The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-02
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Geo. M. Seward, recently assistant
treasurer of state, has gone to Chicago
to live.
Silvers Dixon of the corn train fame
has gone to Washington after some
thing.
The Lawrence Dramatic Club played
before the inmates of the Osawatoinie
asylum The inmates were compelled
to attend.
1t is denied that John Martin ever
owned slaves in Kansas. Martin was
clerk of court OF which judge own
ed slaves.
An Abilene undertaken who moved
to Salina, hoping to better his fortunes
has returned to his old stand. He found
that the rival burier had corralled all
the lodges and his wife's kin had lead
pipe cinch ON all the preachers. That
sort of a combination is invincible.
A train of twenty-one cars loaded
with broom corn and appropriately de-
corated will leave Sterling on March
25th for Onandaga, N. Y, for whisk
broom mandatory. This will be the
largest shipment of the kind ever made
from any other point. The train will
stop at all the principal cities on the
way.
The Frisco refused to allow the An
thony branch train to run into the city
on it's tracks. On the morning of March
10th the train was stopped on the west
side on the river at Arkansas City and
had to remain there until it returned
to Anthony in the afternoon. Mana
ger Eaton and Auditor Brown who
were on the train had to walk into the
city.
The base bail enthusiasts of the EN-
poria Normal are jubilant over the fact
that at the recent meeting of the board
regents they were given permission to
play games with other teams outside
of the city, Arrangements are being
made to play series of games in EN-
poria early in May, one of which will
come off on the sth, the date of the In
ter-state Normal school contest in Or
atory.
Superintendent John E. Carr of the
Toouo-,ro,tb ooo1 cop,noDu ranan+1u
said to John Fl. Barry of Atchison that
his company would pay half the cost
of sinking a coal shaft in Atchison,
providing the city would pay the other
half and donate it to the company.
Half of the expense would not amount
to $1,000, and Atchison would get for
it coal mine employing 300 men.
The Missouri & Kansas Telephone
company began extending its lines to
Lancaster subscribed $3.50 to get tele-
phone there, and now the Missouri
Pacific agent at that place is bowling.
Heretofore the merchants of Lancaster
were compelled to take the cars for
Atchison when they wanted to order
goods, but when they get telephone
in their midst, they will save their car
fare by using the 'hello" instrument.
The committee appointed by Govern
or Leedy under authority of resolu-
ton adopted by the legislature, to go
to Texas and Oklahoma, to conduct an
investigation of existing passenger and
freight rates with view of securing
relief for the people will meet in Wich-
tia, April Sd. The committee will go
Immediately to Guthrie where it is
probable the Texas committee will join
them and the three committees repre-
senting as many Legislatures will pro-
coed with the work which they have
placed before them.
The Santa Fe's deep water well at
Kinsley reached heavy salt brine at
the depth of $50 feet. The we'll is be-
ing plugged to within $50 feet of the
surface, where fair quality of water
was found.
Bert McGiven of Walnut Grove was
thrown from the Santa Fe passenger
train at Topeka March Goth, striking
pile of ties with such force as to break
his leg below the knee and cause other
injuries The young man was attempt
ing to board the train which was run
ming rapidly.
A convention has been called to meet
Lawrence March 2s, to formulate
plans for and to select place to hold
spiritualist liberal and freethought
camp meeting. The convention will
meet in the Odd Fellows hall.
Fate Russell, the colored man who
fell under Union Pacific train at Per-
ryville, Kan, last September and had
one of his arms cut off, has brought
suit in the United States circuit court
against the railroad company for the
sum of $1,000 damages. Russell lives
In Tonplka