The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-05-20


four months.
An Emporia woman has laid in gro
ceries for year. She is not going to
let Spanish blockade of Lyon county
Inconvenience her.
If the war should be over next July
and the bread riots would cease at the
same time in Italy, wheat might drop
whole dollar from $1.S5.
At Fort Scott recently large swarms
Of chinch bugs appeared and hunted
for something to devour. Not finding
it they lay down and died.
The cotton from the shade trees in
Kansas is now engaged in its great an
nual task of closing up the screens so
that breath of air may not penetrate
them.
The other day at lola man was ar
rested with sack full of beer The
man was put in solitary confinement
and so was the beer, but in different
cells.
Just imagine how much the value OF
the wheat now being held in Kansas
has been enhanced by the recent rise.
If the amount were put in figures 1T
would probably make one dizzy.
In recnt teachers examination IN
Kansas just tifty-two out OF the one
hundred participating passed. Nothing
tickles school children more than TO
see teachers fail in an examination.
Oswego furnished thirteen recuits
for the war. Here's hoping that the
hoodoo in the number will work
against the Spaniards they go up
against instead of the boys themselves.
The first Kansas regimentin the war
with Spain has been made up and eX-
cept for few companies not yet must
cred into the service formally, it is on
ly waiting for orders to move to the
front
The tears OF a pretty girl kept a
young man from Muscotah from going
to the front He was all ready to leave,
but Just before the train came in the
tears commenced to flow SO he changed
his mind.
This is great creamery weDther.
The pastures are getting to the front
in great shape and the beef steers sis
ter will now hump herself in great
shape to make Il record in the prodnc-
ton of butter fat.
The month of April, according to the
records of the register of deeds, shows
the people of Leavenworth county to
have released $4,217 more mortgaged
Indebtedness than was filed for record,
even including the building and loan
association mortgages in the total OF
those filed. The total number of mort
cages filed during the month was "a,
amounting to $37,759.00, of which ID
were building and loan mortgages and
amounted to $1,000. Forty-two mort
cages were released, representing a
property value of Sal ,977, and 90 trans
fers of property represented S69,57l.
The recruiting officer at TT. Leaven-
worth is overrun with applicants for
enlistment, They are arriving from
all the big cities of the west and from
the farms. Since the refusal to enlist
colored men in the volunteers they are
focking in for the two colored infan-
try and cavalry regiments. Before
recruit is examined he has to present
letters from two people vouching for
his character At first this was great
draw back to strangers, but this is now
fixed for them by men in town. All
recruits have to take bath at the
guard house before the regular army
surgeons examine them at the post
hospital. 1t is reported that Captain
hOumdn 10 IlCO IlCCblllB WIN mum 'NN
cess in getting recruits in Kansas City.
He will return to Ft. Leavenworth
where he will not have much trouble
in getting the three companies desired
Spivy is in a funny fX-only one
real estate man in town.
Sedgwicl1 county will be in line with
the progressive counties of the state
and will have an Omaha exhibit that
will be credit to the county and to
the state. The board of county com
missioners has appropriated $761 for
the purpose and the chairman of the
of the board is authorized to sign
warrant for the amount in favor OF
the president of the Commercial club
under whose direction the money is to
expended.
Jimmy Thomas of Peabody is gum
ner on the Puritan. If he gets bead
on Spanish man-of-war there will be
a few funerals at sea.
The great spelling contest will be
heldin Wichita the last week of May.
This will be contest of considerable
magnitude. Each of the twenty-seven