The Iola register., 1902-07-18
HERE AND THERE

"A daugAter was born Friday, July
IL, 1902, to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hodalski of jl5 north Washington.
The result of the Allen county teach
ers' examination neld some days ago
proves very gratifying to the county
superintendent. She says the exami-
nation was pretty severe, yet of the
ninety-fve who took IL ten got first
grade certificates, thirty-nine second
grade, twenty-three third grade and
only twenty-three failed to pass.
Capt. O'Neil, Webb City, Mo-,
man who has been boring for oil at
Chanute, Friday brought in
gusher six miles west of town that
Chanute people say breaks the Kansas
record for gas. They say the drillers
estimated it at IL millions and that
all efforts to cork it up have failed.
The only flaw in the we'll Is salt water
which is spoutlng out with the gas.
The school board OF La Harpe has
sold the recent issue OF school bonds
to the State school fund at good
figure. The deal was made this morn
ing and work will be commenced at
once on a handsome four roomed
school building in Lanyonville, an
Improvement which lis much needed.
The bonds were voted at recent
election in the sum OF So 900 and the
REGISTER understands will draw only
five per cent interest.
The new Santa Fe plug is not only
the handsomest train run on the
Southern Kansas, but it is one OF the
most popular. The ouly kick is that
1t does not run on Sundays, when
there Is an unusual demand for IL.
Yes, there is another kick. It Is that
it is a shame that a handsome train
and short train, making few stops,
should consume Eve hours in running
from Chanute to Kansas City, and
vice versa. Twenty miles an hour is
fairly good freight time.
Walter Birdsell, son Of the merchant
policeman, will have to go TO Kansas
City again for tire; tmeut. 1t will be
remem bered that he lost one of his
limbs by an accidental gunshot wound
from gun in the hands of his brother
over year ago, He finally got so he
could be around and engaged in lit
tie business venture on the east side.
For month past he has been confined
to his bed with rheumatism in his
good limb due to overworking it. 1t
is certainly an unusual story of mis-
fortune.
A dispatch from FIT. Scott to the
city papers says: A gang OF wire
fence swindlers has been working in
this county for week or more and it
is reported that fifteen or twenty farm
ers have been swindled out of amounts
ranging from 80 to $25. The scheme
is to sell wire fence c. o. D. and as
an inducement offer a patent gate as a
premium for small payment lin ad.
vance on the fence. This is good
bait, but the fence or the gate never
show up. An attempt is being made
to locate the swindlers.
The Herald says that most Of :ne
burned store buildings at Moran will
be rebuilt The losses from the Gre
and the insurance is given as follows:
ID. a. Bolliuger, real estate Office, 500:
no insurance. w. NJ. Ireland & Co.,
merchandise, S4, 600; insurance 50, 900.
A. d. Jennings, hardware stock,
SO, 000 insurance, $1,000, s. c. Var.
ner, buildings occupied by Ireland and
Jennings, 5000; insurance 800.
Joseph Cook, lumber sheds, 81, 500;
insurance $1,000 Frank Messenger
considers his loss in damaging his
stock by moving out at least 81, 900.
About two weeks ago two men liv-
ing near Savouburg, had a fight and
a resulting suit The suit did not
amount to much. The other day the
same man made an attack on the
other and the prosecution waschanged
to lola. The plaintiff was Oscar Nell
son and the defendant John Trask.
Nelson says Trask met him, dragged |
him off his moving machine, beat him
up and allowed his team to run away
with the machine. The hearing was
set for o'clock in Justice Potter's
court, but was compromised by
Trask's paying all the costs, $lS.25.
The REGISTER has received from
ames Barker, G. p. & 7. Agent of
the M. X. & T. the following notice
with request to print; Occasion
ally, some disorderly person or per-
sons, on passenger trains make them
selves so intolerable to the other pas
sengers by reason of conduct bolster !
Gus and otherwise, that it becomes
to eject such disorderly |