The Iola register., 1901-06-28
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Shepherd & Kitchen.

week for Buffalo where they will
spend month at the exposition.
1t is really surprising the number of
people who are having the city water
put in. Superintendent Allison has
good force of men at work but it is
absolutely impossible for them to
catch up with the orders.
A. L. Taylor left Wednesday for
Rock Island, Ills, where he will spend
some time visiting. Rock Island is
Mr.. Taylor's old home and as he has
not visited there for twenty-nine years
he will probably remain some time.
A block of furnaces at the Geo.
Nicholson smelter which has been in
operation for nearly two years has
been shut down for repairs and the
men who were released on that account
are spending the week up the river
hunting and fishing.
Mr.. C. E. Kelley, superintendent OF
Public Instruction in Woodson county
and magazine writer of note, drove
over from Yates Center Tuesday
to spend the day at the Normal Insti-
tute here and get acquainted with lola.
He is accompanied by his wife and
son.
Harry Shank left Tuesday night for
Bronson to be present at the wedding
Wednesday evening OF his sister Miss
Georgia to Mr.. Arthur Moon. Miss
Georgia has number of friends here
in lola who will be glad to hear OF
her approaching marriage and who
wish her we'll
One of the Townsend boys who owns
place up on the river, was in ,own
yesterday with lot OF new potatoes.
He says the potato crop is at least two
thirds short this year. OF of land
that he got 100 bushels to the acre last
year he is only getting 30 and 80 this
year. And he thinks his land is better
than the average too.
Elder j. S. Booze, evangelist sfor the
United Brethren church, has been en-
gagged to preach in the NJ. +. church
at Piqua, and until further notice will
hold services for the Methodists and
for the Protestant Methodists alter
nately. The first services will be held
next Sunday at eleven o'clock a. IN,
and at eight O'Clock p. m.
Columbia (Pa) Daily News; Will
liam Ihrig, of lola, Allen county,
Kansas, is the guest of John Metzgert
at the corner of Cherry and Fifth
streets. This is Mr.. Ihrig's first visit
to Columbia in thirty-siX years. He
was born at Strasburg, this county,
and served in the civil war in Com.
pany C, 10th Regiment, Pennsylvania
volunteers. He was an intimate friend
of Mr.. Metzger during his entire time
in the field.
Pittsburg Headlight: Col. j. H
Richards, general attorney for the
Missouri Pacific. stated to a reporter
at Fort Scott yesterday that the new
Missouri Pacific train service through
Pittsburg from Joplin to Topeka was
certainty and would soon be estab-
lished. He stated that the company
would build from Galena to Joplin
giving the Missouri Pacific through
line from Galena to Topeka by way
OF Pittsburg.
J. ID. Arnett Wednesday brough
suit in the district court for S56. 66i
and costs in action againt r. Mill
gan, of Humboldt. Milligan was a.
the head of the racing part Of the pro
gram at the picnic at Humboldt Sat
urday and got Arnett and e. S. Davis
to come there and race agreeing to pa!
them $2S.33t each. They filled theii
part OF the contract but Milligan die
not fill his part and this suit is re
suit OF it. Arnett has bought Davis
part OF the money and brings suit foi
the money due both Of them.