The Iola register., 1902-04-25
LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. James o. Rogers leaves tonight
for Cleveland, Ohio, where he is to be
married April 30.
Mrs. f. G. Newton went to st. Louis
Wednesday evening for an extended
visit with friends.
Mrs. j. W. Wishard arrived We'd
nesday evening from Augusta, Kans.,
from visit with her son, Prof. L. H.
Wishard.
A. c. Rankin and o. o. Stone OF the
lola Portland Cement Co., returned
last evening from two weeks visit
in the Territory.
The Ft. Scott papers say that if the
city drills any more gas wells they
will be .sunk from fifteen to twenty
miles west of town.
Next Wednesday night is the time
when May baskets are hung on door
knobs by tender hearted young people.
Have you any idea where yours is
coming from?
The morning dispatches brings the
cheering news that an increase of eight
dollars month has been allowed in
the pension of Newton Wilkerson of
this county, post Office Humboldt
You know those little white barber
shop jackets the girls have taken to
wearing! Well, black coat sleeve is
as noticeable when it gots misplaced
across one of those jackets as is an
eclipse of the sun. A word to the
wise.
Miss Southard lectured by request,
on the temperance question at Hum
boldt last night. Which fact, doubt
less, gave rise to the rumor current
here today that there had been a raid
of Humboldt joints.
Mr.. j. W. Mcintyre OF Elk celsior
Springs was here today looking over
the Hub stock with view to purchas-
ing. He is we'll pleased with the city
and it is not unlikely thathe may con-
clude to come here.
The driving horse of Mr.. T. B.
Shannon got both feet into the ditch
on the south side of the square where
the Gas Company dug up one of its
old pipes this morning and fell down,
but fortunately did not break any
thing.i
The Santa Fe has four coaches set
out at the depot for the odd Fellows
to use Saturday on the excursion to
Garnett. At present it is expected
that seventy-fve people will go from
LaHarpe and about two hundred from
here. The coaches will be decorated
tomorrow.
Willis Neff, the mail clerk recently
found guilty at Topeka, has been
sentenced to three years in the
federal penitentiary. Nef used .to
have the mail clerk run through lola
on the Santa Fe and quite number
of lola people knew him we'll,
Secretary Myler of the Commercial
Club urges new members to call and
pay their initiation fees at once Only
two more days remain in which
charter members can thus get in. The
money is needed and will be used in a
good cause, so everybody should pay
uppromptly.
A gentleman from Chicago is here
with a letter of introduction from
Wesley Merritt, industrial commits
sioner for the Santa Fe. This gentle
man has patent cattle guard whicl
is made out of clay and said to be
cheap and very effective guard and h
is looking around for good place il
which to manufacture the article.
twas only yesterday afternoon tina
several "old residenters" sat over il
the court house and compared the dr.
weather just setting in with the pas
drouths. The consensus of opinio
was that record breaking drouth wa
certainly coming and gloomy predic
tions were INDUCED in. Today not
one of those alarmists came dow
town.
There are pensions and pensions
but there have been few ever granite,
to lola people which will be the caus
of such general rejoicing as the on
recently granted Mrs. Erastus Rich
ardson. She has lived here many
many years, is a widow and almo.
helpless from illness. She will receiv
back pay for year or so and the eigf
/ dollars month will help keep her i
comfort.
Word comes from Lawrence that tw
= Allen county boys are quarantine
? there in scarlet fever house. TIL
! boys are Ray Taylor of lola an
Chester Jones, of Humboldt. 1t seen
that third boy visited them and