The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-07-14

HE Alien county BOTuculIurhl SO
c ETY. will meet in the public square
at Hum oldt, Friday, July Ia.
Miss Abbie Woodin, of Lawrence,
who has been here visiting Miss Tbeo
Robinson and other friends, returned
home Thursday.
The u. b.. Ministerial Association
has been in session at the u. b
church and Il very interesting pro.
gram has been given.
MIR. Claiborne has been interrupted |
in the construction of his mill by bad |
weai her, but he il pushing it as rap. |
idly rs possible and Will have 1t |
ready for the fall business all right
A. l.. Taylor has commenced the
erection of new house on south Wal. !
nut street, which be will rent. 1t
would be q good thing for the town
and fJr the builders If others would
follow his example.
MIR. Noah Shaffer and family moved
Wednesday to their new home on
North Walnut. The old house which
stood on the place has been moved
back and they will live in that while
the new house is in course Of erection.
Geo. Pyne says that Cofeyville IL
all swelled mp over her bail nine and
/ he wants the lola boys to go down
and take the starch out of them. And
/ that's what they Will probably do
soon. Watch the REGISTER tor the
date.
The lola Cash Grocery was broken
into and roOOed sunday afternoon
between the hours OF 3 and &.
About o'clock Mr.. Lowell.
VINO is in charge during Mr.. Hale'z
absence, went INTO the store. At that
time everything was,all right. But at
6 o'clock when ne went in again ne
noticed that all the boxes which stand
under the counter had been pulled
out, and things torn up generally. he
knew he had left only IS cents in the
drawer and that was taken, but as far
as he has been able to discover go far
nothing else was disturbed except
probably some cigars. The thieves
gained entrance to the store by
breaking into the sausage house and
then removing glass out of the win
dow of the main building which adj
joins the sausage house The bu cher
shop which is in the same building
was not disturbed.
Lawyer J. b. f. Gates, now famous
in lola a. corporal N lawyer, used
, to live in Humbold and he tells this
interesting story on himself about the
incident OF his leaving there. In
the late 70s Gates and keplinger and
: q few bright, briefless lawyers de-
cided to move to Kansas City. Gates
, had a whole lot of friends in Hum
, bOldt that he imagined would feel
: sad over his departure ana SO he
= thought he would just take the train
as If he meant TO come back in few
, days and thus save their feelings
Every body was onto his plan, how.
= ever. Lewis Haines was then a
prominent hardware merchant and q
friend of Gates. That morning he
, spent most of his time standing in
his front door watching for Gates
Toe lawyer came sauntering along
on the opposite side OF the street and
/. Haines called TO him. Cafes thought
: "Now ! am in for briney parting
AS he crossed the street Haines met
him and in his extended hand .t
held bill which he told Gates he
would like TO have him pay before he
went. Gates paid it ana went to his
q lIhlu muNltIluR why suOulu tDt
I spirit of a lawyer be proud ~
Moran Herald Moran had. case
of didn 't-know-it-was-loaded thi,
j year Monday, Walter Strong wa.
j preparing To celebrate the next day
in n most fitting manner and was
: loading some blank cartridges. One
D of the caps did not 60 down to sui
him and in han IN ring it down it eX
ploded. setting nre to almost half &
s pound Of powder which was on the
ground beside him. Asa result Wal
ter and Curtis Strong, and Alfred
? Nelson, who was visiting there, wer,
. quite badly burned. Alfred got of
, with the least injury being slightly
u burned on the legs, hands and neck
Curtis was burned the worst. Hit
face was badly burned, his hair sign
? ed, his arms, hands and breast slsC
suffered severly. Walter was burn
, ed IN about the same localities as
, Curtis but in addition his shirt caugh
! fire and only his presence of mine
q saVed him from being awfully burned
: He promptly climbed up on the smok,
o house and into the big wind mil
tank DR.. Jewell was called and sue
/ ceeded in relieving the Logs consider
4 ably. But 1t lie needless to say they
. celebrated the fourth in quite diff
r ferent manner than was their expec
. tation