The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-22

ETlt lueSudy'
j. w. Arthur and j. Pullen were
counting last week.
G. P. Swank, OF Villas, brought his
little boy in to see the animals.
B. f. Reeves and family are sojourn-
inp in the mountains OF Colorado
w. H. Brown and wife. of Neodesha
visited papa and mamma" last week
Jas Lynch, of Colony was shaking
hands with his many old friends here
Saturday.
Remember US when in need OF neat,
tasty commercial job work. We guar
antee to please
Mr.. Mccain and son, W. NJ. were
on the streets show day. They came
in to trade of course.
Billy Wnmoth, Jr., the boss stock
man of Villas, was circulating around
the city the other day
Mrs. Waring, of Manhattan, Mrs.
DR.. Follett's father has been spending
the week here with his daughter.
II C. 3. Knetzer, eX-county commits
Sioner of the second district spent
Wednesday night in Chanute. taking
in the show of course.
S. S. Wheatly reports threshing
A piece of flax that yielded sixteen
bushels to the acre. Who can beat
that? When you beat the Wheatly
boys you have to get up early in the
morning.
Tuesday evening the wind blew the
well curb over, 10 JIM. Howertons hog
lot. leaving the we'll exposed and
during the night two of his fine
shoats committed suicide by jumping
into the well.
Miss Nette Dewey returned from
her sojourn in the country in time to
see the show. She aud Miss Jessie
Wells were very much absorbed in
watching the show unload, presuma-
bly, taking notes for use in school ana
kindergarten work.
c. W. Virgins, one OF Wllson-cOS.
best men and most prosperous farmers
dropped in a dollar the first OF the
week, subscription for the TIMES.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgins were doing
some trading in town and made us
pleasant call On the way.
John Young was in the city Satur-
I. day making arrangements to send his
Gifes sister Mrs. Andrews TO a hospital
lat Topeka Mrs. Andrews has been an
invalid for the last twenty years
but they have hopes of her recovery
from the hospital doctors.
Mr.. and Mrs, Sam Wickard and
daughter Miss Sadie have returned
from their Colorado trip. All seem
benefited by the change, 1t is good
thing Miss Sadie did not stay longer
or she would have gotten 50 tleshy
she could not wear any of her former
clothes
Geo. W. McClelland, one Of Cha
nute's old boys, now city attorney of
Cherryyale, spent Sunday here with
his brother Ed. The boys belong to
the get-there class and whatever vim
aud pluck will accomplish, you can
rest assured the boys will accomplish.
George ordered the Times sent to him.
He still wants to keep posted in Nee
sho and Wiison-co. news
The assessment of the railroad
property of Neosho county, this year
Notwithstanding it las increased in
value, and done very profitable bus
mess the past year, was lowered
1000 How is that for an antimo-
nopoly state board. That is worse
than the Llewellyin administrations;
they only lowered Republican as
sessments Of the same property two
years ago $4,000. Gentlemen reform
ers, you had better have kept the
L1ewellyn administration in power.
They were satisfied with smaller
raGCsOlfS
Tuesday. west end lad, whose
pants were hanging by one button,
and whose nose had evidently recently
been used to pillow corn, decided to
drink out of the nozzle of hose that
was placidly coiled up in front Of a
store on Fourth street. He had just
wrapped his features around the noz-
zIe, and closed his eyes to take long,
inyigorating pull at the dripping
fountain, when clerk inside the
store who had been watching the
whole proceeding, turned on the full
pressure OF 10 pounds to the square
inch. There was a smO'hered gurgle
and the sound of kissing waters for
moment, then all was still. The
clerk came out with door mat. and