The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-12-24
KANSAS Items OF INTEREST.


Rabbits are said to be numerous in
western Kansas this year.
The Wel-Forgo Express Company's
agent at Wichita was fined for having
'quols in his possession.
The Santa Fe telegraph department
has now larger force in its employ
than Mt any time in the history OF the
road. Extra dispatchers and opera
tors are kept busy at the principal di-
vision points, and many of the smaller
stations are now in charge OF operators
The heavy business still continues,
and even after the holidays, when Il
general lull usually occurs among the
railroads, Santa Fe officials do not an
ticipate big reduction in the tele-
graph force.
In n suit for possession of what is
known as Lcavenworth island in the
Missouri river, opposite Leavenworth,
a jury in the Platte county circuit court
Atchsou, as against defendant Niuton
StllingA This decision holds that
Atchison is the owner of the island
through patent title from the govern
mcnt obtained many years ago. The
suit was the result of Stillings' action
in taking possession Of the island, con-
tanning 900 acres, and claiming title
on the theory of accreation to his land
on the Missouri shore.
Mary is the Swear old daughter of
MIR. and Mrs William Perdue, of Nco-
sho Falls. The Perdues had been deep
ening their well and had put in new
wall. The curb had not been securely
fastened since the improvement had
been made Mrs. Perdue went to the
well to draw bucket of water, when
the frame work pulled over and little
Mary was ierlled into tue well, falling
a distance of 40 feet She rose to the
top of the water entirely uninjured,
and, with rare presence of mind for one
so young, grasped the rope attached to
the bucket and sustained herself until
rescued.
''There is no tariff on rabbit and
fat this winter. says the editor of the
Westphalia Times If anyone should
really accuse himself of being reduced
to diet of beef liver and rabbit 1t
would make him mad enough to chew
\ hole in the air, A good many Kan
tas editors appear to derive considera-
BILE comfort from charging on their
poverty, says the Topeka Capital. Re-
Gently one was bewailing the fact that
he could have no turkey on Thanks
giving; and but short time previous
n junction was held in his room where
the society side lights were turned on
in particularly gorgeous manner.
The Santa Fe coach shops have an
order for eight new baggage cars 60
feet long and without platforms and
no end doors 1t has been decided that
the platforms on baggage cars are nee
essarily weak and in Il wreck they are
generally crushed to pieces. To do
away with platforms will be great
saving in the repairing besides making
additional space in the car. Express is
carried in the ears and by doing away
with the end doors and making the en-
frances on the sides it will make the
defense against train robbers much
mure effective. BY having no plat
forms it will do away with the "bums"
on the blind baggage, though this is
not taken into consideration in making
the change
A man at Wellington the other day
was sitting on hen coop. The wind
blew the coop from under him and let
him down on the ground with chug
The corn crop in Kansas this year
turned ont much better than was ex-
pected. In fact some of the northern
counties yielded better crop that
ever.
In jackson township, sumner coun-
ty, resides young giant in the person
of otto Ono. He is just 10 years old
and is feet 6 inches tall and weighs
$50 pounds.
The order of James Wilson, secretary
of agriculture, making il unlawful for
a railroad to keep live stock in transit
for more than rs hours, caused trouble
at the Emporia stock yards recently.
The yardmuster received instructions
TO rigidly enforce this order. A Mr..
Stewart tried to keep IS loads on the
move after they had been on the road
for % hours. He insisted that the
stock should not be unlcaded. The
sheriff was called, but before he arriv-
ed Mr. Stewart weakened and the
stock was fed.
Speaking of the proposed cut in the
price of type-writers, the Atchisou
Champion knows of man whose type