The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-01-08

State superintendent otryker mas
appointed his wife to the best position
in his Office.
The blind staggcrs are affecting the
horses as well as the politicians in
Russell county.
The last remains of Mr. Knute Try
were swept up by the western Kansas
papers last week.
Several prehistoric mounds have
been found at Neodesha. This is an
old game in western Kansas.
Tim Mccarthy, outside of banking
hours, is working tooth and too-nail
for the annexation of Hawaii.
Four boys all less than fifteen years
of age, celebrated Christmas by getting
drunk on Hutchinson whisky.
One barber at Chase plays the cornet
and the other the fiddle. 1t is close
shave as to which is the worst
Santa Claus undertook to fill New
ton girls stocking, but had to sublet
the job to her. 1t was too big.
An Anthony man says he doesi. t
need any assistance from mistletoe
All that is required is persistence
A prominent lawyer of Pratt got a
list of the widows of the town and sent
each large turkey for Christmas
Three cases in the Harper police
court last week showed that the cele-
bration of Christmas is not dying out
A northern Kansas paper says that
no governor of Kansas ever had curly
hair. But they have all had their legs
pulled.
In many parts of western Kansas
corn is now down to 10 cents bushel
as low as it has ever been in the his
tory of the state.
The long dry spell OF December and
November in western Kansas was
thought to have injured the wheat,
but the late rains have brought it up
and out all right.
1t is probable that the King Of Cow
ley county will get out of the race for
the United States Senate. He daesn't
stand ghost of show and he will
grapple with the fact before he is
many days older.
The Emporia papers believe there is
gas beneath the town and are advo-
eating hole The hole business is a
pleasant plaything which costs lots of
money. Emporia should let private
enterprise find the gas.
An Ellis county woman poisoned her
husband few years ago because he
was too poor to provide her with luxu-
ries, and to make the way clear for her
to marry u richer man. She was ar
rested, but e. capped severe punishment
through he negligence Of the officers
of the law, and married the man of her
choice. Misfortune after misfortune
overlook them until they are now poor
err than the woman's first husband ever
was. New Years day She received
word that the man she has poisoned
had fallen heir to an immense fortune
in Germany, and asking the proof of
dis death.
A well known young farmer OF But
Ter county has a novel rabbit trap on
his farm He had been digging els
tern some time back and after finish
ing the eXcavating he was compelled
by the stress of other business to stop
work on the cistern for time, and af-
ter covering the opening with boards
| he left it. alone. The other day he
CHANGED to be passing, and removing
the boards he looked down and saw
eleven rabbits ut the bottom, ten feet
below the surface. He at once con-
cludcd that the cistern would be Il good
place to keep his rabbits for the winter
and he accordingly threw them down
some food and will pull them out one
at time whenever he thinks a rabbit
stew would be relished.
A fire company has been organized
at Hoisington and the boys are anx
iously waiting for blaze.
There are s91 prisoners in the Kansas
penitentiary. Politically they stand;
Republican, 426; Democrats, IT'S; Popu-
lists, 70; Independents, II; no politics,
1913. There are in the penitentiary 343
Methodists, 1872 Baptists, SO Catholics,
81 Christians, Al Presby terians, 90 Luz
therans, 0 United Brethren, 0 Second
Adventists, IL Episcopalians, 6 Congre-
gationallsts, 5 DunkarGs, 6 Quakers. 2
Jews and LOG without any religion.
On Christmas day the Arkansas City
football eleven beat the Ell Reno club,
making them the champions of Kansas
and Oklahoma. The Fort Reno club
never been beaten before, although il
plays almost continually.
Beneath the fippant paragraph
Johnny Gilmore hides grief: 1.-The bru