The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-11-12

! biAS o'Nio6Ss
At Lyndon recently two prisoner
escaped through large hole whic
the worlsmen on the Jail had left in tn
wall.
| A Missouri school teacher elopc
with farmers wife in Reno count
last week and took her three children
along with him.
Two hundred and eighty-five me-
are now employed in the SANTA f
shops at Ottawa and the pay roll
s., 900 per month.
A circular in reference to the sigma
system of the road has been issued b,
General Superintendent Nudge, of the
Santa Fe. 1t states that after Novem
Der 1st the maintenance and construc
tion of all interlocking mechanical ant
electric signal and highway crossing
bells will be under the control of the
signal engineer, j. b. Hobson, at To
peka, and sets forth code of rules to
be followed by employees. The rules
look to the maintenance of the system,
and provide for the immediate notifica-
tions of trainmasters, division inspect
ors and signal engineer i'll case of fail
ure or damage to any portion of the
system.
Outing for November is full of good
things, fresh from forest, field and
stream. The frontspiece will toucn a
sympathetic chord in the memory OF
every sportsman; for who has not
turned out of bed before old Sol peeped
over the horizon and ready for the fray
waited and waited for n delinquent
brother until patience seemed well nigh
exhausted. This scene is cleverly por-
trayed by Weston in picture full of
animation which will Delight every
lover of "a Day Over Dogs" Football,
the horse and yachting are the other
strong features. Every seasonal BILE
sport is treated in this excellent num-
Der of the best of sporting magazines.
The Arkansas City Traveller says:
When John Irons came to Cowley coun-
ty he walked from Cedarvale to what
is now Silverdale township and carried
a bushel of potatoes on his back in a
sack. On the way, he was given some
garden seeds by an old woman. Among
them are some pumpkin seeds AID
when he located, he planted his seeds
but all his pumpkin vines died except
one. He raised four pumpkins on that
one. Pumpkins were very scarce in
Cowlcy county; also the seed. There
were several who wanted pumpkin
seeds and John, in order to have enough
to go around with his neighbors,
cut the pumpkin in quarters and gave
each one quarter. That is the way
got their start in this end of
Cowley county.
The weather report issued by Chan
cellor f. II. Snow, of Kansas Univer-
sity, shows that the month of October
just closed, was the warmest October
on the thirty years record, although
the temperature of the first half of the
first half of the month was surpassed
in 1867, and that of the second half in
1894. The temperature was nearly
seven degrees above the average. Only
three Octobers have had higher max
imum temperature, and only three had
n higher minimum. The highest tenn
perature was so degrees on the 4th;
the lowest temperature was 49, de-
grees on the Goth. The rainfall was
greatly deficient, being LOS inches less
than half the average amount. The
run of wind was much below the aver
age, only two Octobers having had
less wind. The mean cloudiness and
mean humidity were considerably
lower than usual. The mean barome-
ter was slightly below the average.
The first white frost of the season &C.
Cured on the 22d, twenty-four days
later than the average date.
Western Kansas has harvested big
crop of broom corn this season and the
quality is good.
The Kansas farmers will reyel in
luxuries this withdrawing every
thing at their command.
Owing to the jubilee over the big
foot ball victory and the observance of
falling on the same night,
Lawrence was a scene of unprecedent-
ed disorder A bondfre, rising to
height little lower than the summit
of Mt. Dread, lighted up the whole
city. 1t was worse than n carnival.
The creamery routes in Barton coun-
ty are used for a daily distribution of
mail along the route Of the milk haul
ers. Sixty different families are the
recipients of this service. The post
master makes up the mail for the diff
ferent routes and the haulers deliver
it as they leave the cans.