The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-12-16

City auction of Sunnyslope brought
$50.
An eastern capitalist is flirting with
Hoisington on an electric light propo-
sition.
The bride in recent Kearney coun.
ty wedding was aged "A years, and the
groom so.
Holton people expect their electric
light plant to be in working order
within u week or two.
The city council of Cawlter has put
a tax of S. a day on travelling doctors
who wish to operate there.
All of the Kansas towns where No
BILE Prentis ever lived are glad and
proud to refer to him as former citi.
zen.
Norton claims to be the banner re
publican town of the Sixth district
Stanley received 240 votes there, ans
Leedy got us.
Representative Wilson has presented
his son with GAO acres of Atchison
county land, and yet the young man
persists in studying law.
Atchison's Indebtedness amounts to
six hundred thousand dollars or about
twice Us much as the entire indebted
ness of the territory of Oklahoma,
Grace Snyder claims that Cawker
City was the Kansas pioneer in the
work of inducing ladies to remove
their hats in places of public entertain
ment.
All the carpenters in Howard are
busy. Among the many improvements
four new substantial store buildings
are in course of erection, and will be
occupied Immediately after compile
ton.
The Kansas national guard will be
reorganized within the next fifteen
days. Governor Leedy has signed
requisition for the rifles, side arms
clothing and complete equipment for
900 men. This was done in order to
obtain the annual appropriation from
the government of $4,000 worth of
for the national guard.
Had the requisition been delayed until
after the first of the year, the appro-
priation would not have been availa-
BILE. Adjutant General Allen says the
guards will be fully recognized and
partially equipped before the admins
tration goes out of Office.
Mr.. Winter of Kansas is probably
the most delightful fellow in the
world. He is whimsical, old, white
bearded scamp who usually swoops |
down on the state in November for |
week, with a snort, cavort and rear
up. Then he again stalks off slowly
before the sunshine, satisfied that he
has demonstrated himself. December
comes in while he is still truant.
January passes with sun
shine and light rains. In February
Winter comes back, angrily, reels,
blows, and busters, and content that
he has impressed himself, plods off
before the March thaw.
He is an old buffer and wouldn't
harm anybody for the world, unless it
was coal dealer.
The Meriden creamery company, of
Meriden, find that their patrons who
know how to feed get from $40 to $55
income per year from each COW, while
The patrons who do not know how to
feed get from SIS to S25 per COW per
year; and that the net profits received
from each COW by their best patrons
Ire eleven times those received per COW
by the poorest. They also find that
some of their patrons get no profits
whatever from the skim milk, while
others who know how to handle it get
from csc TO soc cents from each hun
ired pounds of skim milk fed As
here are 5000 lbs of skim milk from
each good COW yearly, the way it is
handled makes a great difference in
-he profits of dairying.
Several cases Of diphtheria have APP
oeared in Sedgwick and Newton is
5all1ing of quarantining. Sedgwicl is
said to have caught the disease from
Wichita.
You'll never know how beautiful
moonlight is on the water until you
sec it for yourself" wrote Kansas
volunteer while crossing the Pacific.
II generally sit on the deck until quite
ate and watch the moon and stars
and sing Rocked in the Cradle of the
Deep" There, now; how is that for a
bit of transplanted Kansas sentiment?
The Wamego Agriculturist man is
the first one to make bid for pass
on DR.. Gabbey's flying machine, in
Ease it proves successful.
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