The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-24

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wreck. 1t is supposed she tried the
climbing experience in frightened
flight from dogs.
A man named Dalton has bought
the lot across the street north tIom
Geo. a. BOwlus' house from :. w.
Brewster OF Chanute, trustee Tor the
estate to which 1t belonged. What
he will do with IT nobody seems To
know. Various reports have 1T thar
he will erect "A three storey hotel, lease
it to a lumber company aud do other
things with 1t.
The young man who was reported "a
having been held up and robUed near
the mineral well Monday night has
found no trace OF his money or the
thief. His name is Frank Kalten-
bach aud he lives in Toronto, but
came to lola q few days ago. He has
been doing nothing since coming here
and nobody knows how he came to be
in that part of town.
A. w. Beck has recently hung out
single calling upon those who are
looking for man who came here be-
fore the flood and who knows where
and what Is going to be there to see
him. General guide, real estate
agent, grain dealer and implement
salesman, to say nothing of his ability
on the organ, are a few OF the things
advertised.
EismOre Enterprise: Cannot some
thing he done here this spring toward
prospecting for gas? Is 1t not pos
sibe for the citizens of Moran, Bron'
son and Elsmore to buy a good drill,
! hire good man to manage II and
drill several prospect holes in the ter
ritory between these places at differ
ent points? Elsmore will do her
share we feel sure. What say you
Moran and Bronson?
Rev. N. V. Moore, Of the south Kansas
! Conference, and stationed at Mound CITY,
Kansas. and Mrs Carrie \. Landes, OF
Yates Center, were married March nth, at
the residence Of Ezra Florence, Rev. D. r.
CullinSOn officiating. They lett on the
noon train for their new home, bearing
with them the best wishes of their
friends Yates center Nous.
Many lola people will pleasantly
remember Rev. Moore who lost his
first wife while resident here and will
wish him much joy in his new ties.
Mr.. Henry Rowland of Geneva has
the highest admiration for the Kan
sas hen and her lay and thinks such
musical genius deserves careful cul-
tivation. He owns $50 Kansas hens
and last week, as tribute to nm,
they laid 1922 eggs. Eggs sold for
ten cents a dozen, so he was able 10
cash in S1l % for one week. In the
religious sects where man is lord, the
members are the most precious.
The suburban train carried in the
neighborhood of $50 passengers Mon
day and that number will doubtless
make use of the cheap transportation
daily now that the weather has be-
come more settled. The traffic will
: increase instead of decreasing and the
capacity of the train will be strain
ed to the utmost during the summer
months. OF course there are other
cars and the road will very likely put
on an additional coach before long.
\ little case came up i'm the city
courts today. A grocery clerk had
been informed by his employer not {,
allow "A gang of colOred boys who
were forming the habit of loafing in
the store to stay i'm the building. The
gang came in and the clerk emphasiz
ed his request for them to get out by
administering q kick on the rear
guard. The guard had him arrested
and the case came up at O'Clock and
the defendant was acquitted.
A young man whose name could
not be learned, but who recent y
came here from Toronto, was held up
and robbed near the mineral well Tues
day night. He was walking along
when a short, heavy-set man slipped
up and threw handkerchief over his
face and, holding him pinioned in his
his arms and blinded by the handker'
chief extracted his purse from his
pocket. The purse contained nine
dollars. The theft escaped and his
indemnity was not discovered.
Dispatches from Pleasauten, state
that there is wild excitement neal
there over the zinc finds. Experien
ced miners from the Galena and Jop
lin districts say the prospects are first
class for rich mining field and the
indications good for unlimited depos
its of mineral. The shaft now being
worked was sunk twenty-four years
ago in the search for lead. The pros
pectoIs found plenty of jack, but as L