The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-30

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Stafford girls have Cooking club, -
They roast the young men at every
meeting.
Newton is to have water carni-
val" when the new water works are
completed.
The grasshoppers in some portions
of the state are reported to have dam
aged the crops considerably.
This Santa Fc is putting in stock
yards at Syracuse They will have a
capacity of not less that twenty-five
cars of cattle.
Jctmorc claims more loafers than
any town of it's size in the state And
1t is right in the center of the the
wheat belt, too.
One of the Emporia dailies got .
scoop on the other recently by an
nouncing wedding which occurred
eight months ago.
In the obituary of little child, u
Newton writer SAYS: Like the snow
flake which leaves a spot but not a
stain, was the little life of Baby Mar
gNret."
The potato bugs are reported to have
done much damage over the state, and.
as result this crop will be cut short
of what was expected. OF course, in,
some parts Of the state the crop is not
injured.
Miss Grace Allen, of Fredonia Kan,
is under arrest in Lincoln county,
charged with poisoning a young lady,
and her mother. The latter is dead.
jealousy prompted the deed, both
women being in love with the same,
man. Before being arrested Miss AL
len attempted to commit suicide, but
was prevented The rivals are school
teachers.
The colored people of Horton are
making arrangements to have big
time there the 4th of August The
cele bration will be held at the city
park and visitors are expected from
Hiawatha, Topeka and st. Joseph and
all neighboring towns The park
committee ale having new fountain
put in and the park is in excellent
condition.
There is still outstanding S51,500
worth of Brown county bonds which
will fall due in 1900. The commission
crs are now worrying over the ques-
tion whether they shall levy tax to
take the bonds up or refund them. 1t
vii! take tax of about IL mills to
raise money enough to pay the bonds
off. A good many of the farmers are
in favor of having this levy made.
On July 90 Governor Leedy respond
ed to the demands Of pitition signed
by majority of the citizens of Wilson
county praying for the pardon of A. j.
James from the state penitentiary
where he is serving term for man
slaughter in the fourth degree, to
which he pleaded guilty May 3, 1897.
The governor issued an unconditional
pardon which was recommended by
Judge L. Stillwel, who sentenced
James. The prisoner is past 60 years
old. He was married last winter to a
young girl and was living in APPARENT
happiness, but discovered evidence
which convinced him that Jesse Gull
bertson, young man, was unduly in
innate with the young wife. The old
man lost no time in getting revolver
and after waiting several days for Gull
bertson to appear, met him on the
street in Ncodesha and shot him dead.
Some of the people of Neodesha and
Wilson county indorse the action of
James, although he pleaded guilty to
manslaughter and was sent to the pen
itentiary. Others of the people of Neo-
desha think James was a fool at his
age to marry girl wife.
The curfew law at Atchison estab-
lished some time ago is working ad-
mirably A very large steam whistle,
has been ordered which will be blown
at o'clock every night as warning
for all children under Is years of age
to get off the streets.
Lyle Thomas, a Lyons county lad,
who is only 16 years old and OF slight.
build. shocked after two binders that
cut 50 acres day, and shocked the en-
tire 400 shocks without any help.
Some of the grain it is estimated will
60 30 bushels TO the acre
The movement for having refrigera-,
tor cream cars run on the Santa Fei
was started at Hutchinson by the Par
ker creamery, and the first car that
was built was sent there and is now
collecting cream from the different
Parker skimming stations.
A movement is again being agitated
70 mt mn a monument to CaDtain