The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-03
KANSAS CLIPS AND COMMENTS

1t is rumored that the Central Con-
gregational church of Brooklyn may
call Rev. Chas. M. Sheldon.
There is talk that the Santa Fe, the
Kansas road, may absorb the Rio
Grande, one of the most picturesque
railways on the globe.
Kansas City Star: The box cars
that are now going into Kansas load.
ed with pianos and automobiles, will
return next month with wheat.
A neighboring paper says there are
many bad boys in Chanute and all
the Tribune can say, the charge COM
ing SO suddenly, is that there are
more in Chicago or New York.
Wichita has ordered her street lights
out so the new electric railway may
erect a new line. The absence of the
electric sparks will probably be i'm
proved upon by the spoony sparks.
A recent investigation developed
the fact that Morton county, in the
southwest corner of the state. has
not single doctor. The death rate"
is not mentioned on the tax rolls at
all.
Col Anthony, of the Times, fought
the paving ordinance as passed at
Leavenworth and the hostile council
ordered Anthony's block paved all
but the part in front of Anthony's
house.
There have been more serious ac-
cidents and deaths from boiler eX-
plosions and thresher mishaps con-
tt.itl
than most 18th of July celebrations re-
cord.
Jerry Simpson has said he will not
leave the state if he is matched for
debate with Congressman Dolliver.
Jerry has Il day coming when his eX-
perience at TT. Scott will seem like
pleasant picnic, comparatively.
a number of north Kansas papers
inserted a circular of the Wathena
Chautauqua in their last week papers
and found that to mail them required
extra postage. Things like this are
looked upon by hard worlda good
jokes" on the editor.
The Kickapoo Indians have been
having their green corn" dance
near Hiawatha. and the performance
differs little from the society functions
in that town, according to the World.
The chief feature of both at this time
of year is as the Indians say Heap
sweat"
Topeka has been wearing an inn
portant expression under the impress
sion that she had 80, 600 population.
The census shows that "she's not so
many" the total being little over
$4,000. There isn'ta STATEN the union
without a city larger than Kansas
metropolis.
Exchange, from the short grass
country: "Will you have pie?" ask
ed the waiter girl at the hotel. us it
compul sory?" asked the swift travel
ing man. "No it's gooseberry.
The travelling man threw up his hands,
turned around three times and then
left the dining room in a trance.
That same old sway.backed mare
that neeced Paola man out of 1926 in
short race showed up at Ottawa and
when the local sports had all lost their
money they collected at the barber
shop and one glanced over Kansas
City paper and found all about the
horse. The obvious moral Is that
everybody should read the daily
papers.
Lawrence is agitating its cultured
greymatter overtheq question of whether
the town is losing country trade by
not having more joints or by having
such poor ones, or 10y having them at
all. Onehonest witness said he Thought
the present ones are conducive TO
total abstinence, he having taken one
snort of joint whiskey and felt his taste
for liquor forever depart from him.
Richa rd De Barrows. a young mar
ried man of Rossville, went with the
Goth Kansas to Manila, fell in love
with San Francisco girl, just like
all the other boys, and corresponded
with her. He was keeping up a de-
sultory correspondence with his wife
at the same time and by his mistake
got the letters and envelopes mixed
The wife applied for divorce and
got it last Saturday.