The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-11-24

Capt A. A. Methven, OF Mime.
apOls, Mimi, is visiting VIM. Knapp,
his old comrade OF the days of '61, ne
having been captain of the 9th ohio
Vol. Cavalry, in whichKnapp served.
Col. Saphar and his son came i'm
Wednesday from Dennison, Texas,
where they have been with the show
THE Circus Queen" They were
driven out by the small pox which
threatens the whole south and inter
feres with show business.
County Treasurer Decker reports
that during the month Just past, the
first month for collecting taxes, 81 ,237
have been taken in, while during the
same month lat year only So, 1888 had
been collected. This would seem to
ind icate that money Is more plentiful
Fred Horton reports that last
Saturday he finished gas wei
on the John Nannuys land two miles
east of lola and half mile south for
the LanyOn Zinc Co. The well he
estimates ut 100000 bic feet daily
enough to set town twice the size
of lola crazy.
Tobey, Mr.. Shells pug dog for
which he advertised, was brought i'm
from LaHarpe Tuesday by man
said the dog appeared at his house
few days ago half starved. The man
kept him until he heard of the loss of
such dog IN lola and then brought
in the pug and took the reward.
Three houses up near Neosho and Twelfth
are being put up at the same time. Emporia il
having prosperity up that way. - Emporia
What would the Gazette man do in
lola where at any given second in the
past two years from ten to fifty houses
were in course of construction.
Have you noticed the offer of the
Grand Leader to receive the couTou
which appears in their advertisement
in the REGISTER, as the equivalent
OF ten cents In every purchase Of fifty
cents or more II presented this week
1t is a mighty easy way to pick up
ten cents.
Geo. A. Fry retur ned Tuesd ay
ON Arkansas, the rest of the party
e;naining in the wilderness. He
brought back some OF the handsomest
specimens of zinc ore ever seen here,
all taken from property owned by
lola parties in the great zinc country.
The district court circles are deeply
interested in the report that a German
chemist has invented tablet which
when dissolved in water makes
glass of beer. 1t tastes and acts like
beer, but man can carry around a
jag In his vest pocket. The chief
interest lies in the possible effect on
the Kansas prohibitory law.
The rainbow seen Tuesday after
noon about three o'clock in the north
eastern sky was one of the clearest
and most beautiful ever noticed here.
All the colors of the spectrum were
distinctly marked and fainter how
higher up was easily visible. The
old story is that such sights mean
cold weather.
Geo. Fry reports Lutte Northrup
and f. A. Robinson having ali kinds
of fine time. They are riding
around the country on mules and
hunting and eating ad nauseam. Mr..
Stillwell. a brother OF the district
Judge, runs hotel at Harrison, and
he invited all the Kansas crowd to
partake OF Wlu turkey ulnDer.
They partook of the dinner and
havne't been able to do anything but
rest since. They expect to be home
in about week.
The proprietors OF the lola Racket
contine their noise to their place of
business and on the quiet have been
building houses. Mr.. Sallie has just
completed a handsome ten room
house for himself, tue third which he
owns, on south Chestnut street. Mr..
Emerson will soon move into the
house being built by his sister, Mrs
Blanchard, on south Buckeye street
Mrs. Blanchard was here on visit
and became so interested in lola that
she decided to invest here.
Mr.. Chas. Gamble, who has been
employed to take the place of Mr..
Languille in the REGISTER bindery,
arrived Wednesday, with his wife,
and is now at work. Mr.. Gamble
has worked In the best binderies i'm
the West, and is thoroughly qualified
to do first class up to date work. The
REGISTER has no hesitation, there
fore, in assuring the patrons of the
Bindery that the high standard
which has always been conceded to
the work in this department will be
fully maintained, and now, as here
tOfOre II puarantees eatiefactiOn