The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-02-11
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

mOntn 1880, mas sueu tllc Guy VI As|"'
son for 1880, which he claims for
overtime during the above period. He
alleges that he worked l6 hours day
and as eight honrs constitutes day S
labor, he is entitled to pay for the eX-
ira time
Fred Wilson, manager OF the Missou'
ri and Kansas telephone system Tor
Oklahoma says that it is almost GER
tain that the Oklahoma system will be
connected with Wichita this year. The
company has made estimates and let
contracts for fifteen thousand miles of
new wires in Missouri, Kansas and
Oklahoma.
The internal revenue collections for
the Kansas district, comprising Kansas
and Oklahoma and the Indian terri
tory, for the month of January AMOUNT
ed to $50, 652.11. This is more than
double that of the same month last
year, when the collections were Sis
925. 80. The biggest increase was on
the sale of oleomargarine stamps.
Since the money order form went
into effect in July, 1895, the Goodland
postofice has issued 1O,734 Money or
ders, beating the record of any other
office in the west half of Kansas. Post
master Walker says the receipts Of his
Office have run up to $500 daily for
money orders alone. This is largely
due to the Goodland bank failures in
former years. The salary of the post
master is 81, 900 year.
The sale of the Missouri river bridge
at Atchison, which is to take place
next mon tn under foreclosure proceed
ings, is regarded as scheme of the
bond holders to freeze out the stock
holders, including the city of Atchison
which owns 500, 600 of the stock 1t
is estimated on reliable authority that
during the past three years, when
the times have been particularly
hard the bridge has paid all expenses
and earned about S12O, 900. 1t is said
that the bridge can be duplicated for
5000, 900, which, If true, makes it very
good property.
The new 15o-foot span bridge which
will be placed over the Nermillion river
in Vienna township, jackson county.
has arrived. The large stone piers
have been completed, and the bridge
will be placed in position as soon as
the contractors arrive and make ar
engagements for hauling the same to its
location. The new bridge will make
travelling to Onaga easier for the peo-
pie who live in the south part of Wen
ma township, besides having the choice
of two well travelled roads. Several
contracts besides this one have been
let for placing iron bridges and many
citizens of Jackson county are waiting
anxiously to see them put in position.
Miss Jessie B Barnard, who has been
teaching school near Oberlin, met with
a serious accident few days ago. She
took some coffee to school in a tin pail
with tight-fitting lid and put it on
the stove at noon to warm. She forgot
about it, becoming interested in ex-
planning some school work to one of
the scholars. Remembering the cof-
fee, at last, she went TO the stove to
get it. 1t was very hot, and she took
q rule and inserted it in the pail to lift
it from the stove. She had just lifted
1t clear of the stove on to desk, when
it exploded, the hot coffee and steam
scalding one side Of her face, shoulder
and neck badly. She has been unable
TO teach since, but is getting better.
When the chinch-bug craze was on,
extra clerks had to be hired in the
Lawrence postoffice to handle the boxes
of bugs sent to Professor Snow to be
innoculated.
AS a result of the term examinations
at Kansas university there were forty
seven double failures among the stu
dents, necessitating that many leaving
school. There were also large num-
Der of students who failed to get the
required grade in only one study. The
per centage Of failures is smaller than
usual.
A young Kickapoo Indian at Hiawa
tina is learning photography.
Tim Long, the news boy at the SAINT;
Fe depot in Topeka, is deserving o
the western title of being "onto hi
job" A few days ago he sold pape
to a man on No 5. That afternoon tn,
man came back on No and returne,
the paper. Tim resold it to man OIL
No 6 who carried it east and next da,
St came back on 113. Tim then sold
TO a man in the depot and when b
left the paper in his seat Tim took
home and read it himself.
John Gardner, who in company wit
five companions, overpowered the turn
key and escaped from the Dougla
.on,,tr, ;a;1 two vaars oorO last AuUuS'