The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-04

would have caused a riot two years
ago. Northrup's store and the Fam
Gus both had window displays yes
terday that were beauties The lat
ter had fine shoe display, and the
former = whole window full of those
thin, gauzy, dreamy, many colored,
enhancing contrivances which girls
use to cover freck les and mo les and |
through which dull eyes look deep
and mysterious, lips look red and In
viting and faces look coy and fair.
Woman certainly has the advantage |
in point of makeup in loves arena.
John small and Walter Jones left
Friday for Lawrence where they will
enter the University, the former in
the Literature department and the
latter in the Law school. MIR. Jones
attended the University several years
ago, but was compelled to drop out
by his fathers death. He Is q bright,
persevering young man and two
years law course will give him the
ground work for brilliant career
Mr.. Small has been here less than a
year, but those who know him es-
TEEN him highly and expect great
things Of him some day rs novelist
or journalist. The REGISTER wishes
the boys happiness and success.
Friday evening the telephone
rang in the REGISTER Office and
voice said: "IIellO, REGISTER, this is
the TT. Scott Monitor" A pleasant
chat followed. The line works per-
fectly and the words are distinct and
clear. Humboldt, lola LaHarpe,
| Moran, Bronson, Uniontown, Redfield
and Ft Scott are now all connected.
\ X. G. journal dispatch from FIT.
Scott says hat the work has been
done by the Union company, and now
the Bell company announces that it
will at once parallel the Union com
pauy's line to lola. How much truth
there is in this connot be learned at
present.
Ottawa Herald: 1t Is stated on re-
liable authority that some decided inn
provements are soon to be made on
this division of the Santa Fe. 1t is
said that new iron bridges of "a much
larger capacity will be put in to re-
place those on the line from this city
to Chanute in order that several of
the large mountain engines may be
transferred to this division and there
by facilitate work by hauling heavier
loads, and that new and larger en-
gines will he put on the mountain
divisions. The large bridge on the
Girard branch out of Chanute Is now
being rebuilt at an expense of about
$50 600. The contracts for the new
bridges, it is said, have already been
let.
Judge Gard rendered his decision
In the Grimes-A dams case Thursday.
AS reported in Tuesdays REGIS.
TER. Grimes garnisheed some money
owing to Adams and when they met
up on DeCluies corner A dams express
ed in fervid metaphor and torrid simile
his opinion of Grimes, his actions, his
antecedents and his future. Mr.
Adams did nearly all the talking al
this interview and several of the by
ISLANDERS overheard him. Among
them was Judge Potter who remon
strated with him against using such
language on the street. MIR. Adams
paid $26.70, fine and costs for the pri
vilege of saying what he wanted to
This should be warning to a larg,
number of men aud boys who are get
ting frightfully careless in the langu
age they use on the street. Nearly
any day language as bad or worse
e than Mr.. Adams used can be hearC
on the streets, and it should be stop
: ped in the same way his was.
isn't much satisfaction to cuss at two
bits the cuss.
A loud explosion between five anC
six o'clock Saturday evening startled
= nearly every body in town, and tn
men on the street hurried to the plac
where the sound seemed to com
from. 1t was then learned that
= natural gas explosion had taken plac
u at the steam laundry. A cistern ha
= recently been dug there and WALLED
up and to facilitate the drying of tn,
t cement which drew moisture from tn
moist earth, II pipe was run dow
: into it and gas jet ignited. Fo
some reason the gas would go on
n every little while and the men woul,
o then turn the stop.cock until the ga
e which had collected had blown away
II Saturday night, the engineer, ma
a named Woten, was alone there AM
d he took u look at the cistern an,
s found that the flame was out. With
,nt l. Ia, tho ugnaI .,panoniiong Ia