The Iola register., 1901-11-29

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visiting his family in Lawrence.
Miss Edith Davidson of Chanute is
here the guest of Miss Grace Fitzger-
aid.
Chris Ritter went 10 Moran last
evening. He Is one of the attorneys
in the Lamunyan case.
Miss Eva Updegraf of Richmond
who has been here visiting Mr.. and |
Mrs. p. Bowers returned this after
noon TO her home.
Cash Edison has finished his work at |
the Duckey grocery and will leave in |
few days for Cooperton to resume the !
work of making it a city.
The REGISTER is sorry TO learn that
Mr.. +. V. Crouch is quite seriously |
i'll. He was taken with a severe Geld |
last week and has been laid up with it, !
Mr.. j. /. BoroughS and family who
have resided near Carlye FOR sometime
tookthe train here Monday for. Oregon
where they will make their future home.
G. a. koonanto OF Uniontown was
| in lola Tuesday looking over the
city. Mr.. Koonanto is reported to be
quite wealthy and it is very probable
that he Will buy % huSiness property
here.
1t is poor custom that of burning
up dead leaves. A man who saw a
pie burning the other day remarked
that the leaves furnish an ideal bed.
ding for stock and yet people burn
them and payhigh prices for bedding.
Last summer when W. l.. Allison
was injured in runaway the broken
shaft of his overturned buggy made
wound in his mares leg. He has had
her dOctored ever since but without
profit and Tuesday be had her
killed.
The dispatches report the death at
Manila of the wife of Lieutenant Earn
est Askew. formerly Captain of Com
lpany NJ, Twentieth Kansas. She was
"A Minneapolis, Kansas girl, very
charming lady and was married last
August.
The Kansas City World is conduct.
ing another piano gift enterprise to
gain circulation. The list is headed
by Miss Lee Hand, of Ozawkle, with
40, 400 votes, and Miss Flossie Ross,
of lola, occupies ninth place with 80,
400 votes
Miss Sadie Travis has made Thanks
giving more than n name for the lola
Library ladies. She has given them
twenty books. mostly novels. and
promised to bring more. When lola
gets "A library buiidirg il viii be
proper to have n statue of Miss Travis
adorn the dome.
II you intend sending Christmas
present to any OF the soldier boys in
the Philippines you must hurry them
of at once or they will not get there
in time. Address them to Major o. f.
Long, at San Francisco. Pay the
charges to Frisco and mark them
"Christmas Box"
It was reported Tuesday on good
authority that the Simpson farm west
of the river had been sold to an Iowa
man for SO, 400. The place is n prairie
farm and the price stated is $40 an
acre. 1t was said that Mr.. Mike
Miller made the sale. but he could not
be seen to confirm the report.
His friend will be pleased to learn
tnat w. +. Creighton has sold out his
holdings in AnadarkO and will re-
sumo his residence here. He thought
he wanted to leave lola but while the
spirit was willing the flesh was weak
and he took fever. He thought il
mountain fever, but il was burning
to get back home.
A marriage license was issued this
week to man from Chanute and
the first girl who guesses first how
properly TO pronounce his name Will
be the lucky one to marry next. He
was Oscar 5. Kjellnder, a machinist
in the railroad shops at Chanute, and
she was Julia Marie Peterson and
lives at Elsmore. They were wed
Wednesday.
John Craigmyle, the man from Mis-
souri, who had to be shown why he
owed a duty to his wife and five small
children, even il he had to work when
he didn't want to, is in Jail. He was
arragned before Justice yesterday
and his trial set for Friday. Two
dol lars were found on him and given
to his wife.
Tramps held up and robbed Horace
williamson at Ft. Scott. They took
$40 Of his money and made him take
OF new suit he was wearing and put
on his overalls which he carried in a
bundle. Then they put him in box
car of an outgoing freight and ship
ped him away. Williamson was on
his way to his home in Missouri.
The only error in this item from the
Ottawa Republican is that lola will
be the west end OF the ST. Louis line
, instead of Ottawa or Chanute. The
, | Dol Il N
, owns the st. Louis, Kansas City and
, Colorado, that runs from 81. Louis to
Union; an extension is nearly COM
pleted from Union to Versailles. Work
is also under way in grading between
Versailles and Clinton. The Santa
Fe has the Blair line from Kansas
City To Cl inton; she also wants to tap
the main line at Erporia, and Ottawa
or Chanute will be in line.
The federal grand jury, sitting in