The Iola register., 1901-11-01

Wednesday Rev. ID. II. Manley
performed the ceremony which made
Mr.. Elroy Hershey, of LaHarpe, and
Miss Lulu Hoover, ofsEast lola, man
and wife. The wedding took place at
the brides home in lola and the
young people will begin house-keep-
ing at once at BaHarpe. They have
the best wishes Uf all their many
friend.
An lola tot was invited to remain
to tea at friends home recently.
The little girl suspected that her
mother preferred to have her come
home. 70 remove the embarra ssment
of the situation she said: I'VE have
awful good suppers at our house. "
This amused the hostess and she in
quired what they had that was 50
good The little girl was up against
it and couldn't make her thinker work
right, for all on earth she could recall
was: 1--WE have the best ice water. "
The friends are all having lots of fun
over the incident.
You know him. He is fat, dark and
stutters. Sometimes he carries notes
II had a p-p-peculiar circumstance
the other day." he said to a reporter.
| "A fellow gave me u note to t-take
to a g-girl. | hadn't gone b-block
before another f'fellow g-gave me "A
note for her s-sister. Now | d-donit
know the s-sisters apart. ! started
for their house and m-met them on the
s-street together. | b-bowed and said:
L-ladies you'll have to exc-cuse me,
but | have a note for b-both of you-alI
and | don't know which is who.
You'll have to explain yourselves to
me. And they did and | g-gave then
the notes. Now. wasn't that peculiar
circumstance? ?"
Rev. d. b. Shuey Sunday re-
ceived word of the sudden death OF
Rev. and Mrs. ID. n. Frantz, of Fair
view, Kansas, while visiting in
Illinois. Rev. Frantz is President ui
the Synod OF the Reformed Church
and after the recent session at Orange
vile stayed to visit in the neighbOr-
hood. He and his wife were driving
in the country when "a tree fell on the
carriage, instantly killing both of
them. The people on the rear seat
escaped uninjured. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frantz were here last fall when Synod
met and were the guests of Prot.
Minckley and number of lola people
will remember them.
City Attorney Travis Morse return
ed home last week from a visit To
his old home at Scott City, Kansas.
He says the little town on the prairie
is thriving. When he left several
| years ago 1t was dead and hopeless
and almost deserted. Now the houses
are being moved TO town that wert
moved to the farms before, the farm.
ers have found a good market for
their buffalo grass and roughness in
feeding shipped in cattle, a leading
merchant says he has collected So, ,00C
worth OF bills which he gave up for
lost four years ago. The whole sec
tion is prospering and the people feel
encouraged and believe they have a
steady growth in wealth and popula.
tion assured for the future.
Shortly after 6 o'clock Sunday even.
ing Fay Hite, Chas. Derrick and Arch
Aberdine, three prison in Ft. Scott .
temporary Jail escaped and have not
yet been captured. All were sentenced
to the pen. a new Jail is being bull
and the cage from the old one was SCI
out in the jail yard on little plat
form and shed built over it. The
men found a worn place in the stee
floor which they managed TO punch
through and at night crawled out anC
fled Their escape was not discovered
until several hours later, although
one of the guards close to the shed
for an ATTEMPTED escape was expected
asked about the men and another
prisoner said they had escaped. Th'
guard thought he was joking. tn,
authorities here and all over this sec
ton have been put on the watch fol
the men.