The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-28
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ried the spectators OF their feet and
they cheered him. greatly to the an
noyance Of the court.
Flowing for wheat on the bottoms
is being rapidly pushed along. 1t is
now a race between the pillow and the
weeds.
The Mulvanes have sold the Topeka
Capital to syndicate, and j. X. Hud-
son the original founder of the paper,
will be in charge. The Capital will
not be very strong in support of Lee
land rule,
Sometimes the tail wagS the dog.
Massey's branch store has got to be
the biggest end Of the concern. Won
der how he will ever get it choked on
Gas is plped from well No. to run
the drill in the new we'll, and water
for the boiler is drawn from the city
main. The business seems to be rath-
er self-supporting.
Green corn and fresh tomatoes seem
to be getting in their work pretty
| lively Of late, from the number OF
cases of cholera mOrbus and similar
troubles.
Brick laying on the new church has
been begun and will be pushed as rap
idly as possible.
Geo. Carroll and family, after board
ing around all summer, have at last
got domiciled in that fine new house.
George now sits on his own veranda
and smoles smile Of contentment
that has beer foreign to him for some
time.
The Altgeld and Harrison factions
in Chicago are not dwelling together
in harmony as good Den ocrats should.
Ingersoll spent his life in combating
what the civilized world holds most
sacred. His memory will live simply
as a great manipulation of words and
master of ridicule, and not as a
benefactOr of his race.
Barney Thielen says: - uSt tell the
boys that the late rains have spoiled
all the nubbins and that Kansas will
beat the record this fall with its big
corn crop"
Chanute was quite lively last Satur-
day. Scores of farmers seemed to
come to town to jubilate over the i'm
mense crop prospects and to congratu-
late one another that they lived in
Kansas
Bro. Fisher, of the Oriental, can
still be heard a couple OF blocks in his
defense of the local gas company and
its rates, but his voice begins to have
slight waver. His wife has been
gone two weeks now.
The Suns Job presses are now run
for city gas.
Great is fame. Col. Dora Herod
has made such a reputation the short
time he has held the office OF police
Judge for probity and wisdom that
his advice is sought on all manner of
questions and his service demanded in
many different lines. The latest line
in which he has beencalled to otficlate
is that of matrimOny. A couple call
ed at his office the other day and wish
ed to secure license and be married
forthwith. Dora CHANGED to be out at
the time or he doubtless would have
beer able to satisfy all parties and
send the young couple away happy
1t is about time for our capitalists
to begin the erection of some more
business houses. There have been
parties here lately trying to arrange
FOR business rooms but could not be
accommodated.
1t is surprising to see how quickly
property that was offered for sale be-
tore we struck gas, was withdrawn
from the market as soon as the first
well was known success.
Our realeState men are already re-
porting many sales since we struck gas.
When we strike another good well real
estate will boom.
Our attention was called the other
day to the fact that the Fredona pa
pers carry very few ads Of business men
in the city. No wonder the town is so
dead; the merchants over there GOn t
have enterprise enough about them to
let the PEOPLE know they have any
thing TO sell
Sam Ma nat knock the perslmmon,
but Dave is likely to HOust on the
Stone till John Biles over and the
Swan swims away with the plum.
When Bro. Dewey gets his canning
factory completed we hope he Will
next take up the brick business. We
have an abundance of the brick shale
here and we think a good brick plant
about the best thing growing town