The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-12-30

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pleaded guilty to drunkenness, but
denies disorderly conduct. None of
the colored people would take him In
as he is considered y tough customer,
and so cot was fixed up for him i'm
the engine room at the city hall.
Eagie:-The primary class Of the
First M. f.. Sunday school rendered
Governor and Mrs. Stanley recep.
ton at the church Wednesday night.
Governor Stanley was presented with
- fine bible by the class, the presenta-
ton speech being made by little
Myrtle Woodford. She said "Our
class is the largest class i'm the Sun
day school, and we have right to
give you the biggest reception and
bid you the last goodbye. We all
would have voted for you If they had
let us, for we know we love yo1 bet
ter (for we don't want any ofiice): and
when you are settled in the little
town of Topeka we all, at least 200 of
our class, are coming up to see you,
and sit in the governors chair in your
lap. Now, dear Mr.. Stanley, go to
your new home and try to build up
another Sunday school for Jesus If
you can. Though you may be gever-
nor twenty years, you will never have
to pardon one of us ont of prison. /
present you this book in the name of
the primary class; goodbye, Mrs.
Stanley; goodbye, Mr.. Stanley. May
God bless and keep you is our dearest
wish.
Leonard Sutherland, the superin-
tendent of the County Poor Farm,
gave the eleven inmates a delightful
surprise on Christmas in the shape of
tree loaded with presents for them.
Not only nuts andl candies, but
clothing and other substantial gifts
were hung on the tree, and the in
mates were ae delighted ard children.
1t was thoughtful and generous act
on the part of the Superintendent and
shows that in Allen county, at least,
the poor are treated as if they were
human beings.
The host of friends of Mr.. +. ;
Bennett will be shocked and grieved
to learn that his mother was burned
to death at her home in Westphalia
Saturday. The catastrophe was the
result of the explosion of lamp
set fire to the old lsdy's clothing,
death resulting before the flames
could be extinEushed. Mrs. Bennett
was seventy-one years and her hus-
band is eighty-four. Mr.. Bennett has
the deepest sympathy of his lola
friends In his sad loss
HONOR bright now, dear city own
ership brother, must you not admit
that the REGISTER treated you fairly
during this last campaign? 1t gave
more space to the editorial committee
for city ownership than II gave to
the other side, and never charged
any body cent for it. Wasn't that
q fair deal, and oughtn't you to take
back some of the hard accusations
about this papers unfairness which
you have made in the past
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Jones who live
in the northeast part OF the city,
have held in their home a Sunday
school of children who attend no Sun
day school, and on Monday evening
they held regular Christmas tree
with a program of songs and recita-
tions and a good talk by Mrs. Jones
There were thirty-five or more pres
ent of those who will long keep in
memory this venture for an additional
Sunday School In lola.
An exchange says that the physic-
ally perfect Kansas woman Ia five
feet five inches tall and weighs 1873
pounds. That is one mans idea.
Every Kansas woman is physically
and mentally perfect in some mans
eye at some period of her life and a
wise Providence made as many
variations in the male eye as in the
physical female dimensions.
Miss Emma Kelly whose ad-
venturous trip to Klondike and back
has been 80 much talked about, is
now at her home in Topeka writing
some articles fer Harpers Magazine.
When they are finished she will be
open to lecture engagements and will
no doubt give highly entertaining
talk. Will not some body bring her
to lola?
The Missouri Pacific failroad has
at last begun its long threatened
cinder laying. The space between
the tracks is being filled with cinders
and before the work IL done it is re-
ported the depot platform will be
torn down and cinder platform put