The Iola register., 1902-02-21
LOCAL NEWS

George Iike, who runs tamala
tent on West street, had an attack of
heart failure the other day and fell
heavily on the pavement, striking his
head on the walk, He'quickly
ed and has since been as we'll as usual.
Mr.. Harris and Mr.. Schockey, from
New York and Indiana respectively,
were in town today on business. Mr..
Harris visited lola some months ago.
He is formerly from the Ohio gas belt
and represents himself and other cap
italists who may this year take hold
of enterprises out here.
This has been an eventful, epoch
making day for Jerry Slower. He
donned his first pair of suspenders
this morning and later slipped on the
porch of his home and cracked his
nose on the floor, nearly breaking it.
But his jog in his suspenders was
greater than the pain in his nose.
George King was quite severely in
jured last week while working in
Beck's store. A ladder fell on him
and although at first it was thought
he was slightly injured it has since
developed that his ankle was SER
iously hurt If not broken. He will be
laid up some time and kept from his
work
Imagine, gentle reader, if you can,
l.. l. Purcell, late Democratic editor
and leader of Allen county, now Re-
publican editor of Cherryvale, writing
this editorial in his paper:"The Com
moner boasts that one of Mr.. Bryan's
predictions has been verified. In re-
gard to Mr.. Bryan's 400 other predic-
tions the Commoner is discreetly
SILENT
A neat, grand -fatherly, silk-tiled old
gentleman sat in the clerk of the dis
trict courts Office today, deeply inter-
ested in paper he was reading. The
paper was the unique suit for divorce
filed by the lawyers of DR.. b. f. Foote
of Gas City. The old gentleman
reading it was DR.. Foote. He read
and shrugged his shoulders and grunt-
ed, but whether from mirth or disap-
proval could not be discovered.
The Santa Fe are expending lot of
money on the Southern Kansas branch,
steel bridges taking the place of all
wooden structures. The grades are
being leveled and the line put in
shape to handle business. One of the
changes puts in q steel bridge at In
dependence, the old wooden bridge be-
ing removed to the branch line over
the river at Neosho Falls.
The Allen county Populists held
delegates to the State convention at
Topeka tomorrow we're chosen. The
delegates will be careful to maintain
theparty organization, at the same
time that theyfu with the Democrats,
as all the other delegates plan to do.
The Allen county representatives are:
John Lehman, Steve Weith, Seth Bart.
lett, Chris. S. Ritter and James Lock
hart.
The street carhad to quit yesterday.
During the day twas hoped that the
snow would stop any moment and cars
were run up to o'clock, but by that
time the snow was packed around the
rails and the banks at the side Of the
track and when the heavy fall began
in the evening it drifted off into the
trench where the cars had ploughed
through. Two cars were fastened to-
gether but even then failed to keep
the track open. This morning work
began of clearing the rails and traf-
tic was resumed.
AS the REGISTER noted some days
ago Reddy Givler went to the recruit
ing office and sought enlistment in the
regular army. He was examined and
passed the necessary quizzing. Then
some body went to the officer and told
him that Givler was bad persimmon,
that he was u thief and had been in
the reform school and the officer
threw him out of the list. All of
which looks rather rank to an out
slider. Who was it who had such a
tender regard for the army that he
feared it might be corrupted by young
Givler? Was it regard for the army
or a desire to make trouble? AS q
matter of fact Reddy is no worse than
most boys would be if knocked around
from pillar.to post as he has been
What if he was in the reform school;
Does the American public send boy
20 the reform school in order to hold
the fact that he has been there forever
over his head as dub to prevent his
getting into respectable business