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

Gas drillers at Burlington ave up
at a depth of 1910 feet.
Strong City is building a new opera
house with seating capacity of 6OO
Two men in wrangie at Hutchinson
slashed each other terribly. One
used histongue and .theother his knife.
Vic Murdoch thinks that just because
the Chinese Empire is 1000 years old
is no reason why it shouldn't be we'll
drubbed on its 400lst birthday.
The Wichita state fair guarantees
regular delirum tremens of time
having secured Bosco the Egyptian
snake charmer, who "eats 'em alive"
Samuel Hazlett who fell dead while
arranging flowers on his wife's grave
at Hartford will take next place to
the man who died while praying.
The announcement of Junction City
Doctor that he "has returned from an
outing in Colorado and can again at
tend to business" will make his patient
friends smile.
The oxford Register and South
Haven New Era are fighting each other
with original poetry and both bid
fair to become well 'versed in the
arts of war"
The Coifeyville commercial club
has some factories in sight, but the
Journal says disgustedly that SO far
from getting them the club cannot
even get quorum.
A Troy infant got his finger caught
in the clothes wringer. and strange,
freak of physiology, the pain result
ing therefrOm wrung his mother 5
heart as much it did his finger.
The Arkansas City Traveller is OF
the opinion that the recent article
about Canned Beef Jumps sent out
from Chicago is simply in line with
the army meat scandal of the late war.
Stillman johnson of Winfield, born
and reared in that community, never
found his longing for a watery career
until the Arkansas got out of its banks
this spring. He has enlisted in the
navy.
Tribune was visited by millions of
flying ants last week and from the way
the Greedy County Republican com
plains a visit from the editors mother
in-law would seem welcome compare.
lively.
The Santa Fe industrial commits.
sioner told the Ottawa commercial
before it tried to locate any large in.
dustries. He must have meant zap.
petites.
The Lacrosse Republican has a two
column prospectus ad. of Colorado
mining company, which means that
the editor has gone in the copper game
and Senator Clark would best watch
his laurels.
I II, Ill g I
nominated by the Republicans for
endorsed him. There was not a law
yer in the party who cared to &C
against him.
S45 cars of wheat pulled into Kansas
City last Monday, the record for one
day save for 953 cars in August 1897
Kansas did most of it just as she con
tributes most Of the good things thai
Kansas City gets.
Since the K. G.. Times began its
pictorial Marc Hanna specials the
fact has been discovered that H, G
Toler, the Democratic horseman o.
Wichita, resembles Hanna. The treat.
are on Toler. .- ..
Wichita Eagle: A pious Chicago
man paid 81, 800 year for a pew and
TtCtn1y SOlu lldll VI IL lOE pO,uuO' L
any Chicago man ever gets to be al
angel he will have to be searched
daily to be kept from concealing peck
cts in his wings.
The sheriff at Pratt allowed an arres
ted Joint keeper to stay at his homt
during his supposed sentence to jail
At the expiration the mans wife sueC
the sheriff for the "prisoner's" boarC
and will probably get it as the sheriff
was allowed the board during the full
time.
The Globe tells a story which i,
current in Atchison at the expense o
David Martin, fusion nominee fol-
associate justice. One night rail-
storm came up suddenly and Mrs
Martin said: David run up stair
and put down the north window.
Mr.. Martin waddled away and pres
emily returned putting and blowing
LISA" he said, between his gasp
for breath, ''the rain is coming in tn
south window; shall l put that down
too?'