The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-29

. The miner strike at Weir City ended
in favor of the miners.
Muscotan claims to be the only dry
town in Atchison county.
The old soldiers are having good
time at Stafford this week.
After her festival Topeka discovers
that she is 5000 in the hole.
A Larned girl has compiled song
which is said to be warm thing.
Coyotes are numerous and doing
much damage in Harvey county
An independent man at Wellington
is wearing his wife's shirt waists.
Thirty head of early spring calves
brought SIS apiece at sale in Jewell
county
The state Sunday School convention
will be held at Newton, October 81, 2S
and 80.
Grading on the road from Parker to
the Kansas state line was begun Octo-
Der 10th.
The best looking young man in
Hutchinson is soon to marry widow
in another town.
The banks of Lawrence show on de-
post over 100000 more than they had
this time last year.
A Seneca girl who earn SIS week
dresses well, pays her board and has
saved 5000 in two years.
The Ranhardt Cheese company in
Humboldt is building a factory which
will consume the milk from 1000 cows
daily.
The Emporia city council is consid-
ering plan for more effectual fire
protection. A department with half
dozen employees is suggested.
A Blue Rapids woman has hen with
double joints in her knees and toes
pointed both ways, SO that she can
walk forward or backward with equal
case
Vincent & Scofield, real estate deal
ers of Washington, have issued a small
pamphlet, entitled Banner Corn Coun-
ty of Kansas" in which they claim
that Washington county will surpass
all other counties in the state in the
WELD of corn for 1897. In round fig
ures they claim that the county will
Weld ten million bushels. The hot,
dry weather didn't hurt the corn as
much in Washington county as it did
in the corn producing counties of Re-
public, Jewell, Smith and Phillips.
A Butler county farmer went to the
bank and told the cashier that he
wanted to pay off $500 mortgage on
his farm The cashier looked up the
mortgage and finding that it was
drawing 9 per cent. interest. and was
not due till next February, he told the
farmer that it would nave to run to
that date. The farmer laid the $500
on the counter, pulled out bulldog
revolver, laid it beside the money, and
said he was going to pay that mort
gage The cashier delivered up the
document and took the money.
October Goth near Pleanonton seri-
GUS accident happened. Three young
men of Fort Scott were on their way
in wagon to the Marals des Cygne
timber to hunt. While going up hill
one of them was walking behind the
wagon when he saw one of their guns
slipping out. He pushed it back when
it was discharged, its contents of bird
shot striking his left shoulder and
tearing the flesh from the bone. He
was Immediately brought to Pleason-
ton and returned to his home on the
afternoon passenger train. The injur-
ed young mans name is Beclner and
while on his way to Pleanonton tainted
three times from the loss of blood. 1t
is said that he thought the gun was
uncapped.
A load of wheat was stolen at Con-
way Springs and sold at Milan, Sum-
ner county.
Newton is still having trouble with
her waterworks system, notwithstand-
ing the recent extension. A new res
orvoir to hold between 100000 and
$50, 600 gallons will be built.
The Grand Island depot building TO
be erected at Seneca will be 00X24 feet.
The depot will be built where the for
mer building was located unless the
citizens proceed at once to secure a
building site further down town.
The citizens of Pratt have in the
Farmers and Merchants bank of thai
city over 500, 900 in cash deposits.
D. B. Calhoun, one of the leading
farmers south vest of Caldwell, expert
| mented with 1875 acres of wheat this
year. He hired the ground powed
} bought the seed and hired it sown, cut
{ threshed and had it haulad to marke
.Io loo,d 81 HE MAY,