The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-01-29
KANSAS ITEMD OF INTEREST.


Leedy dresses much better than any
governor of Kansas since Osborne.
The cows which do business with the
Anthony creamery, realize II cents a
pound for their butter.
The Ellsworth court house has been
sold under foreclosure and is now the
property of a Mrs. Way.
Kansas is still full of men who buy
n newspaper ana set out to inaugarate
new era for communities
There are eighty clerks anu employees
in the state senate who are paid by the
state for looking after forty senators
4. Newton man whe stopped chewing
tobacco the first of the year has since
shat time consumed IS worth of chew
bag gum.
The Pure Food show at Topeka will
be largely attended by editors who
will all carry baskets to carry samples
away with them.
On Christmas night the editor OF
prominent Kansas newspaper saw
three thousand delinquent subscribers
in line in front of his Office all clamor-
Eng to pay their bills. 1t was dream
aud it has not yet come true.
George T. Nicholson of the Santa Fe
is young man. Recently conduc-
tor after looking him and his pass over
autographed to headquarters: 'Young
Nicholson is abroad using his fathers
pass. Shall take it up?" The answer
came: "There is only one Nicholson.
You have him. Leave him and his pass
alone"
A Rock Island freight train was
wrecked at Volland Jan. 18th. The
wreck was caused by draw bar break
ing loose from one of the cars and fall
ing on the track ditching so box cars.
No one was hurt, although the train
men in the caboose at the time of the
accident were severely shaken up. The
accident delayed traffic several hours
in and out of Topeka, which is only
about IS miles from where the wreck
was.
Frank Daniels.
Frand Daniels Comic Opera Company
will appear in Wichita at the Craw-
ford Grand soon in the record breaking
comic opera "The Wizard of the Nile"
The dates to be announced later This
is his first appearance in this section
and all lovers of music should not miss
this great treat This is the same COM
pany composed of seventy artists car
rying the same elaborite scenery us
was seen in the $50 night run last sea-
san at the Casino, New York. Watch
for dates and correspond with the
manager of the opera house early for
reservation of seats.
The high esteem in which Fanny
Rice is held by the leading members of
her chosen profession is clearly dem
onstrated by the fact that she had the
honor of being selected as one of the
ten representative American stars to
make up that famous all-star cast
which toured the country in gor-
geously equipped special train, be-
tween the dates of May 4th and 3Oth,
1896, presenting in leading cities only
% do,
tai comedy, "The RIVALS" lat $500
seat, and which proved the most dis
tinguished event as well as one of the
greatest artistic and financial success
es in the history of the American stage.
Miss Rice will appear at the Crawford
Grand in Wichita, Wednesday evening,
January 27th.
"Fifteen years in hell" has just been
added to the Hutchinson library. The
library is little slow, but those
Hutchinson people who have not read
lit should take it out.
1t is a well known fact that rail-
road man with one or more fingers off
can throw higher dice than any one
else, but his luck does, not end here.
There is slot machine in an Atchison
billiard hall, and railroad man with
three fingers and thumb off bucked
lit recently and won every cent there
was in it.
One of the Kansas expressions which
has survived grasshoppers and drouths
is that used of horse which is speed
ing and which is said to be 'going a
pretty good hickory"
Two girls selling apatent shoe black
ing have been worrying the people of
southern Kansas to death recently.
AT Newton they thought nothing of
throwing a man down and taking
quarter away from him, showing the
backing into bis hands and walking
out with sweet smile of contentment
on their faces.
When General Coxey passed through
Winfield recently he stepped out on
the depot platform and distributed