firm may he arranged and
business resumed without delay.
The County Commissioners have
been working on the outlying dis
tricts. They have raised the assess
ments OF the various township asses.
sor's on real estate as follows: lola
; Twp, 10 per cent; Humboldt 0: Logan
! ., Deer Creek 10, Carlyle Is, Elsmore
l5 Usage 5, Marmaton S. This after
noon they begin on the personal prop.
erty OF lola city.
Since the subject of grand iury
was preached the town has been freed
Fl m jOiatists. They have wound VI
their affairs and departed for un
known fields. While this condition
will make the work of the grand jury
somewhat useless, it shows that the
most effective prohibitory action
would be perpetual grand jury never
in session, but always on the point OF
sitting.
A good many people have been
scandalized and astOnished at the
strange actions Of some OF the boys
who are not going to the army. They
stand around and wiggle their fingers,
swing their legs, stretch, hop, and an
epidemic of coughing seems to have
/ Rtaf Ia 10 T., a 4.
the boys have saint Vtus's dance,
they have all become army surgeons
for the time being.
Prof w. ). Picken has been APP
pointed uperintendent of schools at
Burlingame. Burlngame is nice
town, with about 1900 nice people,
and deserves the good fortune it en-
joys in having secured the best school
man in Kansas. The lola friends of
MIR. and Mrs. Picken are not pleased
to hear of them going anywhere away
from lola, but they heartily congrat-
ulate the schools and the people of
Burlingame.
Leonard Ferguson, brother of
Jack, who was induced to leave town
some months ago, returned last Fri
day. Fast night the police raided his
place, the tent north of DePuy's bar
Der shop and grabbed two cases of
beer and a jug of whiskey. In de-
fault of his fine, $25 and costs, $3.50, F,
the defendant was locked in the
county Jail to await the pleasure of
the grand jury The tent was de-
clared nuisance and ordered re-
moved.
During the fire at the smelter the
other day the help rendered by the |
Santa Fe freight engine was over
looked somewhat. The engine stayed |
here two hours, cleared the track and |
then hauled water from the depot |
tank to the works where it twas car
ried by the men and thrown on the
burning roof of the machine kiln
buildings. The Messrs Lanyon APP
preciated the assistance rendered
highly, as it was opportune and very
helpful.
After considerable difficulty the
band boys succeeded in getting a
band leader who will come here at
once and take charge of the band.
The new leaders, name lie Everson.
and he comes from Columbus, Kan.
He Is a band leader and also "a COM
poser of music, but the boys are not
inclined to hold agrudge against him
on the latter score. All that Ia neces-
sary now is for 1.-The boys to do some
practicing and lola will
be in shape for the big events of the
year.
A few of DR.. Chastain's numerous
friends decided that his war talk was
one of the DOCTORS high-handed bluffs.
They laid number of bets that he
wouldn't go, among others betting a
uniform against its cash
equivalent. Doc took them all, and
yesterday he began collecting. l..
Root IL Co.'s tailor shop had II rush
order aud the big man of the COM
pany will wear handsome tailor
made uniform. In frae.for-all rush
at a job lot of suits the doctor would
have Jared but i'll, aud the boys are
far from regrettiDg their bet.