The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-05
LOCAL NEWS.

Miss Bessie George, of Kansas City.
is visiting Miss Jessie Harper this
week.
Charley Dutton and Marion John
son. of Erie came up Tuesday on the
noon train.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ, Inman
Sunday evening, July 81. fine
healthy girl
Mrs. Jerome Fisher the wife OF our
former townsman is visiting in Chan
ute this week.
Bert Johnson has returned from
Fredonia and is once more working IN
Gray's harness shop,
F. II. Chapple, from near the county
line, called Saturday and made the
heart Of We editor rejoice.
Miss Jennie Zumer of Indianapolis
Indiania is in the city the guest or
her sister Mrs. Arthur Doyle.
Judge and Mrs. Stllwell have gone
this week to visit their son and the
rest of the boys at Camp AlgerY
Miss Susie Eaton, who has been
visiting friends in Chanute for the
mast three weeks, returned home last
I MONDAY
\ Geo. L. Taylor, of Clifford made
the office short call Tuesday. Mr.
Taylor speaks well of the corn pros
poets in his locality
Widow with several small children
wants situation as house keeper. NO
objection to children. Up stairs in
Grub block room No 8.
ESQ. Pugh, of the Valley was in
Chanute Monday, The squire has
been in feeble health for long time
but reports an improvement lately
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. e. r. Dewey OF
the Valley, Wednesday night August
3rd, three fine babies, Another evil
dence of the extreme productiveness
of Kansas,
&c. Dryden and wife, of Urbana
were in town Monday. They report
that their son, who is at the front IL
Cuba, is still in the trenches, but is
getting along all right.
All Gibson, the politician of Canvillt
was on the streets Monday talking W
the political situation to the boys
What ALI don't know about the poll
tics of the county, is not worth look
ing up.
Last Saturday night d. house anc
barn in Cherryvale were struck by
lightning, slightly damaging them
r. A barn four miles east Of town was
struck and burned up, also residence
in the same neighborhood was STRUCK
and damaged more or less.
G. S. Nation has pulled his bag anC
baggage from the Times office anC
opened up law and real estate Office
in the room recently occupied 10y DR.
Register. Mr.. Nation will carry int
his new work his usual push an(
energy and will without doubt maxi
it go. You will notice his ad in TIN
Times this week.
The Times was in error last weel
in stating that Mr.. Rickel contem
plated moving his restaurant acros
the track. The editor of the Chi
Chat column simply got his tongue t.
working wrong. Mr.. Rickel has TIN
largest dining room in the city wher
lie is, with every thing fitted up il
first class shape to feed the hungry
which he is doing at lively rate.
Miss Pearl and Bert Griffin enter
tanned quite number of their friend
last Friday eight in honor of thei
guests Misses Haidie Franks ant
Bertha Herbocker and Mr., Campbell
The evening was pleasantly Spen
with games and music after whicl
elegant refreshments were served
The party then departed voting tina
they had spent delightful evening
Young John Bell. who killed tn
man at Humboldt July 4th, wa
Z captured Tuesday morning at Gar
! nett. He was on the early morning
\ train coming this way. He wa
brought on to lola and lodged in Jail
Mr.. and Mrs. Bell went up to lola or
the first train Tuesday morning
The relatives of young Bell have thu
sympathy of the community 10 thi
severe trial, yet it is proper that ht
should be brought to speedy tria
that the facts of the killing may b.
brought out and justice be done t
all parties
The fine new barn of Cap. A. p
GIBBS n. living on Big Creek, wa
struck by lightning last Saturda!
night and burned down, togethe
with most of its contents. This wa
fine barn just completed last fall Il