The Iola register., 1901-10-18

An exchange says: Fall millinery
is very simple. Most of the hats have
nothing on them but feathers, birds,
animal heads, tails and skins, ribbons
flowers, lace and velvet.
Chanute reports that there is an ep-
idemic of old-fashioned grippe there.
Now is the time to begin wearing sui
phur in your shoes. One lola woman
says it is a sure preventive.
Messrs. " Blaker, L. G. Cross aud
a. II. Humphrey, three ofPleasanton's 5
prominent citizens are in the city 10 jk-
ing over the gas plant and finding out
what they will need at Pleasanton.
Tom Kelley received letter from
his boy Cecil recently which show
that the boy is having "A good time.
He is up in Arizona and the letter tells
of hunt which he was on and killed
"a deer.
The Schmid case was postponed
from Tuesday to October 10
Schmid was arrested for drawing a
gun on Mr.. Guy during little mis-
understanding on the electric railway
recently.
BY order of the county commits
sioners city water is being piped into
the county Jail and hereafter
prisoners cannot gain liberty by go.
ing to the pump for water and never
coming back.
The funeral of the late James Drake
took place from the family home west
OF the river Sunday afternoon and
were attended by u large number of the
old settlers who had known Mr.. Drake
since an early day.
The street railway is now completed
from the Santa Fe depot to the power
house on Rock Creek. The crossing
is in over the Missouri Pacific and
all 1t needs is trolley wires and a cur
rent to start the cars.
Postmaster II. l.. Henderson has re-
ceived official notice that the post
Office at Allendale in this county will
ae discontinued after November 30 as
b rural route will he started December
which covers that territory.
Lewis Cofiield and Mel Fonk fitted
up rig with the munitions of war and
drove to Humboldt. Savonburg
and Elsmore. They went to post
notices of the October tax sale. but
hunted and played along the route.
A. f. Smith, the Redfeld barber
who insulted McKinley's memory and
had to nee but later apologized and
wanted to come home, has not been
forgiven. His family is still at Red
field but his whereabouts is not
known.
| Pittsburg's commercial club is hold
ing sessions with delegation of east
ern glass men also. 1t seems proba-
BILE that in the general exodus from the
failing Indiana gas fields southeast
ern Kansas is billed TO receive good
ly number of industries.
The other day when two freights
collided at the Katy Missouri Pacific
crossing near Ft. Scott 1.-THE engine of
the Pacific train smashed through the
middle of car in which four tramps
were riding. Not tramp was hurt.
You bet Virtue is its own reward.
District court adjourned Tuesday
until Saturday morning when it will
meet and ask if any Judge mas been
secured to try the injunction case
against the Ft. Scott, lola ~ Western
II one is to he had court will do busi-
ness; if not it will adjourn until next
week.
Samuel Farr, representing the Bell
Telephone Company, is he here from
Kansas City. He says the telephone
business is on the increase and that
lola is one Of the best points, the bus
iuess here far exceeding that at
Wichita.
Neosho Falls Post: Amos Wright
has discovered that his threshing en-.
gine is "a success to work roads with.
He attaches it to a road grader and
about two trips are all that are
necessary to put the road in good con-
dition.
Probate Judge Smith is again com
planning of dullness in the matrl-
monial market. He authorizes u @
REGISTER to say that he may be found
at any time, day or night, ready to tie
as many kinds of matrimonial knots
as the most expert sailor can twist in
a rope.
The county clerk this week re-
ceived batch of pamphlets from the
State Board of Health which he is dis
tributing among the doctors of the
county. 1t gives strict orders about
the handling OF smallpox and recites
the stringent measures passed by the
last legislature for the stamping out
of the disease.
Mr.. w. H. Cook who used to be the
proprietor of the West street grocery
and who moved from here to Yates
Center has sold out his business at
Yates Center and will move back to
lola. He has secured a position with
the lola Wholesale Grocery and will
travel for them.
"Alphonso, Ed Davis's PAGER toe k
third money at the st. Joe races ana
then he sold her at a good price to a
Kansas City man. The mare which
beat Alphonso is the little black PAGER
that ED used to own and is daughter
of Black Bishop and half sister of |
Walt McNiel's PAGER.