The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-01

Young Collins should not be abuse'
too hard. Perhaps the college vel
corroded his mind.
During May and June, 1878, it raine'
continually in Kansas and the crop o
wheat was enormous
The Southern Kansas Lyceum league
has secured about $1,000 worth of plat
form talent for next year.
Harvest is progressing nicely II
some parts of the stats, while in Other
portions it is not yet began.
The colored troops from Kansas
will, at the instance of Governor
Leedy, be Differed by colored men.
Topeka has started up its old chest
nut-the auditorium-again. 1t will
never be built unless the legislature
appropriates the money.
The corn crop all over the state has
made rapid improvement during the
past week. Many of the weeds have
been killed.
Medicine Lodge will have an ace
high Fourth of July celebration this
year, and among other attractions is
advertised the blowing up of the Span
ish battleship "Vizcaya."
For seventeen years W. F. Ramsey,
of Mitchell county, has lived in the old
sod house and dug-out, but last week
the family moved into one of the best
country residences in the county.
At Olathe the other day fifteen or
twenty young folks just out of school,
a number of school teachers and sew
eral other people supposed to be well
had quite an argument over
the location of Chickamauga, and there
was only one person in the crowd who
was real sure that he knew where 1T
was. 1t is safe to say that there was
no old soldiers in the crowd. They
Chickamauga. Off-hand,
now, can you give the location OF it
yourself?
A special from Newton dated June
%, says: "a third expedition of men
has passed through here in charge of
santa Fe train. Like the two former
the men claimed they
we're not tramps, but were sincere in
heir efforts to secure work. Officers
and train men tried to dislodge them,
but it was failure. When the train
reached Hutchinson, eighty OF the
men, who appeared to be nothing but
tramps, were unloaded and guarded
by city and railroad officials until the
train left. The men made the usual
plea about looking for work in the
harvest fields"
The Ladies Cemetery association of
South Haven, has taken advantage OF
the early rush of harvest hands to that
section to have the cemetery fixed up.
The men have come in little too ear
ly for harvest and some of them have
signified willingness to work at very
wages until harvest begins.
The grounds are being moved and
cleaned up and the old sunllen graves
filed. 1t would surprise the commun-
ity to know the number of graves that
have been discovered which had been
lost sight of, and also the
number of sunken and neglected ones
that have been filed up and properly
cared for.
1t is now certain that Kansas will
be represented at the musical contest
which will take place at the Omaha
exposition in September. Prof. d. 0.
Jones, of Emporia, is organizing a
,horus which will take part in this
contest. He has already secured the
names of forty persons in Emporia
Who have pledged themselves to join
lis chorus. However, the chorus will
De Kansas chorus. So Topeka, Otta-
va and Newton as well as Emporia
will be represented in it. Prof. Jones
already has twelve names pledged
rom Topeka. Among these are Mr..
Shirer who is the best tenor in the
tate. A like number will be procured
rom Ottawa and Newton. The prize
or which the chorus will compete will
De 81, 900.
Last week in Comanche county old
Two Toes" was killed. 1.-TWO Toes"
nay be somewhat unknown to fame,
,ut the people in the Strip and South
Western Kansas know him plenty.
Two Toes" is wolf. Four years ago
lie was caught in trap and escaped,
eaving two of his, toes in the trap,
which gave the beast his name. Since
hen he has been chased for hundreds
If miles, but the willy animal always
managed to escape. His hide is on ex-
libition at bank in Kiowa and meas
Tres six feet in length. 1t is said that
80, 900 would be a conservative esti-
nate of the damage this animal has
lone to stock interests in the Strip and