The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

learn that Peabody is a law-obeying
town.
Some of the Kansas papers are pub
fishing list of farmers who have paid
off their mortgages.
Newton ladies are organizing Choir
us and much melody is anticipated
from their snowy threats.
1t will cost SIS to get into the Floral
ball at Topeka. Five bushels of wheat
or thirteen ounces of silver
The Kansas sled corncutter is max.
ing large crop of cripples this year,
but it cannot keep up with the runa-
way horse.
A Kinsley preacher is opposed to
church socials, missionary teas, etc
How does he expect the women to
raise his salary?
1t is estimated that there will be
about 5000 head of sheep wlntered in
Cloud county this season in the neigh
borhood Of Clyde.
There is to be "a battle of flowers
at the Topeka fall festival All sun
flowers weighing over ten pounds
should be barred.
The purchasers of the late Bank of
Hutchinson are paying depositors so
cents on the dollar and many of them
are glad to get it.
Hoisington is to have flour mill
and elevator at once. 1t will be three
stories and a basement with a daily
capacity of so barrels.
That fake story about Kansas banks
being overcrowded with money is cal
culated to cause bank hooters to do Il
lot of extra work for nothing.
A Kansas man has just fallen down
1850 precipice in Yellowstone Park.
The side of the mountain was SCARED
badly but the Kansas man was unhurt.
The Lawrence Journal thinks that
Kansas could never forget politics.
During the boom Kansas forgot them.
In some counties it was absolutely
necessary to beg men to take nomina
tions, in 1886.
The meeting of the Mitchell county
Teachers association held at Beloit
last week was well attended. Out of
122 employed there were present 10,
The object of the meeting was to Sc
cure a better uniformity of work in
grading, promoting, order and supple
inentary work. Ninety per cent of
the schools of Mitchell will be in ses-
sion by October. The terms are gen
orally longer and better than hereto
fore and the wages paid are from $25
to $40 month.
A carpenter in the Santa Fe shops
at Ottawa made an interesting find in
an old box car. The car was in the
shop for repairs, and this necessitated
the removal of the lining in the inter-
Tor. In tearing away portion of the
sheathing, the carpenter observed a
bundle of paper snugly tucked in at a
crevice; removing it he found big en-
velope addressed to Postmaster, Nal
vern, Kan. containing large number
of United States postage stamps of spe-
cial delivery and newspaper varieties,
to the value of about $40. The envel
ope had been torn in removing it, but
it was intact enough for two inscrip-
tions to be read; one was in ink, giving
the dute, "July 1, 1885," and the other
in print, the date ''1O-15-'s5." The
package will be forwarded to Washing
ton.
Coffeyville is trying hard to secure
the X, o. C. & S. w. railroad Her
citizens are considering proposition
to vote $40, 900 bonds to the enterprise.
payable in So, 900 installments, upon
the completion of each mile of road for
eight miles.
The Horticultural society of Butler
county met at Whitewater Falls last
week. There was big crowd present.,
with well rendered program follow
ed by big dinner ending with wa
termelon for desert. The display of
fruit was surprising in its excellence.
Some of the prominent newspapers
: very sensibly takes Kansas farmers to
task for sending their children to
schools outside of the state.
i "A Pullman sleeping car porter is
quarentined in his car in the Rock Is
land yards in Armourdale, Kan, and
4 it is probable that he will have to re-
main there alone for several days. 1t
! is feared the car is infected with small
pox germs, and the porter will remain
prisoner until suticien. time has
elapsed to determine whether or not
he has acquired the disease.
There is too much attention paid to
politics in Kansas and not enough to
moonlight Kansas moonlight is the
prettiest thing on earth.