The Iola register., 1900-10-12

OlJy wednesday,
DR.. II. =. Merriman, of Chicago
who has been here for several days ON
business returned to his home in
Chicago Wednesday.
Mrs. w. f. Mcfarland, of Nicker-
son who has been here visiting her !
parents Mr.. and Mrs. j. f.. Hender-
son Joined her husband here Tuesday
and went to st. Louis.
Mrs. Mary Hyde and Mrs. Clara
Weekly, of Philadeldhia, who have
been here visiting $. j. Jordan and
wife and Mrs. Clara Breckenridge,
returned home Tuesday.
At the time of the last bond election
there had registered for voting i'm this
city l30Omale citizens. Since thattime
up to this morning III more had reg
istered and there is still considerable
time left.
Some thief with nothing better to do
entered the barn of Mr.. Wheeler. of
the cement plant last week and made
away with a good saddle. People
with horses should be on the look out
for the enterprising thief will prob.
ably try to find a steed to fit the sad
die.
DR.. Coffman received word Sun
day that Harry Wiley, who went from
here to Kansas City to study medicine
had had the misfortune to be stopping
at a boarding house where case of
small pox developed and had to be
quarantined. 1t is unfortunate be-
cause there is no telling how it may
end.
The Episcopal ladies made such a
good reputation with their entertain
ment course last year that they found
little trouble in disposing of tickets
for the course this year and have had
II very successful sale. The proceeds
are for the church now building anG
the first number of the course will bC
given Thursday night.
At the race track last Saturday
there were several horse races, matched
between horses in thecounty. Among
, the horses was one of Bert Jones, o
Deer Creek, and Wilmoth and {
Hays horse. The owners put up 1
purse and matched theraces and quit,
crowd went down from town to Sc,
p them. The Jones horse won the race
= Ed Preston, young man who ha!
= been working at the cement plant
was found by the doctors to hav,
consumption and friends took up
collection for his benefit and he lef
p Thursday for Parsons where he viii
take treatment, later going to tn
o Ozark mountains i'm search of health
His friends here hone he will be full,
restored.
5 Those who went to Fort Scott to at
tend the A. O. U. w. meeting returned
Z Friday tired and happy. The,
! report that they were very highly en-
4, tertained and that every visitor wa
shown good time. The next meetin!
will be held at Cherryvale. As one o
them said tive took it away from tn,
, Pacific because they wouldn't give u
any trains"
D Mr.. j, +. Bridgeman and Mr.. r.
e NJ. Gamble the two architects VIII,
e have made lola their home for SOM
a time and done good work in improv
+ ing the style of architecture which wa
, running to seed here before the
came, have gone into partnership an,
will hereafter do business under tn
firm name of Bridgeman q Gamble
They ought to find plenty of busines
;, and prosper,
4 For several days Mrs. r. T. Andel
q son and Mrs. A. H. Wright have bee
- expecting visit from brother
G. H. Green, whose home is at Car
yon City, Colo, but who was visitin
>, at Shelby, Ohio. Last Friday they r,
ceived the sad news that he had die
> at Shelby. Mr.. Green visited hel
several years ago and made man
= friends who will sympathize great
= with the two sisters.
Mr.. Mcdonnell, the engineer, hf
,r gone to Osawatomie to figure on
k water works and electric light plal
ii with bright prospects of getting Il
l. job. The lola contract has been a
le excellent advertisement for this firm
le young engineers and they give ever
ii assurance that they will reciproca
T. by giving lola a good piece of wol
which they can always :point to :wit
ID pride.
v 1t is suggested that one reason ba
,e bars are nearly always ardent pol
ID ticians is that they talk to advantag
ut For when they get to going it {
d politics ii the man in the chair seen
IN to be getting the better of 10 they df