The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-15
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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Watch your coin. There is said to
to be much bogus coin circulating from
several centers
Mahlon Miller, an old soldier OF Sa-
betha, Kan, tried to kill himself His
son was Lewis Miller, captain of Com
pany X, Twentysecond Kansas.
Baker University used to be famous
for the crack football team of the west
but now the college paper demands that
the game be suppressed everywhere
Harry Land, business manager of the
Western Spirit, of Paola, Kan, was
badly burned by the explosion of es-
Gaping gas in the basement of the Peo'
pies National Bank.
The people of Sharon, Cowley county
have prepared to tender reception to
Charles Cavanaugh, a sailor who served
on Admiral Dewey's flagship, as soon
as he reaches home.
Doctors in Topeka say that vaccina-
ton has no effect upon the prevailing
chickenpox. Several cases now exist
ing are those of people who had re-
Gently been vaccinated.
A. r. Dillon, agent for the receivers
of the Kansas City, Pittsburg q Gulf
railroad. and Miss Jeanette Chambers
daughter of w. b. Chambers and wife
of Republic, Mo-, are married.
A party of twenty-siX left Osborne
county a few days ago, bound for Okla
homa. There are a number of people
in Osborne county who made the pill
grimage and were glad to get back.
Somebody in Oklahoma sent Hon.
Jack Harris, of Ottawa, a fat 'possum
on which the express charges amount
ed to Sl.95 The ruling price for fat
'possum is % cents, and Harris is veg
etarian.
Within the past six months A. f.
Martin, state agent of the Orphans
Home of Atchison, has succeeded in
finding permanent homes for nearly
one hundred of the inmates of the in
stitution.
The funeral of Judge T. c. Adams
took place at the family residence.
A half-holiday was declared at the
state house. and the state officials who
were in the city attended the funeral
in body.
Senator Lucien Baker has struck it
rich in zinc at Joplin. Baker has been
very lucky in mining ventures. He hit
II right once in Colorado. He bought
mine in Colorado for a song and sold
it for 100000
Morehead has cooperative eating
house which furnishes its patrons food
at actual cost. The cost of each meal
is averaged by dividing by the number
eating 1t results in an average of
about six cents.
Rural mail delivery will be estab-
lished out of Effingham. Atchison coun-
ty, about the first of the year. The
route, which lies south of Etfingham,
will reach 200 families in Benton and
Centre townships
Col. Culp has been granted a fran
chise for telephone exchange by the
Osborne council By next spring it is
believed telephone communication will
be established between that point and
Downs via Ports.
The Lanyon smelters at Pittsburg
have fired up again. Since the shut
ting down about month ago the coke
ovens have been kept burning and the
supply of coke is piled up in rick ten
feet high end nearly 300 yards long.
BOYD Newcom, of Murdoch, Butler
county claims to be the champion corn
husker of Kansas. He recently de-
feated Joe Ceters of Nebraska in a six
hour contest for 500 side. He turned
out 81 u bushels in six hours and Ceters
81 bushels less.
The Kansas court of visitation has
authorized Attorney General GODDARD to
employ additional counsel to get as
quick decision as possible from the
highest court, on the decision of Judge
Hook, which took the judicial power
from it.
Joe Tousley, who formerly represent
ed Stafford county in the Kansas legis-
lature, is suing for a divorce down in
Oklahoma, where he is running paper.
Kansas has 1,6s5 postoffices of which
1913 are presidential offices: 3 first class
10 second and Ill third Kansas stands
eleventh in number of presidential
offices. OF the l ,559 fourth class offices
500 are money order offices. Kansas is
oath in population; Goth in number of
offices and &c in expenditures per capt.
ia. Gross receipts for Kansas post
offices for the year were 81, 500, ss2.69.
Topeka is to have dollar gas and
cheaper electric light. to be furnished
by new company composed of Chicago