The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-01-19
KANSAS CLIPS AND COMMENTS

Inc mlllenlum must be hiking this
was. rhe Linsborg Record saws that
A. G. Irwin has bought the Galva jail.
He paid 81 for it.
There was q meeting of politicians
at Topeka last week which prepared
a box for Cy Leland. Needless to say,
1t is hot box.
The Martindale property at Empor-
ia, sold to cover the Cross bank loss,
brought over $40 0C0.
A man named Hanna runs corn
shelter at Eldorado. Mark the name:
Hanna, in such an unoctopustic oc-
cupatiOn
The Sun says that the "Chanute Gun
Club will shoot at the fair grounds"
on given date. What exciting sport
that must be
The politicians had better keep their
eyes open for AL Falfa is getting the
major share of nice press notices in
western Kansas now.
Ed Little is billed for lecture on
"The Philippines" 1t goes without
saying that "Littlen and expansion
will be antag onistic.
The supreme court has ruled that
the populist law taxing judgments Is
no good. And yet people are taxed to
pay the supreme court for it's judg-
ments.
The Marion Record advertises
might cap social" There are night
caps and night caps and the public
will probably investigate before at
tending.
A Blue Mound photographer hurls
forth the indefinite invitation to
"come along with your babies" and
not five per cent of those who read the
ad. could comply.
Before Sslina had settled her row
about who should be the new librar.
ain case OF hydrophobia was report
ed In town, indicating that even the
dogs had participated in the
fuss.
The report comes from Arkansas
City that one Santa Fe train pulled by
two locop'otives was over a half mile
long, consisted Of seventy-ihrea cars
and the entire Tonnage was three and
a half million pounds.
Neodesha business men have organ
lied company with $40, 900 capital
and will build brick plant with
100, 900 capacity. Southern Kansas is
doing its best to get ready to pave
with other things than GOOD inten-
tione.
Congressman Reeder has q scheme
TO tap the Miss ouri river up north and
bring the water down to Western
Kansas, the government to pay the
bills aud get its money back by sell.
ing permanent water rights at $40 an
acre.
One of the most magnificent public
demonstrations ever witnessed in the
State was afforded last week when
the 100 joints of Topeka were closed
during the sessiou of the temperance
union.
Last summer when Ringing Bros
circus was at Mcpherson tusk was
sawed of one of the elephants and a
local jeweller got it. Now none are
real swells save those who wear
charms made from that tusk.
A Nebraska man who during the
Hutchinson boom refused SIC, 900 each
Tor several lots on Main street, recent
~ sold them after paying taxes on
them all these years, and keeping
gap in business block. The state is
certainly coming out of the kinks.
Relief associations are being organic.
ed in Western Kansas to assist famine
stricken India. That "famine in In
dia" has often figured in the short
grass country and this new develop
ment is very fitting.
Tho fAIInuytV,n a
might be tried in this state with sue
cess: A CRANKY woman visited the
saloons and at the point of the revolt
yer compelled the proprietOrs to agree
not to sell her drunkard of husband
any liquor.
The old fashioned Kansan with
penchant for driving back to his
wite's folks in Injianny had hard
time OF it this year. He had little ex-
cuse for moving and Eastern Kansas
presented stretch Of impossible mud
that stopped him after he had started.
An old negro carried a bundle of
clothes to the bank of the river at
Ottawa and burned them, merely saw
my to inquirers: "Dey's better dat
way" BY actual count ten thousand
awful crimes have been devised by
the gossips to account for the simple
feat.
A clerk who was discharged by the
Busy Bee grocery at Coffeyville be-
cause he would not invoice on sun
day has sued the company. That firm
seems to have read about show does
the little busy bee," and followed the
example too closely.
The sheriff of b ourbon county IL In
receipt of the following very polite
communication from a citizen of
Litchfield: "I wish that you would
see Mr.. - and ask him to return
my wife whom he borrowed from me
without my knowledge some months
ago"