The Iola register., 1902-07-25

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settled and dismissed, at Barber's |
cost. He returned the horse he traded |
for and also gave back the boot |
money. The case against him for
contempt of court was dismissed on
payment of the costs
Manager Galbreath, Of the Chanute
team, has sold out his interest to citi-
zens OF Chanute and is no longer con.
nected with that team or the Missouri
Valley League. The transfer Of the
team to another town was about to be
made when the citizens got hold of it.
Money was raised and the team seems
likely now to last through the season.
Two colored men, supposed to have
fallen out over crap game at the
Fair Grounds, we're attended TO by
the police Monday. They are COM
parative strangers, both being re-
Gently from Texas. one is called
"Yaller" Texas and the other
'Black" Texas. Yaller cut Black
with knife and they had a mix-up in
which each kicked the other in the
face. Black was attended to by a
doctor.
w. O. Lenhart and j. f. Firestope,
who do business under the firm name
of w. O. Lenhart a. Co. at LaHarpe,
have sued Mrs. II. +. Cooksey, f. a.
Cooksey and f. A. Tinney to col
lect two notes. The first note
was for S5OOand was given in 1898.
On it 1911 has been paid and the bal
ance is claimed TO be due. Another
note for 1904 was given the same date
and the plaintiffs claim no payments
were made on it. The notes drew
per cent interest.
The seven year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs j. w. Tliff, Of 706 south
w alnut sreet. died Saturday evening
after a short illness with inAamma-
tion of the bowels. The funeral was
held from the residence Sunday, Rev.
DR.. Shadwick, of the Baptist church,
officiating and the remains were buried
in lola cemetery. All the young peo-
pie who belonged to the little girls
Sunday School class in the Baptist
church attended and the funeral SER
vices were very impressive.
The Adkins family residing on north
Washington avenue, mixed up dis
gracefully Monday. Adkins was
arrested and is in jail having pleaded
guilty TO fight here last May with a
man named Caywood. \ warrant
was issued then, but Adkins left He
returned few days ago and celebrat-
ed his return by getting into a fight
with his wife. II is said she tenderly
slugged him with piece of crockery
and also bit him, while he is reported
to have beaten her numerically.
Neighbors sent for the police and Ad-
kins was taken to Jail. II is not known
whether she will prosecute when the
time comes or not.
One of the sad things of life hap
pened Monday in lola. Mrs Towne, a
widow who has for some time been
suffering from an ailment which is
certain to prove fatal unless a dan
gerous operation is performed, was
taken TO Kansas City on the morning
train by DR.. Minear, where the opera
tion will be performed, That afternoon
Mrs b. f.. Jones took Mrs. Towne' ;
two children, Ella and Maynard, TO
Topeka where they will be cared for
at the State orphans home. Mrs.
Towne only agreed to the dangerous
operation after she was assured that
the children would be taken care Of.
Monday afternoon two inquisitive
small boys were experimenting with
the long hose in front Of Northrups'
store. They took turn about blowing
in it in a boyish attempt to expand
the rubber. Ed Hobart noticed them
and made quiet sneak TO the stop
cock. He turned the water on while
one of the boys was blowing in the
end OF the hose. The boy heard the
air rushing out, thought this very
funny, took his mouth away and held
the end Of the hose up TO the other
boys face so he could note the pecu-
liar fact that air was issuing from the
hose. When the water came, with
surprising suddenness, it nearly
knocked him over and both were 50
scared they dropped the hose andled.