The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10
KANSAS CLIPS AND COMMENTS

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Ground has been staked off for the
Parsons asylum.
A charge of dynamite under Will
iamstown Joint dislocated it beyond
hope of resetting.
A Cherokee man who says his wife
keeps picking at him Saturday turn
ed on her and tried to kill he" with "a
pick.
1t is predicted that the hottest run
ever Witnessed will be made when the
Kiowa country is opened up in Okla
homa.
Atchison Globe: Greatness is not
heavy. Fred Funston with his sword
weighs 9S; Annie Diggs with her hair
pins %.
A derrick has been erected fora gas
well at Caney and the Chronicle can
just look at It and feel asphyxiation
coming on.
Thos. H. Lawson, of Salina, last
tached to deaf mutes' walking on the
railroad track.
Lawrence has visions of straw
board egg case filler factory. The
only trouble is that Lawrenceis always
seeing things"
1873 dogs have paid their collar tax
at Chanute and only $3.50 has been
collected in poll tax. THE dog is
mans faithful friend" " etc.
The Kansas Oil & Gas Company
has filed owed 100 leases in Montgom-
cry county, covering over %, 200 acres
and is now working north.
The editor of the Florence Bulletin
is losing sleep over the puzZling ques-
tion of how girl would managea a hat
should she become bald.
At Ft. Scott the fifty local Elks took
in John Robinson's circus menagerie.
1t is said that several of the animals
called for their time the next day.
Charles Curtis, heTopeka congress-
man, is suffering from severe throat
trouble which will possibly keep him
from speaking during the camT gn.
A young man lost his store teeth
while in swimming near Galena and
when he came out with his lips to-
gether he looked like an acquatic an
imal.
The arm of the law reached out at
Ottawa and grabbed two young men
bathing in the middle of the Marais
des Cygnes, within the city limits.
The boys were too ratified to dive.
A young man south of Pratt rode
one of his fathers ponies off and has
not been heard Of The pony's color
is described as "dun," and the old
mans feelings answer the same de-
scription.
The Marion Record tells of a coun-
try school teacher who tried to cult
vate prompt attendance among her
pupils by kissing the first who arrived
each morning. The school board had
to stop the practice as all the farm
hands quit work and started to school.
Just because the district clerk at Gil
rard and the lady stenographer of the
same office, after playfully throwing
books at each other, engaged in reg
ular tussel, he is in trouble. His wife
chose the particular moment to make
a call when he was hugging the stenog-
rapher to make her keep her distance.
Mrs. Ball, of Emporia, has been ad-
judged insane. Two years ago after
her husbands death she got an idea
that it was not true and with one of her
boys to help her, dug him up and took
another look at him. Still she wasn't
considered too mnch off to be ostracis-
ed in Emporia. When she recently
got an idea that a certain sick man
should be fed green peaches and april
cots, however, the jury was quickly
summoned.
Louis Baker is back at his home in
Wichita. Last January he enlisted
in the regular army and was stationed
at Ft, Riley. His mother was taken
sick and he got furlough. She be-
came better and he returned. A few
days later she had relapse and he
left for home without leave and re-
mained until she was improved, but
was taken by a guard before he start |
ed back to camp. A court martial |
sentenced him to u year in the guard |
house, but through the intervention
of Senanor Baker, president McKin- |
ley has pardoned him and restored |
his citizenship.