The Iola register., 1900-04-27


about electric street rail ways, fran
chises, and so forth. 1t can do no
harm.
Spring house-cleaning in your
system satisfactorily conducted by
Beggs' Blood Purifier, the great
spring tonic anu system renovator.
"It gave new life to Inc and l never
lose an opportunity of praising its
merits" says G. E. Wilson. Pine
Bluff, Ark. Sold by oil druggists.
The first death from smallpox in
the county occurred at Gas City last
Tuesday. The victim WAS an infant
child of IL family named Allen who
have been quarantined Tor week or
more in tent near that town. The
smallpox was of the usual mild variety
but proved fatal to the fragile infant.
Little Carl Campbell some time ago
got the garden fever. He was given
"patchn in the back yard and his
father, A. H. Campbell, gave him
money to buy whatever seeds he
wanted. Mr. Coutant was surprised
the same day when Carl came in and
asked for "a penny's worth of pickle
seed.n The little fellow is particular
ly fond of that variety OF vegetable.
Mr.. Holt, of Hartford, lie here visit
ing Robert White and other friends.
He has the distinction of being one of
the early settlers, having come to
Kansas Iorty-eight years ago next
July. He used to team in this part
of the country and hauled the first load
of merchandise from Leavenworth
TO Cofachique. 1852 to 1900, think
what this State has done In that
time!
Saturday while the Populists were
in convention mbled the Salvation
Army band collected beneath the
windows and serenaded them. This
came in particularly appropriate as
Seth Bartlett in his speech said that
he had searched lola township dill
gently and failed to find primary
and 80 had attended meeting of the
Army and contributed eight cents to
the cause.
Over thirty out of one hundred peo.
ple are troubled with constipation
and doctors claim this is the direct
cause of three-fourths of ell sickness.
If you are one of the thirty, why
don't you take Gatlin's Anti i-Bilious
Compound 1t permanently cures
habitual constipation. Your money
back If you are not cured. Price 25
cents. Free samples at all drug
stores. For sale by Evans Bros and
Campbell d Burrell.
Saturday afternoon the little five
weeks old baby boy of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Shank, after few days strug-
gle with whooping cough, passed
away. After contracting the whoop-
ing cough the little fellow took cold
some way and the complication soon
ended his young life. The remains
were taken to Bronson Sunday and
inferred in the cemetery at that
place. Mr.. and Mrs. Shank have
the sincere sympathy of all their
friends.
The fire department held its annual
meeting the other night and elected
the following officers for the coming
year. Chief. Frank Canatsey; sec.,
Ed Irving; engine foreman, Ralph
Thrasher; treasurer, August Foerch-
Ter and Canatsey appointed the fol.
lowing: Elmer Lewis. Asst foreman;
Ed Wright, foreman II and L.; Ed
Ault, nozzleman; Dick Coblentz,
Asst. nozzleman.. Chas. Womack aud
b. +. Barton were admitted to the
payroll as members.
d. Ewart went to the night Santa
Fe train to meet his daughter Ella
and when be left the house
failed to lock the door. Some enter
prising sneak took advantage of this
opportunity to enter the house and
make Off with pair of ID. .'s new shoes
two pair of spectacles and purse
containing several dollars. The
spectacles were Mrs. Ewart's and she 9
is unable to read or see clearly at all
and Anna EwArt who owned the
purse is rather indignant.
Union: In the oil regions of Indiana
they grade the highways and streets,
smooth them nicely, and then give
them coating of crude oil. One
coating will last a whole season, as
the oil saturates the dirt and all
rains run off, the consequence being
that their roads never get muddy or
dusty. Humboldt has lake of oil
beneath it, and should try this eX-
pertinent on block or two, and If 1t
works all right it will be the cheapest
material you could imagine.
Quite q number of lola people have
approached Milt Simpson ana begged
him to arrange an excursion to Paris
via the Neosho, Arkansas and Mis-
sissippi rivers and then across the
ocean in the "Iola Belle" He is
figuring on the price OF tickets and a
} trip may be expected. 1t will be
quite drawing card to be able to
step onto boat a mile from home
and remain on it until 1t grapples a
wharf on the Seine in the heart of
Paris. All inquiries should be ad-
dressed to this office, care of "The
Cheerful Liar"
AlaH and Breeze: The Sedan Times
says that Hon. Chas f Scott, Congress
man-at-large, has boy, Cliff Scott,
who will play Rough Rider in Buffalo
Bill show in Paris this season. The
young man gets $50 per month and
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