The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-08-27
c. 9. NATION, Editor aud prop'r
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

year.
Michael Rainaker, of Pawnee county
is dying from injuries received by slid
ing from load Of hay upon a pitch
fork.
The Conway Mercantile Company O.
Conway, Mcpherson county, has beer
incorporated. 1t will do a genera
mercantile business.
Deductions in the Office of the coun
ty clerk show that the actual debt O.
Newton is between S23 and $24 pei
capita-less than SIS for every man
woman and child in the city.
young man hired fine horse anG
buggy in st. Paul Neosho county. re
Gently, and drove off with it. He sold
the buggy and harness in Parsons, but
he and the horse have not been over
taken.
Now that the Wellington waterworks
have been shut down by eastern CAPT
talists, the people of that town lie
nounce the original ordinance granting
the franchise scheme, fraud and rob
berry, secured by bribery.
The broomcorn harvest Of the belt
where that product is raised extensive
ly has begun, and the fields are filled
with workers this week. There are
thousands of acres that will produce
little or nothing because of the dry
weather, and there are many that will
be shortened. The early planting on
the uplands is particularly injured,
and there is much Encouragement
among the Swedes and Mennonites,
who depend on this crop.
Great excitement prevails in the vi
cinity of White Church and Piper, two
small villages in Wyandottc county,
on the Northwestern road, and battle
between the villagers and gang of
tramps is expected at any time. A few
days ago the tramps and farmers of
Piper had fight and one tramp was
shot and badly injured. Later some OF
them returned and attempted to set
fire to farm house but were driven
off. At the same time they posted no.
tees on gates warning the farmers
that they are to be burned out. Six
armed men patrol the county roads
now with well arranged signal sys-
tenn and vigilant watch is kept for the
tramps
The Santa Fe railway freight de-
partment is experiencing the greatest
rush of business in the history of the
road The movement of fruit from
California and grain from Kansas has
never been so great and every availa-
BILE car fit for shipping is being pressed
into service Last week and few
weeks previous the company was doing
rushing business in potatoes and live
stock, but the big end of the potatoe
TuSH Is ONCI uON, WIllC viz 4lNC ouOSh
business is again normal. The fruit
which the Santa Fe is hauling comes
from northern California and consists
principally of plums, grapes and
peaches. The bulk of it goes to Chica-
20 and other eastern cities. All of the
cars are re-iced at Argen tine, and the
company has big force of men en-
gagged in this work. A dispatch from
Argentine says they have never exper-
fenced such rush in fruit shipments.
Men are working day and night, and
have broken the record by iceing car
of fruit in four minutes In twenty
four hours ending at noon August IA
sizty-five cars of fruit had been re-
ceived in the Argentine yards.
The banks of Franklin county have
on deposit more than half million
dollars and the greater part of it be-
longs to the farmers.
A miserable imposter is working his
game in Kansas towns, selling a salve
which he guarantees to cure warts
All sensible people know that the only
way to remove a wart is to rub it with
half potato which is afterward TO he
buried by a crosseyed negro in the
northwest corner of a graveyard at
midnight, during the dark of the
moon.
A new preacher in Pleasanton broke
up long established custom by sig
nificant utterance after the usual pray
or which followed his sermon. He said:
"Those of the congregation who did
not get their things on during the
prayer can do so while 1 pronounce
the benediction."
A Shawnee county man determined
that he would view the late eclipse of
the sun without smoked glass. He did
SO, but for day he saw nothing but
eclipses wherever he looked and his
sight is still impaired.
Ed Howe says that old people are of
ten fretful and seemingly unre2sona'
BILE because they are sick. The young