The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-08-18

ability as a preacher and by his quail |
tiles as scholar ana gentleman. |
He has filled a pulpit at Wellington |
for several years and they have ask |
ed him to remain there, but the lola |
church secured him.
One of the choicest and most valu- |
able bits of dirt in Allen county to
the surprise OF every body has proven
TO be the two and half acres Of land
owned by Mr.. Clark just south of
Elm Creek south OF lola. The land
doesn't look it exactly but he sold the
little patch recently to the Cement
Company for the sum of 1000. The
land lay right between tracts which
the company owned and they paid
Mr.. Clark's own price for the con-
Meeting link,
A jolly party Of town people
are going TO vary the monotony
of city by camping out down
back of the Nortnrup house on
Elm Greek. There IL beautifully
shaded grove there and tents will be
taken along. The ladies will live i'm
tents and the gentlemen will sleep
and eat there except at noon, as their
uptown business will keep them
here for dinner. The party consist.
of Messrs. and Mesdames Aspinall,
Harry McNeiland Miss Mcneil, Miss
! Ella Ewart, and Walt and Bert Nc
Neil.
Monday and Tuesday of this week
were busy days Tor superintendent
| Billbe. Monuay Ia delegation from
Tony Point called ON him ana asked
nim To change the boundaries Oi
school districts Il and A. They talk
ed long ana earnestly ABOUT the case
and Mr.. Billie took 1t under advise.
ment. Yesterday he was busy with
"A dozen or SO citizens from Old Els
more. some of them had prepared "A
petition to have new district made
from parts of districts 40, 53 ami 6G
aud the others came up to fight II.
Chris :. Ritter represented the petit
TONERS but after looking into the
matter carefully, asked to have the
petition set aside and the case dis
missed.
Fred Horton IL having more trouble
than anybody these days. A couple
of weeks ago he tried to pull tae cas-
ing in the Busley well and it parted
leaving about twenty lengths of pipe
in the hole, and necessarily leaving
the well open all this time. A UOut II
week ago he got a string of tools fast
in the well near the ola tanks, and
hasn't been able to fish them out yet
And now lightning strikes his wei
out i'm Highland Place and sets it Or
fire and 1t cost him lot OF trouble I,
to get 1t put out. He unjust hav,
seen the new moon over his ! f
shoulder, or lost his rabbit foot Ui
something.
y great many people, especially
farmers are having some trouble ovel
the revenue stamp act here lately
Until recently it has been all righ
tor person giving check or Il per
son receiving check for the bank t
r. cancel them, but recently new rul
I ing was made which requires tn,
owner of the check to cancel tn,
stamp. During the last two or tire,
/ days farmers living six and ,eigh
miles in the country have come tS tn,
banks here without the checks stamp
: ed and offered the bank the two cent
? to put it on and lcancel it. The new
? ruling however, forbids this and PEG
pie giving checks hereafter should re
member that they are utterly worth
less unless the stamp is cancelled b,
the maker,
The sixth annual meeting of tn,
First Settlers Association of A lien
Anderson, Coffey and Woodson coun
ties will he held in Riverside Park
; NeoshO Falls. Kansas, Thursday ant
Friday, August ~ and %, 1899 rh
meetings heretofore have been largely
r attended by people from all parts o
the counties within the district, anC
the outlook for large attendance anC
a most successful reunion this year /
very tlattering, Prominent speaker
: will be present both days and addres
the people each session. There vii
also be numerous toasts and recita
tions. In tact the program through
, out will be full of interest Arrange
ments are being made for series O
interesting ball games, and those win
, enjoy this sport will have an oppor
tunitv to witness some fine PLAYING
We trust that large number of on
i people will arrange to attend thi
meeting. 1t will be a veritable low
feast for the old settlers.
q 1t should be a matter of mucI
! satisfaction to all who are interested
in questions that have received tn
7 consideration of the most thoughtful
| men of every generation for man,
centuries, to know that Rev. =. w
, Gamble formerly of LaHarpe bu
; now of Ottawa, Will deliver lectur
ut some time during the Epwertl
l League Convention which Is to 10
held here next week, on the subject
"Ihe sabbath of the Jews" A
g most Of the readers of the REGIsTEI
are aware, Mr.. Gamble has made
special study of this question ant
has reached the conclusion that tn
sabbath of the Jews was movable
and not fixed feast day, that it oc
Cured at different times ON ever,
, day of the week and not always OF
!, the seventh. And he has fortified
, this conclusion with such convincing
a logic and evidence that the mos
: learned JEWS RabbIs in this countr,
! have not been able to refute him
= These reasons and evidence are wha
! he will present In his lecture her