The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-06
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

MISS Crandall, OF Leroy, was drlV-
ing about town this morning looking
tor choice Investments. Her father
is one OF the wealthiest stockmen of
the Stale and has several thousands
OF acres of land up near Leroy. She
also is possessed of herds and lands
of her own and having surplus money
to invest came to lola.
II. b. Shannon has both the front
and rear of his building torn off.
CLIPS building is up several feet.
Roots foundation Is being eXcavated,
the Northrups, Richards and Bartels
foundations are done, the creamery
wells are up to the fret floor, Robin
son is having his new building plas-
cred, lola is all torn up.
The clerks of the city have perfect
ed their organization, secured q
charter and recently laid their request
for uniform early closing hour. and
the merchants have agreed to close at
1880 O'Clock after April 9th. This is
all right and will work bardships on
no one when once the system Ia in
operation, and will give the clerks
time to catch some fresh air.
Mr.. T.. w. Robinson, receiver for
the lola Manufacturing Company, Ia
preparing papers and II is expected
some of these days to have a sale and
settlement of the company affairs.
The company should be re-organized
and placed under a good business
management and then IL ought to
develope into one Of IolR's most valu-
able Institutions.
The other night Jean Brewlngton
one of Ira Kelley's drivers, went to
his dressing room opened up his
clothes press and discovered that some
soulless william had anticipated him
and made way with o new suit Of
clothes, Jean keeps his things in =
trunk In the hay NOW above the
omnibus barn on South street and
someone evidently discovered the fact
pried open the trunk and stole Jeans
clothes.
An Exchange says that up at
Charlton, Iowa, o Salvation Army ad-
vertiser wrote on bill board: what
shall do to be saved?u A patent
medicine man came along next day
and wrote underneath: Use Roora a.
haugh salve for gun shot wounds :"
Shortly afterwards the Salvation
Army man noticed the sacrilegious
work of the medicine man and print
ed below: land prepare to meet thy
God"
When they had the drill down
about 7G0 feet last Friday in a
well being drilled east of the old
Northrup home place, the cement
companv's drilling engine broke
down. The cross head broke first and
at the next stroke the cylinder head
was knocked Off The gas sand had
been entered and little gas and oil
had been found and 1t was expectt d
to finish the well by today, but now
delay will occur until the engine
can be repaired.
One of the brakemen on the local
which switches here the fore part of
last week told the REGISTER that
he nearly got himself killed at Cha
mute yesterday. He had a folder of
the road which contained picture of
gay Paris after night, and the IL
lumined exposition grounds with
their search lights. He told the
Chanute people that this was pic,
ture OF lola taken from the mound
and the search lights were looking
for Chanute.
Last evening j. M. Coucn, who
lives out west of the river, attended
the meeting Of the Woodmen lodge in
lola, and left his horse and buggy
hitched in front of Rosen berg's store
on the west side. When lodge was
out he found neither horse nor buggy.
There was a blanket on the horse
and he thinks the blanket would have
fallen off had the horse got Loose and
started home, and 80 inclines to the
belief that the outfit was stolen.
Nothing has been heard of the rig