The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20

power him.
A young man named Baker, who
has been here some months, Is being
pursued by some of the lawyers with
the occupation tax. Baker was q law
student in Kentucky before he came
here and he recently acted as sort
of lawyer for a man in justice court.
| Now the lawyers think ne should en-
joy all the privileges and he Is anx-
iously asserting that he Ia merely "A
law student spending his vacation
here.
One Of the main "featuresu of the
circus Tuesday was a grand entra
parade. The entire circuit and all
the rings we're filled with 1t. IT 40
happened that Ait Northrup and &.
w. White were making their way
across the track TO the Reserved seal S
when the parade entered and they
marched halt way around the track
right in font of the band. And how
they did step-the cynosure of all
eyes, they fairly trod on air.
There Ia talk of putting in bridge
across Elm creek south of town on
the road leading south from the brick
plau.. The bridge would accommo-
date n great many people and would
give road into town shorter by
mile than the one now used around
by the mound bridge. And then
when the cement plant has begun
operations and a switch engine Is
snOrting up and down the tracks, Il
safer and quieter road will be wei.
coined.
While working on the addition to
the G. &. McCarty carriage shop Sat
urday Oscar w. Myers and Tillman
I Birnbaum were precipitated to the
ground, distance OF sixteen feet,
by the breaking of II scafIoldipg. Mr..
Birnbaum escaped injury but Mr..
Myers was badly hurt, his back be-
ing wrenched. He was carried into
tho shop and taken to his home at
= 1903 south Sycamore street where med.
} ical attend ance was summoned. 1t
is hoped that the injury will not prove
in any way serious.
Phtsburg Headhght: John O'COnnor
WAS bitten on the upper lip couple
of days ago 10y black spider, and 1t
a became very painful and i'm short
( time was swollen to almost three
times it's normal sze and nearly
stopped him from talking the thought
. of which was nearly az painful to
tive treatment has been used and the
= lip is slowly going back to its former
siZs. He said if the kissing bug fad
had not gone out of style 80 soon he
D., could have furnished an example of
y its work.
w. l.. Bartels contends that the
Nensho was much lower in the '60-
than IL il now The rifle south OF
u the dam was dry and the water was
=. co elected in holes along the bed of the
I stream. He thinks that the shallow
4 ness of the streams today Is due &c
o the wa hing in Of dirt from the
n plowed lands. In 1860 the Neoshc
+ river, now n muddy stream, was per.
fectly clear, the water coming into il
4 from the prairie land. Now the
;. water carries dirt from the plowed
-. fields aud has filled up many of the
g deep places,
e speaking OF the Twentieth Kansas
4 General Funston said: "Now | want
8 to tell you when | was proudest of the
Twentieth Kansas, my old regiment
1t was at Hong Kong ON the way
y home. fully 500 of tho command
Z were ashore there for seven days. The
! place was full OF saloons and the sol
u dier's pockets were full of money, but
u in all that time. there WAS not one o
y those men dunk or disorderly.
u have mo doubt that other OF on,
American soldiers made AZ good a re
record. OF course there was drink
g ing, but they knew where to stop"
n The Chanute papers have had lot,
u of fun about the infatuation of tn,
. lola boys for the ChanHle girls. PEG
q pie never see any charm in HON,
= girls. Well, Tuesday, evidenc,
u came to hand showing that the Cha
mute girls return the warmth will
=, interest. When the train on which
=, the girls were coming up to see the
,, circus and the boys was stopped neai
- Humboldt and laid up for an indef
- mite wait, these girls struck the tie,
~ and walked the eight miles to lola
- And they hit so hot pace that they
a heat the train in. That's love worth
" having.
Two Of Iola's pretty girls held up ;
J. REGISTER reporter Tuesday and
i asked him who the two young mel
II were who had recently come her,
~ from Colorado and gone into tn,
o cigar business. In the talk which
followed they explained that they
knew the gentlemen were from Colo
RADIO because they saw the name o
that State on box of cigars which
the young men bad sold 10 the stor
l. where one of the girls works. SmolI
C ers know that Colorado or Colorad,
D. Madura or Colorado Claro on a ciga
i. box designates the color Of the wrap
is per OF the cigar as light or dark o
D. medium.
II While the question of bridges !
10 being discussed IL developes tina
people living southwest of tow
10 think there should be bridge acros
At ELM Creek at the old mound ford
ar one of the oldest crossings in tn
v county. They claim that the ney
ia switch TO the brick plant will eros
T. the road on the south slope of Tn
, ord, making IL very danRerou
l. ford, They have gond argumeu
10 Inn Of l.,,