The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-08-19

system.
Lcavcnwo n is to have an apple
carnival this fall.
Seven counties in Kansas have no
local newspapers.
Buffalo Bills Wild West show has
some Kansas dates
Three Lawrence banks have over a
million dollars on deposit
The old settlers reunion held al
Columbus was great success.
A woman at Leavcnworth caught 4
burglar at work and run him away.
The Newton railroad rail mill turn.
ed out 400 steel rails the other day.
Frankfort's councilmen have re-
solved that the gambling houses must
go.
At Horton the Rock Island shops are
turning out box cars at the rate of two
dozen week.
The first twelve hour rain in the
history of Ell Dorado fell there on the
night of Aug. 9th.
Within mile of the center of the
city of lola are gas wells aggregating
Il, 900, 600 cubic feet daily.
From one to three car loads of ber-
ries are shipped every day from Wathe'
ma, over in Doniphan county.
1t is said that there is honor among
thieves, but up at Horton a few days
ago four tramps united in robbing an
other one. 1t may have been, though,
that the fifth was not thief.
A Sheridan county farmer is feeling
stuck up because his wheat went forty
bushels to the acre. He has right to
step high. This record was made on
ground that was plowed twice last
year, and is strong argument that it
pays 20 farm right in Kansas, the same
as in the older settled countries.
W. Vi IllICC COIlN III viz iNoA4oN'S
penitentiary were made happy yester-
day by receiving legal notice that their
wives had instituted proceedings to be
divorced from them. Sheriff Every
hardy told them of the action of their
respective wives in the private office of
the deputy warden of the prison.
Blackleg has appeared among cattle
in Atchison county and the farmers
are losing cattle by the dozen. The
disease first appeared among Che blood
ed stock of Geo. w. Click; seven of
eighteen young bulls, which had been
sold, and a good many other cattle,
have since died. Mr.. Click estimates
his lost at s., 900 Henry Krumpf has
lost sixteen head of cattle and Charles
Prim and Frank Hess almost as many
in Clicks neigborhood. Blacklcg is
supposed to be produced by a germ in
the grass, and is not contagious. No
cattle over two years of age have
blacklcg.
A young man showed up in the office
of the clerk of northern Kansas
county recently with fourteen dollars
worth of wolf scalps which he wanted
to cash. He was considerably taken
aback when he found that he would
not be able to realize on them until the
board met in October. He explained
that he was very anxious to get the
cash, as he wanted to get marriage a
license, and the wolf scalps formed
his only hope. This was an appeal
that could not be resisted, and a kind
hearted gentleman made the heart OF
the young fellow leap with Joy by adj
vancing the amount he was entitled to
as the result of his wolf hunting eX-
petition, and he proceeded forthwith
to the office of the probate judge and
squared himself for his matrimonial
venture.
A lodge of the Eastern Star was or
ganized in Doniphan last week. Don
iphan is small village in Doniphan
county that at one time was of consid'
cradle Importance. That was when
it had two railroads and the Missouri
river flowed past it. But the MISSOURI
river does not like to occupy the
same bed too long at time and
number of years ago it cut new chan
mel and forsook Doniphan, but left the
town a big lake in the former river
bed as evidence that it had once been
there. When it started off across the
country it tore up few miles of rail
road track, and since then Doniphan
has had neither river nor railroads.
1t might almost be said that it has
no road of any description, as the
wagon way between there and Atchi-
son is about the meanest track that
was ever cut up into ruts, and ought
not to be dignfied by the name of a
road. But everybody in and around
Doniphan is prosperous. They all
have money, and raise good crops