The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-02-19

hyptotism.
The Great Bond boy who went slsat
ing and got SO cold he had to hug the
stove was no. onto his job.
The new Claim brass band has six
teen instruments and the people may
as well prepare for the worst
Antelope appeared in Greedy county
last week and the change from jack
rabbit to venison was appreciated.
Professor Franklin of the state uni.
versity has joined the travellers. He
will 90 TO Costa RIGA to look into some
mines.
A two-year-old child was burned to
death on the 18th at Eureka while play
ing with fire during the mothers alb
sence.
The Kansas newspapers are actively
engaged in the dairy business and are
showing how everybody will get rich
out of it.
The ministers of Emporia who have
been in tho habit of holding monthly
meetings in the city library have been
ordered out.
1t is fact that in some Kansas
towns bowling alleys are looked upon
as vicious and subversive of the morals
of the people.
When the Kansas man wants to
make the most cutting remark about
new congressman he says ''he will do
no harm at least"
An Abilene man shipped seven mil
lion eggs in 1896 The Dickinson coun-
ty hen is not on earth for her health
alone. She earns her keep.
Forty-seven per cent of the state I'M
versity pupils nre church members.
War and foot ball tend to make men
look to proper provision for the flu
ture. ea..
1t is wonderful with what ananimity
the Kansas prophets are declaring that
this is to be wet year. 1t will be wet
Wet years occur every ten years in
Kansas.
John Wolever, of. Fredonia, we'll
known in base ball circles of south
eastern Kansas, has signed with the
Texas Ball League for next season, at
salary of s75 per month.
The story that Mulvane man mar
ried his own sister through mistake
originated in 1895, and had wide pub
lica ton at that time. 1t was lately re-
viyed and sent broadcast.
Twenty-one years ago the editor of
the Journal in Coffeyville received a
letter which everybody in town exam
ined. twas the first typewriter let
ter ever seen in Coffeyville.
The month of December was an ex.
ceptionally hard one on the Kansas
jurisdiction of the A. o. U. w. There
were forty eight deaths, which neces-
STATED the payments of SOC, 900 in ben
efits and called for a double assess
ment. OF the deaths four were from
suicide.
A Chanute young lady received a
present, very handsome belt, the
other day, from young railroad man
IN, NTO1i ha fria nj
and found it two inches too large.
"How strange" she exclaimed, 'he
should have known my waist measure
better than that"
J. E. Brewer, Of Abilene, shipped
car load of eggs on the Sth. 1t is so
common thing for him to ship car
loads of eggs that it is scarcely worth
mentioning. He is kind of an egg
prince. In 1896 he shipped SO carloads
600, 900 dozen, 100000 eggs. Think
of it you people who consider the
Dickinson county hen a loafer The
aforesaid hen has bought more parlor
lamps, easy chairs, new dresses. organs
and carpets than any other class of be-
ings whatever unless it be the DiclSin-
son county COW.
A southern Kansas woman who spent
a week in Holland is delivering two
hours lecture on the country. Which
is pretty good.
Near Emporia there is farm. In
one house on this farm lives j. w. Os-
burn; on the other side Edith Osburn,
his daughter-in-law. They quarrelled.
The old man esta blished a trocha.
Each was 10 keep his and her side of
this. The old man violated the rule,
got over his trocha, the woman attack
ed him and he hit her with a revolver
The case is now in court.
While four Munson brothers were
skating at Jennings Feb. 18th the ice
gave way, precipitating them all into
the water. Two managed to get out,
but Ben and Bert were drowned. Ben
was married man, leaving wife and