The Chanute times., 1899-11-24
KANSAS uTEMs OF INTEREST.

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The Twenty-eight Annual meeting OF
the Kansas State Grange will be held
at Olathe, December II, 12 land 13.
There is contest in view in Atch-
ison county over the Office of sheriff.
It will cost the county about $1,000.
A third wreck of stock trains has oc-
CURED near Argonia. The last was In
n heavy fog. SoIne stock was killed.
Wichita jewellers say that the clock
which Helen Gould sent to the Wichita
hospital would be sold in New York
for $780,
The commissioners of Sumner coun-
ty have decided to advertise for the
building of three steel bridges and one
pile bridge.
Il is now believed that the new rail-
road line from Kiowa, Kans-, to Angus
ia, O. T., will be operated by the Mis-
souri, Pacific.
Miss Ada Bryant, a Lincoln girl, has
been elected leader of the choir OF
big st. Louis church at salary OF
81, 1000 per year.
Nashville, in the southern part OF
Kingman county, on the Englewocd
branch of the Santa Fe, has had a very
destructive fire.
The Socialists in Barber county tried
the experiment of a ticket at the late
election. The highest vote a Socialist
received was 10.
Lieutenant Sam Hopkins of Leaven-
worth. may return to Manila as he has
been rendered a position on General
Funston's staff.
Several hundred head of cattle are
being fed foI the market near Bur
lington. They eat about 12,OOo pounds
of corn chop day.
M. A. Low, the Kansas railroad man
lived in Missouri, back in 1870, and
practiced law and had half interest IN
weekly newspaper
The proposition to establish court
of common pleas in Cherokee and
Crawford counties carried in the last
election there by 700.
The next encampment of the G. A. X.
is to be at Holton and Ed. Ii. Jones, OF
that place, will be candidate for de-
partment commander.
Grant Gillett and Mrs. Gillett are
reported out of danger. His sister
who went to Mexico to nurse them,
has returned to Woodbine.
Daniel Hileman, who died at Oswego
recently was a delegate from Ohio to
the convention which nominated James
X. Polk for president in 1874.
Joseph H. Dohner, who died recently
near Peabody was the father OF four
teen children. thirteen of whom were
with the mother at the funeral.
Rev. vHcrrlich has resigned as
rector of St. Johns Episcopal church
at Wichita. He says he has PROPOSE
tions from five places from which
to choose his field of work.
The only rural delivery route in the
Fourth congressional district is from
the Usage City postoffice. 1t is 2G
mile route and the carrier gets over it
between : a. M. and 2. p. m.
Germany wants our beef in spite OF
the embargo she has placed on it. A
representative of the German govern
ment has been conferring with the man
ayers of Kansas packing houses with
the view of stocking the German army
with American beef.
Henry L. Woods Burlington attor
ney, lost his barn by fire. His fine
phaeton was cut to pieces in front o.
his house.
The Oketo bank people are erecting
a stone bank building, and the pros
poets are that several merchants viii
build stone business blocks next year
"There will be no need of charit.
ball in Burlington this winter" re
marks the Jeffersonian. ''If there is
man in the town or neighborhood wh'
is out of work it is because he will no
work"
White Cloud, Kansas, has just dedi
Gated new Masonic building with
ball and banquet. Lodges from SUI
rounding towns were represented an
about 300 guests entertained.
Quite a number of cars of orange
from Hermosillo, Mexico, are goin
through weekly to the east. Thes
oranges are packed on the backs c
burros, distance of 100 to $50 mile
to the railroad, pay duty of one cen
pound, or sixty cents box and yC
the growers compete with the Cal
fornia article.
In the fire at Troy, the Highly hous
was burned. 1t was a large three stor
frame building, built about thirt
years ago by Charles Highly who l1eI
A. ho,,-o until his daofb n favv vaa.