The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-08


Peabody.
Now is the time to get action on tho
weeds before they go to seed.
A pack of wild hogs is said to live
on Duck creek in Ford county.
At El Dorado ITO Butler county
teachers were admitted to the normal
in one day.
The long distance telephone line
from Kingman to Wichita is almost
completed.
John Siranchon, of ottawa, was on
the st. Paul during it's recent bout
with the Spanish torpedo boat, Ter
ror.
The ninth annual convention OF the
fourteenth district Kansas Christian
Eudeavor met at Wellington on June
GOTH
The Kansas boys will open real
eSJdJe OHlce dJ MdHild mug uoo l. ~" -
lots, choice location, high and dry for
sale cheap.
The Hutchinson girl will chew gum
just the same, even though there will
be war tax upon it. The other fell
low pays the bills.
Speaking about aristocrats it is
stated as straight fact that hotel
at Hoxie was obliged to close recently
because the cook resigned.
Joe Miller an Ellsworth county far.
mer, literally cut his wife to pieces on
the morning of June %. He came in
from the harvest field for his break
fast and without and known cause,
except crazed by drink, attacked his
wife with a butcher knife and hatchet
and then attempted to kill himself.
He is now in jail and his wife will die.
One of the Americans killed in the
first battle in Cuba was Lyons coun-
ty boy-Corporal White, of the tenth
cavalry. His father is pastor of the
Baptist church in Reading, Kansas,
and has received telegram asking
what disposition should be made of the
body. Young White joined the army
about six months ago.
The farmers in the vicinity of Pitts
burg have, within the past week, seen
their fine prospect for big wheat crop
out down one-half. Heavy and fire.
ouent rains have occurred, and, as
result, the red rust has made its APP
pearance in the wheat, practically
running great deal of it. Added to
that the rains have fallen on many of
the wheat fields where the harvest was
in progress and the farmers could not
get the grain in the shock before it
was spoiled.
A strange malady that is causing the
death of so many cattle in Elk and
other western counties of this state is
as much of mystery as it has been
for weeks. John Dryden, one of the
members of the state live stock SAM
tary board, has been making person
al examination, but is greatly puzzled.
From what can be learned, the board
pronounces the disease something like
dry murrain. Sheriff Hamilton of Elk
county has been placed in direct charge
of the diseased herds and strict quar-
antine will be enforced.
There is evidently gang of pretty
smooth counterfeiterS or their agents
working in the vicinity of Galena just
now, who know how to make silver
dollar that is almost perfection; in
fact, it is so good that the fraud can
not be detected except by weighing
the coin. 1t looks good, but it is light.
If one wasn't careful and looking for
counterfeit money, he wouldn't know
the difference, and there are doubtless
hundreds of people throughout the
mining district that are handling some
of this forbidden mintage every day
without knowing anything about it.
The Kansas railroads are already
making preparations for moving the
immense wheat crop of Kansas and
Oklahoma. Box cars that have been
travelling over the country on foreign
lines are being collected and repaired
preparatory for use. Every box car is
given season in the shops for thor
ough ovcrhauling, and by the time the
wheat movement commences, the roll
ing stock of the freight departments
of the Kansas roads will be in shape to
stand several months of continued
heavy traffic. While all the other
roads are preparing for the wheat
movement, the Santa Fe, because of
the fact that 1t has double the wheat
territory of any other Kansas road, is
making more extensive preparations.
Besides overhauling and repairing all
box cars now in service, the carpenter