The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-07-01
the WEEKS NEWS.
FRIDAYS News.

of the out.of-town attorneys in attend
ance on this term of court.
A crowd OF normaltes left today
for their respective homes, having
finished the six weeks work.
Sam Riggs returned this NOR lng
from California, Mo, where he visited
his daughter, Mrs. L. l.. Carter.
Mics Lou Waggoner who has been
visiting friends here for some time,
returned to her home IN Wichita this
morning.
F. NJ. Perkins was down from Law
renee yesterday on business conHect.
ed with the Atlas Building and Loan
Company.
The grand jury moved from the
west room in the court house to the
q. A. r. hall THE morning on account
of the insufferable afternoon heat In
the former place.
The "sweet girl graduate" has a
hard time to look sweet when the
thermometer shows determination
to reach 100, but there were lot of
the common school graduates who
accomplished that result last night.
Word has been received Of the death
from cancer of the liver Of Mrs.
Sylvester, aged SO, at her home near
LsHarpe, on Tuesday June 81.
Interment took place in the chapel
cemetery south of Moran yesterday.
The 4th of July committee has
ordered two large handsome Amer
lean flags, one OKLA feet and the other
6x10. The large one will be awarded
as prize to the township sending
the largest delegation to the celebrs-
tion, and the smaller one to the next
largest delegation. The flags are
valuable and ought to be eagerly
sought after.
Hon. Geo. A. Bowlus made a trip
to Piqua, returning last night. His
ideas of urban homes was improved
while away and the first thing he
did this morning was to tear away
the fence around his lawn. CURLING
will be put in and when all the
changes have been made Mr.. Bowlus
will have one of the handsOmest
lawns in town.
On the evening of June Is, the REG
IsTER printed special from its San
Francisco correspondent stating that
Col. Fred Funston had arrived. To-
day the metropolitan papers Of Kan
sas City contain the same dispatch,
just five days cold. All of which
shows the advantages of having
really good corps of correspondent
and good press service.
The Board of Education met last
evening and transacted business in
relation to the new school house. The
contract for furnishing the new build
ing, with desks, boards aud other
interior paraphernalia, was let to
Evans Bros., of lola, Mr.. Frank
Swanger was employed to fill the
place Of J. E. Henderson, resigned.
A number Of bills were allowed and
the board adjourned.
The delegates to the Democratic
convention were driven about town
yesterday afternoon and shown
through the Manufacturing Com
pany's plant, the brick plant, the
smelters, the ice plant and taken to
other points of interest. They SEEM
ed to be greatly entertained by what
they saw and were highly pleased by
the courtesies shown them by lola
people, regardless Of politics.
Mr.. S. Jacoby received a telegram
this morning from his son, Frank, al
Chicago, announcing the death of his
wife on Thursday evening, June 23rd
The death followed very difficult
and painful surgical operation for the
removal of an ovarian tumor, and the
news of it brings great grief tn al
who knew her and to the home
friends of the bereaved husband t.
whom the most sincere sympathy
will be extended. The remains are
to be taken to the former home of tn,
deceased, In northern Illinois, fo
burial Sunday.
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