The Iola register., 1901-06-28

The announcement in the REG
IsrER that Forest Park near st.
Louis had bsen selected as the place
for holding the Worlds Fair remind
ed Joe Rosenberg that he once owned
100 feet in block bordering the park
and sold it for 50 foot. The land to-
day is worth 800 foot, and Joe is
busy today figuring up what he lost
The Kansas Telephone Co. and the
lola Electric Railroad Co. settled their
trouble without the matter GO
ing to trial. The lola Electric Rail
road Co. will put in 30 foot poles and
will use 30 feet of them while the tele-
phone company will use the extra ten
feet. The matter OF paying the costs
will come up at the fall term of court.
The case OF j. w. Woten who has
just resigned as engineer at the lola
Steam Laundry is a sample Of what
perseverance will do fora young man.
Mr.. Woten began work four years ago
for Mr.. Newton at $4 per week know
ing nothing at all about the business.
Now he is pretty good laundryman
and for the past two years he has been
drawing 50 per day. On this he has
managed to save enough to buy a
threshing machine and as soon as the
harvest is over will sell the machine
and buy laundry outfit and go into
business for himself.
The case of j. w. Coffey, who was
arrested Monday for disconnecting
stove at Gas City from the lines of
the Gas City Gas Co., is being tried
at Gas City this afternoon before JUS
tice Swarts. Cotfey bought stove OF
man who lived in Gas City and
drove out there to get it. 1t happened
that the man had not paid his gas bill
and the company refused to disconnect
the stove. Coffey disconnected it him
self and was arrested under the law
passed by the Legislature last winter
entitled IAN Act to Prevent the Waste
of Natural Gas" This is the first
case OF the kind to come up and the
result will be eagerly awaited.
Chas. Roberts, one of the linemen
working for the Missouri and Kansas
Telephone Co., was slightly injured
Saturday. He was at the top of the
pole stretching the wire when it slipped
and came back striking him on the
side of the neck with such force as tC
| knock him unconscious. His safety belt
held him to the pole, however, probab'
ly saving his life. He was taken al
once to the fremont Hotel where the
men board and DR.. Coffman called
in. His neck swelled rapidly and fol
time it was not known how serious
he might be injured but DR.. Coffmar
reported Monday that he i 5 mucf
improved and that nothing serious
will result from the accident.
Mr.. II. w. Acers, father Of Nelson
F. Acers has:quite curiosity in the
shape of Lafayette snuff box. Wher
Lafayette went from Erie to Buffalo
N. Y, Mr.. Acersi was Giving at the
town OF Ripley on the march of Lafay
ette and his going through the towr
created quite an impression. A r
Acers says he can remember vel
how Lafayette looked riding through
the town in an old carriage with hii
hat off and how the people cheered
Shortly after that the Lafayette snuff
boxes made their appearance and Mr.
Acers decided to have onefor his grand
mother. He worked two days plow
ing in a stump field to get enough
money TO buy the box. 1t Is small
wooden affair probably three inches
in diameter and half-inch thick but
III is evidently of good material as 1t
in fine state OF preservation On thu
top OF it IS . fine picture OF Lafayette
bare headed Just he rode through
the town. ,s4l.5'