The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30

Claude Wright, Elmer Gray, Fuller |
5wearingen, Clarence Thomas and |
Will Thompson are planning to leave
Tor Kansas City in the near future
aud go out with a railroad fence gang. |
rbey have the job secured but may |
not get TO go to work until the first of
the month.
Wichita Eagle: Lady John Scott
SpottiswoOde died in London the other !
day. Few ever heard of her. She
composed the popular melody for
"Annie Laurie" The world VIII not
read book without knowing its
author. But 1t will sing a song for
century and never ask who first found
The tune.
JVoDtan's Journal II never was
glad for this imped iment I'm my speech
but once,n said the man from Dear
born, who had come in to zee the big
parade "When was thal?' he was
asked. "F-fe-ftller atked me h. h how
much IL would t-,-take for aa-a
horse, and while IL was t-t-trying to
/ tell him sixty d-dollars he offered
NINE q hundred"
A young man named Skinner while
working on pipe line at the cement
plant the other day, had his ankle
severely wrenched. fhe tool with
which he was working broke and he
f. into the pipe ditch. His father,
who came here from Iowa several
years sgo and bought section of
land northeast al town, said that
even When on the farm If any horse
| in The stable wanted to kick ut some
ore, this son was always chosen.
George Bird, brother-in-law of Dan
! Horville, reported that while he WAS
at church last week sUme miscreent
cut the harness from his horses which
were hitched on the north side of the
square. The team started home but
we're caught. Mr.. Bird had to come
to town the next day and have
the damage repaired before he could
go to work. Anyone convicted of
perpetrating snch an outrage ought
to be drummed out of town.
Mr. f.. V. LanyOn, who was one of
the chief movers in the organization
of an Elks lodge in lola, yesterday
received word from the powers, who
in tits case sit in Columbus, Ohio,
that the application of the thirty i've
lola men had been received and the
petition granted. 80 IL IL a matter
only OF weeks or months until the
delegation from some other lodge will
come here and install the local
"deers.n
IT. Scott Tribune Census Super
visor J. M. Humphrey has not sent
in his list of recommendations for APP
pOintments as ward and township
} / To
plete. There are several districts In
his Jurisdiction In which there are no
applicants for the place, and he has
been instructed to go to Allen county
and hunt a man to take the job In
one. He will not send the recon.
mendAtions to Washington until
about April LIST, and has explicit in.
structiOns not to announce them un-
til they have been approved.
X. c. Journal: A young mems social
, club at lola decided to go out of bust.
ness and sold it's furniture to a second.
hand dealer. The dealer carried the
stuff down into the street preparatory
to moving IT to his place. In the lot
were some pictures of Venus and
other goddesses who were clothed In
less than enough to flag a train. A
policeman came along, gaZed, was
Mortified, arrested the whole lot, and
carried them to the police station
Bnt what will old Anchises think
when he hGds the mother of his
A eneas the subject of "A Kansas re-
plevin suit?
: A stranger in the city, supposed Il
7 be an eastern man looking for 4
aha tn I'm ha m Is
, beard amputated at one OF the shops
"Do you people here know" he said
"that this little city Is about the hes
advertised town in the country ?
: was in Illinois the other day anC
t asked about the west and where
: could find good town, and they sale
r there was town out in the Kansa
e gas belt named lola and that wa
Q about the liveliest proposition they
3 knew off," The shave cost the mar
ten cents, just the same, although
q such talk would have been WHINE
not long since.
p The following analysis of whiskey
4 Ia from Kentucky paper:
q From bushel ofcorn the dis
. tiller gets four gallons of
< whisky which retails att. SIG 81
The farmer gets. ........ 2
@ The u. s, Government gets. A
The railroad company gets. o.
Y The manufactures gets. ...... O
a The drayman gets ...,..,,.... i
s The retailer gets ............ 20
o The consumer gets. Drunl
n The wife gets. 49,. ...,....... Hunge
The children get. Rag
The politician gets........,.., Ofiic
= Beware of Ointments tor CataITh tina
! contain Mercury.
AS mercury will surely destroy tn
O sense of smell and completely derang
. the whole system when entering