The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-24
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Down at the justice court the other
day during a garnishee case a start
ling thing was developed. The defend
ant testified that he had wife and two
children and that while he earned fifty
dollars month it took all of it to keep
them, and they didn't live in a style
tending to govt either, One Of the
young married lawyers remarked OF
the statement that if that was, true he
(himself) and family ought by all
rights to be starving to death, for
they lived on less.
Mrs. DR.. Nellie Tanner has bought |
two lots from the canyons on north |
Washington avenue in the Gear ad-
dition and expects to erect thereon "A |
hansome, modern residence. She |
believes in real estate as an invest !
ment and owns property elsewhere, !
but after carefully looking over this
city made her purchase deliberately
and intends to make this her home.
The site chosen is high and beautiful,
an east front, and DR.. Tanner will
doubtless never regret her choice.
A deal was completed , Saturday
evening whereby the corner lot on the
North street, became the property of
Mr.. G. w. Parrish. The lot belonged
to Mr.. N. Hankins and Mrs. M. L.
Brewster. Mr.. Parrish some time
ago sold his home, l60-acre farm ip
Elm township to the Portland Cement
Company for a round price and since
then has been investing, in other
property, He has no definite inten-
tions as to building on the lot but
may be persuaded to do so later.
Bob White was painfully injured
last Mondayby a young man woo was
somewhat" but who ordinarily is
good friend of Bob's. The youth in
sisted on going 10 sleep on the restau-
rant counter and Bob requested, beg
ged and urged otherwise. Later he
became noisy out in front and Bob
went out. The somewhat" youth
threw rocks at him and finally hit him
pockets of which were rocks. Will
hite's ear was cut ard his face bruised
1t was drunken blundrr which the
plrpetrator regrets sincerely.
Mrs. Ben Smith paid her costs into
district court last Saturday apd was
turned out of the county Jail She
and her husband and father jumped
&, at Gas City last
spring and beat the poor foreigner
over the head until his scalp looks
like a crazy quilt. He should have
died by all rules of propriety, but
thanks to tough skull recovered
and swore out warrants for the whole
array of assailants. They were ar
rested and for several weeks have
been living in the county Jail. The
amount required to secure Mrs
Smiths liberty was S072O.
lola people are familiar with the
circumstances of the burning of the
frame building owned by George
Apple which used to stand adjoining
Acers building on the west. w. L.
Lee, the proprietor of the grocery and
racket store, lost everything he had
and there was rumor that he had
insured heavily and fired the building
This was never proven bat it gave the
insurance companies an excuse fol
protesting his claim, which was
5000 against the Shawnee, of Topeka
and 5000 against the Milwaukee
Mechanics. Their failure TO pay re-
suited in his bringing suit last month
Saturday settlement was made
each claim being settled on payment
of $l28.50.
Lawrence Journal; Some of the
western Kansas papers, where
runaways seem to have been as
frequent as they have been in Lawence
suggest that the reason for the
numerous accidents is the prevalence
of pinkeye. This is said TO make the
horses nervous and in such a con.
dition that it doesn't take much to
start them. There has been nothing
said about pinkeye in this part of the
country, but there is a kind of 'stock
yards fever" that is very common
hereabouts, and probably has the