The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-30

Births in Cowley county last year
exceeded deaths almost two to one.
Atchison county republicans will
hold their convention on the 18th of
July.
Recruiting officers in KanrGs have
not been bothered by any lack VI APP
plicants
Many of the hogs in Jackson county
are dying of some disease that battles
the experts.
Assistant State Treasurer Tom Kel-
ly has been arrested for an assault
made upon man nearly year ago.
The gun clubs over the state are
having local shoots. The sports ought
to get together and have big stat'
shoot.
The people of tie state have at last
discovered what ''lobo" wolf is. IL
seems that it is nothing but common
grey wolf.
Judging from remarks found in pa
pers here and there over the state
good many Kansas farmers are sorry
now that they plowed up their wheat
Hutchinson is to have new opera
house soon. The city is to put up Slo,-
600 and an eastern promoter will raise
enough more to erect a building cost
ing $4,000.
There must be an immense lot OF
building in progress. There are lot
of brick factories in Kansas-big ones,
too-and every one appears to be lar
behind with orders.
Kansans who arc now joining Uncle
Sans army are c:acllerjacks. Many
present themselves before the recruit
ing officers, but the examination is
rigid, and those who get through are
of the soundest timber only.
The prisoners in the Topeka Jail
struck the other day and refused to
work. The iailor brought them to
time by putting them in the bull pen,
little hole something on the order OF
the Black Hold of Calcutta.
At Phillipsburg the city council
passed an ordinance fixing the license
Of merry go-rounds at from 81 to S.
day The proprietor of one of these
whirling machines who is doing any
kind of bushes at all can pay the lat
ter figure and then not be obliged to
miss any meals.
There is a roar on at Atchisou. 81
Fox, an old man who has been the
iantor of the court house for the past
thrty-fve years, has been let out on
account of the intirmities of age. The
people over there seem to think that
his long years of faithful service en-
title him to better treatment.
After The 1st of July an occupation
tax will be in force at lola which is
expected to bring a revenue of about
S4, 900 a year. 1t is levied for the pur-
pose of raising fund with which to
pay hydrant rental. a man now having
a proposition before the council asking
for franchise to put in waterworks
system.
1t is almost the time of year now for
the farmers to commence bringing
their prize stalks of corn to town.
They are generally left on exhibition
at the local printing Office. A better
place for them would be at the rail
road stations. The railroads have
done great deal to advertise Kansas,
her crops and her resources. A cheap
and effectual way of advertising the
country traversed by railroad would
be to make display at each station
of the cereals that are raised in its vi
cinity. II could be done with very
little trouble, and the traveller would
not fail to be deeply impressed by the
sight of the constant succession of
samples" at the different stations
In this manner tourists would be more
forcibly impressed with the crop
raised in Kansas than by a survey of
the fields as the train goes whizzing
along.
A Mitchell county farmer is sculp-
tor. He recently carved the figure of
a Kansas volunteer out of native stone
and it is said to be very creditable
piece of work.
A number of citizens of Chase coun-
ty for some time have been interested
in group of mines near Walsenburg.
They have spent from $50, 900 to $40.
600 developing them. Ore showing an
assay of $3.50 to the ton has been
struck in one of the mines of which
they own Is. They have incorporated
the Grand View Mining company
Three negroes at Leavenworth are
under arrest for criminal assault on
two white girls on the government
reservation. This is capital offense