The Iola register., 1901-11-15

Empora Republican: j S. Kenyon
has purchased property in Gas City
three and one-half miles from lola.
Every indication points to il being a
good investment, and Mr.. Kenyon
ought to realize a handsome profit
therefrom.
The writer of this item used to live
here. l.. |. Purcell of the Cherryvale
Clarion says: AT lola "wednesday a
colored boy five years old drained the
contents OF pint bottle of whiskey
and died in u short time. lola whis-
key always was poor stuff.
Bills have beeu received here show
ing that the engines and trolley wire
for the electric line have been shipped
and the cars are expected any day.
Mr.. Crouch says every effort will be
made to have the line finished so cars
can be run on Thanksgiving day.
Before adjourning last week the
county commissioners drove out to
see the cement bridge of the electric
line over Rock Greek. IL is possible
the board may see its way to ordering
some of these lasting and substantial
bridges for the county instead OF iron
ones.
A union temperance service will be
held in the Nj. T.. church on Sunday
evening, November ~. This is tenn
perance day as designated by the ln-
ternational Sunday school Commit
tee. Two addresses will be delivered q.
An Offering for the temperance cause
will be lifted.
One of the architects of lola told II
, reporter this morning that he looks
for heavy building boom next
spring He has been kept busy for
some time now with plans for houses
OF more or less pretension and the
prospect is that he will draw plans for
some good sized business houses in
the near future.
Died. at the home of his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. II. Coblentz, GIT
south Washington avenue, at 4:l5
Tuesday morning, November II. 1901.
Roy +. Coblentz, in the 18th year Of
his age. The funeral services were
held at the residence Wednesday after
noon at 2 o'clock Rev. d. y. Shuey
officiating.
When the electric line is in opera
tion and the $500 people of Gas and
LaHarpe added to the population of
lola in the matter of shows, the pres
ent opera house will be about as
efficient as q cigar box. Where is
some wise man who will build an opera
house for 10000 people and live
'easy" ever afterwards?
Gus Emery. who was arrested for
helping his brother Ham, do up Hem
ry Franklin recently, had his prelimi-
nary Thursday before Judge Hough
A goOu many colCred people and other
attended and sever al witnesses told
what they knew. Gus was found guilty
of a. saut and his fine aud costs
will amount toabout fOrtydollars.
h. IA, Funston, father of General
| Ere |, received a letter from Mrs.
Funston recently stating that Fred eX-
| poets to come home as soon as he Caa
travel which confirms the report re-
Gently printed in this paper. The
| letter also stated that the operation
of appendicitis required the Astonish.
ing period of two and half hours to
| perform,
w. w. Gray and wife left this wee k
!
again take up their residence. Mr..
John Gants, father-in-law of Gray
has again become proprietor Of the
Nickel Plate Hotel and will take charge
Immediately. Messrs Gants and Gray
are both good hotel men and viii nc
doubl build the Nickel Plate up to its
| former standard.
The heavy cable which the electric
street railway people are putting uE
has attracted good deal of attention
IL is cable OF dozen large copper
wires, insulated, and will be- strung
along the poles at the side of thG
track The current from the dynamo
will be sent through IL and fed at in
tervais from it To the trolley wire.
Sarah M. Brown mas sued Edgar &
Hamilton for S703.I5. She says that
I during her absence from home the econ
stable entered her home and took pos
session of fruit, clothing :and furni.
ture to the value of Sl02.75 which be
louged To her. Whereby she and her
children suffered and she asks for the
amount OF the goods, for SlOO oOmpeu
satory and $500 exemplary damage.
Kansas City Stur:-A child ia lola
found half pint bottle of whiskey
| and died from tho effects of drinking
its contents. That was pretty large
swallow for child TO take, but the
only way lola whiskey can possibly y
be drunk is at Que gulp, hastily fol-
lowed by dipperful Of water or an
application of chloroform.