The Chanute times., 1898-01-14
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


which was carrying 10000 of the ws
ter company's insurance on the ms
chinery at the pump house, had SUI
pended the policy on account of tn
city having taken possession of tn
plant. The insurance company it
said suspended the policy because tn
city was under no restriction as to EN-
ploying competent men to run the ma
chinery.
The other night John Huff, a Narol
township farmer, heard great com
motion out at his hog pen, and, hurry
ing out, was surprised to find one o
his best hogs lying outside of the pei
with its throat cut Taking in the sit
uation at glance, he at once conclud
ed to do the butchering himself. Wa
ter to scald the animal was placed or
the range, which was soon pronounced
to be in prime condition, and the
"picking" began. When the hog was
strung up and rid of the inside surplus,
and waiting for it to cool, breakfast
was announced, and all hands repair
ed to the kitchen, leaving the carcass
suspended in the bring morning air,
but, on returning, about daylight, just
imagine the surprise of the men to
find that the thieves had carried away
the pork.
The month of December just passed
has been colder than the average De-
cember in Kansas. Also more mois-
ture has fallen than is usual. There
were more cloudy days in the month
than for several years. Weather OBJ
server Jennings gives official figures
for the weather for December as fol-
lows: Mean temperature for the month
2S degrees The normal mean temper
ature for December in Kansas is 36 de-
grees. The highest temperature for
the month was 65 degrees on the 9th,
the lowest degrees on the 10th. The
precipitation for the month was LIS
inches. The normal rainfall for De-
cember is "a inches. There were sew
en- days on which there was measur-
able precipitation. During the month
there were twelve cloudy days, four
teen partly cloudy days and five clear
days.
The examination of the statutes by
the Attorney General to find some law
to help out the Probate Judges in
Western Kansas whose fees under the
new law, which takes effect January
IL, will be reduced to such an extent,
as to make the Office not worth hold
ing, develops the fact that for years
past probate judges have been drawing
salaries in open violation of the Kansas
constitution. In order to make the of.
fee of probate judge desira BILE, the leg
islature passed law some years ago
giving the county commissioners au-
thority to allow probate judge sal
Rry not to exceed $500 year. In nearly
every county this salary has been al
lowed ever since the passage of the
law. The new law cuts off the salary
and reduces the fees about so per cent
besides. The probate judges have en-
deavored to discover way out and the
Attorney General was appealed to for
assistance. In going over the Consti-
tuition it was found that 1t made NO
provision for the payment of salary
to the probate judge, but, on the con-
trary, it specifically states that the
probate judge shall receive fees only.
1t is not likely, however, that any of
the old probate judges will return their
salaries.
Two years ago Ample Safer of Gar
field, Kansas, then eight years of age,
was kicked in the head by horse. He
apparently recovered. The other day
he began to feel badly and in few
hours was dead. The doctor says it !
was congestion of the brain.
Emmett Tiffany, the bright Kansas
editor who died from the cuperheated |
gases of Yucatan, would probably /
have gone to the Klondilse had it not
been for the senseless newspaper stor-
les about people freezing to death up
there.
Evaline Tyndall, the 20 year old
daughter of the Rev. o. L. Tyndall of
Douglass county, died last week, after
an illness of about two weeks. Her
ailment is said to have been kidney
trouble and malarial fever She was
treated by letter and telegram from a
Christian Science institute conducted |
by DIR. Dowls of Chicago, of whose
teaching the Rev. Tyndall had become
an advocate since trip there last
summer, and no physician was regu-
larly called in during the girls sick
ness.
The Chase foot ball team licked the
filling out of the Lyons eleven and the
war cloud in Rice county is regarded