The Iola register., 1901-10-18

the Abernathy Music Company's bust.
ness here and moved it to 206 SouCh
Jefferson. Both are old timers here
and experts in their line and they hope
to hold the business up to its former
high standard.
The old Gun Club which used to
have so much fun died anatural death
but there was little sport along the
same line at the Fair Grounds this
afternoon which may result in n re-
Vivingo the oldfever. Carl William
son, Don Buchanan, j. S. Barton,
Walt. Jones and f.. T.. Bosst secured
some blue rocks and held little i'm
promptu shoot today
Mr. Mittlebach, the gentleman who
viii put in stock of shoes on the
west side soon, is now in the east buy
ing his stock. He will use the entire
south side of the Northrup building
at the corner of West and Madison,
putting in shelving ten feet high the
entire eighty feet. He is expected
home the latter part of this week and
| his goods later.
County Health officer +. d. Teas
was called to the southern part of the
county the other day and found that
the family of Glenn Baker has the
smallpox. There are eight i'm the
family and he quarantined them a,
their home south of Humboldt. The,
say they got IL by visiting friends ii
lola some time ago when there was
sickness in the family. Baker think,
it was smallpox but the case was never
| reported here.
The LaHarpe odd Fellows to the
| number of about fifty came over Tues.
day and shared the fun of the local
lodge when several candidates we're
worked out. The second and the third
| degrees were conferred and all the visi.
tors had to do was to sit by and laugh
After the show erybody adjourned
| to the banquet hall where fifteen gal
Ions of fine oysters were waiting, and
the man who didn't get all the oysters
| he wanted for once in his life was
certainly a very odd fellow.
Some months ago MIR. s. NJ. Cooper
invited friend, Mr.. H. Eisminger.
| of Reno county, to come and spend
week with him, promising that il he
did not fall in love with lola he would
pay all the expenses of the trip. Mr.
Elsminger is here this week. with his
wife, to claim the fulfillment of the
promise. He is retired farmer, look
ing for pleasant town to spend the
remainder of his days in well earned
ease, and Mr.. Cooper isn't bitafraid
that he will have to pay the cost of
his trip
The cement company has organized
an efficient local fire department which
seems capable of handling any fire
that might find anything to burn
about the works. Recently a picture
was taken of practice alarm. A
very few seconds after the whistle blew
the men had fourteen streams playing
on the machine building. The com
pany has its own waterworks plant
and an ample supply of hose and the
men went to their stations and had the
water playing on the building in
mighty short time.
The way lola is drawing to her peo-
pie from all the surrounding territory
is gratifying. Every day some good
citizen comes here and takes up his
residence Last weeks issue of the
Colony Free Press contained these
items.
Frank Williams moved his family to lola the
first OF the week where he will have charge of
the livery barn in which he recently purchased
an interest. j. II. Potts and IA mily
after about fifteen years residence in Colony
and vicinity, and forming many friends and
associates. left Monday for lola where they
will reside. While their many friends regret
to see them leave yet their best wishes 20
with them.
Some three months ago, as reported
in the REGISTER at the time, Mr..
Frank Bacon, of Elsmore township.
became deranged to such an extent
that il was deemed best to appoint a
guardian to take charge OF his busi.
ness affairs and to send him to the
Asylum at Osawatomie. The treat
ment given him at the asylum proved
so eliicacious that he was declared
cured last week and sent home. Mr.
j. =. Decker, who had been his guar
dien, therefore came in to lola and
asked the Probate Judge to release
him from his guardianship. All Mr..
Bacon's friend are much pleased to
learn of his recovery.
AS an evidence of some of the funny
things a government always does a
lola woman seeks TO nave former
pension restored. Her arst husband
was killed in the Ciu War. She
proved up and got pension, later
losing 1t by remarrNing. Now her
seconG husband is dead and under the
new law she asks for the restoration
OF her pension And the department
asks her to show that hcr Serui i hus-
band was never married before, that
be is dead, that he was Il solder. and
a whole ripamarole, although the
claim has TO do only with the first
husband ; career.
Being u probate Judge isn't the soft
snap it looks to an outsider to be.
Take Judge Smith for instance.
When trade gets dull he talks with the
boys and iolies them into buying "a
marriage license and one leads to
another But some time ago he was
jollying a fellow he had jOllied be.
fore, telling of the dulness of bust
ness and urging the youth to take
license. II would but have no mon