The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-01-19

blacksmith shop and will follow that
business. He IL q good citizen and a
skilled workman and makes this
move in the belief that he has good
opening &c HUMBOLDT.
Fl Scot Monitor w. H. Love re-
turned from Chicago, where he dis
posed of forty-six tons of broom corn
for $l55 per too, netting him So, 100.
Broom corn 10 now selling at $500
straight and Mr.. Love reports that he
never heard of such an advance IN
price.
Humboldt Herald: Tholen d. Achter
have been moving out goods all week
and still they are not done. They
have several men and teams EN-
ployed In loading and hauling the
goods to the depot and have already
shipped several car loads to their new
location at lola.
Tom Anderson, while arranging to
have the DAILY REGIsTER sent to
him, stated that he sold four head of
polled cattle last week to mau in
Humboldt, Neb., and two to the Okla
homa Agricultural college. They are
registered cattle and his herd ID be-
coming widely known as very fine
stock.
Garnett PlaideaLeE A young man
accompanied by his wife arrived In
this city Friday from lola. 1ney
were making their journey on foot
and hadn't a cent to deiray their ex-
penses. The city authorities kept
them over night and they left Satur-
day via the X. n. and ID. track for
Topeka.
The Cherryvale Clarion which has
had many ups and downs since Bob
Akin left 1t is again up. 1t now
comes to the REGISTER in clean, neat
form, well printed and well edited.
This will be readily understood when
at the top of the page Ii reads like
this l.. H. Bostwick, editor; w. A.
Bailey, local editor. The REGISTER
wishes them success.
Bostwlck q Acers this week
concluded the deal whereby some
boldt was traded to Illinois parties
covering the transaction requiring
$51 SO In revenue stamps. The Allen
county land con cerned belongs to
hhO bulhO VI I1u W iub anu
Gardner and 1t lie one of the largest
deals made for some time.
Having bought out the grocery in
terest of g. +. King, OF the Model
Cash Grocery store, 1 desire the pat
ronage OF all the old customers of Mr..
King and as many others as may see
tit 10 trade with me. sell for cash
Therefore will be able to sell as low
as the lowest. Come and get &C
quainted with me. 1 desire to know
you whether you trade with me or
not. G. r.. Morrison. st
The father of the family was in q
reminiscent mood. ~ remem Der, -
he said, when public functions were
being discussed, my wife helped at
social where one hundred people
were expected and nearly two humid
red came. Every time o batch OF ar
rivals entered che flew to the Aitchen
and cut the pickles and sandwiches
In two" And then he laughed at
the recollection, as he has done a
hundred times.
Bronson Record: The suit of Mrs.
A. X. Morey against j. Il. Jones was
won by the plaintiff in district court
Tuesday. Mr.. Jones was the con-
tractor who did the wood work on
Mr.. Freeman's house and one OF the
carpenters left without paying Mrs.
Morey for his board. She issued an
attachment against some money Mr..
Freeman owed the defendant. The
suit was tried in justice court here
with the same result as at FIT. Scott
Scott Gard tells a pretty good story
on himself. A few days ago there
was a man here from Nevada, Mo-,
who Is crazy, but doesn't look it, He
loafed around and found Scott Gard
at will Roots tin shop preparing to
meet all Corners at checkers. The
crazy man sat down and Gard beat
him two games without discovering
that he was winning from an insane
person. The police then located the
man and took him back TO Nevada
the same evening.
This from the X. G. Star looks like
business: The Eureka Springs rail-
way is to be extended from Eureka
Springs, Ark, to Harrison, Ark, n
point sixty miles southeast on the
border of the rich zinc and lead min
ing district. The men behind the
extention are John Scullin, r.. C..
Kerens, S. b. Elkins, George A.
Medill, Powell Clayton, Robert s..
Brooklings, DR.. William Taussig,
Festus J. Wade, Moses G. Wetmore,
David r. Francis, A. G.. Edwards g.
Sons and f.. ID. Kenna.
The Sterling Bulletin gives this des-
cription of the electric alarm at a rail
road crossing in that town, one of
which the Santa Fe proposes to put
in here: The Santa Fe has put in an
electric alarm at the Broadway CROSS
ing. The rails are so connected for
900 feet on each side of the crossing
that when the engine strikes the rail
1t closes the circuit and the alarm is
sounded. The bell continues to ring
while any part of the train Is within
] 900 feet of the crossing.
City Clerk Knapp and Hooker
SHAPED are collecting data about the.
use of oil on country roads and they