The Chanute times., 1899-03-24


It is hard to find a Kansas town
now that is not groaning over house
famine.
Attorney Callahan of Montgomery
county has started campaign agalnst
jointists.
Owing to the insufficient tax levy,
the state treasury is expected to run
dry in May.
In Troy and its vicinity smallpox
has broken out and all the public
schools are clos d.
Out in western Kansas they speak of
an old bachelor going east and bring
ing back his lost rib.
A news department in the White
Cloud Globe is devoted to the colored
people of the vicinity.
Attorney General GODDARD holds that
women can not vote for the candidates
of the new city court.
The new judicial district formed by
the last legislature is without Judge.
Governor Stanley will have to appoint
one.
Wellington's band is out of debt and
now the boys want to borrow few
dollars with which 10 celebrate the
fact.
Old soldiers at the Leavenworth
Home celebrated in honor of st. Pat
rick's day. The home has 2,57s in
mates.
1t takes more than a cake of ice,
corlscrew and an engaging smile to
get charter for social club in
Kansas now.
Spinal meningitis is epidemic in
Leavenworth county, the disease start
ing January 25th. There have been
fourteen deaths.
The construction of the addition to
the Topeka Federal building, for
which $75, 900 has been appropriated,
will begin May 1.
A Hiawatha man claims to have in
vented contrivance that will increase
the speed of the big war ships at least
four knots an hour.
Galena is putting us street signs and
having houses numbered. Galena has
g population of something over 5000,
so that this move is not made at all |
too soon.
The Lawrence papers are mad be-
cause some of the western counties
claim a poorer county building than
the one at Lawrence. Lawrence is
to swap and pay boot.
President Joseph White of the Kan
sas State Cattlemen's association has
that the annual meeting
% have been held at Abilene March % |
will be postposed to a later date
The talk of Atchison now is that a
professional pitcher and catcher will
be secured and situations secured for
hem, and that in the future Atchison
will have only Sunday base ball.
A western Kansas paper says that
he only sure sign of spring is the
light of lot of school girls out grub
,ing for wild onions. 1t is fact that |
lbout all the signs have failed this
season.
A man who joins the militia of the
tate of Kansas not only gets to make a
display of his patriotism, but renders
himself immune from the ravaging
aids of the stony hearted poll tax
'atherer
The Philippine Islands are long on
makes. A Kansas lad, in a letter to
lis folks, says that the Kansas boys
-reatly regret that st Patrick did not
.isit the islands with his Rough on
Ieptiles.'
The Kansas Sunday School union
will meet at Hutchinson May to II.
several prominent speakers will be
resent.
There are two men running for office
'ver in Atchlson who can laugh at the
aw which says that candidates shall
lot distribute cigars for the purpose
# influencing voters. Both of them
ave had additions to their families
within the past few days and they can
ay that they are setting the cigars up
m the strength of the coming of the
ids.
The Ford county farmer should keep
lis weather eye peeled. There are
light lightning rod agents at work in
hat county
A man who has lived in Marshall
ounty for forty years-coming there
when he was but two years old-took
lis first ride on the steam cars the
ther day.
Many of the negroes of the Twenty
bird Kansas claims that Cuba is the
Lace for them, and say that they will
eturn as soon as they are mustered
nut