The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-01-12
KANSAS CLIPS AND COMMENTS

but they spell it "harem."
The Lawton fund has reached close
| to 500, 600 and every man in the 10Th
Kansas rejoices at the tact.
: The Union devotes three columns to
the crime OF Salinas mayor in ap-
pointing his neice city librarian.
G. f. Richardson, rich farmer lv.
ing north of Wihcita, has been Dave
Leahyed, /. g. reported lost in a corn
| field.
The only thing which has located at
Wichita in year which the papers
have admitted was small Is the case
of pox recently discovered.
When Leavenwerth nero hants see
Emery, Bird, Thayer a. Co., of Kan
sas City, advertising night robes i'm
the local papers, it gives them linger-
icing tired feeling.
A Topeka man advertises 1.-TWO rams
for sale, S0S Kansas Avenue" the
main street of the capital. The wise
ad, writer wasted no words in telling
how "sheep" they were.
At Chanute recently was held a
con vention Of railway section foremen
and it is pre- una BILE that the speakers
did their railing in spike-tail coats.
Marcellus Reyr Odds managed to live
on climate in southern California for
three years, but last Sunday he took
up work on the old farm ia Anderson
county, Kansas.
The old rooster of the Seneca T'ri-
bune says that the Muscotah Record is
improved, it's young editor "being in
love with it as he is with everything
that has a dress attached"
BY change in the pension arrange
ments 10000 names have been added
to the Topeka roll and 5000 changed
elsewhere, an increase of 1000 which
necessitates five more clerks.
The evil which expansion has al.
ready done in this country is shown
in the fact that good old John Gilmore
now quotes French in his paper. Last
week he started an item: On dit.
Topeka Capital An item that will
not appear in the calamity papers:
The notice of the increase in wages to
$4,000 Plttsburg merchanics. The ad-
vances were 5 aud 10 per cent, and in
some cases greater.
The highest royalty ever paid for
Kansas oil is being given at Neodesha
the land owners receiving $l.0l 70
every barrel which the wells produce.
The out put is about 900 barrels per
day.
Col. JeltZ, of the Topeka Ledger,
brands that vagrant disease which
has been puzzling the doctors as ian
epidermis OF the chicken pox," and
the Colonel's race is held to be au-
thorities on all things chickeny.
The latest additions to the Fort
Scott police force are two big Louis
lana blood hounds and the city is
julilant over the prospect of catching
criminals with scent, where before
1t cost dollars.
When the glee club reached par
sons it found that it could not give
its concert i'm church, AS had been
arranged, because the minister had
learned that there was an imperson-
ator with the club.
Lawrence society is on the eve of a
disruption. The swell set is highly
indignant because the local papers
said that a gang of workmen were
cutting ice" The swells thought
themselves monopolists.
A Kingman county district Judge
has declared constitutional the fee
and salary law of 1897, which cut
down the county officials salaries.
Now watch the candidates withdraw
their names
Here's CHEEKY note: At the annu.
al meeting of the First Baptist church
of Newton this week 1t was decided
to increase the PASTORS salary 500 a
year. This means that he Will get It,
too, for as the reports read it develop.
ed that the church enters the new
year with no unpaid bills.
Cause for reflection, New YEARS.
item from the Chanute Times: Major
Warfield Is now "reaping the whirl-
wind" His wife sent to the asylu m
and his boy sent to the reform school,
Such are the penalties of violated la
We suppose the Major will swear of
now.
Fred WellhOuse of Topeka has re-
linquished all claim to his deceased
wife's property, which is considera BILE
and 1t will be divided among her
children. Fred is the Kansas apple
king, but contact with that fruit has
effected his character less than it did
Adams.
The Stale Normal Monthly tells the
story of the little boy who had just
learned about "try, trying AGAIN. if
he didn't succeed at first surprised
his mother by Offering this prayer that
night: Oh Lord, make me very good;
If at fret you don't succeed try, try
again.
The mayor of Salina appointed HE
neice city Librarian and, great jump
ing Jehosophat! what a rOw!Three COL
umn in the daily Union contained seven
peoples ideas of the action, and there
are several thousand to be heard from.
The young lady only attended school
In Salina and was appointed over the
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