The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-09

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Ottawa has reached the band con
cert stage.
The creamery at Sego has been de
stroyed by fire.
Kansas merchants arc anticipating
big trade this fall.
Bloodhounds are used to chase crira
inals in Harvey county.
Herington poultry fanciers are talk
ing up sentiment for II first-class chick
en- show.
Col. w. T.. Cloud is the only maj
living in whose honor a Kansas coun
ty was named
A few Leavenworth people have
chartered launch and will GO to Oma.
ha on the river.
There is II man in Mcpherson county
who has been married three times
within five years.
A big fire burned thousands of dol
lars worth of grain in the fields near
Colby last week.
When the Santa Fe California limit.
cd trains are put back on, they will
run barber shops.
Lawrence has female barber ''who
comes highly recommended as thor
ough artist in her line" r
When Hutchinson joint keepers get
their house full of empty bottles, they
put the surplus in the stovepipe.
A Phillips county lady realized $232..
As from her hens and cows from the
first of January to the first of August.
The girl who told on the preacher at
Atchison, who kissed her, is now be-
boycotted by all the young men of that
town.
For the tenth time Judge Norton OF
Douglas county is before the people
for reelection to the Office of probate
judge.
The soldiers at the Lcavenworth pen
are counterfeiting. just what they
intended doing with the money is not
known.
At the opening of the republican
campaign at Lawrence, a number of
electric fans will be put in the opera
house.
The boys in the Twenty-frst regi-
ment want to be mustered out, but
their regimcntal officers destroy their
petitions.
Baker university will open at Bald
win early this month. The course of
study has been greatly revised and
improved.
An Atchison girl has hair on her up
per lip, and her best fellow says its
just like eating peach with fuzz on
to kiss her.
The reported disappearance of john
son Jordon, one of the witnesses in
the Collins case, was mistake. He is
still in Harvey county.
Some time ago Mr.. Eugene Ware of
Topeka, wrote war song entitled
"Old Glory" Mrs Graston has COM
posed music for the words and the new
song will be introduced.
Two Topeka women will meet the
Hawaiian girl who is to be queen of
the carnival, at Frisco in order that
the girl may not break in on Topeka
in Honolulu bicycle skirt
In Ohio politician ranks by the de-
gree of favor he has with the people.
In Kansas a politician ranks by the
fact that he is less in disfavor with the
people than some other politician.
An ottawa girl, whose sweetheart
lives in the country, wants him to put
in phone so he can inform her every
evening whether he intends calling so
she won't have to dress up when he is
not coming,
1t is to be hoped that the young Ha-
waiian girl who is to preside at the To-
peka carnival will not be enthused
with the annexation idea, and marry
Kansas boy. Kansas would not np-
preciate 1t.
Within the past two weeks Salina
county farmer has lost eighty head of
hogs from cholera To properly APP
preciate misfortune like this it must
be borne in mind that just now hogs
are quoted at from So. so to $500.
j. w. Gillett, of Woodbine, has
brought suit to have S22 1850 of the as
sets of the Kirby bank declared trust
fund. His petition is long one and
recites in datail a number of cattle
deals out of which grew the deposit of
cattle paper in Kirby's bank. On June
% he says he sent draft for S24, 800 on
Kansas City commission men for this
amount with instructions to collect it