The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-03

iuhtlOu, OUe OI lDe uOWTllUen laws
of this Club is that no member shall
ever ask to he made au officer in IT,,
and for this reason the election as
President is regarded az very CON
siderable compliment.
A. II. Brown returned from Kansas
City Friday night. Acc made the
statement that although he had been
in Kansas all the time in the past
half century he had not been III Kan
sss CITY since it was small village
not quarter Ms large as lola. He
noticed number of changes
Mrs. G.. Norris, mother of John
Kingsley, left for Detroit, Mich, to
make her future home with her
granddaughter. Mrs. Grace (Kings.
ley Brooks. The oil lady has
reached the advanced age OF eighty
four years aud has spent the last
twenty-One Of them in lola at the
home Of her son. she has very many
friends here who will wish her safe
journey and pleasant days in the
evening of her lite
W. T. McElroy received a telegram We'd
nesday evening from Claysvillc, Penn an.
nouncing the death of his aged mother. lie
departed Thursday on the 1910 train for his
old home, to be present at the funeral.-
| Humboldt linton
Mr.. McElroy has the sincere sym
patny Of the editor of the REGISTER
and "A host OF other friends through
out the county in his sad loss.
A letter from Roy Fetheringill TO
the REGISTEE asks that the address
on his paper he changed from st. Lou
Is to Manila, i. |. The letter Is dated
ut san Francisco, Jan. 23, and he
states that he is on the point OF leav-
ing for the new world. Roy is an old
Allen county boy and the many
plans.
Lient. Ode e. Nicols, Trough Rid
ers" was the inscription ON a grip of
a soldier hoy VINO changed cars here
Monday. a par of spurs aud a scab-
bord were tied 10 the grip aud he
must have been the real article. Mo.
ran Herah.
You are right. Lieutenant Nichols
parents live at lola aud he was on h "a
way back To New York city after Il
visit here.
THE Minneapolis Messenger pub
fishes a list of Subscribers who owe IT
from 50 to Sl2. 1t offers the accounts
! for sale at heavy discount. The
REGISTER will wait until it learns
whether the editor of the Messenger
escapes with his life before following
his example, although it has some ac-
counts that it will sell now at private
sale at "a heavy discount.
The funeral of Mrs. Nichols, whose
death occurred in lola AT the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. w. Green, on
Wednesday evening, was held from
the Presby terrain church Friday at
p IN. Revs. Leonard aud Fraser con-
Quoted the services which We're at
tended by large number of friends.
Interment was had in the lola ceme-
terry.
Ralph Brown came home Thursday
from Oklahoma, where he has been
for the past two weeks OF his wander
ings. He and his companion made
quite tour of Kansas and the terri
tory, playing for dances, and he comes
home fat aud hearty, having gained
twenty .one pounds during his alb
sence. He will probably remain he 9
now and will very likely get II job in
one of the jewelry stores.
A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature giving mayors of cities of
the second class salary Of $500 and
IN town of 5000 or more 5000 lola IL
now in on the $500 size and next
spring the mayor will draw 5000 if
the bill passes. This is a raise of S490
over the present salary in lola, and
all those who wish to be mayor next
year and take chances on the 5000
should leave their names at this office
al once.
Rat Grubbs the colored boy who
married Jonas Carter's daughter in
order TO get out of Jail, went back to
jail Friday. At the time of the mar
riage he promised to love, cherish
and more particularly make an effort
to support his wife. She claims he
has made signal failure in the lat
ter particular, never having lived
with her, and never having con-
tributed one cent toward her support.
The matter came up in police court
Friday and Rat was sent back to the
county jail.
The surveyor for the Mo. Pac. was
in town Saturday. He is not very gar
rulOus about his plans but the saving