The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-05-14
All bills passed by the last legisla-
ture become effective May 8.

A big saloon with hard wood bar and
French plate mirrors has started up in
Topeka and tho town is at last getting
its mixed drink privileges.
The assessor of Abilene, who is man
who is set crazy with music, discovered
to his surprise that there are only sew
enty-seven pianos in the town.
Some man has started out to prove
that western Kansas is located or a
chin crust and is liable to sink down
some night with an awful crash.
In Meade county once big hunk o.
carts fell in right where the trail pass
ed. This hole filed up with salt water
and is 175 feet wide and quite deep.
Mrs. John Alcone of Ionia, who cu
her throat from ear to ear with razol
while in fit of insanity, has almos
recovered from the wound. She has
been insane before having been in the
Topeka asylum.
For several years it has been appar.
emit that it was but n question of time
until the exorbitant prices demanded
BY the manufacturers of bicycles
would have TO take a tumble. That
this theory has now become a condi-
ton is apparent to those who have
investigated the strictly high grade
wheel Just placed on the market by
the Harrah & Stewart Mfg. Co., OF
Des Moines, la.
A new danger is threatened in the
corn crop in Lyons county in the form
of black small insect IN every way
resem bling the flea. Hundreds of acres
of corn have already been ruined and
are now beng replanted. The matter
has been referred to Secretary Coburn
who cnn give no information regarding
the insect and has referred the matter
to E. A. Popenoe, entomologist at the
state agricultural college.
The Santa Fe has out new order
1t is in effect that no stock will be per
mitted to run at large upon the com
pany's right of way. People have been
in the habit of lariating their cows and
horses alongside the railroad track tc
Craze. The new order will be enforced
from now on. All stock found graz.
ing on the company's right of way will
be taken to the city pound: This or.
der applies to all towns along the line
of the Santa Fe.
The Santa Fe has filed in the 7u
preme court, upon an appeal from the
district court of Cowley county, the
case in which Albert Cunningham Sc
cured Judgment for &c. ESQ for person
al damages. Cunningham was a news
agent on the Santa Fe's southern Kan
sas division and sustained severe in.
iuries in collision caused by freight
train running into the passenger train
upon which he was employed. Cum
ningham sued for SIS, 900 and secured
judgment for not quite half of that
amount.
1t was the unanimous sentiment of
the convention of representatives from
Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, which
met at Austin recently, in the interest
of lower freight rates to the gulf, to
have lower rates or build a road from
Kansas to the southern seaboard.
From this time his should be the senti-
ment and purpose of the people of the
two states and the territory of Okla
homa. This is great factor in the
agricultural and live stock interests of
the northwest. The problem will be
solved in the evolution of commences; it
had Just as well come now as later. 1t
is the great boon which the people,
who inhabit the vast country lying to
the north and west to the gulf, have
been battling for through the. years,
and the time is at hand when the
prospect is bright for its consumation.
We must have cheaper rates to the sea-
board or 60 into agricultural decay.
A young lady from Manhattan nam
ed Holler is visiting Ellsworth. The
Ellsworth girls don't holler.
About the only way we know of tc
rid pasture land of garlic is to pillow it
up and grow cultivated crops on the
gyound for five or six years, keeping
them perfectly clean during the whole
time. Even then, if the fence rows are
left for growing garlic seedk and the
manure from the rest of the farm is
used on the cultivated crops, the pest
will be sure to re-appear in the new
pasture.
The Newton Mill e Elevator Com
pany will at once proceed to enlarge
their property to 4-story building.
giving it capacity of 400 barrels OF
flour per day, giving 10 more men en-
ployment and envolve an expenditure
of $4,000
The general revenue fund of the city