The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-05-17
KANSAS CLIPS AND COMMENTS.

| KANSAS CLlPS AND COMMENTS.
Barton, Rice, Reno Sedgwick and
Sumner counties are promising to
yield 10000 600 bushels OF. wheat this
year.
The drouth has become so severe
at Lawrence that they have arrested
and placed under $1,000 bond man
by the name of John Barley.
The editor of the Augusta journal
sadly confesses he has found dill
lemma with more horns than he can
manage, namely the town herd trouble
Mrs. Nation is credited with having
denied that she was arrested for
malicious destruction of property but
for the destruction of malicious prop
erty.
Hold your dirty linen" shouts q
Mcpherson man through the columns
of he republican, and then explains
that he has fired the solicitor for his
laundry.
Galena has just learned that one of
her ambitious sons who went east to
stalk the boards in histrionics is real
ly in Buffalo, painting boards in
his overalls.
The Carrie Nation crusade has
reached that point where she is will
ing to share some of the results with
the Lord In a late Wichita inter-
view she admits it.
William Allen Whites baby boy is
big enough TO be called "Bill" by
Emporia's entire population, and he
ought to be able TO dig up some new
Boyville stories soon.
The fact that lightning struck the
FIT. Scott post office Friday will pro-
badly not have any effect in the mum
Der of men willing to take chances Of
living in the building.
The K. c. Star suggests that the
mayoralty contest in Topeka and the
uncertainty might be evaded by ad-
vertising ''the mayor in carriages
for the presidential visit.
The heir to the throne of Servia is
reported to be hiding among Kansas
wheat fields. So far, thanks to the
numerous Belgian hares he has man
aged to remain undiscovered.
The second trial of Jessie Morrison
has been set for June IL and with a
new judge and new prosecuting at
torney it is predicted that a new find
ing will be made by the jury
A genuine recruit for the list OF
Kansas freaks is that Winfield man
who claims that he has never kissed
a girl or woman. He must have gone
blind before he moved to Kansas.
There is man at Arkansas City
who has an idea of the value of adver-
Using as compared with the cost. He
spent IS in erecting a sign board and
sued the man who destroyed it it for
$40, 065.50.
Cherryvale News: The United States
government has made q contract with
the Cotfeyville Brick Co. for brick for
use in Montana. 1t is understood that
the brick will be furnished atthe plant
at Cherryvale.
The young men who recently started
the Republican at Baldwin made a
hit with the students by printing an
Extra with orange ink the day that
Loofbourrow won the interstate ora
torical contest.
Humanity scored a point against
the grinding, soulless corporations,
when colored nanny with eight
children boarded a Santa Fe train at
Arkansas City. All travelled free,
four being twins.
a barber located at Cherryvale for
two weeks, shaved several people,
shampooed others and as a final ex-
ample of his dexterity skinned his
partner and skipped. The partner is
settling the bills.
a Burlington liveryman learned
that smart youth who hired one of
his teams was driving it too hard,
and overtaking the rigmade the youth
get out and walk while he drove the
two girls with him home.
a Mcpherson man when greeted on
the street by sooth-looking young
stranger as ''uncle" had visions of
grafters and he gave the youth a good
sample of swear words, only to be
convinced later that the nephew was
genuine and preacher to boot.
Under the new law by which each
party runs party emblem at the head
OF its ticket the Populists recently
adopted cottage. The dissentions
within the party clearly indicate how
ever that ''love in cottage" don't
apply in this case.
Morris county is planning a new
court house at Council Grove and one
of those rare things have happened.
White City has jumped up with the
statement that the county seatship is
worth $50, 900 and says that White City
will donate site and $4,000 for it.
How history repeats itself.
Hoiton Tribune: a Holton man is
grumbling because calf swallowed
the manuscript he had spent many
years in preparing for a small book
let. Strange he should complain. He
had planned to have only a paper
cover; now his volume is bound in
calf
\ gay travelling man who makes
Arkansas City made a date with a
peach" and She kept it with a girl
friend, When he appeared they pro-
ceeded to smear him over with eggs,
some young and some old. While he
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