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

II was probably Tagged" lightning
which struck Cottonwood Fa lis church
A man near Abilene threshed Al
bushels of wheat per acre out OF a IL
acre field.
The baby of Mr.. and Mrs. viii
Davis, of Sedgwick, died last week
from eating fly paper.
A charter has been issued to the
Blue Mound gas prospecting company
with a capital of $4,000.
Mrs. Hanson, of Chanute, has run
over to Germany for an indefinite
stay to benefit her health.
Hint of human progress in Galena.
The Times say there were only three
fights in town yesterday"
George Dean, formerly poor man
of Hilisboro, has made a fortune OF
$500, 900 in the Alaska mines and BIDS
fair to become millionaire.
NJ. Mitchell, of Topeka, wants
divorce because bis wife is trying 10
operate trust in their home, or to be
the 'whole thing" as he says.
Galena is preparing for free delivery
and has boxes up. Several too nasty
people have deposited letters which
will not be delivered for month.
An Unborn laundering after the truth
and thewholetruth, leads the Severance
News to publish names OF quitting
subscribers as well as beginning ones,
A Newton railroad man has been
educating tame rat into higher
spehre. - Therat has learned to drink
coffee out of bottle and to chew
tobacco.
The dilemma which Cherryvale Is
facing is to go seven miles up th'
Verdigris and get water or do with
out city water and let the town go II
miles up salt creek.
AT Sunday School picnic neal
Hutchinson a Methodist preacher was
CAPTAIN and,led the batting list OF one
team. His practice at shifting Satar
made him hard hitter.
Atchison Globe;-When a girl en-
cages in new love affair. she opens
a top bureau drawer, and burns a few
letters and punches of dried weeds, anC
calls this burying the dead past.
Captain Adna Clark of the Twen
tieth Kansas regiment, has named hi
little daughter "Benita, after
Young Tagal who cared for him whel
he was wounded in the Philippines.
A Mcpherson crowd was going fish
inc and rave the commissary - Il
buy provisions. He spent 3 90 10
whiskey and 80 cents for bread and tn
crowd kicked because he got so niue
bread.
LIGHTNING struck the Santa Fe depo
at Coffeyville thrice one day last week
Citizens are now pointing with prld
TO the fact that three bolts failed t
crack a brick. 1t Cotfeyville gas
burned brick.
IT, is reported that a man has pal
Sl7. 900 for the Beloit Call, Populis
paper. He intends to preserve II
politics, and probably hopes to e
his money out of it as curio re
years hence.
Lawrence has brought suit again
w. E. Winner for breach of promis'
Winner promised to build an electr
road and is slow and the town WI
employ the method successfully USE
by the college widows.
An ElDorado boy while out -ridir
had the usual experience with &c
which took sample from his trouse
seat. The peculiar feature of q
affair lies in the fact that the dog
breathing was so affected by his di
that he was killed for mad, the pan
affecting his breathing.
A Butler county farmer hired 81
last May who said she was going
her home in Oklahoma. The g
worked steadily and gave eXcellle
satisfaction until the other day VIII
she left, sending back Il letter sayi
she was a boy. Now the family
sitting up nights discussing.
newly discovered peculiarities OF
girl"