The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-01
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Told by Our Correspondents in
Neosho and Wilson Counties.


when Morgan K. Sipe and frankie
Morris were fellow prisoners In the
county bastile. What's become OF
Morgan X. anyway? If ever there
bloomed sun-kissed dalsy-if ever
trod this firma ment a gentle-voiced
lulu-if earth ever ripened a tempt
ing mellow peach, he was "it"-he
was "it."
Two shameless men, urged on DY
satan and his hosts, gave dance at
Eaton's hall Thursday night. La
mentable as was this incident, the
writer feels that it was only the en-
tering wedge of a carnival OF sin to be
inaugurated here. Already there are
half dozen or more persons VINO
play whist openly and above board.
On the street not long since young
man boasted Of having gone TO a
"theayter, and went unrebuked. IL
is only a question of time until some
wretch will come here and debauch
our young men with billiard hall or
a bowling alley.
Charles Davis, who, in connection
with Mrs, Thad Stevens, made con-
siderable racy history in and about
Chanute, has asked for divorce from
his wife on statutory grounds. he
has also petitioned the governor TO
| lop off the balance Of his jail sentence
If Mr.. Davis sees anything else ne
wants he should not allow his immac-
ulate, three-pIy modesty to stand In
the way of asking for it.
Events in the Philippines have lost
their Importance IN Erie. The war
in the Transvaal has sunk into deep
insipnificance. Hereafter In this
town when a comparison In sangul-
nary conflicts is TO be instituted
when the talk is hot tempered and
reeks of gore and carnage-the old
timer will spit at the coal hod and say;
"Yep, 1 reckon them was purity lively
! times, but We ort t. bin here when
Bardwell and Bill Nicholas had
THEIR fight"
i Mrs. Thad Stevens, who moved to
Erie a month or two ago in order to
be near the county Jail, has asked the
township trustee to assist in her sup
port. She alleges that she Is desti'
tute, and without financial recourse
She put up such ''hot" story that
Trustee Adamson's system was mad
eouate to throw off the great Jumps
of sorrow that welled up in his "buz
zum.n After he had looked up hel
record, however, he decided that his
contingent fund for the support OF
"widder women" was exhausted.
!. M. Barnes. Valley precincts in
terestlng relic of the ''crime OF '73,
was in town Tuesday putting a new
brand of religion on the market
Time has calmed considerably Mr.
Barnes troubled spirit. His nostril'
no longer emit flame and smoke. He
has ceased to transfix the "Great Rec
Dragon" and the "Seven Devils" will
his piercing gaze. He is good, but
misguided man, growing old.
There are three cases of small po,
in Lincoln township. This is n(
"josh." 1t is the real, autograph
edition, Observation-Disclosures, our
name-on-every-piece, blue label small
pox. There is no reason to apprehenc
that it will spread. A strict quaran
tine has been instituted and is en-
forced. But the presence of the dis
ease in the county makes pertinent
this query: If small pox came tC
Erie could Will Baldwin catch it? l.
he fast enough to get within reach oi
small pox microbe?
The county jail has eight inmates
five from Chanute, two from Erie
and one from 'lhayer. What's the
matter with st. Paul anyway? viii
she stand idly by and see the little
"jerkwater' town of Thayer lower
her gonfalon? Has she so far forgot
ten the blood-red traditions of the