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

The Usher guards, officially known
as Company II, of the X. n. g., will
give their fourth annual ball on Feb.
30. In connection with the ball the
prize drill contest between members of
the company will take place. 1t is eX-
pected quite number of the officers
of the state militia will be in Lawrence
for the event,
One of the teachers in the Pleasan-
ton school has found cure for the
gum chewing habit. She supplied her
self with quinine one morning recent
ly and when the pupils assembled sew
eralof them were working their jaws
at good gait. The teacher compelled
each one to disgorge their quid and a
liberal coating of quinine was sprink-
led over the same, and the chewer was
required to resume the process of
"chawin'," but the gum had lost all its
flavor and in its place was bitter dose
of quinine We do not know whether
the pupils abstain while out of school,
but it is fact that the practice of
chewing in school has been completely
broken.
The following weather report for
January has been prepared by Chan
cellor f. II. Snow from observation
taken at Lawrence: The warmest
January since 1882 and the wettest on
the entire 81 years recorded. The
mean temperature was more than SIX
degrees above the January average.
Only two Januaries on our record QSSO
and 1882 have been warmer. There
were 81 days on which the mean tenn
perature was below the freezing point,
which is seven less than the average
number. The entire depth of snow
was more than 10 inches above the av-
erage, and exceeded that of any Janu-
arv on our record The total rainfall,
including melted snow was nearly three
inches above the average, and greater
than for any preceding January. This
is the first month since March '97 with
the rainfall above the average. The
month was unusually calm and cloudy;
only two Januaries had less wind and
only two have been cloudier The
mean humidity was considerably above
and the mean barometer was consider
ably below the average.
There is trouble between the repre-
sentive boards of Franklin and Usage
county. On account of the unsafe con-
dition of the Usage Jail it has been a
custom for the officials of that county
to send important prisoners to Ottawa
for safe-keeping, the customary rate
of payment in such case being go cents
per day for each prisoner, 40 cents of
which goes to the sheriff Recently
Usage county has manifested an indis-
position to pay these amounts. In
one case, the last but one, the Frank
lin county board appropriated the
amount due Sheriff Church, ana then
sent a bill for the whole amount to
Usage; it was turned down. In the
next, and last case, the board declined
to pay Sheriff Church, but instructed
him to send in bill for the full
amount, some $42. The Usage people
sent him n draft for his individual
share $2s, but held out the balance.
1t is claimed by Usage that there is
sum due them from Franklin for re-
pairs made on the joint bridge across
creek 10, near this county but within
the Usage line. There is sentiment
to the purpose that the board instructs
the sheriff not to receive any more
boarders from Usage.
Revenue Collector Sutton has
appointed [. S. Sartain to be special
deputy collector of Wyandotte county
to succeed f. Feagan, resigned. Mr..
Feagan resigned in order to accept a
permanent and better paying position
in the office of the Kansas Smelling
company at Argentine
There has been found and uncovered
valuable and extensive bed of abso-
lutely pure calcium four miles east
and one mile south of Waverly. 1t has
been thoroughly tasted by chemists
and pronounced absolutely pure cal
cum.
This has been a good winter in Kan
sas for stock.
Miss Emma Kelly, the Kansas girl
who went to Klondike, did not marry
Niger Jim, but man named Wilson
who is very right
Andy Eller, farmer living near the
town of Gaylord, unmarried, accident
ally shot himself with revolver Feb
I'd and died almost instantly. The re
volver dropped from the spring seat Il
the bottom of the wagon box, beinl
discharged by the fall aud the ball en-
tering his abdomen.
Seven stores and houses were move
in one week from Brakeman to At
wood.
bio revival meeting is in progress