The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-09-01

ana 1rhnt BlllDe 10 shy the same
sum. 1t happened thus: The other
night there was q commotion In Bill
be's hennery and the next morning it
was discovered that the big rooster
of the flock had led the chickens to
Beck's yard. The rooster remained
but the chickens returned home. The
only reason that Mr.. Beck has been
able to find is that Billie was enter
tanning house full of Methodist min
listers.
Mel FroDk, Frank Travis and viii
Hankins went to Chanute Friday
rot to attend the judicial convention,
but to visit. The two former return
ed home at o'clock Saturday
and the last at s a. m. Mel Fronk
was the only one visible this morning
and he admitted between large
yawns that the three lola boys spent
the evening with "Oh, about twenty
or thirty girls" Now what do you
think of that?
Milt Simpson was up from Hum
/ boldt Monday interviewing the Fair
managers for permission to bring his
steamer, Humboldt Queen" up the
river and run az pleasure boat dur
ing the far. He eaw several of the
directors and they. were favorable
and the boat Will doubtless be here.
1t Ia n shallow boat covered with a
platform and canvas awning and
makes fine pleasure boat. The
crew will tow it up the river and
have 1t here ready for the fair next
week.
City Attorney Travis Morse has
associated with himself Judge
Thompson and the two are busily en-
gagged in drawing up their arguments
showing why the temporary in
junction granted by the court against
the collection of the occupation tax
should be ended. AS soon as they
have their papers ready they will
make a trip to Erie and lay the mat
ter before Judge Stillwell, and il is
needless to say that the decision of
the court will be awaited with in
terest.
Mrs. w. w. Goble was over from
LaHaTpe Wednesday and asked to
have the weekly REGISTER sent to
her at Benton Harbor, Mich, for
which place she left Thursday
Mr.. Gobe left some time ago and
they expect to try and live outside of
Kansas for awhile. Their daughter,
Miss Ida, will remain i'm LaHarpe
and teach the school she has engaged
this winter, Joining them later in
Michigan. Their many friends wish
them pleasant trip and success in
their new home.
Chas. Gardner, who works at the
north smelter, was severely injured
Tuesday by being struck by a
freight car switching in the factory
yards. He was coming out of the
pottery room as the car was switched
up and the end of the car struck him
on the head telling him to the ground.
Luckily he fell away from the rail-
striking his head on the ties and cut
ting his scalp severely. No serious
results are expected, but it was a
narrow escape. Mr.. Gardner Is the
father of the little boy who was
drowned few days ago i'm the brick
yard pond and misfortune seems as
usual to be coming anything but
singly tn the family.
Word has been received In lola that
A. H. Brown has leased hotel in
Neodesha and will move there with
his family and operate it. Mrs.
Brown is being treated by DR.. Tozer
at Neodesha and she believes che lie
being helped, 80 the family desire to
he with her and remain there. Mr..
Brown went down Saturday He.will
lease his home property and remove
to Neodesha. He is a good, expert
enced hotel man and his friends nope
he will make a mint of money in his
new home. He will feel mighty
queer away from Allen county fIr he
has lived in the county longer than
any other living human.
The man who attended the Popu-
list and Democratic judicial conven-
tlons at Chanute Friday, returned
Saturday with very distres Sill g
story about that town. The two con-
ventlons lost no time in nominating
A. 3. Lapham, of Chanute, for the